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Yasiel Puig is off to a strong start despite the bad luck

Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness | April 13, 2018

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On Wednesday’s loss to the Oakland A’s, Yasiel Puig roped a fly ball nearly 106 MPH to deep right-center when he was robbed of a two run homer by Trayce Thompson.

Trayce Thompson welcomes himself back to Los Angeles in style #RootedInOakland pic.twitter.com/sX9asy61ez

— Oakland Athletics (@Athletics) April 12, 2018

Puig seems to be hitting the ball well, but is hitting just .205/.250/.250 on the year. Accompanying that is a .243 BABIP.

The above chart is from the 2017 season — Puig’s most successful since his rookie year.

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