Our newest article series “Fishy or For Real” takes a closer look at players with hot starts to their 2019 campaign, and answers the question, “is their current success is sustainable?”
We begin with who I believe to be one of the tougher cases to solve: Marlins catcher Jorge Alfaro.
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2019 Stats: 74 AB, .297/.342/.500, 5 HR, 35.4 K%, 2.5 BB%
The Case Against Sustainability! (“Fishy”)
1. Strikeout (K%) and Walk (BB%) Rates
When a player strikes out at the rate of Alfaro (35.