To this point, Bour’s power and average have not come around quite as expected. While Miami Marlins fans would love to see Bour to drive the baseball over the fence some more, his approach at the plate in 2018 signals a more mature hitter than we’ve seen in years past.
Each year Bour has been with the Marlins dating back to 2014, he has been an above average hitter according to wRC+. In 2017, he set the highest wRC+ mark of his career at 133 (100 is considered league average).
Bour is not the only one to improve some results while regressing in other categories.