Breakout: OF Kyle Schwarber
After struggling to get every day playing time over the past two seasons, Schwarber set career-highs in at-bats (529), runs (82), hits (132), home runs, (38), and RBI (92).
His strikeout rate (25.6) remains high while improving over the past two seasons (30.9 and 27.5). His walk rate (11.5) continues to be an edge.
He made progress in his RBI rate (17). Schwarber repeated his contact batting average (.354), and his average hit rate (2.129) supports his growth in power.
After a slow start in April (.241 with four HRs and eight RBI over 83 at-bats), he picked up his production over the next two months (14 HRs and 32 RBI over 199 at-bats).