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Isiah Kiner-Falefa and the mark of a turnaround

It’s no secret that a lot of criticism has been pointed in Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s direction over the course of the season. Among the Yankees’ fanbase, he can often be seen as a woeful placeholder for the more heralded prospects (like Oswald Peraza and Anthony Volpe). This sentiment has not gone away as the season has progressed, and has even been reinforced by his relatively middling triple stat line of .263/.315/.331 with a fairly poor wRC+ of 86.

In contrast to his rather middling rest of the season, Kiner-Falefa has positively rocked during September. In this stretch, his triple slash line sits at a much more palatable .