The Cincinnati Reds rode the back of a great offensive start to the season by Zack Cozart and Billy Hamilton until they fell apart. Cozart went down with a right quad injury. Hamilton, on the other hand, just seemed to wear down entirely.
Cozart hasn’t stopped producing, but he has slowed down. In April and May Cozart batted .352 and .344 respectively, while batting .231 in June when he landed on the DL. His OBP likewise dropped from above .400 each of the first two months of the season to .310 in June.
Hamilton for his part has been on a roller coaster ride of a season in 2017.