GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Not many hitters have had success like Adam Duvall had in 2016. Before him, there were three.
Dave Kingman in 1976. Tony Armas in 1984. Mike Jacobs in 2008. Like Duvall, all three had on-base percentages of .300 or worse. Like Duvall, they slugged .498 or better.
None of them ever did it again.
“What he did last year will be hard to repeat,” said Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price. “You just don’t see a lot of guys, when you look at the stats side-by-side, year-after-year, that look really similar. But I think he’s capable of improving.