There were many good things about the 2020 Marlins team. Chief among them: Jon Berti. He was an on-base machine and he combined that skill with his impressive speed on the base paths.
While a .258 batting average may read as a cause for concern to baseball purists, Berti made up for it thanks to posting a .388 on-base percentage. Berti’s walk rate, which sat at a modest 7.9% entering 2020—albeit across just 302 plate appearances—nearly doubled. He finished the abbreviated 2020 season walking 15.4% of the time.
This was made possible by Berti’s great plate discipline.