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Does a guardian angel love a certain Rays hitter?

If you were to research BABIP rankings for the past three years, you might notice the third place hitter belongs to the Rays:

The name to go into ??? is no secret, it’s Willy Adames.

The reason for a batter’s high BABIP could be luck, or it could be a characteristic of a batter’s hitting style. Depending on what reason you judge, you may predict an up or down impact on future performance based on present BABIP results.

If you think the overall hitting results comes from his unique ability at the plate, that level of performance is likely to continue.