Cole Hamels, Bobby Wilson make their Ranger debut tonight

is on pace to tie his career high in home runs (which is 6)

He’s a bit low against his career BB% (7% to 8% career) but right at his career K% (14%). His ISO is actually higher than average (.087 vs .075). His BABIP is killing him though (.288 vs .312 career).

Nonetheless, for as much crap as his bat gets, he’s a better BABIP away from having a decent (for him) offensive year. The problem of course is that he’s generating no value on the base paths and negative defensive value – which is obviously quite bad. But it wouldn’t surprise me if he finished the season pretty well.

but I was wrong.

2015 LD% 23.6% → expected BABIP ~.350 → actual BABIP .288

Career LD 21.6% → expected BABIP ~.330 → actual…