After years of not showing a ton of power at the plate, Elvis Andrus has taken his offense up a notch over the past couple seasons.
Since debuting for the Texas Rangers in 2009, shortstop Elvis Andrus has mostly been the same kind of hitter -- until a change started happening in 2016.
Between 2009 and 2015, Andrus' production at the plate had been rather consistent. He was a top-of-the-order guy that could get on base at a decent clip with 20- or 30-steal upside. He posted a career high in homers during the 2015 campaign with 7 bombs, but it wasn't as if he went on a power binge, since he still finished with a slugging percentage of .