Fun With Numbers

- 18 MLB players have walked 20 or more times. Atlanta is the only tteam to have three players (Kelly Johnson - 29, Chipper Jones and Andruw Jones - 24). Of those 18, all but seven have more walks than strikeouts and of those eleven, the Braves (KJ and Chipper) and the Tigers (Gary Sheffield and Carlos Guillen) are the only teams witht wo players.

- Jeff Francoeur is on pace for 23 homeruns, six less than last year. Despite that, his IsoSLG is the exact same (.189) as last year. The value of doubles is huge. Last year, he doubled 24 times. So far this year, he is at ten, tying him with Chipper, Andruw, and Brian McCann for tops on the team.

- Francoeur's K rate remainds high (22% after 20.3% last year), but his walk rate has more than doubled from his 3.4% last year to 7.7%.

- Mac's power has taken a nosedive. After hitting .240 in IsoSLG last year, he is down to .258. He's also striking out more. Hopefully, that finger gets better real quick.

- Willie Harris has had a massive impact thus far. Though he can't get an extra base hit to save his life. In general, there is not a category he isn't having his best season in, though it's ten games.

And in general, it is way too early to take anything from these numbers...but damn are they ever fun.