Giovanny Urshela, New York Yankees
The Yankees have been completely ravaged by injuries and have still found a way to get themselves into first place in the American League East. It’s seriously scary to think about the amount of depth they have.
One of those depth pieces is Urshela, with all parts of New York’s original left side of the infield (Miguel Andujar, Didi Gregorius, and even Troy Tulowitzki) on the Injured List. He hasn’t experienced a huge power boost by going to Yankee Stadium, but the infielder is slashing .336/.387/.478 with a 132 wRC+. Prior to this year, he never finished with a wRC+ higher than 67.
The difference here all lies within his batted-ball profile. Just look how things have changed since 2017:
This helps explain his sky-high .389 BABIP, which is among the top-10 for hitters with at least 120 plate appearances. He’s also accomplished this despite a 40.5% chase rate and 75.0% contact rate on balls outside the strike zone.
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