The first thing i noticed was that in his MVP ballot years of 09 and 11 he posted fielding%'s of .961 and.964, but in his 10 and 12 years where he was less productive with the bat his Fld% were .985 and.984. Has he possibly worked on hitting one year and def another? Is it just random or meaningless?
Another oddity I noticed were his IFFB% in 9 and 11 were 14.5% and 15.8%, but in his down years 9.5% and 10.3%.
The only other stat (not directly affected by his HR)i noticed being different in those paired years were his pitch f/x pitch values being positive on changeups in the good years and negative in his down years, but versus Slider was the opposite being negative in good and positive in down.
I'm sure anyone looking has noticed his eye progressively improving each of the last 4 years.
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