OK, not really but this isn't enough for it's own post. Anybody else find it interesting that Halman hasn't flopped in his ML debut? Well, at least not flopped by non-traditional stats. I think most of us (myself included as a Halman fan) would have expected him to strike out in at least half of his initial Major League at bats (and probably more like 3/4), but he only did that the first night, and has struck out only once since then, while consistantly hitting the ball hard. Part of me wonders if this is just somewhat lazy end of the year prep by pitchers, Halman is a nobody with a longshot to be an MLB back up so why bother checking the scouting report. But then again, it's not like he has a unique weakness, bendy stuff down and away like most MiLB scrubs. Looking over his pitch fx data, he has swung and missed just 13.7% of the time so far, MLB average is 18.5%. This isn't to say that Greg Halman has suddenly, magically, and massively improved his contact abilities (his whiff percentage in Tacoma was 40%), just saying he's the last guy I would have expected to come up and have a .077/.077/.144 line (due to bad luck as opposed to bad swinging).