It’s official, as Bill Simmons would say: Adrian Beltre has made The Leap. Here’s his line since his breakout game July 26 against the Giants:
| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | BB | K | SB | Avg | Slg | OBP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 94 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 4 | .372 | .649 | .410 |
(Yes, I’m one of those old-fashioned types who puts slugging average ahead of OBP). For a supremely talented player who snoozed through the first half of the season, that’s something to write home about, and it’s a huge reason the Dodgers are pulling away in the NL wild card race.
(UPDATE: As you can tell, I’m going to have some trouble figuring out how to do stat lines on the Blogger software. Bear with me!)
UPDATE after moving to MT: Finally learned the code to fix all the stat tables!