NUT Report #14 — García Jr. Is Seeing Beachballs
Another week of baseball in the books. The Los Angeles Dodgers lead the league at 54–30, while the Colorado Rockies are struggling at 33–51. A few hitters showing up the way they're supposed to, a few starters earning their slots, and the bottom of the NUT board has names worth paying attention to. Here's the breakdown.
NUT of the Week
Luis García Jr. — WSH · 1B
+1.0 NUT · .435/.500/1.304 · 6 HR, 9 RBI · 10-for-23
6 home runs, 9 RBI, a 1.304 slug. Luis García Jr.put together one of the best individual weeks of the year at the plate. +1.0 NUT, top mark in MLB hitters. The Nationals don't have much to celebrate in the standings, but this was a week worth clipping.
NUT Insight
Look at Junior Caminero vs Bryce Harper this week. The traditional lines look comparable — Caminero: .367/.441/1.067, 7 HR, 15 RBI; Harper: .419/.441/.742, 3 HR, 8 RBI. Harper's average is higher and his on-base is identical, so a box score glance makes them look like a wash. The NUT split (+0.8 vs +0.6) is what picks up the extra-base damage. Caminero's 7 HR and 1.067 slug carry weight that the rate stats alone don't surface.
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