Ozzie Albies Could Have Power Breakout Ahead
4 years agoAtlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies is currently producing the best underlying power metrics of his career. He has a career-best 37.6% hard-hit rate, up from 28.4% last year, and a career-best xSLG of .530, up from .417 last year. He also has a 22.1 degree average launch angle this year, which is distantly a career-best mark, up from 17.8 degrees last year. Additionally, he's hitting fly balls 51% of the time this year, a sizable increase from 44.8% last year. Albies has nine home runs over 46 games so far this year, but that home run pace should pick up based on the aforementioned metrics. A big power breakout could be ahead.
Source: Baseball Savant
Source: Baseball Savant