Circling the Bases: O, Say Where Is Hardy?

I keep getting questions about 'what's wrong with J.J. Hardy?' OK, he hit an awful .193 in June, no one wants to see that, but let's pull back from the micro and look at the macro. On the year Hardy is hitting .232, which is disappointing for a guy who owns a .260 career mark. Still, we've seen this before as he hit .229 in 2009. Some of the blame can be laid at the feet of BABIP as his current mark of .242 would be a career low and well below his .276 career mark.


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