Robert Andino came into the season looking to be one of the team's back-up infielders. Injuries (JJ Hardy, Cesar Izturis, Brian Roberts) opened up spots though, and that allowed Andino to more than double his career total of plate appearances (adding 511). He took advantage too, by starting off the year hot (.382 wOBA the first month) and still ending up hitting non-terribly (.305 wOBA) despite his BABIP dropping off (from .417 in April to .311 overall).Andino didn't display much pop, as usual, but cut his strike-out rate to 16% (his contact rate was a career high 85% - solidly above average) while also upping his walk rate to 8% (he showed more patience at the plate than he had previously, and didn't expand the zone too much). Those two factors helped keep his OBP at a slightly above average level, despite on overall line that didn't look too impressive (.264/.327/.344). That isn't awful production from someone playing second, third, and short almost every day (...
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