Key Stats: After an out of this world HR:FB rate of 19.8% in 2009, Adam Lind dropped to 13.3% in what turned out to be a very disappointing 2010 season. Last year it seemed Lind discovered the baby bear's porridge as his HR:FB rate finished at 17%. At that rate, he would have easily jacked 30 home runs if he had not missed 37 games.
Skeptics Say: The batting average has been tough to look at for two straight seasons. Similar to his home run to fly ball rate, Lind's strikeout rate did come down last season but not to the point that it was in 2009. That said, Lind should have been better than .251 a year ago. He had a .265 BABIP which was based largely on him doubling his infield fly ball rate. Given that his line drive rate rose at the same rate of his strikeout rate last year, I think something in the high 260s or low 270s would have been more reasonable. The other stat problems with Lind are his steals (not unusual for a first baseman though) and his runs scored. The ru...
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