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Pedro Alvarez at the halfway point

Found July 12, 2012 on WHYGAVS?:
PLAYERS: Pedro Alvarez,  Miguel Cabrera,  Mike Moustakas,  Aramis Ramirez,  Neal Huntington,  Clint Hurdle
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Pirates,  Detroit Tigers,  Kansas City Royals,  Milwaukee Brewers
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Before the 2012 season started, Pedro Alvarez was pretty universally regarded as one of the keys to the Pirate offense in 2012. Pirate fans were mostly worried sick about the guy, whether they admitted it to themselves or not, because he had a terrible 2011 and an awful spring training and when Alvarez is lost at the plate he tends to look so far gone that you can't help but wonder if he'll ever find his way back. After a slow start to the season, Alvarez hits the All-Star break with a .231/.307/.478 line. He's got 16 homers and 15 doubles in his 59 hits, his walk rate has edged up to 9.8%, and his strikeout rate sits just above the 30% threshold that we talk about so much (30.3%). Among the 16 qualified third basemen in the Majors this year, his 108 wRC+ is ninth and his 2.0 fWAR is tied for eighth. In simpler terms, Alvarez has been pretty much average amongst third basemen that are good enough to start every day, which means that he's been a little bit above avera...
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