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Jose Iglesias recorded his 50th hit of the season with a 2nd-inning single on Thursday night in just his 118th at-bat of 2013...Elias says that since the 1st rookie standards were set in 1958, Iglesias’ 118 AB are the fewest by a rookie at the time of his 50th hit in a season
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Obviously going to regress from the .420 average and 1.020 OPS, but he's driving the ball much more, and the low K rate and infield hits should keep piling up (at a lower rate) with how fast he gets out of the box. Considering there were questions whether he could bat .200 coming into the year, it's extremely encouraging. Combine it with Xander dominating AA, and I love the potential for the left side of the infield the next 5 years, even with Middlebrooks' struggles this season.