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Dodgers' expected brilliance amplified by $800,000 Andy Pages originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Los Angeles Dodgers shell out more money than any team in baseball.
Their best player of late has been a guy they're paying $800,000: Andy Pages.
The multi-talented centerfielder was just named National League Player of the Week.
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Pages started to be a solid player two seasons ago, when he hit .248 with a .712 OPS and 13 home runs.
Last season, he hit .272 with 27 homers, 14 steals and a .774 OPS, although he then struggled in the postseason.
This season, Pages has stormed out of the gates. He's hitting .471 with three homers and a 1.294 OPS.
Pages has a 51.9% hard-hit rate, and he rarely swings and misses or chases.
That allows him to get to his power, thanks in part to 66th-percentile bat speed. He's also faster than the majority of the league (27.9 feet per second sprint speed).
It's simply a great package all put together, the kind of player who one day may get paid a lot of money.
For now, though, he's an unheralded gem for a team full of well-compensated superstars.
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