Ha, I was already doing so. Rickie's BABIP is only about .014 below his expected BABIP. So, his bad luck has taken away about 3 hits. That would raise his average from .221 to .234. So luck doesn't really have too much to do with it. What Yost might be talking about is how many P/PA Rickie has been seeing. He's been fouling off a lot, and showing good pateince yet. This is at least what I think I see, I'm not sure where to find P/PA splits or in a game log. EDIT: Do dive a little deeper, he's hitting less line drives and groundballs, and more flyballs, up to 40.9% from 32% of the last two years. That might be fine if he wasn't missing some power from his injured wrist, his HR/FB ratio is down to 7.5% from the 12.4% of seasons past. He's missing 3 hits, and 3 HR. EDIT 2: This isn't really meant to inspire confidence in Rickie, just presenting the stats. Even if he gets the small bump up to what he "should" have, he'd still be underpreforming to his expectations and to league average.