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Justin Upton through 131 plate appearances

48 flyballs (17 infield flies)
33 ground balls
33 strikeouts
14 line drives
11 walks
0 hit by pitch

Upton is showing the classic signs of a good hitter struggling on his first exposure to big league pitching.  His strikeout rate is pretty bad, but what's really hurting his average are 17 infield flies.  That's not typical of his minor league record, and probably indicates that he's getting fooled by major league stuff.

That being said, I love the 15 more flyballs than groundballs and I like the not-sickly LD% and BB%.  There's plenty of room for improvement in these numbers, and nothing sticks out as particularly alarming.

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