Craig's flyball distance last year was 287 feet. It is 275 feet this year. That (obviously) suggests a loss of power, which is why his HR/FB rate is half of what it was last year, but he's also hitting the ball to RF more (an average angle of 9 compared to 2 last year. Zero is center, -45 is left line and 45 is right line.
Combine that with the dramatic increase in his LD % and that could suggest that his high BABIP is fueled by line drives and a different hitting approach rather than just mere luck.
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