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Guess the Players

These two outfielders got off to a rough start. One has rebounded, the other hasn't:

Player A

Split BB% K% BB/K OBP SLG OPS ISO BABIP wRC wRAA wOBA wRC+
Apr 4.8% 17.5% 0.29 .204 .227 .431 .072 .177 2.0 -9.4 .199 14
May 2.3% 20.0% 0.12 .299 .376 .675 .094 .343 8.4 -1.1 .299 84

Player B

Split BB% K% BB/K OBP SLG OPS ISO BABIP wRC wRAA wOBA wRC+
Apr 9.3% 29.9% 0.35 .247 .218 .466 .057 .217 3.8 -6.8 .225 33
May 4.0% 13.9% 0.30 .360 .583 .943 .250 .345 13.7 5.6 .411 159

Also, Player B's platoon splits...

this year:

Split BB% K% BB/K OBP SLG OPS ISO BABIP wRC wRAA wOBA wRC+
vs L 6.4% 25.6% 0.27 .319 .535 .854 .279 .276 7.2 2.1 .373 133
vs R 7.2% 21.6% 0.36 .288 .328 .616 .095 .281 10.1 -3.5 .279 69

and for the past 4 years:

vs. L vs. R diff
2008 .866 .824 .042
2009 .998 .859 .139
2010 .728 .822 -.094
2011 .854 .616 .238

Hint: one signed a surprisingly big contract before the 2009 season. The other signed a big contract this past off-season.