MLB: 5 hot starts that won’t last in 2016

4. OF/1B Mark Trumbo – BAL

While he’s benefitting right now from a stacked lineup and a hitter friendly home park, Mark Trumbo is still a career .252 hitter at heart. It’s not a terrible batting average and his 26 home runs per season average since 2011 is definitely serviceable, but the current slash line of .400/.429/.800 is not built to last.

Trumbo’s lifetime OBP is only a hair above .300 and he strikes out in bunches as well. 30 long balls could be in the cards, but his inability to make regular contact will likely keep him below the 100 RBI mark, a feat he’s accomplished only once in his career when he had exactly 100 with the Angels in 2013.

There are better overall hitters in Baltimore’s lineup. The league’s opposition knows this and they will make a point of pitching to Trumbo for strikeouts and fly outs more often than not.

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