But Desmond's .899 1st half was the best half-season of his career. He was at .888 in the 1st half of '12 but settled back to his career norms.
Interestingly, Desmond's 2nd half of '16 (.630) was the 2nd worst of his career. He was at .589 during the 1st half of '15.
In between his dismal 1st half of '15 and 2nd half of '16, he whacked .777 and .899. I think we're dealing with normal career fluctuations; Noise, in otherwords.
Ozuna's half-seasons, from '14-'16, look like .786, .751, .638, .789, .892, .609 (he crashed in the 2nd half last year, too). If you could get that level of production from your LF, in exchange for Walker (or Miranda) for the next three years you might likely go "Whooopeeee!"
Interestingly, Fowler's last 6 half-seasons have basically shawdowed Ozuna's, excepting the 2nd half of '16: .774, .773, .677, .852, .881, .795.
I thought Heyward's bat looked really slow in the Series: Was it just me? His dismal year (his first) was driven by a .577 2nd half where his BABIP fell to .233! It won't remain there. But it did seem as if he was seeing the ball poorly and he was starting the bat early to make up for it. I think the rain-delay weightroom meeting that he called last night becomes the stuff of Cub legend. Makes it hard to trade him. But I will bet you could get him and a decent chunk of his huge salary if you offered big. I would prefer a RH bat, however.