The Rebirth Of Domonic Brown

Domonic Brown has been on a tear in May, hitting .287 with 10 HR and 21 RBI in only 27 games, thus far. He is now second in the NL in homers and 12th in RBI. If you compare his season outputs from this season (196 PAs) and last season (208 PAs), you see almost an entire different player.

2013: .262/.298/.519 three stat line, 13 HR, 32 RBI, 3 SB, 9 BB, 49 H, 97 TB, 23 RS, 35 SO
2012: .235/.316/.396 three stat line, 5 HR, 26 RBI, 0 SB, 21 BB, 44 H, 74 TB, 21 RS, 34 SO

In these two years, you see a totally different player. And, even though they have almost the exact same PAs (196 and 208 PAs), there are totally different outcomes.

Last year, Domonic Brown was a more patient hitter, taking 21 walks, and having a higher on-base percentage by only 18 points. But, this year, Brown has driven the ball and has been more aggressive as he has boosted his slugging percentage by 123 points, but striking out once more.

I think the change was for the better, as Brown's average has improved, and the RBIs, TB, and HRs have all greatly improved as well. He's accounted for 55 runs this season (RBI + RS) compared to his 47 last year.   

Brown's aggressiveness has improved his overall numbers, and his OBP has not has a horrible decrease from years past. So, this Domonic Brown is the one who was regarded as the #4 overall prospect in 2011 by Baseball America. He is driving the ball out of the yard like Ryan Howard once did, who really needs to improve HIS aggressiveness, and is becoming a more exciting player to watch as time goes by. 

Hopefully, Dom will continue his tear and maybe be an All Star for the first time in his career. He is such an exciting player.