Because he has as many home runs as walks He's also a shortstop who may hit 40HR. The rarity of that is just ridiculous. Unfortunately he's a SS who may not get on base 30% of the time. The rarity of that, unfortunately is not ridiculous. Well, you're basically saying there are a lot of SS that can't get on base 30 percent of the time, making Baez' low OBP not a big deal, thereby making the power numbers even cooler.