That's not what that means. Explain, please. Byrd's career high in BABIP is because of his high LD%, Beltran's BABIP is low (though still unnaturally high) due to his low LD% ETA: Went to look up the #s you referenced because I was in disbelief that Byrd had a LD% of 28 with an OPS that low. Fangraphs has him at 19.4%, which certainly changes things. With Byrd, I was more referring to the fact that I didn't think he'd keep hitting line drives at the rate B-R has. If that drops down to his career levels, then his BABIP would be expected to drop a bit also, which I'd think would likely lead to a drop in his BA/OBP/SLG. Are you expecting Beltran's LD% to increase?