For fun, here's selected major league 2023 stats on Vargas, Kieboom, and Alu. Can you match them up without looking them up?
A: wOBA .272, xwOBA .292, 5.2 BB%, 6.5 K%, 30.0 HardHit%
B: wOBA .271, xwOBA .275, 5.3 BB%, 24.6 K%, 35.9 HardHit%
C: wOBA .287, xwOBA .252, 4.2 BB%, 22.9 K%, 17.6 HardHit%
I kind of don't think it is much of a mystery why this team was playing better with Vargas and Garrett in the lineup. Blankenhorn has been pretty good, but as soon as he was inserted, Thomas had problems. That said, we have to find out about Alu and Kieboom.