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I couldn't readily find his stats, but it's good to remember Chris Shelton was the league's MVP in 2004.  I wasn't able to watch many games back then so I don't have a good sense of why Shelton failed after his historic start.  What the heck happened to one of the hottest rookie starts in Tigers history? 

 

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1 hour ago, Arlington said:

I couldn't readily find his stats, but it's good to remember Chris Shelton was the league's MVP in 2004.  I wasn't able to watch many games back then so I don't have a good sense of why Shelton failed after his historic start.  What the heck happened to one of the hottest rookie starts in Tigers history? 

 

Shelton was not a rookie in 2006. He had 450+ plate appearances the yearbefore as a 25-year-old and posted a 132 OPS+. He started hot in 2006 but faded in June and July and was sent down at the trade deadline. 106 OPS+ in 2006. Only 150 PAs in MLB after that (with Texas and Seattle; 75ish OPS+). Strange decline but also strange some second division club didn't give him 600 PAs to see if he could rediscover his magic. 

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1 hour ago, SeattleMike said:

Shelton was not a rookie in 2006. He had 450+ plate appearances the yearbefore as a 25-year-old and posted a 132 OPS+. He started hot in 2006 but faded in June and July and was sent down at the trade deadline. 106 OPS+ in 2006. Only 150 PAs in MLB after that (with Texas and Seattle; 75ish OPS+). Strange decline but also strange some second division club didn't give him 600 PAs to see if he could rediscover his magic. 

Any idea as to what caused the fall-off?  Seems like the league figured him out and he couldn't adjust

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