You all and BABIP...yes it tells us a story so do other stats. Like Martin is at a career high in soft% and career low med%, while still at his avg hard%. This is the reason his BABIP (Or what everyone says is luck) is astronomically low imo. It's not bad luck, it's bad hitting. He isnt hitting everything hard or his hard% would be higher than avg. Now his soft% is at a career high....why would that be. Bad timing, slower swing as he ages, etc. Add in his contact% is the 2nd lowest of his career as well. Put it all into perspective imo shows a hitter that has declined and is currently not hitting the ball well.
But you know what, his BABIP is crazy low and his ISO is a little about his career avg, so just call it bad luck and ignore everything else am I right Spanky?