For the past two seasons, Wilmer Flores‘ success has come mostly against left-handed pitchers. Considering most pitchers in the Majors are right-handed, this has prevented Flores from taking the next step as a hitter. Most recently, however, Flores has found success against right-handers as well.

In 2015 Flores had 100 at-bats against lefties and hit a respectable .310/.355/.600 with seven home runs and 16 RBI. In 383 at-bats against righties he slashed .251/.279/.358 with nine home runs and 43 RBI. The disparity wasn’t glaring overall, but he favored lefties. He did have two more homers and 27 more RBI, but that was also in 283 more at-bats.

Flores’ splits became more noticeable in 2016. In 100 at-bats against southpaws he put up an impressive .340/.383/.710 slash line accompanied by 11 home runs and 28 RBI. Compared to the exact same amount of at-bats against lefties as in 2015, Flores improved all around. However, in 207 at-bats against righties he hit .232/.289/.353 with only five home runs and 21 RBI. In 107 more at-bats against righties he couldn’t even match his home run and RBI totals against lefties.

This decline against righties was part of the reason why the Mets relegated Flores to a bench role to begin 2017 that paired him up mainly against southpaws. Through 24 at-bats he has produced his usual success in that role as he is slashing .417/.440/.708 with two home runs and three RBI against lefties.

However, with injuries to key players like Asdrubal Cabrera in conjunction with his hot bat, Flores has had more opportunities against righties as well. After a slow start against them, he is hitting them as well as ever.

In his last eight games, Flores has gone 12-for-26 (.462) with a home run and seven RBI. Against righties in that span, he has gone 8-for-18 (.444) with that one home run and all seven of those RBI. This includes his double off Jarred Cosart on Wednesday which drove in three runs.

Flores cannot keep this pace of hitting over .400 against righties, but his recent success may not be just pure luck. In 2013 and 2014, Flores was a better hitter against righties than lefties. In particular, 2014 stood out as his best season against right-handed pitching as he hit .290/.309/.440 with six home runs and 26 RBI in 200 at bats. Flores’ recent success makes production similar to that of 2014 look attainable.