BATTERS: 2021 Gambles

This column will help you identify batters who might be overvalued heading into draft day. We'll do so by looking at batters whose 2020 production was not backed up by strong underlying skill support.

Here are the batters with the worst skills in 2020 among those who earned at least $5 that season:

<20 BPV, 5x5 $5+, 2020*

Name          Lg  Position     bb%  ct%  Eye   PX   xPX  Spd  EV%   Brl%   5$5   BPV
============  ==  ===========  ===  ===  ====  ===  ===  ===  ====  =====  ====  ===
Alfaro, J     NL            C   4%  61%  0.11   78  140   90  89.2   7.0%    $5  -54
Quinn, R      NL           CF   4%  64%  0.13   67   30  137  85.8   2.9%   $13  -38
Villar, J     NL        2B/SS   9%  71%  0.35   40   23   99  86.7   1.5%   $19  -34
White, E      AL  ...

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