BATTERS: Early buy-low targets, May 2017
May 21 2017
Hitters that have not posted a good batting average or many home runs in the early going can be easy to view as guys to avoid. After all, we want to accumulate as few bad or empty stats as possible while the season is still young.
These bats have a BA that is much lower than their expected BA (xBA):
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BA vs. xBA, 2017 YTD* Name League Position BA xBA Diff ================== ====== =========== ==== ==== ===== Martin, Leonys AL CF .111 .195 -.084 D'Arnaud, Travis NL C .203 .284 -.081 Hernandez, Enrique NL LF/SS/3B .237 .317 -.080 Iglesias, Jose AL SS .207 .285 -.078 McCann, James AL C .196 .262 -.066 Jaso,...
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