BATTERS: Very early slow start sells, 2018
Apr 22 2018
It's hard to shop hitters who are off to slow starts in many leagues, as owners often are scared to pick up bad stats early in the season.
That said, hitters with big warts in their skills that have been building for a while can present a good opportunity to avoid further bad stats, especially in non-keeper leagues.
Here are several guys in each league who are off to slow starts and might be worth shopping.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tim Beckham (SS/3B, BAL) was drafted as a frontline SS in some deep leagues (260 ADP). However, he has hurt more owners than he has helped so far in 2018 (.182 BA, .529 OPS in 77 AB). And there are not any signs that his inconsistency will stabilize anytime soon. While he's drawing a few more walks in the early...
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