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Gambles, 2024
Mar 11 2024
This column will help you identify batters who might be overvalued heading into draft day. We'll do so by looking at batters whose returns in 2023 were not backed by strong underlying skill support.
Here are the batters who had the lowest average exit velocity (EV) among those who earned at least $5 last season:
| Player | Pos | Lg | ADP | bb% | ct% | Eye | xPX | SPD | EV |
| Esteury Ruiz | CF | AL | 121 | 4% | 78% | 0.20 | 44 | 101 | 82.7 |
| Sal Frelick | RF | NL | 289 | 13% | 81% | 0.76 | 54 | 104 | 83.3 |
| Jake Fraley | RF | NL | 341 | 10% | 79% | 0.52 | 83 | 63 | 84.5 |
| Andrés Giménez | 2B | AL | 112 | 6% | 80% | 0.28 | 83 | 115 | 84.8 |
| Kris Bryant | 1B | NL | 266 | 9% | 77% | 0.43 | 127 | 85 | 85.7 |
| Thairo Estrada | 2B | NL | 135 | 4% | 76% | 0.18 | 88 | 105 | 85.9 |
| Harrison Bader | CF | NL | 483 | 8% | 91% | 1.00 | 6 | 103 | 85.9 |
| Jeff McNeil | 2B | NL | 300 | 6% | 89% | 0.58 | 57 | 128 | 86.0 |
| Steven Kwan | LF | AL | 209 | 10% | 88% | 0.92 | 32 | 124 | 86.0 |
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