Second half deep league targets, 2024
Jul 22 2024
As we did with starting pitchers last week, let's help you target where to spend your speculative dollars on hitters if you play in a very competitive or deep league.
Here are a bunch of bats in each league that could be worth pursuing if you need to gamble on hitting help for the second half, including some intriguing performers at Triple-A.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Akil Baddoo (LF, DET) continues to struggle to produce at the MLB level (.117 BA, .517 OPS in 69 PA). A crazy 14% h% deserves most of the blame. Underneath his horrible results has been a promising 137 xPX built on career-best batted ball components (91.8 mph EV, 21.6 LA, 10.8% Brl%. Combined with his 76th percentile Statcast Sprint Speed and age (25), Baddoo can carve out a role in...
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