PT TOMORROW: NL Central—Patience could soon run out on Peraza

Cincinnati Reds

Coming into 2018, there were some signs that this could be the year José Peraza (2B/SS, CIN) held down a full-time starting job and earn more than 500 AB for the first time in his career. Greg Pyron covered his bb% improvement in the second half of 2017 that, combined with a more efficient SB%, could enable him to reach his 40 SB upside. Through nearly two months of the season Peraza has a 3% bb% and .285 OBP through 195 AB that look like a carbon copy of his 2017 first-half line that led to the loss of his starting second base job last season.

While he’s been a fantasy asset ($19 5x5 value as of May 24) with an adequate .251 BA, team-leading 27 runs scored, and 8 SB (with no CS), he could soon find his both his top of...

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