PT TOMORROW: NL West—Kelly in the clear
Mar 22 2021
The Diamondbacks weren’t particularly active on the free-agent market this offseason. Instead, general manager Mike Hazen explained to the media throughout the winter that the team is instead banking on internal improvement from younger players. One of the players he specifically brought up by name was Carson Kelly (C, ARI).
The team’s apparent intent on developing their young backstop is good news for Kelly’s potential for playing time, and thus fantasy value in 2021. After getting off to a slow start to the 2020 campaign (-48 BPC in August), Kelly lost playing time to veteran Stephen Vogt (C, ARI). Given a chance to redeem himself in September as the team fell out of playoff contention, Kelly returned to a more...
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