SPECULATOR: 2017 Early spring AB leaders

This is the perfect fit, right? Here at BaseballHQ.com, we generally don’t put too much stock into spring training stats due to things like small sample size and uneven competition. But if we did, the Speculator column is the perfect place to ask the “what if?” question. 

By now, we’ve now got a couple of weeks of spring games under our belts. And we’ll keep it simple, and focus most of our attention on at-bat totals, especially to players fighting for an MLB job. The following are guys whose teams, in the first couple weeks of game action, have given them considerable looks. Could be to...

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