SPECULATOR: Searching for the next A.J. Pollock
Mar 11 2016
An annual preseason rite here in the Speculator space is identifying a breakout performance from the previous season, and constructing a profile that might help identify candidates who could take a similar step up in the current year. It’s always a fun exercise—and productive, too.
But this one is a bit crazy, as on the hitters side, we have a game of “roll it over” going on. Last March, when I penned this column, the subject was Michael Brantley, who in 2014 had broken out with a $41 season. The capsule of the final player for a 2015 breakout read:
[He] is the least-experienced player on this list, and right now garners most of his value from his legs, with an elite 175 Spd and 14 SB in just 265 AB in 2014. But his power is present,...
Almost!
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