BATTERS: Early 2020 targets
Sep 9 2019
Our last Batters Buyers Guide column of the regular season will help you identify some early 2020 speculative and breakout targets.
Last year in this space, we promoted the 2019 potential of Max Kepler (RF, MIN), Austin Meadows (RF/DH, TAM), Dan Vogelbach (1B/DH, SEA), Jorge Soler (DH/RF, KC), and Jeff McNeil (LF/2B/3B, NYM).
Since a breakout target in one league might be a speculative target in another, we'll try to provide an extensive cross-section of guys who could fit either bill.
Here are a bunch of guys with major league experience in each league who could be in store for big gains in 2020.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Willy Adames (SS, TAM) will enter 2020 as one of the best breakout targets in the game. His underlying power skills went...
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