BATTERS: Early buy low targets, 2021
May 24 2021
Hitters that have hurt you with bad early stats can be easy to view as guys to avoid or good sell low targets. After all, we want to accumulate as few bad or empty stats as possible while the season is still young. But doing so locks in those losses and prevents you from enjoying the ride back up.
Let's take a closer look at several guys in each league who represent good early buy low opportunities.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Jake Bauers (1B, CLE) has been a huge drain on his owners so far in 2021 (.192 BA, .584 OPS in 78 AB). There are some reasons for optimism though. His plate skills are in line with his prior baseline (10% bb%, 72% ct%, 0.41 Eye). He's hitting a ton of line drives (36/33/31 G/L/F), which also is reflected in his strong 91.2...
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