BATTERS: Early sell-high targets 2016

Let's continue our look at early-season sell-high targets by moving on to hitters.

These bats have an expected batting average (xBA) significantly lower than their actual BA:

  • BA vs. xBA*
    
    Name                League  Position  BA    xBA   Diff
    ==================  ======  ========  ====  ====  =====
    Flowers, Tyler          NL         C  .250  .130  -.120
    Naquin, Tyler           AL        CF  .333  .229  -.104
    Herrera, Odubel         NL        CF  .336  .237  -.099
    Murphy, Daniel          NL     2B/3B  .403  .316  -.087
    Tomlinson, Kelby        NL        2B  .340  .256  -.084
    Prado, Martin           NL        3B  .381  .297  -.084
    Lowrie, Jed             AL     3B/2B  .302  .228  -.074
    Reynolds, Mark          NL     1B/3B  .333  .260 ...

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