BATTERS: Power surgers...

Last week in this space, the Batter Buyers Guide looked at the players most likely to rack up the stolen bases in the weeks and months to come. This week, we turn our focus to the hitters whose latent power appears primed to emerge. Obviously, there are no guarantees, but with the season's first month in the books some interesting trends in the data have begun to emerge.

Digging into the peripheral numbers for players is a great option for BaseballHQ.com readers, but the site has even more to offer to assist owners in the form of the Leading Indicators section of the Statistical Toolkit. Parsing these lists can help to identify players with upside by distinguishing the skills they own which can translate to the specific type of...

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