BATTERS: Very early observations, 2018
Apr 8 2018
As we did in this week's Starting Pitchers Buyers Guide, let's take a very early look at some notable week one performances among batters by putting them into the bigger context of the player's preseason outlook. The goal is to help you identify which extreme performances are worth buying into, as well as which you should view with a skeptical eye.
Keep in mind that one-week data samples are tiny, so our focus very early in the season will be to discuss only extreme performances in this space.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Xander Bogaerts (SS, BOS) has been scorching to start the 2018 season (1.148 OPS in 35 AB). His exit velocity and barrels are way up, his groundball rate is the lowest we've ever seen from him, and he had a big spring. At age 25,...
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