MARKET PULSE: Pillar of success

See the end of the article for an explanation of the ratings used here. And a thousand thanks to the folks at OnRoto.com for providing the oh-so-important league ownership data for this article.

We're going to shoot for an all-buy edition of the Pulse here. Do read the write-up of each player, though. It took us almost part of an early-mid-afternoon to write it!

Shallow Leagues

Looking at Kevin Pillar (OF, TOR), who's been moving steadily up the charts (now at 55% ownership in mixed leagues), and what looks like pretty pedestrian numbers (4 HR, .240 BA, 8 SB) have a little glint of "could get better" in them. His .248 xBA isn't terribly inspiring, but his 101 HctX and 98 xPX aren't being reflected in that number. With his 5% bb%...

Almost!

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