SPECULATOR: Finding this year's Adolis García
Mar 1 2023
Just before Opening Day every year, I pose the following (seemingly unanswerable) question on Twitter, the answer to which might help win a lot of leagues:
From 2015-21, one player per year has put up first-round value from the 12th round or later (15 teamers):
2015: Keuchel
2016: Villar
2017: Judge
2018: Snell
2019: KMarte
2020: Voit
2021: MullinsHistory says another will do it this year. Who ya got?
— Ryan Bloomfield (@RyanBHQ) March 29, 2022
Last year's answer? Adolis García (OF, TEX), who squashed fears of a sophomore slump by posting a 25/25 season with monster counting stats (88 runs, 101 RBI) to boot. García's dismal rookie-season plate skills (5% bb%, 67% ct%) pushed García on the fringe of the Top 200 entering the season,...
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