BATTERS: 2017 gambles

This column will help you identify batters who may be overvalued heading into draft day. We'll do so by looking at batters whose 2016 production was not backed up by strong underlying skill support.

Here are the batters with the worst skills in 2016 among those who earned at least $5 that season.

<25 BPV, 5x5 $5+, 2016*

Name                League  Position  bb%  ct%  Eye   PX   HctX  xPX  Spd  5x5 $  BPV
==================  ======  ========  ===  ===  ====  ===  ====  ===  ===  =====  ===
Jankowski, Travis       NL        CF  11%  70%  0.42   53    68   28  149    $12   -7
Taylor, Michael         NL        CF   6%  65%  0.18  108    84   81  102     $5   -7
Souza, Steven           AL        RF   7%  63%  0.20  118    83  110  115     $9   -3
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