BATTERS: Early sell-high targets 2016
May 16 2016
Let's continue our look at early-season sell-high targets by moving on to hitters.
These bats have an expected batting average (xBA) significantly lower than their actual BA:
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BA vs. xBA* Name League Position BA xBA Diff ================== ====== ======== ==== ==== ===== Flowers, Tyler NL C .250 .130 -.120 Naquin, Tyler AL CF .333 .229 -.104 Herrera, Odubel NL CF .336 .237 -.099 Murphy, Daniel NL 2B/3B .403 .316 -.087 Tomlinson, Kelby NL 2B .340 .256 -.084 Prado, Martin NL 3B .381 .297 -.084 Lowrie, Jed AL 3B/2B .302 .228 -.074 Reynolds, Mark NL 1B/3B .333 .260 ...
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