Early deep league targets, 2025
May 12 2025
As we did with starting pitchers this week, let's help you target where to spend your speculative dollars on hitters if you play in a very competitive or deep league.
Here are a bunch of under-the-radar bats in each league that could be worth pursuing if you are searching for speculative targets.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Addison Barger (3B/RF, TOR) is a batter with some significant appeal in deep leagues. His poor stats (.220 BA, 0 HR, 7 RBI, 0 SB, .618 OPS in 54 PA) are hiding some premium batted ball quality: 96.6 mph EV, 15.4 LA, 12.5% Brl%. Further, he's not chasing much (24.8% Chase Rate), nor is he swinging-and-missing a lot (9.6% SwK%), which backs his 80%+ ct%. He's someone with more upside than you might realize.
Nick Kurtz (1B, OAK) is a...
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