PT TOMORROW: AL West—Stealing in SEA?
Mar 9 2016
Leonys Martin (OF, SEA) opens 2016 as the CF, but his performance last season in Texas has the Mariners hedging their bets, and so should you. With 400+ AB the left-handed-hitting Martin has 30-SB upside, as he showed in 2013-14. But despite plus defense, Martin's fraying plate skills, sub-par power and increasingly soft contact produced a .219/.222 BA/xBA in 2015 that led to his benching, an eventual minor league demotion and his departure from the organization during the off-season. Even a slight rebound from 2015's 27% h% would go a long way toward keeping Martin in the lineup, but a career .255 BA suggests that SBs will be his only fantasy contribution.
Behind him the Mariners have journeyman utility Sean...
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