SPECULATOR: American League spring camp questions

Following last week's question-and-answer exercise from NL spring camps, time to try some American League spring questions:

Who will win the 2B job in Baltimore? Or, who should we be rooting for from a fantasy perspective?

Ryan Flaherty, Alexi Casilla, Jemile Weeks, Jonathan Schoop... should we care about any of these guys? Our current playing time allocations give an edge to Flaherty, and the skills back that up: his PX/xPX rates a tick above average in his limited MLB exposure to date. That plus skill, and Weeks/Casilla's speed, are the only plus skills in this competition.

On the surface, Flaherty profiles as a bat with some pop that is accompanied by questionable contact skills, which point to a low BA. There is a...

Almost!

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