BATTERS: Possible power faders
May 12 2014
For the past two weeks, the Batter Buyers Guide has examined players with skills to fuel either a speed or power breakout respectively. Now we turn our attention to the players for whom storm clouds are gathering in regards to their future production. The focus will stay on sluggers this week as this article will highlight players whose skills suggest their power could be waning in the near future.
Just as the Leading Indicators section of the BaseballHQ.com toolkit can be extremely valuable in pointing out potential skills surgers, so to can it guide owners in identifying potential faders. Many of the same skills (or lack thereof) that predict a future power surge can conversely predict a possible outage. The recipe for a Power Fader...
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