BATTERS: Potential HR surgers
Apr 29 2013
Nearly a month of baseball is in the books and owners are learning more about their respective rosters each day. While samples are still a bit small to dig deep into a hitter's performance in 2013, fantasy teams are beginning to take shape and reveal strengths and weaknesses. Last week's article looked at players with the key ingredients to fuel a speed burst on the basepaths. This week's column takes aim at those players with the skills required to launch some moon shots and add some power to a lineup.
We tend to preach patience around these parts when it's this early in the season, but it never hurts to identify potential targets. While speed tends to be in steady supply throughout the year as new stolen base threats become available,...
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