Second half deep league targets, 2024

As we did with starting pitchers last 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 bats in each league that could be worth pursuing if you need to gamble on hitting help for the second half, including some intriguing performers at Triple-A.
 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Akil Baddoo (LF, DET) continues to struggle to produce at the MLB level (.117 BA, .517 OPS in 69 PA). A crazy 14% h% deserves most of the blame. Underneath his horrible results has been a promising 137 xPX built on career-best batted ball components (91.8 mph EV, 21.6 LA, 10.8% Brl%. Combined with his 76th percentile Statcast Sprint Speed and age (25), Baddoo can carve out a role in...

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