The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 826 – Picking Hitting League Leaders

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July 7, 2020

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HITTING LEAGUE LEADERS

  • HR AL/NL – Justin picks Cruz/Soler; Arenado/Suarez | Paul picks Olson/K.Davis; Schwarber/Conforto
  • SB AL/NL – J: Mallex/Merrifield; Villar/Dyson | P: Buxton/Mercado; Hampson/Edman
  • AVG AL/NL – J: JD/Fletcher; Cain/Kendrick | P: Arraez/Astudillo; J.Turner/Winker
  • R AL/NL – J: Bregman/Semien; Cutch/Nimmo | P: Kepler/Moncada; Albies/Akiyama
  • RBI AL/NL – J: Devers/Chapman; Harper/Bell | P: Cruz/Gallo; Story/Moose-Cast

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Dominikk85Member since 2020
6 years ago

Nice

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Dominikk85Member since 2020
6 years ago

Btw where is this Luis urias is projected to hit 300 from?

Steamer and depth charts have him just above .250. That is probably a little low but his K rate did go up the last 2 years while power and launch angle went up. I’m not counting that mlb sample but his last AAA stint he was also striking out 18% while his GB rate was below 40 and power was up.

I do think he traded some contact for power. That is not a bad thing and an 18-20% k rate is still better than average especially if that means he is hitting 20 bombs but I think the days of his low teens or even single digit k rate he had in the low minors are over and he could be now more of a .280 hitter with low 20s Homers which is not bad of course.

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Paul SporerFanGraphs Staff
6 years ago
Reply to  Dominikk85

Luis Arraez from the Twins

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TroutmanMember since 2025
6 years ago

Love the Conforto pick!

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vinnyb43Member since 2020
6 years ago

nothing wrong with being realistic Paul. that’s where I am. trying not to think about the virus & will take as many mlb games I can get. Cool pod selection guys. With all of my drafts happening back in March, I’m trying to find some nuggets that could lead me towards a couple stashes before the start. I think La Stella has a good chance to tally a bunch of runs this yr.

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