Fantasy Baseball Player Notes

2020 Fantasy Baseball Draft Notes

Position

Team

Josh Bell Note
	56. Josh Bell 1B Bell had a true breakout season in 2019, improving drastically in pretty much every measurable category. His increases in exit velocity (2.3 mph), launch angle (3.8 degrees), and barrels per plate appearance (3.8%) showed that his gains were not fluky, and he even recovered from what looked to be a second-half collapse with a .927 OPS in August. The issue for Bell is that even with the improvements, a first baseman who bats .277 and slugs 37 home runs is not blowing the fantasy world away. Buy many of the gains, but don't go crazy on draft day. 5 weeks ago

Bryan Reynolds Note
	94. Bryan Reynolds LF,CF,RF Reynolds was an excellent surprise last year as a rookie, batting .316 with 16 homers and 83 runs despite being down in the minors for the first month of the season. There is some risk in drafting him but more than likely, this is a solid source of batting average in the middle of your draft. 8 weeks ago

Kevin Newman Note
	122. Kevin Newman 2B,SS A leadoff hitter who bat .308 last year with 12 home runs and 16 steals in just 130 games? What's not to like? Fine, he is one of the worst in the league in terms of barrel percentage and hard hit rate but even still, he had an expected batting average of .291 last year. Newman won't blow you away, but he'll chip in everywhere, especially the scarce categories. Don't forget about him on draft day. 5 weeks ago

Gregory Polanco Note
	155. Gregory Polanco RF Polanco was never able to fully recover from his 2018 shoulder surgery, playing in only 42 games last year. He has seemed on the cusp of a breakout for years, but the bottom line is that he has never hit better than .258 or slugged more than 23 homers. He's expected to be ready for the start of the season, whenever that is, and there is still untapped potential, meaning you should draft Polanco late and hope everything finally comes together. 5 weeks ago

Adam Frazier Note
	222. Adam Frazier 2B

Colin Moran Note
	246. Colin Moran 2B,3B

Jarrod Dyson Note
	269. Jarrod Dyson LF,CF,RF

Jacob Stallings Note
	298. Jacob Stallings C

Cole Tucker Note
	307. Cole Tucker SS

Jose Osuna Note
	312. Jose Osuna 1B,3B,RF

Ke'Bryan Hayes Note
	342. Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B

Kevin Kramer Note
	380. Kevin Kramer 3B,LF,RF

Luke Maile Note
	393. Luke Maile C

Guillermo Heredia Note
	453. Guillermo Heredia LF,CF,RF

JT Riddle Note
	465. JT Riddle SS,CF

Pablo Reyes Note
	505. Pablo Reyes LF,CF,RF

Erik Gonzalez Note
	511. Erik Gonzalez 2B,3B,SS

Andrew Susac Note
	517. Andrew Susac C

John Ryan Murphy Note
	525. John Ryan Murphy C

Jason Martin Note
	535. Jason Martin LF,CF

Jared Oliva Note
	558. Jared Oliva LF,CF

Christian Kelley Note
	564. Christian Kelley C

Socrates Brito Note
	649. Socrates Brito RF

Will Craig Note
	684. Will Craig 1B,3B

Phillip Evans Note
	701. Phillip Evans 3B,SS

Oneil Cruz Note
	727. Oneil Cruz SS