Fantasy Baseball Player Notes
2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Notes
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130.
Ke'Bryan Hayes
3B
Hayes had an outstanding 24-game run with the Pirates last year, hitting five home runs with an 1.124 OPS and a 55.4% hard-hit rate, which would have ranked seventh best in the majors had he had enough plate appearances. But that was far more offensve production than he had shown in the minors, where he totaled just a .752 OPS with 25 home runs in 461 career games. Hayes makes a ton of contact and should bat near the top of the Pirates order this year, so even if he regresses some offensively, he should still find enough counting stats to be useful. But don't expect 2020's power levels.
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258.
Bryan Reynolds
CF
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340.
Mitch Keller
SP
In his brief MLB career, Keller is the author of one of the unluckiest (2019) and luckiest (2020) seasons in recent memory. So, the best course of action is to essentially ignore his 69 major league innings and focus on his stuff and minor league career. If you do that, there's a lot to like. Keller has a mid-90s fastball to go along with an above average slider and curveball. Over more than 500 minor league innings, he had a 25.5% strikeout rate, a 3.12 ERA, and a 1.15 WHIP. He will likely struggle for wins on the Pirates, but he'll also get a long leash given the dearth of reliable options, and he should face mostly weak offenses in the NL Central. Keller likely won't be a star, but he'll probably outperform where you need to draft him.
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365.
Colin Moran
1B
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405.
Jose Quintana
SP,RP
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407.
Kevin Newman
SS
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421.
Jacob Stallings
C
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447.
JT Brubaker
SP
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496.
Michael Chavis
1B
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504.
Yoshi Tsutsugo
1B,RF
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601.
Duane Underwood Jr.
RP
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604.
Jared Oliva
RF
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628.
Chris Stratton
RP
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641.
David Bednar
RP
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713.
Cole Tucker
SS
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734.
Michael Perez
C
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743.
Sam Howard
RP
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857.
Chad Kuhl
SP,RP
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860.
Steven Brault
SP
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870.
Anthony Alford
LF
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907.
Bryse Wilson
SP
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917.
Miguel Yajure
SP
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925.
Dillon Peters
SP
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930.
Todd Frazier
1B
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1037.
Oneil Cruz
SS
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1048.
Luis Oviedo
RP
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1055.
Cody Ponce
SP
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1057.
Anthony Banda
RP
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1074.
Ben Gamel
CF,RF
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1103.
Greg Allen
RF
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1121.
Wil Crowe
SP
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1231.
Rodolfo Castro
2B
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1301.
Nick Mears
RP
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1467.
Tucupita Marcano
3B
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