Yonder Alonso has four homers and a 1.230 OPS this spring. It doesn’t matter. You shouldn’t care. Move on.

Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers seems to be a hot add in mixed leagues in the late rounds this spring. Why? (1) Adrian Gonzalez will be ready for Opening Day. (2) The Dodgers have like 23 outfield options. (3) Bellinger has no place to play. (4) Bellinger has been hideous this spring with a .522 OPS and 18 strikeouts in 58 plate appearances.

Greg Bird has a current OPS of 1.612. He won’t finish the 2017 season with a mark that is half of that. See his Player Profile.

Jabari Blash has seven home runs and 18 runs batted in. He also has 22 strikeouts in 52 at-bats. Seems likely he makes the team in San Diego and he has the look of a solid NL-only option.

Keon Broxton has two steals in six attempts this spring. That’s terrible. Gotta clean that up.

Stephen Cardullo seems likely to make the Rockies given his huge Spring (.358/.429/.604 with 15 RBI in 27 games). He could see enough at-bats early on, with the Rockies injuries, to be a viable NL-only play in April.

Chris Carter has a whopping 25 strikeouts in 47 at-bats. He’s played himself right into a bench role with the Yankees.

Nick Castellanos is at it again, that “it” is bashing the ball all over the field. Fully healthy, Nick has four homers, eight doubles and a .755 SLG in 19 outings. He’s a strong add given his current cost.

Delino DeShields has been killing it this spring with a .448 OBP and 12 steals. He also has no homers, one RBI and a .321 SLG though. He really can’t hit, bvut it sounds like he could get some run early on to prove me wrong.

Maikel Franco leads the spring with 69 at-bats. He’s hit five homers with 14 RBI and he’s only struck out nine times. Overall though, that .710 OPS is indicative of a guy who needs those at-bats to find his groove.

Adam Frazier looks ready for the big leagues with a .400/.468/.636 line. He has no shot at playing time though unless Polanco ends up on the DL with his shoulder woes. Same time, as soon as Polanco is healthy Frazier would be out of a job. Frazier has no lock on playing time unless there is a trade of if one of the Pirates’ outfielder suffers a serious injury.

Joey Gallo just can’t consistently hit the ball. He has 19 strikeouts in 42 at-bats.

Alex Gordon looks healthy and rejuvenated. The veteran has attempted four steals, only two successful, but he’s also posted a .443 OBP and .914 OPS. He better hit leadoff for the Royals to open the year.

Mitch Haniger is batting .400 with two homers, three steals and a 1.120 OPS in 20 games. He’s also walked just three times. Simply not as good as he appears to be.

Howie Kendrick will be Howie Kendrick, but don’t go expecting a strong start to the season if his .527 OPS in 21 games is any indicator.

Yoan Moncada is batting .317 with a 1.074 OPS in 17 games. How is it that he doesn’t have a steal though?

Wil Myers has 11 walks to just 12 strikeouts in 20 games. There’s no chance he keeps up that BB/K pace, but it could be a harbinger of Myers walking a ton as teams work around him in a weak Padres lineup.  

Fun facts with Barry Bonds and Pacman.

Stephen Piscotty is a really solid hitter. We’ve seen that for two years now. Alas, he’s been awful with a .434 OPS and that could lead to a loss of some playing time early on.

Hunter Renfroe has hit .303 with a .500 SLG this spring. He’s only struck out 11 times in 66 at-bats which is really good given his overall game. Same time, his total of one walk is troubling.

Pablo Sandoval has looked... great. In 18 games he’s hit .351-4-19 with six doubles leading to a .667 SLG. Still as impatient as ever though with one walk.

Miguel Sano is stuck in the mud with 21 strikeouts and just four walks in 16 games. I still think he’s a nice target given his cost.

Pretty quietly Travis Shaw has a .333/.424/.646 slash line.

Trevor Story has 18 strikeouts in 18 games a terrible but better pace than last season.

 

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