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Ryan O’Hearn – 1B/OF, BAL: 22% rostered
(CONSISTENT PLAYING TIME, POWER UPSIDE)
Ryan O’Hearn is a boring veteran who has also been criticized because he was “blocking” the path of many of the Orioles’ top prospects for the last couple of years. However, at this point, Kyle Stowers and Connor Norby are gone, Jordan Westburg and Colton Cowser play every day when healthy, Heston Kjerstad has not hit at the MLB level, and the team clearly doesn’t trust Coby Mayo as a defender, so maybe we should just embrace O’Hearn for the value that he does bring. O’Hearn isn’t going to play against lefties, but he has been producing more than enough against righties. He hits clean-up for the Orioles and is having one of his best seasons by trading a little bit of contact for a slightly more pull-happy approach. He’s more of a line drive hitter, so the home run production will come and go, but the quality of contact has been really good, and this lineup should improve when Cowser and Westburg return soon. Abraham Toro – 1B/2B/3B, BOS (3% rostered) is also on a pretty good run of late and has been starting regularly at either first base or third base for Boston. We keep expecting that Boston will trade for a 1B, but if they continue to fall out of playoff contention, they may just stick with Toro, who is 28 years old and hitting .325/.338/.506 in 23 games this season with three home runs, 10 runs scored, and eight RBI. This is probably more of a short-term add but not a bad one in deeper leagues.
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