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Waiver Wire Hitters
Kyren Paris – 2B, LAA: 70% rostered (39% rostered when this article was first drafted)
(SPEED UPSIDE, POTENTIAL PLAYING TIME OPPORTUNITY)
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Despite Paris being well over the cut-off for this article, I wanted to include him in here because he’s one of the most-added players in fantasy baseball and has been a lightning rod for discussion online; many conversations are ones I’ve been a part of. It was pointed out to me that some of my Twitter comments made it sound like I was not interested in Paris, so I want to be clear that if he’s available in your league, you should be looking to add him. What Paris has done to start this season is stupid good, and we have that detailed video online that breaks down his swing change this off-season, which I linked to last week. Paris is a former second-round pick who could absolutely be reaching a new level of success thanks to a new swing. However, I think it’s important that we also acknowledge that Paris is a career .237 minor league hitter, had a 35% strikeout rate at Triple-A last year, and currently has just a 63% contact rate with a 17% swinging strike rate. Even with the changes, Paris has the profile of a hitter who will produce power/speed numbers but likely swing and miss a lot and have a poor batting average. Think about last season when Jo Adell got off to a hot start and we assumed he had fixed his contact issues, and then he slowed considerably as the year went on. You’re going to keep Paris in your lineup as long as he’s producing, and he could produce for a long time, but he also could wind up a .230 hitter with good power/speed numbers. You’d be really happy with that considering he was a waiver wire add, but just keep expectations in check when you’re thinking about who to drop and who to trade in order to get Paris on your team.
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