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Jacob Wilson – SS, ATH: 39% rostered
(BATTING AVERAGE UPSIDE, EVERYDAY ROLE)
Wilson was 14% rostered when we discussed him last week, so quite a few folks like what he’s doing in Sacramento, and it’s hard to blame them. If you like batting average and hate strikeouts and walks, then Jacob Wilson is for you. The Athletics’ rookie makes an elite amount of contact but doesn’t hit for power or draw walks or steal many bases. Wilson has never stolen more than four bases or hit more than seven home runs at any minor league level, so you need to be honest with yourself about what you’re after when you add Wilson. He will give you a strong batting average, and he has moved from the bottom third of the order up to sixth and could conceivably climb up to second or third if he keeps hitting. There’s a place for that on some fantasy rosters, but it may not be yours. A similar boring but dependable option in deeper formats if you need a guy like that in the infield is Geraldo Perdomo – SS, ARI (39% rostered). Perdomo has a bit more speed than Wilson, but a similar amount of power and won’t hit for as high of a batting average. However, Perdomo does also hit second for Arizona, so that keeps him in the thick of things and is part of the reason he has 13 RBIs already this season. It’s a pick-your-poison type of situation between these two, but they both have places on rosters.
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