The biggest thing to have and the hardest thing to find
recently in fantasy baseball is power and if you struck out with it in your
draft have no fear because I think I have a few players that could put some pop
into your lineup and save or pad your team this season. Some may be obvious and
some may be a bit of a stretch but if you’re still reading this after reading
just the headline it’s obvious you need some sort of advice and help and are
likely to try anything if it works. With that said let’s take a look at a few
players that could add some home runs to your totals and are likely on your
waiver wire or the free agent market in your league.
Kyle Blanks of the Texas Rangers is a player I wanted the
Yankees to pick up a couple seasons ago when they went from #TooManyDamnHRs to
#CanWeScoreOneRun in a matter of months. Blanks is up with the Rangers right
now while Mitch Moreland is injured and has shown tremendous power in his
limited sample size. Blanks already has three home runs and a .719 slugging
percentage in 32 at bats.
Logan Morrison of the Seattle Mariners is finally healthy
and has hit .360 with three home runs, two doubles and a triple this week. Buy
the hot start and sell high in June or July. Same can be said for the new
Braves third baseman Kelly Johnson. Johnson has six home runs and 17 RBI this
season in only 68 at bats replacing the injured Chris Johnson in Atlanta. Buy
now, milk his production and sell him later as he can play three positions in
fantasy baseball, third base, first base and now left field. One last hot hand
right now is the Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner who hit three home runs in
the span of four games. While Turner is only eligible at third base as far as
fantasy goes he plays all over the diamond in Los Angeles giving Don Mattingly
plenty of opportunities to give him at bats.
Carlos Perez is the new catcher in Los Angeles with the
Angels right now and while it’s hard to project his MLB numbers his
.361/.418/.714 in Triple-A is encouraging. Speaking of catchers hard to project
Jarrod Saltalamacchia was recently picked up by the Arizona Diamondbacks and
seems destined to get called up to the major leagues relatively soon looking to
go from a pitching friendly Marlins Park to a more hitter friendly park in
Arizona. The final player on the list is Astros outfielder Preston Tucker who
is filling in for George Springer. Tucker hit 10 home runs with 32 RBI in 21
games in Triple-A and looks primed to hit more than a few out of Minute Maid
Park this season.