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If it wasn’t for his horrific start to 2015, batting .162, while tallying 21 strikeouts and only 11 hits, Carlos Beltran would have posted a season average of a lot closer to .300. Beltran is inching up there in age, but after hitting 19 home runs and driving in 67 runs at 38 years old, there appears to still be some pop left in his bat. Beltran isn’t worth an outfield start but his value lies in his proven ability to get hot and stay hot, stretches of tearing the cover off the ball, keeping father-time in the stands and off the field. Beltran collected 14, 15, and 17 RBI’s in May, August, and September.
Beltran should land a spot on fantasy benches, and plugged into lineups during these hopeful streaks of production. The veteran will be 39 in April, but will be batting in the middle of the Yankees lineup, if not third. With prospect and highly talked about right-fielder, Aaron Judge, set to start swinging a big league bat come midseason, Beltran will need to produce or find himself in the same place most fantasy owners will likely keep him.
