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BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team and AL-Only Leagues
OWNED IN: 36% of Fleaflicker Leagues
ANALYSIS: How is it that a player in the Top 25 in HR this season is still only 36% owned? Luis Valbuena defies logic and his stats clearly show why that number is so low.
Sure, he has 21 HR this season but he also only has 43 RBI to go along with a putrid .211 BA. The fact is that his 21.8 K% isn't that great either and his .428 SLG should be much higher. His doubles are way down from last year in Chicago where he cranked out 33.
Valbuena does have sneaky value when you dig even deeper into his stats. His ISO of .217 is the highest it has ever been and his wRC+ is right on track towards his best seasons as a major league talent. The Astros clubhouse is full of big power low residual players and normally stats like Valbuena's would drag a team down. However it has become the norm on a team that is still winning. Valbuena has eligibility at three positions and has been slowly but surely raising his BA. Over the past few weeks he is hitting over .300 with 3 XBH and an OPS over 1.000.
If you can afford to take a hit in the BA department for some cheap power then Valbuena is your guy.
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