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ANALYSIS: While the batting average might be lagging behind the rest of his impressive statistics, Big Teix is back and finally fully healed from the wrist injury that has hampered his production over the last year. Ignore the low batting average right now. Mark Teixiera already has nine home runs (only 22 in '14) and his ISO is standing at .381! Only Nelson Cruz has a higher mark in isolated power.
In addition to playing half his games in one of the most home run friendly parks and getting protection from Alex Rodriguez hitting behind him in the order, Teixeira has cut his strikeout percentage from over 21% last year down to 14.4% this season. He's also done a great job of being selective on pitches to drive while drawing walks at a far better rate than last year. So the .202 batting average hurts a little, but his wOBA is .373. Part of the low batting average can also be attributed to some bad luck as evidenced by a .127 BABIP. He is without a doubt worth an addition to your team in any league.
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