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BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team / Two-Catcher Leagues
OWNED IN: 14% of Fleaflicker Leagues
ANALYSIS: This player has been such a pariah to many fantasy owners who thought he would be one of the best sleeper catchers in fantasy baseball. His amazingly slow start had owners dumping him fast and letting him figure out his hitting issues safely on the waiver wire or at the minimum the bench.
The K% is at an out of control 34% which makes some owners absolutely refuse to keep reading any more about Zunino. In fact his numbers across the board have been dreadful to say the least.
Would you believe me if I told you his BB% and Contact% were both higher than they were last year and his BABIP is on pace to also be higher than his 2014 campaign? It might sound like grasping at straws but Zunino is slowly becoming a better baseball player because he has to.
Over the past week he is hitting .313 and has an OPS of .818 and even with his bad play he is still behind the dish for Seattle at least 80% of the time. Owners who held onto him can take a chance on him figuring things out but shallow leagues can probably avoid him for now until he really turns the corner.
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