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Junior Caminero 2025 Fantasy Baseball Outlook: Tantalizing Power With Upside Available In Later Rounds
1 month agoTampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero will open the season as the team's starting third baseman. After rocketing up the prospect ranks all the way to No. 1 overall and teasing fantasy managers with two short MLB cameos, we finally get to see a season's worth of what the youngster has to offer. The calling card is prodigious power, blasting 31 home runs in 460 at-bats across two levels of the minors as a 19-year-old in 2023, then another 16 last season in only 234 at-bats as a 20-year-old before his call-up. The Dominican slugged .424 with six home runs in the majors in 165 at-bats at the end of the 2024 season, registering an 11.8% Barrel% and lacing a ball with a 116.3 exit velocity, which was one of the 15 hardest-hit balls all year. With a full season of at-bats, the 21-year-old should approach 30 home runs, and hitting in the top of the Rays' lineup will afford plenty of RBI opportunities. The right-handed hitter is currently ranked at 96 overall at RotoBaller, slightly ahead of his NFBC ADP of 101, but possesses the talent to finish well ahead of that.
