Well, you knew this one was coming. If you heard me once expound on the greatness of Maikel Franco, you’ve heard me expound on his greatness dozens of times and I have to say, I need to expound on how much I love this Word of the Day calendar. It’s expounding my vocabulary! I used it wrong there, didn’t I? Let’s backtrack to the most basic common knowledge we have about baseball players. They all spit. Okay, Random Italicized Voice, let’s fast forward a bit. Hitters sleep with a wOBA? Now you’ve lost me. Good, stop following me, you creeper! Players usually take a few years to get comfortable. Guys don’t usually peak their first full years. Last year, Maikel Franco had a line of 67/25/88/.255/1 as a 23-year-old in his first full season. Okay, so there were so many homers last year that David Eckstein would’ve hit 30 homers if he was still playing. Fair enough, but you can’t possibly think Franco was a disappointment with 25 homers in his first full season. On our Player Rater, Maikel Franco was ranked 154th overall. Better than Marcell Ozuna, Dexter Fowler, Matt Carpenter, Craig Kimbrel and Joc Pederson. Sure, bit apples and oranges, but orange you glad I told you? Okay, for that, I’m going into the pun penalty box for three minutes. *sits in penalty box, smiles showing missing front tooth* Okay, I’m back! So, what can we expect from Maikel Franco for 2017 fantasy baseball and what makes him a sleeper?
Please, blog, may I have some more?