Daily Fantasy Baseball: Positive Batted-Ball Regression Candidates for Week 20
David Fletcher, 3B, Los Angeles Angels
The Los Angeles Angels have unveiled prospect David Fletcher to minimal fanfare this summer. Fletcher's first taste of the bigs has been understandably low key given his modest sixth-round pedigree, while his .254/.309/.350 triple slash across 176 plate appearances hasn't exactly jumped off the page.
Still, Fletcher has showed one quality that is rare for rookie hitters: a superb batting eye. Check out that 5.8% strikeout-minus-walk rate on just 4.5% swinging strikes. The 24-year-old's sharpened plate approach also came with some major power gains in the minors this year. That muscle has yet to manifest in the majors, but with a FanDuel salary near the minimum, Fletcher seems like an intriguing dart throw this week against beatable lefties like Clayton Richard, Mike Minor, and Martin Perez.
