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Fantasy Baseball: 5 Hitters Due for Positive Home Run Regression in 2019

Matt Kupferle  —  @MKupferle Feb 26th, 2019
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Carlos Santana, 1B/OF, Cleveland Indians

2018 - Home Runs: 24 (T-41st), FB: 43.7%, HR/FB: 11.6%

Carlos Santana returns home to his friendly digs with the Cleveland Indians, and hopefully that brings a rebound in production. Santana popped 24 long balls a season ago, but a career-worst .229 batting average stunted his fantasy growth. That's a big reason his ADP sits at only 209.2 at NFBC drafts.

However, the elite contact hitter remains an under-appreciated asset. His walk rate (16.2%) exceeded his strikeout rate (13.7%), showing that Santana still maintains an impressive batting eye.

Santana also raised his fly-ball rate by nearly four percent, all while maintaining a solid 32.8% hard-hit rate. We think there's some growth in Santana's power numbers in 2019, so buy-in while you can.

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