Fantasy Baseball: 5 Bargain Hitters to Target
Jed Lowrie, 2B/3B, New York Mets
NFBC ADP: 267th
Positional Rank: 23
Draft Round (12-team league): 23rd
For the life of me, I cannot understand why Jed Lowrie perpetually goes undervalued every year in fantasy baseball drafts. But, it seems to be happening again this draft season -- and peep his numbers the last couple years:
| Season | PAs | Runs | RBIs | HRs | BB% | BA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 645 | 86 | 69 | 14 | 11.3% | .277 |
| 2018 | 680 | 78 | 99 | 23 | 11.5% | .267 |
The dude consistently plays a ton, hits for average, walks quite a bit, and contributes across all categories except for steals. You'll need to get that speed elsewhere, but for a guy that's second base eligible and will likely earn third base eligibility (free agent signing Robinson Cano should man second base for the New York Mets), and also hit at the top of the order, there's a lot of fantasy goodness here.
If a stat liked wRC+ is your jam, among all qualified hitters, Lowrie ranked 46th in 2018 (122). When combining runs scored plus runs batted in, Lowrie ranked 27th in all of baseball last year. Despite that, he's the 161st hitter of the board. Take that equity to the bank and run with it.
