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ANALYSIS: The San Francisco Giants might have one of the best leadoff hitters in all of baseball and yet not many people seem to know who Gregor Blanco really is.
Blanco is a career .262 hitter with limited power with a propensity to steal bases in the right system and be a nightmare on the basepaths. His current BABIP of .354 suggests a significant uptick of value to go along with his .375 OBP and his wRC+ of 126 which has shattered all of his previous MLB marks.
Blanco's K/BB ratio for the season is 51:33 which makes him an even bigger commodity simply due to the fact that he creates contact on the majority of his plate appearances. His OPS of .797 could be even higher if he had more games under his belt. The Giants would be well served to take his sample size from this season and treat him as an everyday player from this point forward. His wOBA of .343 is also the highest it has ever been and in the last two weeks Blanco has accumulated a .326 BA with an OPS of .885 with 4 SB and 5 XBH.
Blanco is the real deal and truly should be valued as a premier leadoff hitter for the rest of the season on a team striving for a playoff push.
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