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Jeff Kahntroff profiles outfielder Kevin Pillar as a waiver wire pickup and add in Week 5 of the 2018 MLB season for his strong start to the season.
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ANALYSIS: Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Pillar is prone to hot streaks in his career and definitely has been on the positive side to start the season. Through 26 games, Pillar has a very impressive .309/3/17/13/4 line.
While we should not expect him to keep up a .300 average and his pace of approximately 20 homers and 20 steals, he has averaged 12 homers and 18 steals in the past three seasons while hitting .256, .266 and .278. While he is unlikely to keep his home runs up, he does have nine doubles this season and has seen his doubles tally rise in each of the last three seasons, up to a career-best 37 in 2017. If some of those doubles turn into home runs, he may well top the career-best 16 home runs that he hit last season.
With eight games this week, he very easily could provide production in both the home run and stolen base departments, while padding your RBI and runs categories. If you need a stolen base this week without suffering in the other categories, Pillar is the streamer for you.
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