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Charlie Blackmon 2021 Fantasy Outlook: No Longer A Top-100 Player?
4 years agoIt was a strange 2020 season for Colorado Rockies outfielder Charlie Blackmon, as he came out as the hottest hitter in the league by hitting .395/.440/.553 in his first 30 games, but then he sputtered to the finish line by hitting .206/.270/.336 for the final 30 contests. His final line still made him a very useful fantasy hitter with a .303 batting average while scoring and driving in runs at a strong pace. However, there are very few steals left in his game and the power numbers are no longer trustworthy. He also did not look like a very good hitter by the batted-ball metrics in 2020, posting a near career-worst 29.7% hard-hit rate and a career-high 10.5% swinging-strike rate. All of this leaves his projected production moving forward limited to batting average and runs scored. He has become much cheaper in drafts, but fantasy managers will likely still have to spend a top-100 pick on him. Given that there are lots of ways to find a useful batting average much later in the draft, Blackmon is seemingly a poor investment for 2021.
