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Josh Rojas 2022 Outlook: Ideal Bench Piece in Leagues of All Sizes
Josh Rojas put together a solid season for the woeful Arizona Diamondbacks in 2021, slashing .264/.341/.411 with 11 HR and nine steals across 550 PAs. His 27.8 FB%, middling 11.3% HR/FB, and 4.8% rate of Brls/BBE suggest that Rojas offers little power upside for fantasy managers, but his legs could do more. He swiped 38 bases in 2018 between two minor league stops with a 73% success rate and 37 in 2019 across four stops with a 76% success rate. That said, more steals are not a given. Rojas's 27.6 ft./sec Statcast sprint speed was more good than great last season, and he might settle in the 10-20 SB range instead of the lofty totals he put up on the farm. Even still, he projects to hit leadoff for a lineup that has nowhere to go but up, making Rojas a good source of runs. He also qualifies at 2B (55 games), SS (42), and OF (55) in all formats, with the possibility of 3B (14) depending on your league's settings. Rojas figures to be the club's everyday third baseman in 2022, so he'll earn eligibility there if he doesn't start with it. The ability to contribute a little of everything at multiple positions with a little upside makes Rojas a great target for your bench, especially considering his affordable ADP of 229.84.
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