Leody Taveras Thumps Solo Shot To Prolong Hot Streak
11 months agoTexas Rangers outfielder Leody Taveras went 1-for-3 with a solo home run to prevent his team from being shut out versus the Toronto Blue Jays in a 2-1 loss on Friday. The 24-year-old is compiling a very intriguing campaign overall with a career-best 18.7% strikeout rate and 45.5% hard-hit rate. Taveras is hitting .299 with an .842 OPS and seven big flies, 29 RBI, plus seven stolen bases this year. The speedy centerfielder is generally in the lineup for his glove, but he's waving a fearsome bat right now. Taveras is hitting .313 (26-for-83) with six long balls and 15 RBI going over his last 23 games for an extended hot streak. Performing to ninth-round value in mixed roto leagues on the year as a whole, the switch-hitter deserves to be rostered in far greater than just one-third of Yahoo leagues.
Source: MLB.com
Source: MLB.com