BATTERS: Young breakout speculations 2016

One approach that can help you have a better draft than your competitors is to identify young bats who could deliver nice profit and target them during your draft.

Let's do this by looking back at the skills posted by bats age 26 or under in 2015.

Players age 26 or under posted an average 39 BPV in 2015. Of them, only these 54 guys managed a 50+ BPV (min 100 AB):

50+ BPV, Age 26 or Under 2015*

Name                Lg  Position     Age  bb%  ct%  Eye   PX   HctX  xPX  Spd  BPV
==================  ==  ===========  ===  ===  ===  ====  ===  ====  ===  ===  ===
Harper, Bryce       NL           RF   22  19%  75%  0.95  208   135  161   93  134
Trout, Mike         AL           CF   23  14%  73%  0.58  190   131  154  121  108
Arenado, Nolan ...

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