According to high-stakes guru Shawn Childs, find out how some key members of the Texas Rangers will perform for this upcoming fantasy baseball season. Watch as Shawn is joined by Chris Halicke to discuss some sleepers and breakouts.
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00:00Hey, what's up? It's Corey Parson, the fantasy executive here from SI.com. We're starting
00:05to hear rumors that the majors could be coming back and we definitely need fantasy baseball
00:09at this time. Joining me to talk some Texas Rangers are SI's fantasy and gambling analyst
00:13Sean Charles and Rangers insider, Chris Hallett. Chris, give me a sleeper and a breakout on
00:19player on this team.
00:22A sleeper could be Nick Solak. He was the team's rookie of the year. He has a really,
00:27really good bat. He can play multiple positions. He's a little bit behind on the depth chart.
00:32Danny Santana looks like he's going to be in center field. Todd Frazier is going to
00:35play third base and Ruegen O'Doar is going to play second base, but he could slot in,
00:39like I said, a number of positions and the Rangers really, really like the upside of
00:43his bat. A breakout player could easily be Willie Calhoun. Listen, this guy hit 21 home
00:49runs in 83 games last year. That's nothing to sneeze at. When the Rangers originally
00:53acquired him from the Dodgers, when they sent you Darvish that way, they liked his
00:57bat there. He's worked on his defense. He's working primarily his first step on reading
01:01the ball in the outfield. This is a guy who could break out. He's got a really clean stroke
01:06from the left side. This is a really, really good player and the Rangers are really high
01:09on him.
01:10All right. Thanks a lot, Chris. Hey, Sean, what about a comeback player on this roster?
01:14It's kind of interesting. I got Ruegen O'Doar as a comeback player and it is his ADP is
01:22like 225 in a high stakes market, which is really kind of disappointing considering,
01:26you know, in the past a player with, you know, that much power and the efforts, a little
01:29bit of speed scores, runs and RBIs. He's got, he's given you four categories, but his batting
01:34average really, really, you know, was 205 for the year. Strikeout rates over 30% and
01:39people are just going to gravitate to that. But the, you know, two years before that he
01:42did a much better job. And I mean, I'm sorry, the previous year he did a much better job
01:46in that area. So he could easily bounce back, especially in a shortened season. He he's
01:51a guy that could be a middle of order bat with more power. He's young enough where he
01:54could still offer more upside. I really like what he brings to the table. I just wish he'd
01:58control the strike zone, strike zone a little bit better. And he did that early in his career.
02:02So he still has that skillset. So overall, I think he's kind of discounted and I think
02:06he's going to come back and probably be a top five or six round pick if he can hit like
02:09270 in the shortened season is definitely going to benefit him if he gets out of the
02:13gate good.
02:14All right. Thanks a lot, Sean and Chris. Major League Baseball, fantasy owners need
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