Top 10 Potential Injury-Risk Sleepers
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#2 Kendry Morales
1B, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Career highs by category:
.306 AVG, 34 HR, 108 RBI, 86 R, 3 SB
Projections:
.285 AVG, 30 HR, 100 RBI, 90 R, 0 SB
Morales' career highs all came in his one full season in the major leagues in '09. He lost most of last year to a broken ankle incurred in a fateful walkoff homer celebration. Apparently ankles snap when jumping wildly onto home plate amid a mass of humanity. The ankle can sap a player's speed for the rest of his life, but Morales makes his bones hitting bombs and driving in runs. If you assume mild improvement on his lone full season's numbers, he should smash those projections and perform like a top-five fantasy first baseman -- if not top-five hitter overall. That, despite the fact he will be go among the top 10 at his position on draft day.
Career highs by category:
.306 AVG, 34 HR, 108 RBI, 86 R, 3 SB
Projections:
.285 AVG, 30 HR, 100 RBI, 90 R, 0 SB
Morales' career highs all came in his one full season in the major leagues in '09. He lost most of last year to a broken ankle incurred in a fateful walkoff homer celebration. Apparently ankles snap when jumping wildly onto home plate amid a mass of humanity. The ankle can sap a player's speed for the rest of his life, but Morales makes his bones hitting bombs and driving in runs. If you assume mild improvement on his lone full season's numbers, he should smash those projections and perform like a top-five fantasy first baseman -- if not top-five hitter overall. That, despite the fact he will be go among the top 10 at his position on draft day.
