Fantasy: Odubel Herrera, A Top-20 Outfielder?

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Odubel Herrera continues to show his hot start is no fluke. (Photo Credit: Drew Hallowell / Getty Images North America)

This season was supposed to be a write off for the Philadelphia Phillies. While it is only the seventh week of the season, the Phillies are sitting at 22-17 and are only 1.5 games out of first place despite having the third youngest roster in all of baseball (27.8 years old). With the entire team playing well, Odubel Herrera is certainly doing his part to keep his squad in contention.

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Examining ESPN’s Fantasy Baseball Player Rater

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Every year, fantasy baseball managers rely on ESPN’s Player Rater. While this is a great tool to compare players, does it tell you everything you need to know?

If you play fantasy baseball on ESPN, you have heard of the player rater. It provides fantasy mangers with the ability to view the 898 Major League Baseball players who have made their way onto a field in the first month of the 2016 season. I will take the time here to say that I am not a statistics expert, nor do I have any actual knowledge of how ESPN calculates their player rater formula. ESPN, as a corporation, does a pretty good job at keeping these kinds of things on lock. This article, essentially, is my thoughts on the player rater and its hits and misses.

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