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I really like Carlos Santana and Evan Gattis. But they're killing my batting average category.

Got them on several of my teams, mostly DC leagues. Despite the decent counting stats they provide I've noticed my BA beginning to soar now that I have benched them both. Santana has proven that he does much better in the 2nd half so unless the alternative is a zero at the position, I'm leaving him parked until he gets his act together.

Gattis...I don't know what to do with him. I'll look at matchups I guess.


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Luis Valbuena. Only five hitters have more homers (19), but 14 pitchers have a higher batting average (.201). He's riding a two week hot streak to put him over Mendoza, but his average was all the way down to .179 after a recent 6-67 skid. The Astros aren't telling him anything as they appear happy to lead the Majors in homers and K's by equally comfortable margins.

You don't roster guys like that where the cat is BAvg Unless your first few picks gave you a huge buffer

Santana is actually a good play in On Base Percentage leagues - Gattis and Valbuena not so much (again Unless you have the OBP strongly supported by a couple of guys like Goldschmidt or Miggy or Votto

Yep -- I have Gattis on my team - huge disappointment. Second catcher is Salty. I've also got Chase Utley. Enough said.

Gattis is pacing at .232-30-100 - not a huge disappointment in my book, not even a mild one.

Batting average is volatile. Difference between .252 (where he was projected) and .232 is 10-12 hits, or one fewer hit every other week.

For some reason Gattis is having troubles with LHP which he usually crushes. If he gets that stroke back he'll finish closer to .250 than .230.