PT TOMORROW: AL West—Stealing in SEA?

Seattle Mariners

Leonys Martin (OF, SEA) opens 2016 as the CF, but his performance last season in Texas has the Mariners hedging their bets, and so should you. With 400+ AB the left-handed-hitting Martin has 30-SB upside, as he showed in 2013-14. But despite plus defense, Martin's fraying plate skills, sub-par power and increasingly soft contact produced a .219/.222 BA/xBA in 2015 that led to his benching, an eventual minor league demotion and his departure from the organization during the off-season. Even a slight rebound from 2015's 27% h% would go a long way toward keeping Martin in the lineup, but a career .255 BA suggests that SBs will be his only fantasy contribution.

​Behind him the Mariners have journeyman utility Sean...

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