Typically known more for his batting average and on-base skills, 30-year-old David Peralta (OF, ARI) has cranked up the power in 2018, setting a career high with 25 HR, 127 xPX, and 139 HctX through his first 114 games (447 AB). Even with the added power, his above-average plate skills (8% bb%, 78% ct%) are essentially in line with his career numbers. He still hits the ball on the ground (50% GB%) with regularity, and his current hr/f (23%) is well above his career rate (15%), but Peralta should continue to provide plenty of production down the stretch while hitting near the top of the Diamondbacks order.
When Peralta missed two games last week with an undisclosed illness, the team turned to Jon Jay (OF, ARI), who...
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