SPECULATOR: 2nd-half rebound candidates

Obviously the top names and intriguing newcomers from March who’ve had banner 1st halves give fantasy owners little reason to worry or look for upgrades. A more interesting exercise is attempting to identify 1H scufflers from whom we expected at least a little more—and who still have another three months to deliver. Our effort this week is to provide a complete lineup of rebound ideas, even though some of these may have given us little hope to date other than their recent historical track records. For all 1H/2H split data, we are using June 30 as a cutoff point.

At least part of CLE’s disappointing season can be traced to the offense, where the Indians are clearly missing the power-fueled production from behind the plate by Yan Gomes...

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