MINORS: A-ball Fact/Fluke—Batting average

We're into the teeth of fantasy trade season. And with that, keeper and dynasty league rebuilders will be looking for prospects as currency in any deal. But outside of resources such as the HQ100, where do people look to find the pop-up prospects? League leaderboards, of course. 

The caveat, as anyone who has tried to project prospects knows, is that especially the further away from the majors one gets, the more difficult it can be to determine the future impact players from the organizational guys. But in savvy leagues, A-ball is often where one needs to identify a future Maikel Franco or Noah Syndergaard. 

There have been four parts of this mini-series thus far: a column on HR, one on pitcher strikeouts, one on stolen bases, and a...

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