Buy Jac Caglianone, sell Framber Valdez, hold Matt McLain in fantasy baseball

We are finally reaching the point where some stats, such as strikeout, walk, and swinging-strike rate, are showing a good amount of signal. That doesn’t mean every player has now established their true level, but it does mean that it’s not all noise and results can guide some decisions.BuyJac Caglianone, OF, KCThere is no real mystery with Caglianone. His swings miss a lot, but when he makes contact, it’s of the loud variety. His 110.8 mph EV90 (the 90th percentile of his exit velocities, which is a great measure of raw power) is sixth among qualified hitters, tied with Yordan Alvarez and Munetaka Murakami. So why does he only have two homers? He is not hitting the ball in the air. His 3.8 degree launch angle is seventh lowest in the league. Last year it was a similarly low 4.1 degrees. That means this isn’t a simple matter of better luck and better weather. He needs a change in approach.Advertisement