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Carlos Gonzalez rode one of the hottest streaks we’ve seen in a while to a fantastic finish to 2015. It’s hard to speak about seasonal averages for a guy who is always dealing with injuries, he was as locked in as he’d ever been.
2015 saw him log over 600 plate appearances for the first time since 2010, and he rewarded owners with 87 runs, 40 homers, and 97 RBIs with a .271 average. Here are Gonzalez’s home run totals by month: 2, 2, 6, 11, 10, 9. If you rode out his April and May, he rewarded you with fireworks.
With recency bias in full swing his price will be higher than you might like, but there will still be plenty of folks who view his health as too much of a liability to pay for. When does the risk become worth the price? The Rockies taking on Gerardo Parra raised some eyebrows too.
If Gonzalez were to be traded, he obviously takes a big hit leaving Coors. It's hard to project durability -- you could end up with a guy who only plays 100 games, but if he gives you 150 then you have a potential 40 home run bat whose ADP has him going at the end of the fifth round. Not bad at all.
