Cesar Hernandez (2B, CLE) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups

3 years ago by Doug Goldring

Link copied to clipboard!

Follow @Doug

TESTING NEW WIDGET hide

2. More Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Adds

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 15% of leagues

ANALYSIS: Cesar Hernandez leads off every night in Cleveland, and he's managed a mediocre .220/.299/.388 slash line in 58 games and 227 at-bats for the season as of Friday afternoon. To call that line pedestrian would be generous. However, Statcast data indicates that Hernandez has significantly underperformed his underlying metrics, as he has an xBA and xSLG of .264 and .452, respectively, and his career-high .344 xwOBA sits 42 points higher than his actual .302 wOBA. Diving even further into Hernandez's bad luck, he has a .246 BABIP this season, a full 87 points below his career .333 number.

Hernandez is also contributing significantly more power this year than in the past, with nine home runs and a career-high .167 isolated power to go with another career-high in his 9.1 percent barrel rate. Hernandez is in the top three among second baseman in the major leagues in home runs, top six in runs scored, and top eight in RBI, according to ESPN. And this all comes while being available on the waiver wire in 85 percent of leagues. Fantasy managers could do a lot worse than to add Hernandez to their rosters in anticipation of his numbers rising to meet their expected levels.

Download Our Free News & Alerts Mobile App

Like what you see? Download our updated fantasy baseball app for iPhone and Android with 24x7 player news, injury alerts, sleepers, prospects & more. All free!