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BALLER MOVE: Target ~215
CURRENT ADP: 249
ANALYSIS: Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder David Peralta had a better 2017 than 2016 and it started with his health. He was able to stay on the field for 577 plate appearances. Peralta’s last successful season was in 2015 and he did his best impersonation of those stats during 2017. He had a .293 average and had a .796 OPS.
Of note is that he had a 16.3 strikeout percentage, the best of his career. The main concern Peralta had was where he hit the ball. He hit the ball relatively hard (31.8%), but 55.1% were ground-balls, ranking him the seventh highest ground ball percentage in the league. Also compared to league average, Peralta is two percent below in line-drives hit and nine percent below in fly-balls. Peralta will need to drive the ball more to achieve greater statistical improvements, but he is still a solid player.
Not a good base-stealer, Peralta's strongest traits are his good batting average and playing in a hitter's part. The Diamondbacks are adding a humidor to Chase Field this season, which will depress his stats a bit, but he is still in consideration for the last few rounds of the draft.
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