Yunel Escobar (3B, LAA) - Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: Yunel Escobar is a solid addition in points leagues due to his lack of strikeouts and ability to hit for average. He has hit over .300 each of the past two seasons to go along with a 11.8% K%. This season his strikeout rate has fallen to 10.8%, but his average has dipped to .259/.310/.401. Over the past 12 games he has helped his case by hitting .296/.345/.556, and has seen a huge boon in his power with four HR and 10 RBI over that span. Escobar his five HR in 132 games last season, and already has five in 35 games this season. It is doubtful we will see a big jump in the power department from him, but he is more than capable of hitting over .300 again this season.

An issue with Escobar is he was removed from Saturday's game after feeling his hamstring cramp up. Initial reports said that Escobar was day-to-day with the injury, but now could miss up to a month. There is enough value on the waiver wire to replace Escobar if you picked him up - Hernan Perez and Brandon Drury come to mind first - but his power streak could be real and worthy of using a DL spot on.