Player Profile #61: Desmond Jennings | OF | TB

Let’s start off with the good about Desmond Jennings. His 10 home runs and 20 steals in fewer than 250 at-bats are exactly the type of upside we expected from the youngster. With him leading off, we can easily see him scoring close to 100 runs with 20/40 potential. Now the bad. He needs to get his strikeouts under control (20.7 K%) in order to get his batting average up from .259. His swinging strike percentage was slightly lower (8%) than league average (8.6%) so there’s hope he can cut down on the strikeouts and, in effect, let his legs do the work to bring his BABIP up. He’s easily worth an early investment in all fantasy leagues. Best case scenario: Carl Crawford (BOS) before Boston Similar players: Shane Victorino (PHI), Drew Stubbs (CIN), B.J. Upton (TB) Worst case scenario: Brett Gardner (NYY) Strengths Power/speed, runs, OBP. For a player who can swipe 50 bases, Jennings has a lot of pop in his bat (.190 ISO). He also showed a great eye at the plate (10.8 ...