Rajai Davis isn’t getting much love from fantasy owners this season yet he continues to put together another solid year.
Analysis: Rajai Davis has 16 SB, 24 R, 4 HR and is batting .272 thus far this year. The speedster stole thirty-four bags in just ninety-five games last year and the previous year saw Rajai hit the fifty steal mark. Davis is a career .272 hitter which is where his 2012 average is at the moment, so you cannot say he is an inconsistent ballplayer. Yes, his average was awful last year but his BABIP was also thirty points below his career average.
It also appears that Davis’ power is peaking. His isolated power of .175 is a career high this year, sixty-six points above his career average. In fact, he’s only one bomb away from his career high in home runs and we aren’t even at the All-Star break yet. It is absolutely baffling how the sixth leading base stealer in all of baseball is only owned in twenty percent of fantasy leagues. He’s a solid contact hitter who is having his best power year, yet he still gets no love. To put it in perspective- Rajai has more homers and stolen bases than Jose Reyes in 153 less at-bats.