Juan Francisco now has five home runs over his last nine games as he starts to make some noise in the fantasy world. He may not be widely known but he is not a fluke.
Analysis: Francisco has 9 RBI, 10 runs and 13 hits over his last nine games to go along with those five bombs. He has always been able to mash and his minor league numbers can back it up. In his 173 game Triple-A career Juan has 38 home runs and is slugging .559. Juan had 9 home runs last year with the Atlanta Braves in just 192 at bats and this year he’s up to 11 homers in 186 at bats. He has impressive raw power and thankfully the twenty-six year old is taking full advantage of his opportunity. His strikeout rate/batting average will be a concern going forward but it can be tolerated if he can continue to mash at this pace.
Juan has first base and third base position eligibility which does increase his fantasy value. In fact, over the last two weeks Francisco is the 8th best fantasy third baseman and the 9th best fantasy first baseman. He’s available in 80-90% of fantasy leagues.