Neil Walker has hit either second or fifth over the last six games for the Pirates.
Analysis: Walker is in a great position at the moment. He’s either hitting in front of Andrew McCutchen or behind Pedro Alvarez… not bad at all. Walker also has at least one hit in eleven of his last twelve games. He has his batting average up to .258 which is still about twenty points below his career average and all this makes sense because his BABIP this year is about twenty points lower than his career mark.
Walker only has 7 home runs this season which is disappointing considering he has hit at least 12 bombs each year over the past three years. Although his home run tally is down his isolated power is 9th among qualified second baseman. He’s 10th among second baseman in doubles, 6th in triples and 7th in OBP. If he continues hitting second or fifth his run and RBI totals will start to rise which means top 15 fantasy second baseman numbers.
Neil Walker is available in 30-40% of fantasy leagues.