Sometimes when you're hurt or broken it's hard to trust again. That goes for love and life, and it also goes for fantasy baseball.
Often times as a fantasy community we fall in love with the ceiling of players only to watch them fail to live up to that hype. Many of us then aggressively hit that drop button and never look back. That's where the post hype players come into play. These players can help your fantasy team, and many are still sleeping on them because they didn't live up to their hype. But they are young, their upside is still sky high and they are likely sitting on your waiver wire ready to help your fantasy team right now.
Jo Adell is the first name to go grab and insert into the lineup right away. Adell began June red hot. In his first 10 June games he had 6 home runs and 10 RBIs with a 1.186 OPS. The six homers were tied for the MLB lead after the first two weeks in June. Adell still is batting over .300 this month with a 1.141 OPS and he has only struck out 12 times in 40+ at bats.
Adell was a super prospect and is still just 26 years old. I would never count on him for a high average, but scouts saw 30-30 type potential. He only has three steals so far, but his speed is certainly there, as he stole 15 bases last season. His power has been on display with 13 bombs so far this year and that can be counted on. The Angels will give him a lot of rope, and he is starting to look like a good player to throw into that OF spot-on fantasy teams.
Nick Kurtz had everyone in the fantasy community singing his praises before he was brought up the majors. Kurtz was crushing it, and it seemed like daily there was videos online of him going yard in AAA. He actually hit eight home runs in 100 at bats before being called up. Then he came up and struggled mightily.
Kurtz seemed to find his way at the end of May with four home runs in four games but then got injured and hit the waiver wire for most leagues. Since he's returned, he has struggled again and if he isn't on the wire, you can probably get him in a trade from a frustrated owner and that is exactly what you should do. Kurtz is in a minor league ballpark where the ball has been flying out and word is that as the summer gets closer the more it will fly out. Kurtz can be a league winner when he heats up and as the heat comes so will his bat.