Doby (24), Baines (20), Soriano (32) and Semien (26) were the only four to hit 20+ HR the rest of those years. The group's year-over-year comparison:
25+ HR year: HR per 5.1 G and 21.8 PA
Follow-up year: HR per 7.1 G and 30.3 PA
The previous 13:
Earl Averill, 1933
Larry Doby, 1956
Johnny Callison, 1966
Don Baylor, 1980
Harold Baines, 1983
Cecil Cooper, 1984
Bobby Bonilla, 1997
Ben Zobrist, 2010
Alfonso Soriano, 2012
J.J. Hardy, 2014
Austin Meadows, 2022
Marcus Semien, 2022
Spencer Torkelson, 2024
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Aaron Judge is one of 38 hitters in history with a minus-4 fantasy point (or worse) Opening Day. Of those 38, 26 have occurred this century and four were in 2025 alone.
@iygaftidgaf It's close enough in terms of players rostered that you could apply an extra dollar to the top 14 overall to make up the difference. Generally I suggest scaling it up evenly, then taking some of the funds from the lower third to apply to the upper third, but yours is close as is.
@FantasyManiac3 So it's a 7x5 with two extra hitting categories? Neither is going to totally hit the mark, because hitting, and especially power hitters, need sizable bumps up.
@TheReelAP That always depends upon the round pricing, as well as whether you can keep them again in future years? Anthony would’ve the closest one to a cut for J-Ram (and I wouldn’t cut Anthony), but can’t you just use your first to try to get J-Ram or someone comparable back?
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