Yahoo! Sports · Feb 21, 2024
The Consistency Crew — 2024's most secure fantasy baseball draft picks
Way back in 2012, I was one of the writers who labeled Matt Kemp as the No. 1 overall fantasy player after he hit .324 with 39 homers and 40 steals the previous year. My reasoning included the theory that the Dodgers star was a can’t-miss player due to his durability after missing a total of 11 games in the previous four years.
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Of course, Kemp went on to sit 56 games in the '12 campaign and 89 contests the following year. His durability pattern was similar to that of Hunter Pence, who was baseball’s most durable player from 2008-14 before struggling to stay healthy in each of his next six seasons.