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Texas Rangers Fantasy Superlatives: Sleepers, Breakouts & More

Breakout: OF Willie Calhoun

After success over three seasons at AAA (.297 with 169 runs, 48 HRs, 168 RBI, and nine SBs over 1,056 at-bats), Calhoun finally showed he was worthy of a major league opportunity in 2019.

Over the last two months with Texas, he hit .251 with 30 runs, 14 home runs, and 28 RBI over 195 at-bats.

His path in the minors supported his average hit rate (1.952), which points to 30-plus home runs with a full season of at-bats with the Rangers.

Calhoun hasn’t taken many walks (6.8 percent) in the majors (9.