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Fantasy Baseball: Is Trea Turner Worth a Second-Round Pick?

The Washington Nationals' speed demon ran wild in 2016, but some of Turner’s underlying numbers indicate that a second-round investment is risky.

Trea Turner's rookie season took off with a breakout second half in 2016. It's not surprising to now see his place in early fantasy baseball rankings for 2017 among experts become one of the industry's most divisive topics.

There is what can only be described as a marked non-consensus on how to value the Washington Nationals' speedster as he prepares for his first full season in the big leagues. As of this writing, the FantasyPros Consensus Rankings slot him as a mid-second rounder in standard leagues, but what’s notable here is the range in the individual ranks.