The end of the regular season is in sight. Maybe we can find a guy or two to get you over the hump in your league. We’ll be looking at under-the-radar guys who have been hot recently.
Brice Turang, 2B, Milwaukee Brewers
Throughout Brice Turang’s young career, he has been thought of as a light-hitting speedster who was perhaps more valuable in real life than in fantasy. Prior to July 22, 2025, he had 1,477 PA, a .249/.315/.338 slash, 19.5% K%, 8.7% BB%, and 84 wRC+. He did have 94 SB, but just 19 HR and a minuscule .090 ISO. This jived with his 30/35 Game Power and 45/45 Raw Power FanGraphs gave him as a prospect.
Since July 22, he has been a completely different player. In 153 PA, he has a .309/.362/.604 slash, 26.1% K%, 7.2% BB%, and 165 wRC+. He also has an astonishing 10 HR and .295 ISO. What in the wide wide world of sports is going on here?
His Pull%, FB%, and Hard Hit% have all been gradually increasing throughout the year.
This will certainly lead to more home runs, but nothing like the huge uptick he’s had. Also, I wouldn’t say it’s significantly higher than anything he’s done throughout his career.
His Bat Speed has increased 4.2 mph to 70.4 mph, a huge jump to be sure, but that’s still just 22nd percentile.
Power+ seems to justify the recent power breakout.
Verdict: Not Legit.
The elephant in the room is that huge jump in HR/FB ratio. His career 6.1% HR/FB% has suddenly increased to 27.8%. There’s no way that’s sustainable. As players mature, they tend to hit for more power, and Turang has been doing some things to suggest that is happening, but his recent hot stretch is nowhere close to real.
Brenton Doyle, OF, Colorado Rockies
Brenton Doyle has been a streaky player throughout his young career. Unfortunately, most of those streaks have been of the brisk variety. In 1,335 career PA prior to July 1 this year he had a .226/.279/.382 slash, 28.5% K%, 6.6% BB%, and 67 wRC+. His excellent speed and defense kept him on the field, not his bat.
However, in 160 PA since July 1 he has a .338/.371/.554 slash, 24.4% K%, 5.6% BB%, and 141 wRC+. That’s a robust sample size. He’s just short of PA to qualify over that period, but it would be the 24th-best wRC+ in baseball. What has changed?
An increase in LD% has led to a .408 BABIP. Hitting more line drives will do that, but unfortunately, LD% is notoriously noisy. What else has been going on?
It doesn’t coincide exactly with his improved performance, but about a month earlier he seemed to make a conscious effort to swing more frequently. His O-Swing% has paralleled his Swing%, but his K% has actually dropped. As he has had more PA it’s possible his pitch recognition has improved, and he has felt more confident being more aggressive earlier in the count.
Verdict: Not Legit. I don’t buy that, to be honest, and neither does Process+.
I think this is simply a case of a streaky hitter where his timing is locked in now, leading to more line drives. Once he cools off, I expect him to be a speed source, and not much more.
Photos by Icon Sportswire | Adapted by Doug Carlin (@Bdougals on Twitter)
