Are you hurting in the run category? Here are some reasonably available players that can help you out.

 

Dexter Fowler, OF, Colorado Rockies
Fowler scored 12 runs over the past 15 days while hitting .364 with a HR, eight RBIs, and two SBs. On the year, he’s hitting .244 with 47 runs, three HRs, 19 RBIs, and 11 SBs. Dexter is owned in 35 percent of ESPN and 26 percent of CBS leagues.

 

Jose Tabata, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates
Tabata scored 10 runs in the past 15 days while hitting .396 with two RBIs and two SBs. On the year he’s hitting .310 with 32 runs, two HRs, 16 RBIs, and 12 SBs in 52 games. Jose is owned in 28 percent of ESPN and 44 percent of CBS leagues.

 

Jerry Hairston, Jr., OF/2B/3B/SS, San Diego Padres
Jerry scored nine runs in the past 15 days while hitting .268 with two HRs, nine RBIs, and a stolen base. On the year, he’s hitting .255 with 46 runs, nine HRs, 46 RBIs, and eight SBs. Jerry is owned in 16 percent of ESPN and 33 percent of CBS leagues.

 

Brendan Ryan, SS, St. Louis Cardinals
Ryan scored nine runs in the past 15 days while hitting .356 with three RBIs. On the year, he’s hitting .221 with 32 runs, two HRs, 22 RBIs, and eight SBs. Brendan is owned in only two percent of ESPN and five percent of CBS leagues!

 

John Jaso, C, Tampa Bay Rays
Jaso also scored nine runs in the past 15 days while hitting .293 with two RBIs. On the year, he’s hitting .272 with 38 runs, three HRs, 35 RBIs, and three SBs. John is owned in three percent of ESPN and 31 percent of CBS leagues.

 

John Jay, OF, St. Louis Cardinals
Jay—keeping with the trend—scored nine runs over the past 15 days while hitting .340 with 2 RBIs. On the year, he’s hitting .371 with 28 runs, three HRs, 14 RBIs, and a stolen base. John is owned in 10 percent of ESPN and 34 percent of CBS leagues.

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