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Jonathan India (2B/3B/OF Royals): Rostered in 36% of Yahoo leagues

Two homers and zero steals through nearly 40 percent of the schedule isn’t what anyone signed up for in drafting India this spring, but here we are. At least India is showing actual positive signs elsewhere. At just 14 percent, he has the lowest strikeout rate of his career. His hard-hit rate is right at his career norm, and both his pull and flyball rates are a little better than usual. It seems to be showing up some in the numbers, too, as he’s hitting .288/.342/.394 in his last 26 games.

It was assumed that leaving Great American Ballpark for Kauffman Stadium would take a toll on India’s power numbers, but India’s homer totals weren’t especially propped up by his old park -- he had

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