What a drought for Justin Bour am I right? Man, it's been rough. I mean, the guy went four whole games without hitting a home run before his 2-5, 2 HR, 2 R, 3 RBI night. I'm kidding, Bour has been amazing this year and looks to be well on his way to a career year. In his 90 games last season and in his year in 2015, Bour flashed some impressive skills, especially in his power. He kind of established himself as a 20-25 home run guy who bats in the .260s. A very useful player, but not a guy who's going to win you your league. Still though, I and many others thought he was very draftable and a useful component to any team. And then the beginning of the year happened and he was bad. For the first month or so of the season, Bour was hitting .222 with four home runs, and fantasy baseball players being as reactive as they are, dumped him. Well I hope you picked him up in those leagues (like I did) because he's back and he's destroying the ball. Over the past month, Bour has hit .344 with 11 home runs and 21 RBIs, he's been unstoppable, and it looks legit. But what does that ultimately look like for Justin Bour? Is he the Justin Bour of April or May? The answer lies somewhere in between. Is Bour a .300+ hitter? No, especially considering his strikeout rate has gotten worse (though it's not terrible). Plus, over the month of May, Bour had a .367 BABIP, that's not who he is. But, could Bour hit .270 the rest of the way with another 15-20 home runs? Absolutely. Right now he's on pace for just over 45 home runs, that's not going to happen because that 33.3% HR/FB rate is going to decline (though considering his absurdly high hard hit rate, I would bet it ends up around 20%), but I don't see any reason Bour can't end the year with 30-35 or so home runs batting in the .270s. And if he did that? That gives him a year pretty close to what Evan Longoria did last year, and considering Bour's ADP was around round 23-24 (or he was free if you got him from the waiver wire), that's some fantastic value. Bour was pacing towards a 30 home run, 100 RBI season last year before he sprained his ankle, so why can't he do that this year? Or better?
Let's take a look at some of the other performances from Wednesday's games:
