There is nothing better than drafting a player who gets off to a hot start, like Justin Upton hitting 12 home runs in April of 2013. However, the MLB season is a marathon, not a sprint, and it’s important to remember that sometimes you need to know when sell a player at peak value. But that is different discussion for another day. Let’s focus in on the players that have dominated the first month of the season over the last three years.
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Since 2013, we have seen a decline in players scoring 150 points in April – from 53 down to just 23 last year.
Anthony Rizzo is the only other player to score 150 points in each of the last three Aprils, but has not totaled 500 points. Jose Altuve and Chris Davis have score more points than Rizzo, but each had a season where they failed to score 150 points.
There is one name on that list that jumps out in a group of future Hall of Famers – Jed Lowrie.
He got off to a hot start in 2013, with 14 XBH in the month of April. Lowrie had another quick start in 2014, with eight doubles and two home runs, drawing 20 walks, In 2015, Jed hit .300 with four doubles and four home runs. His 12 walks led to a .432 OBP. Unfortunately, his season lasted just 69 games due to injury and the Astros promoted this kid named Carlos Correa.
Over the past three seasons, Lowrie has a triple slash of .313/.425/.508 with 23 doubles and nine home runs.
Now a member of the Athletics, Lowrie is slated to bat second and play 2B according to RosterResource.com.
Troy Tulowitzki had the greatest April in recent memory in 2014, totaling 262.3 fantasy points. With seven home runs that month, Tulo hit .381 with nine doubles and a triple (.762 SLG) while drawing 21 walks, leading to a .495 OBP.
In 2013, Justin Upton and Chris Davis each scored over 250 points. Upton hit 12 home runs that month, despite striking out 30 times. He only hit 14 more HRs that year, eight in August. Davis totaled 17 XBH in April of 2013, He followed up nine home runs in April with 10 in May and 12 in June en route to 37 home runs before the MLB All-Star Game.
Last season saw the fewest number of player score 150 points in April.
