Kevin Kiermaier
Sports Illustrated
Kiermaier isn't simply a glove man. While his raw batting line over the past three seasons (.258 batting average/.313 on-base percentage/.425 slugging percentage) doesn't look like much, it's been good for a 105 OPS+; he's averaged 11 home runs and 15 steals per year, and in 2016 he improved his walk rate to 9.7%, up from 5.2% in 2014 and '15 combined. According to baseball-reference.com, his value the past two seasons was bolstered by 11.4 runs thanks to baserunning and double play avoidance — the "little" things as the site's WAR subcategory designates them. That tied Kiermaier with Jarrod Dyson for fifth in the majors in that span.
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