The first month of the season hasn’t been great for all players in Major League Baseball.

Some fantasy owners may have wasted high draft picks on some players who haven’t played up to potential. Here’s three players who likely will be on the waiver soon, if not already there.

Josh Harrison

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Josh Harrison saw himself on almost all fantasy teams at the beginning of the season. He’s now likely on the waiver wire in almost all fantasy leagues.

Harrison is batting .178 with two home runs, six RBIs and 12 runs scored. He’s putting together a decent amount of runs scored, but his awful batting average and on-base percentage have him dropped in several fantasy leagues.

In his last six games, he’s 1-for-21. He’s scored one run in that time.

Fantasy owners expected far more out of Harrison, based on last year’s breakout season. He batted .318 with 18 stolen bases. He also scored 77 runs and notched an on-base percentage of .347.

Now, he’s unable to find the base paths to give owners an opportunity to score runs or steal bases. The outfield features plenty of players that a roster spot likely shouldn’t include Harrison.

Leonys Martin

Texas Rangers outfielder Leonys Martin is likely still on many fantasy rosters.

But it won’t last for long if Martin continues his trend at batting near the .200 mark.

Martin is batting .213 with one homer and eight RBIs. Martin does have six stolen bases, giving owners an opportunity to notch a respectable total in that category. However, if Martin doesn’t get on base, he won’t have many opportunities to steal bases.

May hasn’t been good for Martin either. He’s 3-for-24 in the month, with one run scored and one RBI.

Adam LaRoche

Chicago White Sox first baseman Adam LaRoche is traditionally a slow starter. Put him in a league he’s unfamiliar with, and that will likely be the case this year, too.

However, if his batting continues to not produce, fantasy owners will likely cut ties sooner, rather than later.

Fantasy owners weren’t expecting a high batting average. That normally doesn’t happen with LaRoche.

But they were expecting more power numbers. LaRoche had 33, 20 and 26 home runs in the last three seasons, and he’s totaled 100, 62 and 92 RBIs in those seasons.

This year, LaRoche is batting .220 with three home runs and 11 RBIs. He is 8-for-26 so far in May, but the RBIs and home runs still aren’t there, with no homers in May and two RBIs in the month.

 

 

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