{"id":654550,"date":"2017-04-13T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=654550"},"modified":"2017-04-13T07:00:08","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T11:00:08","slug":"fantasy-baseball-corey-dickerson-tampa-bay-rays-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/fantasy-baseball-corey-dickerson-tampa-bay-rays-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Corey Dickerson&#8217;s Power and Opportunity Makes Him an Intriguing Option"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dickeco01.shtml\"><strong>Corey Dickerson<\/strong><\/a> hasn&#8217;t played at Coors Field for the Colorado Rockies since 2015, but he&#8217;s proved there&#8217;s\u00a0some pop in that bat of his.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a slow start with the Tampa Bay Rays last April, he still tied his single-season career high in home runs (24) and set a new career high in doubles (36). But now nearly two weeks into the 2017 season, he&#8217;s off to a hot start at the top of Tampa&#8217;s order, hitting .303\/.343\/.576 through 35 plate appearances.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s produced some numbers in other areas that will prove to be unsustainable, but the opportunity he gets by hitting leadoff makes him an intriguing option off the waiver wire &#8212; especially if you&#8217;re in need of some power.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the areas we touched on with regard to Dickerson on FNTSY Sports Network&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Rotation\u00a0<\/em>with Garion Thorne.<\/p>\n[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T98k6MZhyfM]\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><img alt=\"Corey Dickerson's Power and Opportunity Makes Him an Intriguing Option\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/thebloguin.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/mmusicoavatar.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>About Matt Musico<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matt Musico currently manages Chin Music Baseball, contributes to The Sports Daily and is also an editor for numberFire. He\u00a0has written for FanDuel Insider and Bleacher Report in the past. 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