Braves Outfielder Emerges as Early Fantasy Breakout Pick

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00:00braves outfielder emerges as early fantasy breakout pick michael harris ii's 2025 campaign

00:07for the braves was the baseball equivalent of a jekyll and hyde act just when fantasy managers

00:12thought they could count on him the wheels would come off then just as quickly he'd go on a tear

00:18leaving scorched box scores and a trail of regret for those who dared bench him

00:23now as the 2026 season approaches cbs sports fantasy analyst chris towers

00:28is planting his flag harris still holds the key to a potential fantasy baseball breakout

00:34let's be clear harris's track record is littered with both tantalizing upside and maddening

00:39inconsistency his aggressive plate approach which towers bluntly attributes to swinging at everything

00:46has made him one of the league's more unpredictable performers but as towers points out there's real

00:51measurable production under the hood despite a lackluster year with a .249 batting average in

00:582025 harris still racked up 20 home runs 20 stolen bases and 86 rbi numbers that fantasy managers

01:06dream about from their center fielder especially one drafted outside the top 100 that's the paradox at

01:13the heart of harris's fantasy value his floor might be higher than many realize while his ceiling if he

01:19tightens up that plate discipline is sky high the discrepancy between his 2025 woba 289 and his career

01:28worst 315 woba in 2024 isn't just trivia for stat heads it's a flashing sign that harris left production

01:38on the table last year and if he rebounds even slightly in that department his 2026 numbers could

01:44leap yet fantasy baseball isn't just about upside it's about reliability and harris has yet to prove

01:51he can deliver consistent value over a full season that's what makes him both a risk and a potential

01:57steal the 2025 version of harris as towers notes is already a pretty terrific fantasy player but the 2026

02:06version if things break right he might be one of the biggest draft day bargains on the board so for

02:12fantasy managers willing to stomach the volatility and savvy enough to pounce when his stock dips

02:17michael harris ii could be the swing that wins a league