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TWENTY INTRIGUING PLAYERS FOR 2020

JOE SHEEHAN

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This month, I give you my most interesting 2,020 players for the 2020s.

… Wait, I have an editor on the line.

Fine, since Baseball America won’t just give me 15 pages, I’ll lower my sights. Here are 20 players who will help set the course of the 2020 season.

ANDREW BENINTENDI, RED SOX.

One reason the Red Sox entertained the idea of trading Mookie Betts is the presence of Benintendi, like Betts a complete player. The sweet swinger lost ground in 2019, however, dropping to career-worsts in average (.266), on-base percentage (.343), homers (13) and stolen bases (10). With or without Betts, Benintendi’s

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