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Sports Illustrated
By Shawn Childs Average hit rate can be a better metric than slugging percentage for fantasy managers. After finishing the research for all 30 teams for the 2022 baseball season, I’ll swing back to the average hit rate stat I use for a reference to help determine the direction of a player in projecting home runs. Slugging percentage has been the standard for many years in baseball to show a player’s power potential. Last year, the major-league average for slugging percentage was .411 (.415 in 2020, .435 in 2019 and .409 in 2018). Vladimir Guerrero led the American League in home runs (48) in 2…