Six potential breakouts

I’ve been following Nolan for years and years now since we’re from the same hometown and share many mutual friends. It’s been rough seeing so much potential washed away from one injury after another. Last year was downright devastating, as he had strung together multiple home runs before going down with the Peyton Manning type injury. If he can stay even mildly healthy, I think 15-20 home runs, 8-10 SBs and an average that won’t kill you is more than possible. It’s now or never!

I don’t really see any scope for a breakout with Wallace. He could improve, but needs a true breakout to be relevant in standard leagues.

I guess my response to that is fairly arbitrary.

Donaldson has not shown rosterable skills but stands to potentially improve from bad to tolerable. That’s a breakout (albeit an unimpressive one). Donaldson’s highest upside might be rosterable in a standard 12-team mixed.

Wallace is a more stable asset and certainly relevant in AL-only leagues. Because he doesn’t stand to see a large performance gain, there’s not much reason to watch him in 12-team mixed leagues.

I could be wrong on Wallace, it will not be the first time I was wrong about a breakout, they’re inherently unpredictable. I just feel better about Donaldson and see more in his stats to be positive about.