Kole Calhoun has had one of the weirdest seasons in modern memory, with an improbably torrid summer streak sandwiched between periods of absolute futility at the dish.
After compiling a .917 OPS from June through August, the Los Angeles Angels outfielder once against looks like one of the worst regulars in baseball, slashing .100/.247/.186 across 85 September plate appearances.
Yet his advanced metrics don't look a heck of a lot different from when he was setting the league ablaze over the summer. Calhoun carries a 45.5% hard-contact rate on the current month, with a respectable 22.7% liners and 16.5% walks.
Calhoun's FanDuel salary has plummeted all the way down near $3,000, so it won't cost daily players much to see if the lefty-hitting outfielder can flip the switch one last time. The Angels line up against righties like Adrian Sampson, Ariel Jurado, Mike Fiers, and Trevor Cahill, and LA has been a top-seven producer against right handers in the second half (110 wRC+).