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Is Jake Lamb on his way to fantasy stardom?

Jake Lamb's home run off of Jose Quintana was his first extra-base hit, and only his second hit of any variety, in his past 23 trips to the plate against a left-hander; what's more, he had struck out in 13 of those PAs. Success against left-handers is really Lamb's only remaining obstacle standing in his way on the path to fantasy stardom, and the homer on Wednesday is at least a good first step. It reminds us that he has shown an ability to succeed against them before: He had .250 isolated power and whiffed only 24 percent of the time against southpaws in the first half of 2016.