While it is smart for owners to not have biases when drafting a team, more specifically having a negative bias against a player. It can work the opposite way where the owner has an unhealthy attraction to a bad player that did well in the past, Fantasy kryptonite is what the Fantasy Focus calls it, but today we look at a player that had quite a bit of negativity towards him and for good reason.

Dee Gordon rocketed onto the fantasy scene last year hitting .286/.326/.378 with an impressive sixty-four stolen bases but fell off tremendously in the second half to have many experts questioning him and his potential for the next season. This year he is making many people eat crow after putting up some very impressive first half numbers but leaves owners wondering if a repeat of last year is just around the corner.

Dee Gordon is a fascinating case study when it comes to the relation between a hitters K/BB ratio and his BABIP. Gordon has a pathetic BB percent of only 3.2 percent in 2015, which is one percent lower than his BB percent in 2014, but is still striking out as much as last year as this year having a K percent of 16.4. The fascinating part is his BABIP, batting average on balls in play for those who need a reminder, is sitting at .403, meaning when he puts the ball in play he makes it safely on-base almost 50 percent of the time. Now it is not unheard of for players with lower walk rates to put up good numbers overall and in fact Tony Gwynn and Jose Altuve are very similar in that they are leadoff hitters that walk very little. But the difference is that Gwynn and Altuve strikeout under nine percent of the time and Gwynn was nearly four percent of the time.

Gordon is doubling and tripling the K percent of Gwynn and Altuve. In the end, it means that Gordon’s numbers are purely supplied by his bat and if that falters even a little the numbers will go down, and speaking of Gordon’s numbers.

Even the starchiest of his non-believers have to admit that Dee Gordon is having a fantastic fantasy season and is rewarding the brave owners that took the pretty major risk of drafting him where they had to. So far in 378 plate appearances, Gordon has a .338/.359/.413 slash line with one home run and thirty-three stolen bases. At the current pace he is stealing a base once every two and a half games, it should be noted his success rate has dipped since 2014 when he was caught stealing about every 3.5 attempts while 2015 sees him at every 2.75 attempts.

It is a little worrisome for owners down the road so keeper league owners need to take note. Other than that, Gordon has been an elite second baseman so far, and as long as he does not take a turn for the worst in the second half, owners are going to be happy with the level of production he is giving.

The question every owner really wants to know is what is Gordon’s value moving forward, and looking at the numbers, it is a difficult question. There are many things about Gordon that owners should worry about: bad K/BB, very high BABIP, and the rise in caught stealing to name a few. But at the moment, Gordon has seemingly found that “Zen” spot where he is perfectly balanced and owners in a yearly league should not have too much worry about his stats changing dramatically over time.

Keeper leagues, however, should take a hard look as Gordon’s skills start to decline, and considering his main asset is speed and showing signs of decline already, there is an argument that can be made that he is not as valuable long term. Do not misunderstand, as Gordon is worth owning but owners in a keeper league should keep an eye on him during the next three to four years and see if any unpleasant trends do start to sprout up.