Brian Dozier
2B FA
Mon 9/5/16 10:43 AM

Dozier hit his 35th home run of the season and fifth in the last six games as part of a 3-for-6 day in Sunday's extra-inning loss to the White Sox.
EDGE Analysis
His 21 home runs after the All-Star break leads the majors, and only Josh Willingham and the legendary Harmon Killebrew have hit more homers in a season as a Twin than Dozier. His career year extends beyond his power display too, as the second baseman's .276 batting average, .348 OBP and 87 RBI are also personal bests with almost a month left to further pad those numbers.

Brian Dozier
2B FA
Sun 9/4/16 8:13 AM

Dozier went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, two steals and two runs in a 11-3 victory over the White Sox on Saturday.
EDGE Analysis
The second baseman is 4-for-8 with a pair of home runs and four RBI in the weekend series. He is now slashing .273/.345/.552 with 34 home runs, 85 RBI, 88 runs and 13 stolen bases this season.

Brian Dozier
2B FA
Sat 9/3/16 9:40 AM

Dozier went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, his 33rd of the season, in Friday's 11-4 loss to the White Sox.
EDGE Analysis
Dozier has been among the game's best power hitters in the second half, as Friday's blast marked his 16th homer in his last 150 plate appearances. Though Dozier's HR/FB ratio should regress over the final month of the season, there's little reason to take him out of your lineup regardless of matchup while he remains on this kind of heater.

Brian Dozier
2B FA
Thu 9/1/16 12:47 AM

Dozier went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer and a walk in a loss against the Indians on Wednesday.
EDGE Analysis
Impatient owners who dumped Dozier when he was still hovering around the Mendoza Line in early June have been embarrassed by his performance since then -- over a 77-game span from June 7 through Wednesday, Dozier's hit 26 of his homers to go with a .308 average. Those would be MVP-type numbers if he could keep them up for a full season and wasn't putting them up for a terrible Twins team. The second baseman's sitting on new career highs with a .269 average, 32 homers and 81 RBI, and he's got 11 steals to boot.

Brian Dozier
2B FA
Tue 8/30/16 10:27 PM

Dozier went 1-for-4 with a walk and a solo shot in Tuesday game against the Indians.
EDGE Analysis
Dozier has hit safely in 25 of the team's 28 games this month, raising his average more than 10 points in the process. The second baseman's 31st homer of the year was also his 12th in August, giving him the most by a Twins player in any month since Harmon Killebrew in July of 1969. Dozier has already busted his career-high marks in quite a few categories, including triples, homers and RBI; and, the 29-year-old is likely to surpass a couple more before the 2016 campaign ends. He's been nothing short of a fantasy stud this year and is showing no signs of slowing down nearing the home stretch.

Brian Dozier
2B FA
Sat 8/27/16 5:42 PM

Dozier went 3-for-5 with a two-RBI double and run in Saturday's 8-7 loss to the Blue Jays.
EDGE Analysis
The slugging second baseman continues to thrive at the plate and also scored the first run of the game on a wild pitch by Marcus Stroman in the opening frame. He then plated Miguel Sano and Eduardo Escobar in the fourth with a two-bagger, extending the Twins' lead to 5-0 at the time. Dozier now has three multi-hit efforts in the last five games, along with two homers and four RBI over that span.

Brian Dozier
2B FA
Thu 8/25/16 3:42 AM

Dozier went 2-for-4 with his 30th homer, a walk and two runs against the Tigers on Wednesday.
EDGE Analysis
He'd never reached 30 homer in his career before, having just surpassed last season's high-water mark of 28 with a homer Tuesday. Dozier has been on a major power binge of late -- he's ripped seven homers in his last 11 games and an absurd 13 over 23 games dating back to the final day of July. Fantasy owners who stuck with the veteran second baseman through his brutal first two months of 2016 have been rewarded with some of the best power production in the league since then, not to mention a double-digit steal total for some icing on the cake.

Brian Dozier
2B FA
Sun 8/14/16 5:27 PM

Dozier went 1-for-4 with a solo homer Sunday against the Royals.
EDGE Analysis
Dozier's now collected at least one hit in every game except one since July 21, and he's slashing .266/.341/.530 on the year. The five-year veteran is having a career-year, as he's blowing away his previous highs in both batting average and slugging percentage, and with three more homers, he'll set a career-high in that category as well.

Brian Dozier
2B FA
Mon 8/8/16 1:23 AM

Dozier went 2-for-5 with a double, a run scored and an RBI in Sunday's win over the Rays, extending his hitting streak to 16 games.
EDGE Analysis
He's added more than 20 points to his batting average over the course of the streak, pushing his slash line on the season up to .264/.339/.509. Dozier might fall short of his third straight campaign with 100 or more runs scored in 2016, but he's well on his way to establishing new career highs in home runs and RBI as well as batting average and slugging percentage.

Brian Dozier
2B FA
Thu 8/4/16 8:28 PM

Dozier went 2-for-4 with a home run, his 22nd of the year, in Thursday's loss to the Indians.
EDGE Analysis
The second baseman extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a single in the third inning. Dozier proceeded to launch a 420-foot rocket to left-center in the fifth to make it three straight contests with a home run, and the 29-year-old's fifth longball in as many days. He'll look to keep things rolling when the Twins hit the road for a weekend series beginning Friday against the Rays.