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Who Replaces Juan Pierre?
Posted by Chris Cwik in Baseball, Fantasy on April 29, 2010
Can he get back into the lead-off role?
After almost a month with no extra base hits, a .200 average, and a .261 OBP Juan Pierre will be moved out of the lead-off spot. After an 0-5 performance on Thursday, Ozzie Guillen was not pleased with his new outfielder.
“He ain’t playing [Friday],…And then we’ll try and figure out the next day, we have a couple of righties [pitching Saturday and Sunday], move him down to the No. 9 spot to make him relax a little bit.”
With Pierre now out of the lead-off spot, at least for the time being, who is the best candidate to replace the speedy, slap-hitting outfielder?
Hot…and…Not
Carlos Lee and the Astros are off to very cold starts to the baseball season
We are nearly two weeks through the baseball season and some fantasy owners, myself included, are starting to worry about some hitters. Two weeks is a small sample size, but if you have a player that doesn’t have a long MLB track record, Julio Borbon, you can have some cause for concern.
MLB Hottest Hitters
Owned in less than 50% of ESPN Leagues*
Jose Guillen: .361 BA, 5 HR, 9 RBI…good for 4th best among OF’s and is the 7th best hitter so far
Scott Podsednik: .457 BA, 4 Runs, 6 SB…6th in OF’s and 11th among hitters
Alex Gonzalez: .349 BA, 4 HR, 8 Runs, 7 RBI…#1 among SS
*Through April 16th
For the hot hitters, each has long track record with less than exception numbers, so I can’t expect any of these amazing numbers to sustain.
MLB Coldest Hitters
Owned in at least 90% of ESPN Leagues*
Carlos Lee: .103 BA, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 2 Runs and 1 BB to 10 K. Lee has been the worst hitter in fantasy baseball this season, the next worst is Lyle Overbay who is owned in less than 1% of ESPN leagues
Hunter Pence: .108 BA, 1 HR, 0 SB, 0 BB, 8 K. Pence is the only player besides Lee who is owned in more than 6% of leagues that is in the top 8 of worst hitters
Jay Bruce: .151 BA, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 Run. 16th worst hitter this year, and ranks 135th among OF’s, but doing better than Chris Coghlan and Julio Borbon.
*Through April 16th
Posnanski’s Future Hall Of Famers
Posted by Chris Cwik in Baseball on November 26, 2009
If Pujols Quit Now, He Might Get In...He's That Good
I consider Joe Posnanski to be a pretty smart guy. Having said that, anytime you rank the top 10 players under 30 who will make it to the Hall Of Fame, you take some big risks. Posnanski recognizes the risks right away, when he admits that if he made this list in 1985, only 4 of his 10 would currently be in the HOF. Obviously, many factors come into play when you make this type of list. Injuries, ineffectiveness, inability to live up to the hype, and other external factors can derail the careers of some of the best players in the league. Even within the article, Posnanski compares Hanley Ramirez to Nomar Garciaparra and Derek Jeter, two players who probably would have made this same list 10 years ago. You already know the rest of the story, Jeter is still a lock, while Nomar continues to sign one year deals as a super-sub. These were two of the most dynamic players in all of baseball a few years ago…and only one of them is still considered a lock for the Hall. The point is, it’s really hard to be a top player in the MLB for an extended period of time. While Posnanski makes some very good selections, its just as likely that only 4 out of 10 actually make it to the Hall. I can’t stress this enough, Posnanski picks some of the best players in the game right now…and many of them will not go on to the HOF. That’s crazy! Posnanski makes this point when he lists would-be choices from 1985, so while guys on his 2009 list all look like good selections, it’s likely that only half of the players on that list make it to the Hall. Don’t believe me? Let’s take a closer look.
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