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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
Kenny Williams: Good GM?
Posted by mradenkovich in Miscellaneous on November 9, 2009
Who else loves the off-season?
To open up the off-season, Kenny Williams made a move for a third baseman. Mark Teahen was acquired from Kansas City for Chris Getz and Josh Fields. Essentially, Williams moved a replacement level second baseman and a 28 year-old no glove, no bat clogger for a player from the Royals. Unfortunately, that guy is Mark Teahen.
For years, I have said that Kenny Williams is an overrated general manager. His last few moves have solidified my argument. Read the rest of this entry »
Tigers Acquire Aubrey Huff, Meh.
Look out for those Tigers! Now with Aubrey Huff, the Tigers might win no more games than they would have before! The Detroit Tigers just traded righty pitching prospect Brett Jacobson to the Baltimore Orioles for Aubrey Huff. Jacobson was listed as the 10th best prospect in the Tigers system, entering this season, and is at Class-A Frederick with a 1-3 record with six saves and a 3.74 ERA in 35 games.
Huff is having a weak offensive season at .253/.321/.405. Huff has a career wOBA .347, slightly above average, but this season it’s at .307. His walk rate has stayed the same, while his strikeout rate has gone up to 17.2%. That being said, Huff, if he plays to his career averages from now until the end of the season, could be a decent addition to the Tigers lineup.
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