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It’s a pretty funny game this fantasy baseball. And, obviously, since I’m saying it’s funny, it’s not at all funny what I’m about to say. No matter how heralded a prospect is, no matter how young they still are, if they have a bad season, people abandon them. David Price is currently being drafted around the 170 mark in 2010 fantasy baseball drafts. This is the pot luck section of every draft. This is the point when people throw out game plans and are just looking for the best available pitcher. This is the point when someone invariably walks into your room while you’re drafting and you lose it. Her, “Honey, can we eat dinner soon?” You, “Dinner? Dinner?! I’m choosing between Randy Wolf and David Price and you’re asking me about dinner? How about I fix the economy while I’m at it?!” And now you’ve drafted Randy Wolf and you’re getting a divorce. Hopefully you’re not picking a divorce attorney while doing your midseason draft. “Retainer? Retainer?! I’m deciding between Felipe Lopez and Scott Sizemore!” There’s little to be excited about when looking at Price’s 2009. Ks went down, walks went up, he wasn’t unlucky… He basically threw gas and let out a burp. So what will Price’s 2010 look like? Is he a possible 2010 fantasy baseball sleeper?
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Since I don’t draft starters early, the top 40 starters for 2010 fantasy baseball have a lot of names that I would draft. Will I try for a starter from the top 20 starters for 2010 fantasy baseball rankings? Yeah, definitely, but things don’t always work out the way you envision. To anchor my staff, I could conceivably have two starters from these top 40 starters and, as you’ll see, I don’t even like all 20 of these starters. All the other 2010 fantasy baseball rankings can be found there. Also, as with other rankings, tiers and my projections are mentioned. Anyway, here’s the top 40 starters for 2010 fantasy baseball:
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I’m beginning to think with Billy Beane that the emperor’s wearing no clothes. Moneyball is still a great book, Joe Morgan is still a moron and Chad Bradford is still an underhander. Those things are true. But the A’s were 4th in the Majors last year in steals — what happened to steals cost outs? Not to mention, Beane’s team hasn’t been competitive in three seasons. Was Moneyball just a symptom of the era? Was it simply fortuitous that Beane’s coronation came during the era of the three run homer? Was Moneyball a by-product of steroids? Would Moneyball be written today? Hard to imagine Michael Lewis sitting down with a GM of a sub-.500 club and polishing his pedestal, right? And none of this has to do with fantasy baseball or Ben Sheets. (I wrote the preceding the other day, then right before I posted this I saw Sky Andrecheck wrote an SI piece in the similar ballpark. Literally.)
If Sheets can stay healthy, he’s liable to return more than his ADP. That “if” is ginormous. That “if” sits next to you on a plane and you can’t put down the armrest. You show up at a party of 500 Tongans and that “if” is the second biggest thing in the room after the buffet table. You hook up with that “if” at a bar and people will think you’re beer goggling. Okay, I think I made my point. The other issue with Sheets is his falling K-rate. Back in 2005, if Sheets was healthy, he was a Cy Young-type performer. Regularly posting 200+ Ks and next to no walks.
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Finished up the hitters for the 2010 fantasy baseball rankings and now we’re turning our eye patch to the top 20 starters for 2010 fantasy baseball. Ain’t life grand? I supposed, but pimpin’ still ain’t easy, despite strides made by Three 6 Mafia and Big Daddy Kane. Before we get into the top 20 starters, I want to point out one thing about my projections. Wins and losses are total shots in the dark. Did I take into consideration how well their respective teams would do? Really doe. Still doesn’t matter. As with other rankings, where I see tiers starting and ending is mentioned and my projections. Anyway, here’s the top 20 starters for 2010 fantasy baseball:
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Cincinnati Reds 2009 Minor League Review
Overall farm rankings via Baseball America (2009)
2009 (14) | 2008 () | 2007 () | 2006 () | 2005 () | 2004 ()
Record of Major and Minor League Teams
MLB: [78 – 84] NL Central
AAA: [84 – 58] International League
AA: [65 – 74] Southern League
A+: [54 – 83] Florida League
A: [59 – 80] Midwest League
R: [28 – 27] Gulf League
R: [24 – 52] Pioneer League
The Run Down
With Joey Votto, Jay Bruce, Brandon Phillips, Edinson Volquez, and Johnny Cueto and the possibility of Homer Bailey pitching adequately, the Cincinnati Reds have a nice young nucleus.
Before we move our 2010 fantasy baseball rankings to the pitchers, we look at the top 5 utility players for 2010 fantasy baseball. These players are only eligible at DH aka Utility. Frankly, I don’t think you should draft any of these designated hitters. They don’t allow enough flexibility. For example, what if you had David Ortiz clogging up your Utility spot last year and you really wanted to pick up Ben Zobrist? You would’ve been wretched, retching on all fours to borrow from The Decemberists. These guys have no position eligibility for fantasy baseball. As with past rankings posts, this top 5 for 2010 will be broken up into tiers, and their 2010 projections will be included. Anyway, here’s the top 5 utility players for 2010 fantasy baseball:
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We have now posted the 2009 Point Shares for 12-team MLB leagues.
For those unfamiliar, Point Shares are our home-grown methodology (inspired by Bill James’ Win Shares) for rating fantasy players. They represent the estimated difference in an average fantasy team’s points if they were to substitute a given player for the average player at his position.
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I know most of you are champing/chomping at the bit for me to finish these facacta 2010 fantasy baseball rankings. Well, the pitchers are right around the corner. Some of these top 80 outfielders for 2010 fantasy baseball are long shots to make the club, but they might give you value if they do. Or they might just give you value when they’re called up in the summer. As Kanye West said, I’ll show you how I cook up summer in the win-turr. As with the other rankings, where I see tiers start and stop are mentioned with my projections. Anyway, here’s the top 80 outfielders for 2010 fantasy baseball:
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We at Razzball realize that exporting our views across the country has damaging consequences on the blogosphere. To help make amends, we are reaching out to leading team blogs and featuring their locally blogged answers to pressing 2010 fantasy baseball questions regarding their team.
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