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Whenever I think of rookies playing for Dusty Baker, I think of the phrase, “Let them eat cake!”  So here we are again with another Reds rookie, Devin Mesoraco.  With Mesoraco, Cozart and Juan Francisco, I kinda want to take off my Zubaz and wear the Reds rookies as pants.  And following that to its natural conclusion, Mesoraco would be the crotch area of my pants.  And taking that to an even weirder place, I would have to dry clean my pants once a week.  Finally, I’d have to tell the dry cleaner that those stains were dried glue because I was pasting together a collage of Reds rookies.  Lastly, if you followed that, you’re sick, go see a shrink!  Last year, Mesoraco hit 15 homers and .289 in 499 Triple-A plate appearances, but did poorly in his short stint in the majors (2 homers, .180 in 53 plate appearances).  These numbers are in line with his past years in the minors.  He hits well once he adjusts to his new surroundings.  Maybe he doesn’t trust the baggage handlers with his security blanket and has to wait for it to arrive through snail mail.  So what can we expect from Devin Mesoraco for 2012 fantasy baseball?

He could be a cheap Carlos Santana or Jesus Montero.  No kidding, friend.  He has 25 homer power and can hit for a solid average.  In his last year at Triple-A, he had a .371 OBP, year before in Double-A he had a .363 OBP.  Mesoraco will also be in the middle of a solid lineup in a great home park.  Some would say, a Great American Ball Park.  Land of the free yadda yadda.  With Montero possibly not having catcher eligibility and Yankee hype swirling around him and Santana having the experience and the price tag, Mesoraco will end up on more of my teams than either player.  Assuming Dusty commits to playing him.  Yeah, that ‘assuming’ is large and once dated Roseanne Barr.  If Mesoraco gets 400 ABs (enough ABs for a mixed league catcher), I’ll give him the line of 55/18/65/.280, and definitely worth drafting in mixed leagues.  There is upside for more. *Grey drools*  Upside…