Don’t Draft Hanley Ramirez #1
January 03, 2008
Category: 2008, Hater Bell
Our favorite ESPN columnist, Eric Karabell, crapped out a turd baby as he took a look at some fantasy baseball expert drafts for 2008 (year 5768 for all the Jews researching who to draft besides Shawn Green). His non-take on Hanley Ramirez is really what got my goat, and no one gets my goat, but me. Let’s look to see what Karabell had to say:
I know some people who rank Hanley No. 1, over A-Rod, and I don’t call them crazy. Too many fantasy owners simply, and lazily, look at the 2007 stats and assume that’s what they’re getting. This isn’t the case at all. You’re getting 2008 stats, for better or worse.
Some analysts simply, and lazily, refuse to take a side for fear they’ll be wrong. Hanley is not going to do what he did last year.
A) He doesn’t take enough walks. Stats here, if you don’t believe me.
B) He swings wildly and injures himself. From September, 2007:
The Associated Press is reporting Florida Marlins SS Hanley Ramirez fanned on a high fastball and winced in pain as he dropped the bat during his follow through during the Sept. 3 game against the Washington Nationals.
Later in that month:
The Palm Beach Post’s Joe Capozzi reports Florida Marlins SS Hanley Ramirez is considering having shoulder surgery in the offseason and won’t play winter ball.
In October:
Juan C. Rodriguez, of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, reports Florida Marlins SS Hanley Ramirez underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder Wednesday, Oct. 3. Ramirez is not expected to be at full strength for the start of spring training.
C) The Marlins top paid player for 2008 is Jose Castillo. Hanley doesn’t even have Dontrelle to knock in anymore. Could Hanley try and do too much? He might.
Sure, Hanley is a bona fide talent. He can get you 20 homers and 40 steals, but he’s not as safe as Arod, Jose Reyes, Albert Pujols, David Wright, Jimmy Rollins or Chase Utley. Frankly, I might consider Peavy or Johan safer. You want safety with your first pick; Hanley is not it. He has too many question marks.
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Tags: Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Chase Utley, David Wright, Hanley Ramirez, Jake Peavy, Jimmy Rollins, Johan Santana, Jose Reyes
January 4th, 2008 at 12:46 am
Hey Stan, I absolutely love baseball, football and basketball, but I have no idea what goes in in fantasy sports. However, you seem to be totally enjoying the ’sport’ of fantasy.
January 4th, 2008 at 1:30 am
Man, this is a great blog, I was actually going to create a “fantasy sports” one myself but passed on it. And I do agree with you when it comes to Hanley, he has no security around him.
Depending on how your league is set up, I would probably take a Johan, Reyes, A-Rod, Pujols. But Johan would definitely be my first pitcher I’d take.
But thanks for stoppin’ by and commenting for some link love. Hopefully you come back!
Jay
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April 9th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
No sir, I am going to respectfully disagree with you on this one. Hanley is a stud and will post similar figures to last year. He’s a true talent and is extremely young. He should get better with age not worse. At the very least, you should expect very similar numbers from Hanley this season. I think the year experience in the bigs and the added pressure of not having Miggy’s bat in the lineup will make him better. As far as the surgery, in the end it should be beneficial for him and should make him better.
Also, the highest paid Marlin is Kevin Gregg @ 2.5 Million.
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At the time Kevin Gregg was not the highest paid Marlin. This is from four months ago.
We’ll see on Hanley.