Comments on: Dustin Pedroia, 2009 Fantasy Schmohawk

By: elwood

elwood — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:24:25 +0000

Great!
keep it comin
goin to send these clipps to Bugsy.
WAS Expectin 40/40, but with this ammo, should get Bugsy up to 60/60.
Bugsy’s actually a livin baseball who feeds on “can’t dos’
How else could someone as slow as molasses steal 20?

By: ess

ess — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:46:19 +0000

i get both sides of the debate in one day on Pedroia… this will be an interesting discussion for the next few months.

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/fantasy/article/how-ill-approach-picking-at-the-end-of-round-1-in-2009/

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:37:48 +0000

@BigFatHippo: Another good thing about Freddy…if he sucks in April, you’ll have no issues dropping him and picking up next year’s Al-Ram or DeRosa….harder to do with the 2nd/3rd tier 2Bs….

By: BigFatHippo

BigFatHippo — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:19:37 +0000

@Rudy Gamble and steve: Mmmmmm, pancakes…………..

Thanks man, good reasoning.
The only reason I would even consider a 2b such as KJ is because all of the others worth owning will be gone. Utley wll be too expensive for me, Kinsler will be kept for 13, Phillips for 13, Al-ram for 5, Scrappy Doo for 8, Uggla for 10. I can’t see any of these guys being released.

So, Freddy Sanchez huh? Not a bad thought but going from owning Utley one year to a schmohawk the next leaves a bad taste in my mouth, not unlike my ex-wifes pancakes.

Lets hope Freddy wins the batting title again next year.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:16:33 +0000

@Rudy Gamble: Even the stopped clock is right twice a day

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:07:33 +0000

@Steve: I had KJ on one team too...ugh. But I already had seen through Renteria (see the middling infielder post of mine that Grey linked too earlier). The good thing about prognosticating is that, if you do enough, something will make you look smart. Frigin Al-Ram....I had him on my radar in March but Yahoo! didn't add him. Then Ozzie wouldn't start him...frigin' a, all the crappy 2B at-bats i had to endure until i picked up DeRosa... @Denys: If he's healthy, agreed. That's a big if right now.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:51:23 +0000

@Rudy Gamble: @BigFatHippo: You could mount a decent argument that pancakes are actually more sustaining. Having drafted him in the 17th or somesuch, I suffered through two-thirds of a season with KJ in '08. It was spirit-sapping (prob didn't help having Renteria as well). The day I dumped his sorry ass for Al-Ram was one of the happiest of my life.

By: Denys

Denys — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:40:52 +0000

@sean: Utley in the 2nd? Insanity! What is it – a 6 team league? Utley is a late first round pick. Always. Period. ..
I know some people will say “Ohh late first, early second round.” Which would be FALSE. Because he’ll go between pick 8 and 10 consistently.

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:29:05 +0000

@BigFatHippo: avoid KJ. he’s the equivalent of pancakes. they always sound like a good idea but then you have a few bites and you’re wondering why the hell you wanted pancakes so much.

I’m not a fan of Pedroia as a 2nd round pick but he did come up #44 in the Marcel-based Point Shares (http://razzball.com/2009-fantasy-baseball-rankings/2009-razzball-projected-point-shares-10-team-marcel/). He came out as the 2nd most valuable 2B compared to Utley but it’s all based on him getting a ton of runs (possible if he hits 1st, 2nd or 3rd), hitting .315 (possible), and maintaining 15-20 HRs.

I see him as I’ve seen Jeter over the years – I’d like him on my team but not worth the price.

Best value 2B in my eyes will be…..Freddy Sanchez!!! Basically hit .300/80/10/80 for 3 years prior to last year when he was dealing with a sore shoulder. Sucked in the first half but hit .346 in the 2nd half. If he’s healthy and hitting 2nd or 3rd, he’ll put up 80-90% of Pedroia’s #s and you can get him in the 20th round….

By: BigFatHippo

BigFatHippo — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:46:30 +0000

@ess: Wow, eye opener. I may have to target KJ to play 2b.