Comments on: Neil Ramirez and Tim Wheeler, Scouting the Unknown

By: aconstipatedmonkey

aconstipatedmonkey — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:46:54 +0000

What’s up with this Josh Harrison guy? Seems to be hitting well in his first few games, and no K’s. I’m looking at him in a few deep leagues. What do you know about him Stephen?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:36:54 +0000

@BlinkULDHC: re:Fantasy MVP: You’re points are well taken.

@kcmp: re:Hosmer: I would expect more a .270, 20 to 25 hr with 85 to 90 RBI with 7-9 steals. I’m a conservative projector. Value next year will be hype driven. I’d say $19-22.

By: kcmp

kcmp — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:08:51 +0000

How legit is Eric Hosmer? His 162-game pace is .283, 35 HRs, 120 RBI, 14 SB. Obviously his stats will come down once pitchers have more info on him, but I think he’s a good bet for .285, 25-28 HRs, 90-100 RBI, 12 SBs next season.

Any guesses as to his auction value next year? I can see him getting $15-20 in the standard 23-spot, $260 12-team league.

By: BlinkULDHC

BlinkULDHC — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:43:56 +0000

Also, what’s going on with Alex Rios this year? Is it injury, mechanics, age….?

I did a bad thing.

I traded M. Pineda for Rios straight up, thinking that Pineda will be capped (not by a gatt) in Sept., and hoping that Rios can go back to his .280, 22HR, 30SB pace.

Rios has to heat up eventually, right? I’m in a H2H league, and if I kept Pineda….if/when Pineda gets shutdown in September during fantasy playoffs, I’m going to look up Latin curse words and shout them like I’m Glorida Pritchett.

Hopefully I reverse-jinx’d the trade by posting it here, like I did a month ago (5/4) trading CJ Wilson, Lance Berkman and JSanchez for Latos and J. Bruce (Bruce: .350-11-30 in 24 games; Berkman .241-2-8 over the same span) — I got skewered for that trade, and I’m sure I’ll get the same feedback for Pineda-for-Rios.

By: BlinkULDHC

BlinkULDHC — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:25:39 +0000

I totally get Granderson being the Fantasy MVP so far, but J. Bautista deserves some recognition. Yeah, it’s not exactly out on a limb as an inspired choice, since Bautista’s ADP/$ was far higher than Grandy….

But given the abysmal 3B crop this year, Bautista is really carrying fantasy teams (if he’s played at 3B). Just look at the 3B class: Longo, Wright, Zimmerman, Sandoval, Freese, have all been DL’d at one point. Youkilis and Beltre have produced runs, but are hitting .250. Reynolds, P. Alvarez, McGehee, Aramis have destroyed seasons. Bautista has far and away been the most productive hitter, and he’s doing it at a historically thin position that has been even thinner in ’11.

.363, 20 HRs, 45 R, and even 5 SB is great in any season at any position, but this year at 3B? it’s MVP material (so far).

And if we’re just looking at best pure fantasy season overall, I think Braun and Kemp have good cases as well.