Now it’s time for everyone’s favorite game, Fantasy Baseball, Fun With Numbers. Ding, ding, ding… Bassoon… Triangle! Triangle! Triangle! Cow bell! More cow bell! One last ding. In today’s installment of Fantasy Baseball, Fun With Numbers, we’re going to look at some players for the last month and try to figure out if maybe the numbers tell a different story than their names tell. At this point in the season, it’s very important to abandon names and just try and plug in the best stats. Anyway, here’s the latest in Fantasy Baseball, Fun With Numbers:
ALL STATS ARE FOR THE LAST 30 DAYS.
1st Basemen:
Player A – 21/5/18/.367/2
Player B – 16/5/17/.284
Player C – 20/9/19/.340
Player A is Aubrey Huff, B is Adrian Gonzalez and C is Nick Swisher. Bonus 1st baseman of the last 30 days — 17/6/23/.402. Otherwise known as Buster Posey.
2nd Basemen:
Player A – 16/4/13/.226/3
Player B – 16/5/16/.269
Player C – 17/4/15/.323/3
Player A is Brandon Phillips, B is Robinson Cano, C is Kelly Johnson. Excitement with owning Johnson may have waned after April, but he’s still maintained value.
Shortstops:
Player A – 18/5/12/.326/4
Player B – 10/0/10/.198/7
Player C – 8/0/2/.208/5
Player A is Alexei Ramirez, B is Jimmy Rollins and C is Elvis Andrus. Actually, you name the shortstop and they’re doing better than J-Roll and Andrus. Too bad Elvis didn’t leave the building and take Rollins with him.
3rd Basemen:
Player A – 10/3/13/.264/2
Player B – 19/3/13/.287/3
Player C – 14/7/18/.319/1
Player A is David Wright, B is Evan Longoria and C is Adrian Beltre. Good to see someone’s put up stats to replicate what Jimmy Rollins’ last month should’ve been. Too bad it’s Longoria and Wright.
Outfielders:
Player A – 20/7/19/.310/4
Player B – 16/5/11/.354/9
Player C – 11/4/11/.277/1
Player A is Andres Torres, B is Angel Pagan and C is Torii Hunter. Two guys that are actually putting up power and speed numbers while one guy’s reputation says he should be.
Bonus!
Player A – 18/6/15/.283/2
Player B – 20/8/21/.279/2
Player A is Albert Pujols, Player B is Rickie Weeks. Zoinks!
