Sunday, March 20, 2011

Players I Love and Players I Hate

This is one of my first rants over players I love to have on my fantasy team, and players I hate having.  They're in no particular order as I basically let it flow.  Trying to be more positive you'll notice that my Love list is much longer than the Hate.


Players I Love

Michael Pineda-  Overpowering righty will begin the season in the Mariners rotation.

Dustin Ackley-  Lead the Arizona Fall League in batting average, and showing his top prospect status.

Angel Pagan-  Stole 37 bases last year for the Mets and will again have a full time job.  

Adrian Gonzalez-  30 home runs and 100 RBI's in San Diego equals 40 home runs and 130 RBI's in Boston.

Daniel Hudson-  Absolutely dominated NL hitters after his midseason trade.

Mark Reynolds-  He may of hit under .200 last season, but over the past three seasons no third basemen has more home runs.  

Clayton Kershaw-  He a 2.91 ERA and 212 k's last season.  He will begin next season at 23 years old.

Jon Lester-  Lot's of innings, lot's of strikeouts, lot's of offense, possibly a cy young this season?

Jonathan Sanchez-  For three straight seasons Sanchez has decreased his ERA and increased his strikeouts.

Dan Haren-  Look for a better full season in Anaheim.

Gio Gonzalez-  Great second half/great spring training= big big season.

John Danks-  He gets overshadowed by Chicago's big hitters, but he is emerging as a true ace.

Max Scherzer-  From June until the end of last season Scherzer had a 2.46 ERA.  

Clay Buchholz-  People don't draft him because of his low strikeout totals.  He never had that problem in the minors, look for his strikeouts to increase.

Madison Bumgarner-  Looked absolutely phenomenal in the playoffs.  Will have a huge first full season in the bigs.  

James McDonald-  Ended last season with a bang for the Pirates.  Most people don't know his name.  

John Lackey-  Boston thought his season was awful, but is a 4.4 ERA with 14 wins that bad?  Has looked great this spring.

Carlos Marmol-  I love closers who start out more than a lot of starters.

Joe Nathan-  People are forgetting how dominate Nathan was before his injury.  You can get him after all of the elite closers are gone.

Carlos Santana-  He's being drafted outside of the top catchers, if he stays healthy he will be right there.

Robinson Cano-  Cano is a step above everyone else at the position.  

Sean Rodriguez-  He will get more playing time this season, and 15 to 20 home runs is possible.

Gordon Beckham-  Former top prospect is still only 24.  Had a great second half.

Kevin Youkilis-  The most consistent player in the Red Sox lineup.  He will be deadly with the lineup around him this year.  

Casey McGehee-  People don't realize how much McGehee produces in the shadow of Fielder and Braun.  Check his stats.

Troy Tulowitzki-  With the shortstop class so shallow, Tulo is at the top of my rankings.

Alexei Ramirez-  One of the few shortstops I'd be comfortable with starting after Tulo and Hanley.

Nelson Cruz-  Cruz puts up massive numbers, now imagine if he can stay healthy.

Colby Rasmus-  He could be looking at a 30-30 season sooner rather than later.

Drew Stubbs-  See above^ Colby Ramus

Andres Torres- Check Torre's stats compared to Andrew McCutchen, and then check their average draft positions.  Amazing.



Players I Hate

A.J. Burnett-  The Yankees named Burnett their number 2 starter today.  I still don't care.

Drew Storen-  It was Storen's closer job to lose this spring training, and it looks like he lost it.  

Russell Martin-  Injury problems and a top prospect behind him doesn't bode well for Martin's fantasy owners.  

Chase Utley-  Utley is already having injury problems this spring training.  I wouldn't draft him in the first 2 rounds.

Jose Bautista- People are taking him in the 3rd round, but I'd rather have Kevin Youkilis.

Aramis Ramirez-  I can't remember the last time he had 550 at bats.  I don't want that problem on my team.  

Jimmy Rollins-  J-roll has seemed to lost it the past couple seasons.  Maybe he just got old real quick.  

Jason Bay-  I never liked Bay after his move to New York.  I can't like him after last season either.

Shane Victorino-  I'd much rather have the potential of Rasmus and Stubbs over Victorino's limited potential.

J.D. Drew-  The injury prone 35 year old has top prospect Ryan Kalish wanting his job.

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