 | Cap. 4/23/2014 10:23 PM |
C Right now in your league 4 of the top 7 RBI producing catchers are available on your WW. You can forget about Ryan Hanigan, but how much longer before owners of Salvador Perez start thinking about swapping for Russell Martin or Kurt Suzuki? Santana owners don't have a choice but to plug away, but last year notwithstanding, he has generally been a slow starter in his career, so better days should be ahead. Yadier Molina will lead the position in plate appearances again this year, and his .342/.880 so far is actually sustainable, so he's my pick for #1 overall. 1B In honour of his 500th career HR I will put Pujols in the top 5 1B this year, but anyone who thinks he will lead the position in HRs is drinking the same juice as him. Will he break 30? Most definitely as he tries to prove to all us naysayers that last year was not a cliff but a speedbump. After all, this is a guy who didn't hit less that 30 HRs in any season in his career before last, so he's earned the benefit of the doubt. On the flip side, Chris Davis is doing everything he can to suggest that last year was a fluke. Last year he had 9 HRs and 28 RBIs by the end of April, so far he only has 1 and 9. Owners of Davis, Miggy, Fielder, and Encarnacion will obviously have to exercise patience considering where they were drafted, but it can't hurt to test the market with name value if you have depth. Also, Jose Abreu is the real deal, whoever ended up with him might have gotten the steal of the draft. Extrapolate his early numbers to 162 games and you get a 46 HR / 147 RBI guy, so, yeah. 2B My favorite position because it is notoriously thin, the early picks, Cano, Kipnis, and Pedroia haven't quite lived up to their billing as of yet, making late-round fallbacks worth their weight in gold to this point. Kinsler (.319) and Utley (.391) are experiencing a revival of sorts, and we all know what they can do when they are right, so I am actually leaning more towards holding than selling high. Dee Brown, with an ADP of 268, is currently leading the league in SB with 12 and is slashing .369/.408/.492 through 21 games. Brian Dozier's 20/6/8/5 is a very pleasant surprise so far. Neil Walker is well onto his way to a career year this year; extrapolate his stats to 162 and you get a 93 / 15 / 93 / 23 guy. If he comes anywhere close to that then he could be in the conversation for top 5 at the position next year. Don't look now but Brett Lawrie has 3 HRs and 9 RBIs in his last 3 games, he's still hitting .165 on the season, but he could be a great buy low guy right now for 2B/3B depth. Deep leaguers want to take a serious look at Marcus Semien, although his playing time could be cut in half upon Beckham's return, his 3 HRs and 12 RBIs in his last 5 games are making a strong case for continued PT and leadoff ABs. 3B This has been a brutal position to have heavily invested in so far. TCCB owners are collectively lamenting over the starts of Miggy, Beltre, Encarnacion, and Zimmerman. I'm not worried about Miggy at all, but the other 3 have serious drawbacks right now. If you can buy Beltre or EE low, then do it, they will surely bounce back. Bonifacio is the ultimate flash in a pan, so if you haven't sold high on him yet, your window will slam shut. Lesser known commodities like Arenado, Rendon, Frazier, and Plouffe have filled in for the studs admirably, but don't expect them to hold off the top 10 for very long. SS You can't start the conversation without mentioning Alexei Ramirez, who currently sits 4th overall for all players in total ranking, buoyed by his balanced attack of 15/4/15/4/.357 and .953 OPS. If you think he can keep this up then you are crazy. That said, I am an owner, and I am going to ride the Cuban Missile until he explodes. Tulowitzki is off to his usual dominant start batting .371 with a 1.142 OPS through 22 games. Dee Gordon, as mentioned above, leads the ROI argument so far, but Jimmy Rollins and Alcides Escobar are not too far behind. Hanley Ramirez and Jose Reyes owners can't do anything but cross their fingers, and toes, and eyes? Jean Segura's .232 AVG in 82 ABs so far has hurt teams a lot so far, so much that he might even be hard to trade at this point, but don't sell him too low or you'll get slapped in the face with a big I told you so. How's your IF doing so far?
50% Agree (2 votes) |