Pedroia

liam4  5/29/2014 8:53 AM

Rough season for Pedroia, lack of HR/SB is killing his value.  He's now projected as the 6th ranked 2nd basemen, per game, and his performance thus far has been worse than that.

Time to cut bait on him?  Trade him on name value for someone ranked higher -- Kinsler I'd definitely do, but what about for Daniel Murphy and a pitcher like Lynn?  See Murphy at 0.05 value, Pedroia at -0.10.

ken_admin  5/29/2014 9:36 AM

Injuries have hurt all of the BOS hitters' production (Victorino, Middlebrooks, Napoli). Once the team is healthy, Pedroia should improve with Victorino ahead of him and better production batting after him. He's a little low in avg and very low in SB but otherwise near his expected stats. We still have him as a Top 5 2B.

liam4  5/29/2014 10:04 AM

Thanks Ken.  Though if Daniel Murphy is ranked 0.15 higher than him in year end projections, is there a way to read that other than as an indicator that trading Pedroia for Murphy is a good idea?  Putting category needs aside

ken_admin  5/29/2014 10:18 AM

Yes, that's correct; we have Murphy as the 3rd 2B and Pedroia as the 5th (with standard 5x5 settings).