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Mar
29
2011

Fantasy 40/40: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top 30 Third Basemen (3B)

I know it’s late in the game, but I’m just getting around to finishing these.  Better late than never as they say, although most of you probably had your drafts this past weekend.

Evan Longoria TB – 2011 Projections: .285-36-118-105-10. With Longo coming off a down year, I see a huge campaign for this Tampa Bay [...]

Mar
22
2011

Fantasy 40/40: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top 30 Shortstops (SS)

If you don’t get to draft either Hanley Ramirez or Troy Tulowitzki, you can probably wait. There’s Reyes, Rollins and Jeter.  Injuries, question marks and aging surround those three. There’s Andrus, Furcal and Ramirez.  Not bad options.  Desmond, Brignac and Bartlett.  Like I said, if you miss out on the two studs, there’s no problem [...]

Mar
29
2010

Fantasy 40/40: 2010 Fantasy Projections: Dustin Pedroia

2009 STATS:

.296AVG -15HR -72RBIS -115RUNS -20SB in 626 AB
2010 PROJECTED STATS:
BASEBALL HQ: .298-20-74-105-17 in 604 AB
BILL JAMES: .307-15-75-109-16 in 623 AB
CHONE: .308-13-65-95-13 in 569 AB
PECOTA: .311-16-71-110-16 in 612 AB
2010 AVERAGED PROJECTED STATS & OUTLOOK: .306-16-71-105-16 in 602 AB. This little sparkplug plays like a giant among men.  The former MVP plays 100% and gives his [...]

Mar
29
2010

Fantasy 40/40: 2010 Fantasy Projections: Ian Kinsler

2009 STATS:

.253AVG -31HR -86RBI -101RUNS -31SB in 566 AB
2010 PROJECTED STATS:
BASEBALL HQ: .269-23-71-93-26 in 509 AB
BILL JAMES: .275-27-84-106-28 in 575 AB
CHONE: .273-23-74-96-23 in 531 AB
PECOTA: .280-27-85-106-26 in 550 AB
2010 AVERAGED PROJECTED STATS & OUTLOOK:
.274-25-84-95-26 in 541 AB. Hello Number 2.  Ian Kinlser has been the mini-me to Chase Utley and his dominance at the keystone [...]

Mar
27
2010

Fantasy 40/40: 2010 Fantasy Baseball Projections: Prince Fielder

2009 STATS:

.299AVG -46HR -141RBI -103RUNS -2SB in 591 AB
2010 PROJECTED STATS:
BASEBALL HQ: .289-42-122-97-3 in 585 AB
BILL JAMES: .286-44-124-103-3 in 601 AB
CHONE: .294-41-113-93-3 in 562 AB
PECOTA: .290-51-140-109-3 in 624 AB
2010 PROJECTED STATS & OUTLOOK:
.290-45-125-102-3 in 593 AB. This Prince is the king in the Milwaukee lineup and continues to mash HR every year for the [...]

Mar
26
2010

Fantasy 40/40: 2010 Fantasy Baseball Projections: Miguel Cabrera

2009 STATS:

.324AVG -34HR -103RBI -96RUNS -6SB in 611 AB
2010 PROJECTED STATS:
BASEBALL HQ: .316-34-111-92-4 in 598 AB
BILL JAMES: .318-36-118-101-5 in 617 AB
CHONE: .314-33-114-89-3 in 590 AB
PECOTA: .302-40-125-94-3 in 623 AB
2010 PROJECTED STATS & OUTLOOK:
.313-36-117-94-4 in 607 AB. Cabrera had a good year in ‘09, but good years don’t win fantasy championships.  You drafted elite production [...]

Mar
26
2010

Fantasy 40/40: 2010 Fantasy Projections: Ryan Howard

2010 STATS:

.279AVG -45HR -141RBI -105RUNS -628 AB
2010 PROJECTED STATS:
BASEBALL HQ: .268-41-129-101-3 in 583 AB
BILL JAMES: .278-48-143-103-5 in 609 AB
CHONE: .270-44-131-89-2 in 575 AB
PECOTA: .249-37-121-91-3 in 584 AB
2010 PROJECTED STATS & OUTLOOK:
.266-43-131-96-4 in 588 AB. If all I had to do was eat $5 footlongs from Subway all day to hit 45 HR, call me [...]

Mar
25
2010

Fantasy 40/40: 2010 Fantasy Baseball Projections: Mark Teixeira

2009 STATS:

.292AVG -39HR -122RBI -103RUNS – 2SB in 609 AB
2010 PROJECTED STATS:
BASEBALL HQ: .300-37-123-103-2 in 604 AB
BILL JAMES: .300-36-121-101-2 in 596 AB
CHONE: .287-34-112-92-1 in 564 AB
PECOTA: .294-35-115-96-2 in 573 AB
2010 PROJECTED STATS & OUTLOOK:
.295-35-118-98-2 in 584 AB. Big Tex started his first year of his $180 million deal on Broadway in ‘09 without his [...]

Mar
18
2010

Fantasy 40/40: 2010 Fantasy Projections: Nolan Reimold

2009 STATS:

.279AVg -15HR -45RBI -49R -8SB in 358 AB
2010 PROJECTED STATS:
BASEBALL HQ: .275-24-75-75-11 in 534AB
BILL JAMES: .292-29-84-82-13 in 538 AB
CHONE: .275-18-59-57-7 in 411 AB
PECOTA: .274-19-58-56-5 in 441 AB
2010 PROJECTIONS & OUTLOOK:
.279-23-69-68-9 in 481 AB. Reimold has not as hyped as Wieters or Jones, but Nolan came up with a bang and produced while starting [...]

Mar
16
2010

Fantasy 40/40: 2010 Fantasy Baseball Projections: Andre Ethier

2009 STATS:

.272AVG -31HR -106RBI -92R – 6SB in 596 AB
2010 PROJECTED STATS:
BASEBALL HQ: .285-30-104-89-5 in 589 AB
BILL JAMES: .288-24-89-85-5 in 560 AB
CHONE: .281-21-79-72-4 in 506 AB
PECOTA: .290-25-95-86-4 in 572 AB
2010 PROJECTIONS & OUTLOOK:
.286-25-92-83-4 in 557 AB. Ethier had a bust-out season in ‘09 posting career highs in HR, RBI and RUNS.  He took [...]