The first base position in 2010 claimed nine of the TOP 100 overall fantasy players at season’s end (ten players if you include Jose Bautista and his four games at first). At a position where depth and options seemed plentiful before the season began, first base became a bit of a let down. Big boys [...]
Nov
12
2010
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2010
Mar
27
2010
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
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
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
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
14
2010
14
2010
Fantasy 40/40: 2010 Fantasy Baseball Projections: Kendry Morales
2009 STATS:
.306AVG -34HR -108RBI -86RUNS -3SB in 566 AB
2010 PROJECTED STATS:
BASEBALL HQ: .296-30-101-81-2 in 591 AB
BILL JAMES: .294-29-98-80-2 in 572 AB
CHONE: .286-22-78-63-2 in 465 AB
PECOTA: .285-24-85-67-2 in 499 AB
2010 PROJECTIONS & OUTLOOK:
.290-26-90-73-2 in 532 AB. One a time Cuban defector, this import took four years to arrive in Anaheim, but replaced Mark Teixiera [...]
Feb
21
2010
21
2010
Fantasy 40/40: 2010 Player Projections: Pablo Sandoval
2009 STATS:
.330-25-90-79-5 in 572 AB
2010 PROJECTED STATS:
CBS: .306-30-100-80-1 in 581 AB
CHONE: .323-17-71-64-3 in 458 AB
BILL JAMES: .327-24-97-86-4 in 556 AB
BASEBALL HQ: .308-22-98-86-3 in 590 AB
2010 PROJECTIONS & OUTLOOK: .316-23-92-79-4 in 546 AB. “Everybody was Kung-Fu fighting…” Ok admit it, how many of you finished the sentence? Yeah you did. This Kung-Fu Panda karate chopped his [...]
Feb
10
2010
10
2010
Fantasy 40/40: 2010 Fantasy Baseball Projections: Billy Butler
2009 STATS:
.301AVG – 21HR -93RBI -78RUNS -1SB in 608AB
2010 PROJECTED STATS:
CBS: .295-25-94-80-0 in 600 AB
CHONE: .307-17-83-71-1 in 525 AB
BILL JAMES: .297-17-81-67-1 in 508 AB
BASEBALL HQ: .291-24-97-73-1 in 585 AB
2010 OUTLOOK: .298-21-89-73-1 in 555 AB. Most fantasy websites and magazines have Butler ranked anywhere from 16 to 26 among 1B. Not many people have heard of [...]
Feb
9
2010
9
2010
Fantasy 40/40: 2010 Fantasy Baseball Projections: Mark Reynolds
2009 STATS:
.260AVG- 44HR- 102RBI- 98RUNS- 24SB in 578 AB
2010 PROJECTED STATS:
CHONE: .260-30-87-83-11 in 492 AB
CBS: .261-40-109-100-20 in 575 AB
BILL JAMES: .268-40-107-103-18 in 559 AB
BASEBALL HQ: .248-37-98-96-15 in 572 AB
2010 PROJECTIONS & OUTLOOK: .259-38-99-97-17 in 550 AB. I will take that any day of the week from any corner infielder. With a 3rd or 4th [...]
Feb
8
2010
8
2010
FANTASY 40/40: COMING OF AGE: 2010 FANTASY BASEBALL SLEEPERS: Daniel Murphy
New York Mets, 1B/OF, 25-Years-Old
2009 STATS:
.266AVG- 12HR- 63RBI- 60RUNS- 4SB in 508 AB
2010 PROJECTED STATS:
CHONE: .274-12-63-58-5 in 468 AB
CBS: .275-10-50-50-2 in 375 AB
BILL JAMES: .284-7-39-38-4 in 271 AB
BASEBALL HQ: .277-15-62-59-5 in 451 AB
2010 OUTLOOK: .277-11-54-53-4 in 391 AB are the averages from the four projections. Anyone can be safe. Let’s be bold. These projections, to [...]