Fantasy Corner – Baseball
March 27, 2014
Fantasy Corner – Baseball 3/28 Issue 8
| Doug | Andrew | |
| Mike Trout, OF (LAA) | Grab: Five-tool athlete, this 22-year-old can still get even better. No. 1 MLB Player. | Grab: The premier fantasy player. He will lead you to victory in every single offensive category. |
| Miguel Cabrera, 1B/3B (DET) | Grab: Great power and batting average, Detroit lineup supplies plenty of runs and RBI opportunities. | Pass: Choose Trout if possible. Miggy is coming off surgery and looks to get more IBB without Fielder protecting him. |
| Andrew McCutchen, OF (PIT) | Grab: Speed and power gives this NL MVP 30-30 potential as well as 100+ runs. | Pass: After an MVP year, don’t overpay for Cutch. He’s a stud, but he’s not top three. |
| Paul Goldschmidt, 1B (ARI) | Grab: Strong chance of leading NL in home runs, OBP will be at the top of the NL West. | Pass: Way, way too early to pay for 1B. |
| Carlos Gonzalez, OF (COL) | Pass: Hitter-friendly ballpark but injury concerns makes CarGo a high risk at deep position. | Grab: CarGo will benefit from a healthy Troy Tulowitzki hitting behind him all season. |
| Chris Davis, 1B (BAL) | Pass: High strikeout numbers and regression towards the mean will make Crush Davis’ superb 2013 an outlier. | Grab: I know what I said for Goldschmidt, but Crush is the exception. Forty+ HR possible, perhaps likely. |
| Jacoby Ellsbury, OF (NYY) | Pass: Nagging injuries keep the former Red Sox outfielder outside the top 10. | Grab: Offers average, speed, and potential power with New York’s short right field porch. |
| Edwin Encarnacion, 1B (TOR) | Grab: Plenty of power and amazing contact rate should give you 35 HRs, 110 RBI, .280 avg. | Pass: EE can rake, but is coming off wrist surgery and is too risky for me. |
| Robinson Cano, 2B (SEA) | Pass: Sacrificing the playoffs for the money hurts his fantasy value too. Nobody to protect him in the lineup. | Pass: You can get similar production from Kipnis/Pedroia in later rounds. |
| Clayton Kershaw, SP (LAD) | Grab: Best pitcher in the game at age 26, the Cy Young should near 230 Ks, 20 wins, 2.00 ERA. | Grab: If you need me to tell you to get Clayton Kershaw, you shouldn’t be playing fantasy baseball. |
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