Saturday, March 11, 2006

<$6

There are a lot of outfielders currently residing in the <$6 bin right now. I have no doubt a couple/few of them will turn out to be $15 ones.

Does Victor Diaz or Xavier Nady grab 500 Abs? Do they split 600 of them? If the former, that player will be a $10+ outfielder. If the latter, then both players will remain under $6.

Does Larry Bigbie live-up to his 2004 season or does To Saguchi get 400 Abs? Does John Rodriguez grab them?

How about Atlanta? With Ryan Langerhans and Kelly Johnson both lefty hitters, do they split the 450 or so ABs the lefty side of the platoon gets? Does Matt Diaz get all the righty ones? Does either Langerhans or Johnson hit so well as to displace some ABs from Jeff Francoeur?

Will an injury in the Philadelphia give former Rule 5 draftee and reigning International League MVP, Shane Victorino, the regular ABs he needs to become a cheaper, faster version of Aaron Rowand?

How about Chris Denorfia in Cincinnati? Does he have the incredible bad luck to be the 4th outfielder in the season Wily Mo Pena, Austin Kearns and Ken Griffey Jr stay healthy for 150+ each? Or should I have said the team drafting him for a $1 has the bad luck?

The Dodger OF hodgepodge has already had their luck turn with the move of Joel Guzman to LF, but which one benefits from Loften’s age and Drew’s $55 million contr…I mean, his well-established pattern of being injured?

Can Ryan Shealy make his professional debut in the outfield as a major leaguer and play the position well enough to grab 350+ ABs?

Does Geoff Jenkins extend his streak on injury-free seasons to two and deny 6’6 31 SBs in AAA Corey Hart the 300+ ABs he deserves?

I’d say something about Giants’ baby, 27-year-old Jason Ellison, but he’d need one of the dinosaurs in the outfield to get hurt (or retire from the game under a cloud of controversy) and the 4th OF dinosaur, Steve Finley, to not have rediscovered the fountain of HG.I mean, youth upon his landing in Pacbell Park or whatever it is called now.

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