Brad Wilkerson says he may have season-ending shoulder surgery. Even if he does not, this means he will not recover the effectiveness he displayed in 2004.
It also means Mark DeRosa is as safe as safe can be in Texas. Some may think I missed the boat a long time ago with that statement, but I have not been able to buy the explosive surge in the career-utilityman's performance.
However, I have accepted that DeRosa is a very good player this year and is likely on a winning Roto team right now.
I checked out how he has done on my AL-only team. He was added about the same time I traded for Michael Young.
In 299 ABs, DeRosa is hitting 6/39/3/.321, and Young is hitting 9/47/.299/3 in 301 ABs.
DeRosa was taken from the pool with $6 FAAB, and Young went for $34 at the draft.
Go figure.
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DeRosa is hitting a ton of doubles, which is a skill a player can acquire. He apparently has. A lot of pop outs last year and in previous years are now 2-baggers. Lowell had to change his approach this year to hit doubles and he has figured it out-- with a big boost to his average from his awful 2005.
Oh, and he ranks at #57 in VORP, which puts him ahead of several name OFers like Abreu-- and above teammates like Tex.
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