Thursday, January 14, 2010

Fantasy Baseball 2010 Bust

Boston Red Sox LF Jacoby Ellsbury. He cannot go anywhere but down following a Jose Reyes peak season.

2 comments:

jamie said...

really, a guy who had a 770 OPS at age 25 has peaked? one of his top comparables on B-R.com is Shannon Stewart who put up better numbers for 5 years after his age 25 season. now, Stewart's SB numbers went down considerably (so I can see where your argument makes more sense in a fantasy context), but his overall offensive numbers continued to rise.

IMHO said...

From a fantasy perspective, expecting an improvement on a .301 AVG and 70 stolen bases is unrealistic. He can only disappoint.

As for whether he can improve a 770 OPS without legitimate HR power at age of 26 having never had it before, I'd answer he cannot.

I can't see him improving the OPS in a fantasy meaningful way (read: With HRs and not AVG).