Fantasy baseball 2010: TOP 5 Stories For Baltimore

An excellent way to get your mind working on the upcoming fantasy baseball season care of Pat DiCaprio at Fantasy Pros 911.

Matt Wieters, Adam Jones, the young starters and the decline of a fantasy stalwart?

Fantasy Baseball 2010: AVG Production Per Position

Here are the average production numbers. The infield positions include those players who had more than 241 ABs. The outfielders had more than 439, and the DHs include only those who qualify as DH-only in 2010.

AVG PLAYER	HR	RBI	SB	R	AVG	Count
C	11.7	51.1	2.4	45	0.2611	34
1B	22.9	79.6	3.2	69.6	0.2801	44
2B	11.6	54.1	9.1	63.4	0.2755	49
SS	8.3	49.3	11	61.6	0.2729	45
3B	14.1	60.4	6.1	61.4	0.2703	49
OF	19.3	75.2	14	80.8	0.281	63
DH	18.7	62.4	0.9	50.2	0.2477	10

HitTracker: Melky Cabrera

HitTracker :: Player and Field Detail

I know the Atlanta braves got hosed dealing Javy Vazquez for Melky Cabrera and two minor leaguers. I also know that Melky had his best season to date last year - 13 HRs and 28 2Bs - with a very good contact rate of 92%.

As a contrarian, I wonder if the 24-year-old Cabrera could surprise and produce a season of 15/75. His Hit Tracker data shows 8 of his 13 HRs headed towards the sweet spots of the new Yankees Stadium. I am not holding out as much hope as Barack Obama held out to his believers.

With a couple more years of control than the Yankees have with Vazquez, the Braves can win the trade if Melky manages to repeat his 2009 production, though.

Fantasy Baseball Draft: Rounds 5&6

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OA	Player	Roster
49	Kevin Youkilis	3B
50	Joey Votto	1B
51	Adam Wainwright	SP2
52	Felix Hernandez	SP1
53	Javier Vazquez	SP2
54	Lance Berkman	1B
55	Kendry Morales	1B
56	Jon Lester	SP2
57	Gordham Beckham	3B
58	Dan Haren	SP1
59	Cliff Lee	SP1
60	Matt Wieters	C
61	Derek Lee	1B
62	Dustin Pedroia	2B
63	Bobby Abreu	OF2
64	Mariano Rivera	CL1
65	Joe Nathan	CL1
66	Michael Bourn	OF3
67	Clayton Kershaw	SP1
68	Raul Ibanez	OF1
69	Adam Dunn	1B
70	Andrew McCutchen	OF1
71	Josh Johnson	SP2
72	Jonathan Broxton	CL1

Fantasy Baseball 2010: DH-Only Part II

Yesterday, I noted those DH-only qualifiers who failed to make 20 appearances at any position in 2009. Today, the DH-only qualifiers include those who have made at least 20 appearances at DH and fewer than 20 at any other position. It more of a mixed league sleepers list, but many will go for cheap in single format auction leagues.

The greatest sleeper potential when combined with likely auction price? DH Randy Ruiz of the Toronto Blue Jays.

David Ortiz
Hideki Matsui
Pat Burrell
Mike Jacobs
Jim Thome
Ken Griffey Jr.
Vlad Guerrero
Travis Hafner
Mike Sweeney
Andruw Jones
Randy Ruiz
Nomar Garciaparra

Fantasy Baseball 2010

A quick glance makes 1B look very deep, and high K SP looks much deeper than usual. SS is ugly even if you assume Jose Reyes makes it back to elite fantasy production.