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Fantasy Baseball Early Round Sleepers
By Daniel Sandker on March 30th, 2009 4:56 PM |
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Since it’s way too easy to just throw out basement picks and hoping for a long shot, let’s talk about 2 guys who should be considered 1st or 2nd rd talent but are going outside the top 2 rd’s.
1-Chase Utley, 2b. (PHI): Utley has been THE premier 2B in baseball for the last 4 years. A couple of injuries set him back in the 2nd half of last year, but he is back in top form to start the 2009 season. Utley is 30 years old and in his prime. Anybody who gets utley outside the top 15 should be licking their chops. A 2b with 100-30-100 .300 power is self explanatory.
2. Carl Crawford, LF (Tam): Carl Crawford was another victim of the injury bug last year, and a bad hamstring is the achilles heel of the base stealer. From 2003-2007, Crawf put up a .300 batting average and stole over 50 bags per season. He only played 109 games last year. Crawford says he feels “Great” and is ready to terrorize the basepaths. If he hits 20 homers and steals 50 bases, thre is no reason he should go outside the first 2 rounds, if not late in rd 1 (deep leagues).
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I grabbed Utley in the third round. I thought it was a steal.
yikes…i’d like to see the league where carl crawford goes in the first round…
Matt Holliday and David Ortiz can also be steals
Crawford has never hit 20 homers with his career high coming in 2006 with 18.
Im just saying, even if he hits 18 hr and steals 50+ bases and hes gona score alot of runs in that rays lineup, those are serious numbers. Hanley Ramirez only drove in 65 runs and gets drafted first in fantasy drafts. Granted he went over 30-30, but 20-50 ain’t no laughing matter either.