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FANTASY PREVIEW: ATLANTA BRAVES
- By Joe Pisapia
- February 5th, 2010
Number of potential 1st Round Picks: None Impact rookies: Jason Heyward Boom: Tommy Hanson, Yunel Escobar Bust: Chipper Jones Sleeper: Jair Jurrjens, Tim Hudson OFFENSIVE GRADE: B The Braves offense does not have that one dominant offensive force, but what they lack in big names they make up for in depth. Brian McCann is about as good an offensive catcher as you can find. He is in the prime of his career and should crack the 30/100 plateau in 2010. Yunel Escobar is getting better every year and he has the size to develop power as soon as this season. He is a definite breakout candidate and a great pick even if he repeats his ’09 stats. Nate McLouth is a 20/20 candidate and a nice source of runs if he hits leadoff, which seems like...
FANTASY PREVIEW: SAN DIEGO PADRES
- By Joe Pisapia
- February 5th, 2010
Number of potential 1st Round Picks: None Impact rookies: Mat Latos Boom: Kyle Blanks Bust: Chase Headley Sleeper: Everth Cabrera OFFENSIVE GRADE: D Adrian Gonzalez is the Padres’ franchise at this time. He is a 40/100 monster in a cavernous park who plays great defense, but his lack of supporting cast brings his overall value down a bit and keeps him from being a first round selection. Unfortunately, the Pads did nothing to help build around him for 2010. Kyle Blanks could finally provide some protection for Adrian, but he is still a young player adjusting to playing the outfield. Everth Cabrera has blazing speed, now he just has to learn to make a bit more contact. If he does, you could have a nice stolen base threat in roto formats. Chase Headley has been oversold and...
FANTASY PREVIEW: PITTSBURGH PIRATES
- By Joe Pisapia
- February 4th, 2010
Number of potential 1st Round Picks: None Impact rookies: Pedro Alvarez, Jeff Clement Boom: Andrew McCutchen Bust: Garrett Jones, Bobby Crosby Sleeper: Ryan Doumit OFFENSIVE GRADE: C Pittsburgh finally got its superstar in the form of Andrew McCutchen whose combination of speed, power and baseball sense makes him one of the most exciting young players in the game. In 2010, it would not be shocking to see him hit 15 homers, steal 30 bases and score 90 runs. He is the real deal. Ryan Doumit had a tough season and should be a nice bounce back candidate especially considering how weak the catcher position this year. Jeff Clement is 26 and will most likely be the starting first basemen for the Prates this season. If he qualifies at catcher in your league he is a nice...
Wagner Returns to Closer Role
- By Joe Pisapia
- February 4th, 2010
Hill”Billy” Wagner ended up down south where I predicted, as a closer for a team looking to save money. I said it would be the Astros, but the Braves beat them to the punch. Atlanta takes on Wagner on a year $7 million deal with a vesting option, a surprisingly high number considering his recent injury history and penchant for blowing up in big spots. You would think that the Braves could have retained Rafael Soriano for much less than that, but as always their cagy management probably sees him as an even bigger injury risk. You can bet that this being Bobby Cox’s swan song they will give the old skip his last chance at a winner and Wagner will provide stability to Atlanta’s 9th inning. In Cox’s prolific...
Fair Weather Fan
- By Joe Pisapia
- February 4th, 2010
By: Joe Pisapia There is no denying there are simply no positive effects from the WBC. None. Zero. How do I know this? Well, do you remember who won? Who was the MVP? Can you recall the great talent we discovered? I watched the thing and I really don’t recall any of these things. It means nothing and puts the best players in the game in precarious situations, pushing themselves earlier than they should and playing in games that mean nothing. I do remember Oliver Perez, Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes all seemed to play more WBC games than MLB games, which was more annoying than listening to Chip Caray pretend he knew who Jason Kubel was during the playoffs. The WBC is not the Olympics. It is a...
THE YANKEE REVOLVING DOOR
- By Joe Pisapia
- February 4th, 2010
In a very interesting turn of events, the cold hearted evil empire closed the door on its 2009 World Series MVP and their unsung World Series MVP within a week’s time. The Yankees acquired Curtis Granderson thirteen days ago which for all intents and purposes sent Johnny Damon his first class ticket out of the Bronx. They also allowed Hideki Matsui to leave for the west coast with barely an offer and replaced him with former pinstripe castaway and perennial disabled list member Nick Johnson. I recently compared Damon and Granderson’s skills and while they were eerily similar, there is no denying it is smart for the Yankees to get younger. However, Granderson is not as good of a number two hitter as Damon and part of the Yankees' success was...
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