Fantasy Relevance ‘09 is a breakdown of each M.L.B. team that shows the players with fantasy value from each respective team. There are four categories the players will be broken down into and they are as follows: Studs, Role Players, Keepers and Sleepers. Hopefully this will help you in your quest for Fantasy Baseball dominance.
Studs:
Grady Sizemore- He will most likely be taken in the top 10 of your draft this year. Sizemore is entering the beginning stages of his prime and should be a great source of HR, RBI, Runs and SB. The BA could also be there even though he only hit .268 last year. In ‘06 he hit .290 so we know that he is capable of producing a good BA. Most people feel that he will improve on all of his numbers across the board and with good reason. He increased his RBI, HR, SB and OPS last year but went down in OBP and Runs. The decrease in Runs can be attributed to not having a healthy Travis Hafner or Victor Martinez in the lineup for most of the season. So, if those two guys comeback healthy, there’s no telling what could happen. Sizemore is one of those guys that just might make a serious run at AL MVP. Read the rest of this entry
Fantasy Relevance ‘09 is a breakdown of each M.L.B. team that shows the players with fantasy value from each respective team. There are four categories the players will be broken down into and they are as follows: Studs, Role Players, Keepers and Sleepers. Hopefully this will help you in your quest for Fantasy Baseball dominance. 
Tim Lincecum- Last year’s NL Cy Young winner is probably going to come off the board as the one of the top three pitchers in most drafts. He is an excellent source of ERA, Wins, WHIP and K. The only thing he doesn’t do is get you Saves. Some people might think that there is no way he could repeat what he did last year but I am not one of those people. He is the real deal and will be for a very long time. There is a very good chance that he will repeat as the NL Cy Young award winner unless Johan Santana has something to say about it. He also has one of the greatest power pitchers of all-time as his stable mate in Randy Johnson. Having that veteran presence available will be an unbelievable resource for Lincecum to tap into. It is a toss up between Lincecum and Santana as to who I would pick first but I think but there is no arguing that you can’t go wrong with Lincecum on your roster. Expect Wins in the high teens with an ERA below 3.00 (I know it’s crazy), 240+ K and a WHIP below 1.20. 
Fantasy Relevance ‘09 is a breakdown of each M.L.B. team that shows the players with fantasy value from each respective team. There are four categories the players will be broken down into and they are as follows: Studs, Role Players, Keepers and Sleepers. Hopefully this will help you in your quest for Fantasy Baseball dominance. 
Brandon Webb- 22-7 with a 3.30 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 183 Ks. What more can you say? The guy is a fantasy stud year in and year out. He will most likely be the 3rd or 4th pitcher taken in the draft depending on when C.C. Sabathia goes but you can’t go wrong with Webb. He is almost guaranteed to get 16+ Wins with an ERA in the low 3s. His Ks won’t blow you out of the water but he gets enough to not hurt you in the category. I have never owned Webb in a fantasy league and I think it is time I target him in a draft or two. He is as consistent as they come and you have nothing to worry about if he is on your roster. 
Fantasy Relevance ‘09 is a breakdown of each M.L.B. team that shows the players with fantasy value from each respective team. There are four categories the players will be broken down into and they are as follows: Studs, Role Players, Keepers and Sleepers. Hopefully this will help you in your quest for Fantasy Baseball dominance. 
Aramis Ramirez- He’ll give you a BA right around .285 with 25+ HR and close to 100+ RBI/Runs. He isn’t the stud he used to be but he is still a very solid 3rd baseman to have on your squad. He will most likely have Soriano, Ryan Theriot, Derrek Lee and Milton Bradley hitting in front of him with rising star Geovany Soto hitting behind him so there shouldn’t be an issue with RBI opportunities or protection in the lineup. This current lineup should bode well for Ramirez. 
Fantasy Relevance ‘09 is a breakdown of each M.L.B. team that shows the players with fantasy value from each respective team. There are four categories the players will be broken down into and they are as follows: Studs, Role Players, Keepers and Sleepers. Hopefully this will help you in your quest for Fantasy Baseball dominance. 
Albert Pujols- .357 BA with 37 HR and 116 RBI last season. Enough said. He won his second NL MVP last season and will likely be drafted in the top 3 of every fantasy draft this year, unless of course there is a league of strictly Cubs fans out there somewhere. He will be in the running for another NL MVP this year too and the only player that really has a chance to dethrown him is Hanley Ramirez. Pujols is one of those rare players that is feared everytime he steps up to the plate and for good reason. Over his career he has averaged a .334 BA, 42 HR, 138 RBI, 200 hits and a .425 OBP. The guy is unreal. 
Fantasy Relevance ‘09 is a breakdown of each M.L.B. team that shows the players with fantasy value from each respective team. There are four categories the players will be broken down into and they are as follows: Studs, Role Players, Keepers and Sleepers. Hopefully this will help you in your quest for Fantasy Baseball dominance. 
Prince Fielder- Last year, we saw a major decline in power from Prince Fielder. Some say that this could have been caused by his change to a vegetarian diet. Probably not the actual reason, but rest assured he is back to eating meat again. Fielder is a legitimate threat to leave the yard in any given at bat and his BA won’t kill you the way a player like Adam Dunn will. His power numbers should return this season, although maybe not to the tune of 50 dingers but he should be right around the 40+ range. The growth of Ryan Braun and Corey Hart will play a major role in how Fielder does at the plate. Hart will probably bat 5th behind Fielder and it will be up to him to provide protection in the lineup. 
Fantasy Relevance ‘09 is a breakdown of each M.L.B. team that shows the players with fantasy value from each respective team. There are four categories the players will be broken down into and they are as follows: Studs, Role Players, Keepers and Sleepers. Hopefully this will help you in your quest for Fantasy Baseball dominance.
Chipper Jones- After beginning the season on a tear, nobody thought that Jones would be able to sustain his statistical dominance for the entire season, and they were right. His season was cut short by injury just like every season it seems. It is so frustrating for a player of his caliber to only play 2/3 of a season every year. If he could just stay healthy for a full season he would be in the running for MVP every year. Draft him and try to trade him as late in the season as possible before he hurts himself and maybe you’ll be able to swindle someone into taking him off your hands before he falls apart. 
Fantasy Relevance ‘09 is a breakdown of each MLB team that shows the players with fantasy value from each respective team. There are four categories the players will be broken down into and they are as follows: Studs, Role Players, Keepers and Sleepers. Hopefully this will help you in your quest for Fantasy Baseball dominance. 
Fantasy Relevance ‘09 is a breakdown of each M.L.B. team that shows the players with fantasy value from each respective team. There are four categories the players will be broken down into and they are as follows: Studs, Role Players, Keepers and Sleepers. Hopefully this will help you in your quest for Fantasy Baseball dominance. 
Roy Halladay- He is as good as it gets but be careful with him this year. He threw a whopping 246 innings last year and that usually leads to an injury the following year or at least a tired arm. Halladay is one of the best pitchers in the game though and will be hard to let slip into the later rounds of the draft. He is the kind of pitcher that helps in all categories from ERA, WHIP, KS to Wins. I can’t say enough about him. He won 20 games last year on a terrible team and barring injury, will have a great shot at doing it again. After Halladay, the Jays really don’t another fantasy stud. 
