Monday, July 7, 2008

HOT/cold: Second Base

HOT: Second Base

Mark Ellis FA
P15 = 60

Mark Ellis is 1 for his last 15 with one RBI… and he’s still in the Top 10. That’s either really impressive or a really bad sign for the depth of second basemen.

Chase Utley PM
P15 = 61

For as much hype as Utley has been getting, and deservedly so, he is only the second rated second baseman in the league – and a decent margin too.

Ronnie Beliard FA
P15 = 61

Ronnie is riding a recent power surge that includes a walk-off home run on July 1. For the season, Belliard is hitting .215 with 7 home runs and 25 RBI.

Mark DeRosa HH
P15 = 64

DeRosa has 51 runs scored and 49 runs driven in this season. This is helping compensate for his mediocre batting average and power.

Ray Durham FA
P15 = 64

Ray Durham has to be 50-years-old. Durham has scored 40 runs this year, but has been unable to drive runs in and hit with power.

B.J. Upton CRN
P15 = 66

Upton will be an interesting player to watch next season because he will no longer be second base eligible. His 56 runs scored, 44 RBI and 26 stolen bases are very appealing at second base, but not so much in centerfield, which is where he’ll be eligible next season.

Brian Roberts HH
P15 = 77

Roberts has used a series against the Royals and Rangers to build up his run and hit totals. He was 8-for-25 with 8 runs scored. Despite his home run yesterday, hit power numbers are starting to trail off as has his RBI numbers.

Brandon Phillips BGtD
P15 = 86

Brandon is 13-for-27 with 9 RBI in his seven games. Sadly, he only scored 4 runs with one home run in that stretch.

Dustin Pedroia COCK
P15 = 96

Pedroia had 11 hits in six games last week and scored 6 runs.

Ian Kinsler KC
P15 = 108

Ian Kinsler is the number one rated second baseman in the league by about 50 points. Kinsler has scored 79 runs, driven in 53 and stolen 23 bases on the season. His 14 home runs and .332 batting average are nice too. He was 7-for-12 with five runs scored, a homer and three RBI against Baltimore this past weekend.

COLD: Second base

Dan Uggla BGtD
P15 = 8

Yunel Escobar KS
P15 = 10

Erick Aybar KS
P15 = 26

Placido Polanco BSI
P15 = 36

Orlando Hudson SpR
P15 = 37

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