Fantasy Baseball Free Agent Pool – Speed Demons
Submitted by lester’s legends sports blog
Just because you’ve slipped behind in the Stolen Base category doesn’t mean you can’t catch up. Here are some reasonably available SB threats.
Jason Kendall, C, Milwaukee Brewers – Kendall went nuts last week with 4 SBs while hitting .333 (5 for 15) with 5 Runs and 1 RBI. On the year he’s hitting .247 with 6 SBs, 41 Runs, 1 HR, and 33 RBIs. He’s owned in 5% of Yahoo! Plus, 2% of Yahoo! Public, 1.4% of ESPN, and 11% of CBS leagues.
Scott Podsednik, OF, Chicago White Sox – Pods had 3 SBs last week while hitting .292 (7 for 24) with 2 Runs, 1 HR, and 3 RBIs. On the year he’s hitting .294 with 24 SBs, 61 Runs, 5 HRs, and 41 RBIs. He’s owned in 51% of Yahoo! Plus, 24% of Yahoo! Public, 18.8% of ESPN, and 39% of CBS leagues.
Drew Stubbs, OF, Cincinnati Reds – Stubbs had 3 SBs last week while hitting .293 (12 for 41) with 7 Runs, 2 HRs, and 5 RBIs. On the year he’s hitting .246 with 3 SBs, 9 Runs, 3 HRs, and 6 RBIs in 61 At Bats. He’s owned in 3% of Yahoo! Plus, 1% of Yahoo! Public, 0.3% of ESPN, and 4% of CBS leagues.
Julio Borbon, OF, Texas Rangers – Borbon had 3 SBs last week, and not all in one game this time, while hitting .235 (4 for 17) with 2 Runs and 1 RBI. On the year he’s hitting .370 with 11 SBs, 12 Runs, 1 HR, and 8 RBIs. He’s owned in 30% of Yahoo! Plus, 9% of Yahoo! Public, 8.1% of ESPN, and 25% of CBS leagues. He doesn’t start against Lefties so temper your expectations a bit.
Everth Cabrera, SS, San Diego Padres - Everth had 2 SBs last week while hitting .267 (8 for 30) with 5 Runs and 3 RBIs. On the year he’s hitting .271 with 20 SBs, 42 Runs, 2 HRs, and 26 RBIs. He’s owned in 30% of Yahoo! Plus, 8% of Yahoo! Public, 3.9% of ESPN, and 33% of CBS leagues.
Angel Pagan, OF, New York Mets - Pagan had 2 SBs last week while hitting .308 (8 for 26) with 5 Runs, 1 HR, and 1 RBI. On the year he’s hitting .294 with 12 SBs, 38 Runs, 6 HRs, and 26 RBIs. He’s owned in 24% of Yahoo! Plus, 8% of Yahoo! Public, 3.5% of ESPN, and 14% of CBS leagues.
Adam Kennedy, 2B/3B/OF, Oakland A’s - Kennedy had 2 SBs last week while hitting .188 (6 for 32) with 2 Runs and 3 RBIs. On the year he’s hitting .274 with 18 SBs, 45 Runs, 10 HRs, and 49 RBIs. He’s owned in 45% of Yahoo! Plus, 21% of Yahoo! Public, 14% of ESPN, and 43% of CBS leagues.
September 2nd, 2009 at 5:26 am
Some good names on this list. If I wasn’t getting crushed in almost every league I’m in this year (don’t get me started) I’d be jumping on some of these guys.