Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Around MLB - Soriano makes his move

So, Soriano finally backed off and took his horrible glove out to left field (ESPN.com story). This begs the question, where would Soriano rank in fantasy baseball as an outfielder? At 2nd he was a top 2 or 3 guy, but the outfield is a lot deeper with players that don't strikout over 100 times or bat .280. Heck, his batting average has dropped from .300 in 2002 to .268 last year, not good. At second base Soriano was 3rd in doubles, tied for 2nd in hits, 1st in homers, 4th in RBI's, 2nd in runs scored, 1st in total bases, and 1st in steals...pretty impressive. But, if you transfer those stats to the outfield, he ends up like this: 12th in runs scored, 13th in hits, tied for 3rd in doubles, 4th in homers, 9th in RBI's, 5th in total bases, and 9th in steals. That's still quality (30/30 is always strong), but I think that would knock him out of any first round, and probably second round, consideration in fantasy drafts. Just something to think about.

1 Comments:

At 4:51 PM, Blogger Chachi said...

He wasn't worth the #9 even as a 2nd baseman. He's 2nd round material, and now maybe even later.

 

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