Alexei over all of our starting pitchers? Wow.

 

Not that surprising. SS is a pretty scarce position from a fantasy standpoint. Therefore making him more valuable than he really is on the field. If he can get back to his '08 level (avoiding the slow starts that's plagued him the last two years would be nice), he's probably a top 5-7 fantasy SS.

Edited March 7, 201016 yr by Jordan4life

Alexei could be .280 22 hr 80 rbi 20 sb.

Not that surprising. SS is a pretty scarce position from a fantasy standpoint. Therefore making him more valuable than he really is on the field. If he can get back to his '08 level (avoiding the slow starts that's plagued him the last two years would be nice), he's probably a top 5-7 fantasy SS.

 

Rarer than a guy like Jake Peavy who is going to get you wins, complete games, IP, SHO, K's and the like?

Rarer than a guy like Jake Peavy who is going to get you wins, complete games, IP, SHO, K's and the like?

Let's not make up stats even for guys we like: Peavy has completed 1 game since 2006 and 7 in his career, with only 3 shutouts (all in 2005). He tends to throw a lot of pitches and is often therefore gone after 6-7.

Let's not make up stats even for guys we like: Peavy has completed 1 game since 2006 and 7 in his career, with only 3 shutouts (all in 2005). He tends to throw a lot of pitches and is often therefore gone after 6-7.

 

 

your last line kinda answers my question but do you think being in the NL where maybe he gets pinch hit for could be a reason why he has a lack of complete games?

your last line kinda answers my question but do you think being in the NL where maybe he gets pinch hit for could be a reason why he has a lack of complete games?

No, I don't think that, and I don't think that because the available data shows that he's thrown a reasonable number of pitches in those innings. Subtitled; God I love B-R.com.

 

IP/GS

2002 5.7

2003 6.1

2004 6.2

2005 6.8

2006 6.3

2007 6.6

2008 6.4

2009 6.4

 

 

Pit/GS

2002 96

2003 101

2004 99

2005 105

2006 105

2007 106

2008 106

2009 98

 

He's still throwing 100+ pitches in an average game prior to 2009, but only had a handful of CG's. Now here's # of starts with a certain number of pitches.

 

 

120 Max

2002 1 10 6 0 115

2003 2 11 17 2 126

2004 1 13 11 2 124

2005 0 11 18 1 124

2006 2 8 21 1 129

2007 0 5 29 0 118

2008 1 5 19 2 127

 

ah just wondering if bein the NL had somethin to do with, way to come out with the stats

Rarer than a guy like Jake Peavy who is going to get you wins, complete games, IP, SHO, K's and the like?

 

Complete games, IP and SHO are rarely ever used in fantasy baseball. It's usually wins, ERA, K's, Saves and WHIP. SP is MUCH deeper from a fantasy standpoint than SS. Just think about it. After Hanley, TT, Reyes, Rollins and Jeter (the last two being overrated from a fantasy perspective), it's slim pickings at that particular position.