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J-Rod
04-14-2006, 11:06 AM
There have been quite a few surprise fantasy studs in baseball this year. Some of the guys that are now putting up A-Rod type fantasy numbers were unheard of or just role players last season. Also there are some guys who played poorly last year that are making come-backs this year.

Here are some of my pick-ups in the late rounds of my draft(s):

Jim Thome (12th Round)
Josh Willingham (last pick of draft)
Chris Shelton (13th round)
Eric Bedard (18th round)
csquared
04-14-2006, 01:50 PM
It happens every year.Players get off to fast starts.Most will tail off and start blending in with the rest of the league shortly.
RedskinsDave
04-14-2006, 01:56 PM
You can't call anyone a stud after 2 weeks.
csquared
04-14-2006, 03:27 PM
The only one on that list that may stick around the whole year would be Thome.He has shown he can the rest will flame out pretty quick watch...
J-Rod
04-14-2006, 04:09 PM
The only one on that list that may stick around the whole year would be Thome.He has shown he can the rest will flame out pretty quick watch...

I have to disagree...Shelton put up some good numbers last year. In 94 games he batted .299, 18 HR, 59 RBI, .870 OPS. Not bad for a rookie. Yes he has feasted on the likes of Texas and KC this year but he also went 5 for 13 with 5 RBI and 2HR against the White Sox.

Willingham doesn't have a lot of protection out of a fairly weak FLA offense. He has put up his numbers against the Mets, Astros, and Padres...three teams that could win their respective divisions.

Bedard, well, maybe he is a fluke but with Leo Mezzone in town stranger things have happened. Jorge Sosa was a 14 game winner under his coaching last year...and John Thompson was good...and Mike Remlinger made the All-Star team his last stint in Atlanta...the list goes on...

Thome is healthy with A LOT of protection in the line-up.

Anyone can have a bad year...but then again, anyone can have a career year too!
S.Taylor36
04-19-2006, 04:17 PM
I'd like to add someone to that list in Jonny Gomes. This kid has some serious power and Tampa Bay's line up is not all that bad. He could be a 30 HR 90 RBI guy plus he steals some bases. I have him on my keeper league team and he's been great.
J-Rod
04-19-2006, 11:12 PM
I'd like to add someone to that list in Jonny Gomes. This kid has some serious power and Tampa Bay's line up is not all that bad. He could be a 30 HR 90 RBI guy plus he steals some bases. I have him on my keeper league team and he's been great.

You are right on, Tampa's line-up is quite good. If they had a legit lead-off hitter they would be even more dangerous. Gomes is a star in the making.
csquared
07-31-2006, 10:50 AM
Can somebody say told you so?? Ok ill take your pick of Bedard doing well, but Shelton just got sent to AAA,Gomes is batting .221,and Willingham is hitting .265. Not quite fantasy stud numbers. Ill bet J-rod dumped them by now.
fent
07-31-2006, 11:16 AM
there are definitely some legit guys out there, though. Uggla, Josh Johnson, Corey Patterson (gotta love some speed), Morneau, Glaus, Rios, Papelbon, Liriano, Verlander, Arroyo...the list goes on as to guys that have been lights out this year and are leading a lot of teams to fantasy gold.
akhhorus
07-31-2006, 05:11 PM
there are definitely some legit guys out there, though. Uggla, Josh Johnson, Corey Patterson (gotta love some speed), Morneau, Glaus, Rios, Papelbon, Liriano, Verlander, Arroyo...the list goes on as to guys that have been lights out this year and are leading a lot of teams to fantasy gold.

Yeah, good thing I got Liriano, Papelbon, Mike Lowell, John Lester, Johnny Estrada and Chien-Ming Wang as late round picks or waiver wire moves.