While Jeff Dobies stole the show last night with his great auction insight,
we did get some nice data points from Sam Lubeck, better known as Sammy the STATS Man. We lead off each show with Sammy's data points on the players involved in transactions that week and this week we talked about Michael Bourn. Here are his insights on Bourn, the new No. 1 pick Miguel Cabrera and Felix Hernandez:
Michael Bourn
- 257 SB since 2008 - 55 more than any other MLB player (Juan Pierre 202)
- 5 straight seasons of 40+ SB - no other player had 40+ SB in 2011 & 2012
- incredibly reliable - just one trip to DL in MLB career, back in 2007
- over last 2 seasons, stole 15 bases in 33 games vs. AL teams, while hitting .333 (47/141)
Bourn’s ADP in the NFBC is 52. One thing I liked last year was a little more run production as he had a career-high 9 homers and 57 RBIs. He also scored 96 runs and he always hits .270+. He’s not your normal Judy hitter who just gets SBs, is he?
Should we be at all concerned that his SB success rate is going down each year? He’s led the AL in caught stealing each of the last two seasons, but he’s still successful at an 80% clip.
Okay, once Ryan Braun was named on the Biogenesis ledgers, he fell from our No. overall spot. Replacing him has been Miguel Cabrera. Can you make a case for him going No. 1 overall?
Miguel Cabrera
- first Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967
- 30+ HR, 100+ RBI & 180+ hits in last 6 seasons. Only other player with such stats in 2011 and 2012 was Braun
- BA of .320+ in last 4 seasons. No other player had .320 BA in both 2011 and 2012
- since 2004, most RBI in MLB (1061), 8 more than Pujols
- since 2004, only Pujols (1009) and Derek Jeter (942) have scored more runs than Cabrera (922)
Felix Hernandez signed a 7-year, $175 contract this week, yet there is concern about soreness in his elbow. What should we make of that and should it be a concern to fantasy owners?
While Felix Hernandez has had 230+ IP in each of the last four seasons, only two active pitchers have put together more 230-inning seasons.
Active Pitchers, Most Seasons with 230+ IP
Roy Halladay 6 (only 25 starts last season after back-to-back 230-IP seasons)
CC Sabathia 5
Mark Buehrle 4
Felix Hernandez 4
Comparison to Mark Prior - 211.1 IP in 2003, and then 118.2 IP in 2004. Last played in MLB in 2006.
The Mets really needed Bourn, but the new rules could have penalized them their first round pick, which was 11th overall. They now enter 2013 with an outfield of Lucas Duda, Mike Baxter and Kirk Nieuwenhuis. Could this be for the worst outfield in MLB history?
Mets OF, 2012 Season (w/ MLB ranks)
BA .238* (27th)
Runs 221 (29th)
HR 55 (17th)
RBI 206 (t-24th)
SB 35 (t-28th)
* The .238 BA was the second lowest in Mets franchise history.
Nice work Sammy. Sorry Mets' fans, but .238 might not be reachable this year with THAT outfield!!
It's because he's now won 2 overall Auction titles in 3 years, having also won the NFBC Auction Championship in 2010. It will be fun to talk about the auction format and go over some Mixed Dollar Values for 2013. Jeff and Andy sure put together a fantastic pitching staff last year and their offense also held up well. Great job guys.
He did us well.
