Ah yes, baseball is finally back! Hopefully your fantasy baseball teams are drafted and ready to go. While it's only one game, let's look over a couple fantasy implications from last night's action between the St. Louis Cardinals & New York Mets:
Yadier Molina bats 5th, Taguchi starts in left field. One of the few surprises was seeing Yadier Molina batting 5 th in the Cardinals lineup last night & So Taguchi starting in left field. When you look deeper, it really wasn't all that surprising based on the horrible numbers Edmonds & Duncan had against left handed pitching last year. Molina didn't bat well against lefties last year either, but did bat .299 against them in 2005. While Taguchi will go back to his backup outfielder role as the season rolls on, Molina bears watching. Not only did he have a monster spring, but he also had 2 hits in the game in the #5 spot. Molina is likely to go back to the bottom of the order starting Tuesday against veteran righty Orlando Hernandez, but if he continues to move up in the lineup against lefties & continues over his spring production, RBI opportunities await if you play him right.
Glavine is a stud, Carpenter is a dud. It's the first game of the year, so you should not take into account very much from this game….unless it becomes a trend. For Glavine, 6 hits in 6 innings with only 1 walk was good. However, he only had 2 strikeouts, which begs the question if he can repeat his K per 9 rate from last year. Your money should be on “no” considering his age, but he did play against the Cardinals, so let's wait it out before we draw conclusions. Just something to keep in the back of your mind. Chris Carpenter had a rough game but hey, it was against the Mets. Went 6 innings, had only 1 walk, but the 9 hits killed him. He was only able to strikeout 3 batters and couldn't seem to get that strikeout when he needed it the most. Once again, it's EXTREMELY early, so let's move on. Just like Glavine's situation, it's just something to watch for in his next outing.
That's it for day one, but there will be plenty more once Day 2 is completed. Can't wait to see what unfolds!
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Yadier Molina bats 5th, Taguchi starts in left field. One of the few surprises was seeing Yadier Molina batting 5 th in the Cardinals lineup last night & So Taguchi starting in left field. When you look deeper, it really wasn't all that surprising based on the horrible numbers Edmonds & Duncan had against left handed pitching last year. Molina didn't bat well against lefties last year either, but did bat .299 against them in 2005. While Taguchi will go back to his backup outfielder role as the season rolls on, Molina bears watching. Not only did he have a monster spring, but he also had 2 hits in the game in the #5 spot. Molina is likely to go back to the bottom of the order starting Tuesday against veteran righty Orlando Hernandez, but if he continues to move up in the lineup against lefties & continues over his spring production, RBI opportunities await if you play him right.
Glavine is a stud, Carpenter is a dud. It's the first game of the year, so you should not take into account very much from this game….unless it becomes a trend. For Glavine, 6 hits in 6 innings with only 1 walk was good. However, he only had 2 strikeouts, which begs the question if he can repeat his K per 9 rate from last year. Your money should be on “no” considering his age, but he did play against the Cardinals, so let's wait it out before we draw conclusions. Just something to keep in the back of your mind. Chris Carpenter had a rough game but hey, it was against the Mets. Went 6 innings, had only 1 walk, but the 9 hits killed him. He was only able to strikeout 3 batters and couldn't seem to get that strikeout when he needed it the most. Once again, it's EXTREMELY early, so let's move on. Just like Glavine's situation, it's just something to watch for in his next outing.
That's it for day one, but there will be plenty more once Day 2 is completed. Can't wait to see what unfolds!
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