Posts Tagged ‘Alexi Casilla’

2010 MLB Free Agent Signings – Crawford, Downs

Posted by Todd Lammi on December 11th, 2010

The Boston Red Sox continue to bolster their offense this offseason, signing Carl Crawford for seven years and $142 million. The Jayson Werth deal with the Washington Nationals is forcing teams to come up with seven year deals for the top free agents in this years class. No real impact in terms of fantasy baseball value for Crawford but Jacoby Ellsbury will be affected by being dropped now to the bottom of the batting order which would negatively impact most of his stats.

It has not been a fun winter for Los Angels Angels fans who heard rumors of potential Carl Crawford, Rafael Soriano and Adrian Beltre signings. The team finally made a splash on Friday signing Scott Downs to a three-year, $15 million contract. The 34-year-old lefty will be added to the mix of bullpen candidates including Fernando Rodney and Jordan Walden as potential closers. My guess here is that Rodney starts as closer with Downs getting a handful saves and Walden getting a couple. It is crazy to think now that the going rate for middle relievers has jumped to $5 million plus.

On Thursday, the Baltimore Orioles finalized a trade with the Minnesota Twins, sending two minor league relief pitchers Brett Jacobson and James Hoey to the Twins for J.J. Hardy and utility infielder Brendan Harris. Hardy finally gives the Orioles a semi-decent shortstop and gives them a whole new left side of the infield with J.J. and recently acquired Mark Reynolds. The big winner in fantasy baseball is Alexi Casilla in Minnesota who will now take over as the starting shortstop. Casilla will be a goods play late in fantasy baseball drafts for teams looking for a middle infielder that can steal bases.

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Fantasy Baseball – May Second Base Rankings

Posted by Todd Lammi on June 1st, 2009

by Todd Lammi

Instead of using some complicated formula to review May fantasy baseball statistics, here is a breakdown for the numbers for the month sorted by RBI, for second basemen.

Brandon Phillips topped second basemen for the month of May. Knock on wood if you own him that he is able to continue playing with his injured thumb. Ian Kinsler ranked third in RBI despite his overall batting average dropping 43 points in the month of May. Pitchers were much more careful in the second month, as his walk total doubled from eight in April to 17 in May. Dan Uggla was in the doldrums for much of May until the last 12 days when he hit all five home runs and drove in 12 runs.

Dustin Pedroia is hitting for average with some steals thrown in, but the power from 2008 has not carried over into 2009 so far. Missing from the list that will see time in June are recent call ups Alexi Casilla of the Minnesota Twins and Edwin Maysonet, filling in for the injured Kaz Matsui in Houston. If Howie Kendrick continues to struggle, the Los Angeles Angels might reach down into Triple-A for Sean Rodriguez. Rodriguez is hitting .284 with 18 home runs, 54 RBI and six stolen bases.

RK PLAYER TEAM AB BA R HR RBI SB
1 Brandon Phillips CIN 88 0.352 13 7 29 0
Ian Kinsler TEX 111 0.243 20 6 19 3
2 Orlando Hudson LAD 116 0.328 19 0 19 0
4 A. Cabrera CLE 131 0.313 22 1 18 3
5 Aaron Hill TOR 127 0.307 16 7 17 1
Dan Uggla FLA 95 0.200 12 5 17 1
7 Adam Kennedy OAK 82 0.390 9 4 15 5
Brian Roberts BAL 117 0.256 24 4 15 7
Robinson Cano NYY 114 0.272 17 4 15 1
10 Chase Utley PHI 87 0.253 17 4 13 3
Jose Lopez SEA 112 0.214 11 3 13 0
Dustin Pedroia BOS 104 0.365 22 1 13 5
13 Clint Barmes COL 83 0.253 16 2 10 3
Alberto Callaspo KAN 100 0.260 12 1 10 0
Rickie Weeks MIL 58 0.259 12 4 9 1
Freddy Sanchez PIT 109 0.330 15 2 9 3
Kelly Johnson ATL 91 0.297 19 2 9 2
Willie Harris WAS 61 0.262 11 1 9 2
15 David Eckstein SDG 94 0.202 12 0 9 2
Matt Tolbert MIN 74 0.189 10 1 8 2
20 A. Hernandez WAS 72 0.250 8 0 8 1
Skip Schumaker STL 96 0.313 13 3 7 0
Placido Polanco DET 102 0.255 13 1 7 0
22 Mark Loretta LAD 34 0.235 6 0 7 0
Akinori Iwamura TAM 77 0.325 9 0 7 3
E. Burriss SFO 100 0.330 9 0 7 6
Bobby Scales CHC 46 0.239 10 2 6 0
27 Luis Castillo NYM 82 0.244 18 0 6 6
Jayson Nix CHW 44 0.205 5 4 5 2
29 Ronnie Belliard WAS 45 0.178 5 2 5 0
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Fantasy Baseball – the Daily Dirt for Wednesday

Posted by Todd Lammi on May 6th, 2009

by Todd Lammi

New York Mets starter Johan Santana hurled seven shutout innings with 10 strikeouts to pick up his fourth win of the season in a 1-0 shutout of the Philadelphia Phillies. Santana was  dominant in his start, throwing 72% of his pitches for strikes. Jose Reyes added his seventh stolen base of the season for the Mets. Jon Niese is expected to get the start on Friday in place of Oliver Perez (15-day disabled list) for the Mets. Chan Ho Park kept his starting rotation spot for another week for the Phillies, allowing one hit in six scoreless innings with five strikeouts. In other fantasy baseball news from around the diamond on Wednesday…

National League:

The Colorado Rockies used three home runs to defeat the San Francisco Giants 11-1. Todd Helton (3), Matt Murton (1) and Yorvit Torrealba (2) all went deep for the Rockies. Ubaldo Jimenez went seven innings, allowing one run with six strikeouts to pick up the win…..The Milwaukee Brewers scored nine runs off of Cincinnati Red starter Bronson Arroyo in the first two innings, en route to a 15-3 win. Ryan Braun hit his sixth home run and had 6 RBI. J.J. Hardy added his fourth home run of the season and 3 RBI. Prince Fielder chipped in with his 5th home run of the season, off of shortstop turned mop up pitcher Paul Janish, in the ninth inning…..In his second game back from the disabled list, Garret Anderson drove in three runs to pace the Atlanta Braves to a 8-6 win over the Florida Marlins. Jordan Schafer went 0 for 4 with four strikeouts and is now hitting .227 on the season. Schafer has struck out 14 times in his last 19 at bats and although he has been drawing walks at a decent rate, striking out in 43% of his at bats is not going to cut it, especially for a guy who is not a home run / power hitter. Jorge Cantu hit his 8th home run of the season for the Marlins and drove in five runs. In attempts to get some additional offense, Cameron Maybin has been moved up to the second spot in the batting order and catcher John Baker has been dropped to the fifth slot…..Aramis Ramirez hit his fourth home run of the year and Reed Johnson drove in three runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 6-3 victory over the Houston Astros. Rich Harden allowed three runs in seven innings with four strikeouts to get his third win of the year. Lance Berkman hit home run number seven for the Astros, but his batting average still remains below the Mendoza Line at .194…..Albert Pujols, making his case early this season for the Triple Crown, blasted home run number 11 on the season to power the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pujols went 4 for 4 and is now hitting .364 on the year, and leads the National League in home runs, runs and RBI. Nyjer Morgan stole his seventh base of the season for the Pirates…. Justin Upton hit two home runs to propel the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 3-1 win over the San Diego Padres. Felipe Lopez added two stolen bases. Jon Garland tossed seven shutout innings with two strikeouts. Josh Whitesell was recalled from Triple-A and could split time at first base with Chad Tracy with Tony Clark going on the disabled list.  Jake Peavy took the loss, allowing two runs in seven innings with 12 strikeouts.

American League:

Carlos Pena hit the game winning home run in the 10th inning to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 4-3 win over the New York Yankees. Carl Crawford (20), B.J. Upton (7) and Evan Longoria (2) all swiped based for the Rays. Mark Teixeira went 2 for 5 with 3 RBI for the Yankees…..Victor Martinez went 3 for 5 with 4 RBI, including his sixth home run of the season to help the Cleveland Indians score a 9-2 win over the Boston Red Sox. Mark DeRosa also hit his sixth home run and drove in two runs.  Aaron Laffey, moved to the bullpen to make room for Jeremy Sowers in the rotation, picked up a three inning save…..Mark Teahan and Mike Jacobs each drove in three runs to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 9-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Billy Butler went 3 for 4 and has now raised his batting average 83 points in the last eight games. Sidney Ponson picked up the win, allowing one run in 7 1/3 innings…..Elvis Andrus hit his second home run of the season to help the Texas Rangers defeat the Oakland Athletics 3-2. Nelson Cruz stole his fourth base of the year. Jack Cust went 3 for 4 for the A’s and is now batting .299…..The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Minnesota Twins 4-1, in a game that was called in the top of he 6th inning due to rain. Nick Markakis (5) and Luke Scott (4) each homered for the Orioles. The Twins demoted second basemen Alexi Casilla to Triple-A. Matt Tolbert got the start Wednesday night and went 0 for 3. Brendan Harris will likely see the majority of time at second base unless Tolbert can go on a hot streak.

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