Guest oldschooler Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 [quote][size=5][b]Fantasy Baseball's best under 27 [/b][/size] By Eric Mack Senior Fantasy Writer Gone are the days of 70 homers, steroids, Mark McGwire and, perhaps soon, Sammy Sosa. In is the era of baseball's new breed: the under 27-year-old superstar. Get your 2006 Owners Manual and Draft Guide! We here at CBS SportsLine.com suggest you look past the likes of Barry Bonds, Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson, and devote your attention to baseball's young stars when assembling your Fantasy team. As baseball deals with its new economics and tightened purse strings post-Alex Rodriguez's $250 million payday, even big-budget contenders are realizing it's the presence of affordable home-grown products that allows you to sprinkle the overpaid veterans in around them. Contenders are routinely slotting young players in prominent roles -- the Yankees' Robinson Cano, Chien-Ming Wang, the A's Huston Street, Dan Johnson, the Phils' Ryan Howard and the Braves' Jeff Francoeur et al. And they are not disappointing. Neither their organizations, nor their Fantasy owners. With that in mind, we wish you luck on your choices for Fantasy Baseball in 2006 and leave you with a quick-hitting list of the top Fantasy Baseball players under the age of 27 on opening day: Top 10 under 27 on opening day Position, player, team 2006 Rotisserie projections 1 1B Albert Pujols, STL .332AVG, 43HR, 120RBI, 131R,10SB Steady superstar already has 201 career homers at age 26 2 1B Mark Teixeira, TEX .298-42-134-108-4 Has made up ground quickly on Fantasy Baseball's elite 3 3B David Wright, NYM .303-32-105-105-21 Scott Rolen numbers at age 23 is a prelude to huge things 4 RH SP Jake Peavy, SD 18-8, 2.79 ERA, 230 Ks, 1.040 WHIP NL ERA title, then K title ... Cy Young is next likely step 5 3B Miguel Cabrera, FLA .316-30-115-98-5 Could be a dangerous year for him without much support 6 LF Carl Crawford, TB .292-15-73-108-53 If power develops, look out for underrated 24-year-old 7 SS Jose Reyes, NYM .277-12-67-110-65 His first full season of health is only scratching the surface 8 CL Francisco Rodriguez, LAA 3-1, 2.79, 89 Ks, 42 S, 1.000 WHIP Is this the year he laps Mariano Rivera as Fantasy closer deluxe? [b]9 1B Adam Dunn, CIN .269-44-105-104-4 Great power in top hitter's park; can be highest riser here[/b] 10 RH SP Mark Prior, CHC 17-8, 3.60, 225 Ks, 1.210 WHIP When will the 'What ifs' stop and the Cy Youngs begin? Honorable mentions: RH SP Carlos Zambrano, CHC; CL Huston Street, OAK; RH SP Josh Beckett, BOS; 3B Hank Blalock, TEX; C Joe Mauer, MIN; CL Chad Cordero, WAS; RH SP Rich Harden, OAK; CF Grady Sizemore, CLE; LH SP Dontrelle Willis, FLA; 1B Ryan Howard, PHI; CL Bobby Jenks, CHW; 2B Jorge Cantu, TB; OF Jeff Francoeur, ATL; SS Jhonny Peralta, CLE.[/quote] [url="http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/fantasy/story/9240107"]http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/fantasy/story/9240107[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Dan_Bengals_FL- Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 For a second I was like what the fuck, not about Dunn, but about who was left off, then I realized it was fantasy ratings. I was like how the fuck could you leave Dontrelle Willis off that list. Even Grady Sizemore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.