Fantasy baseball players in contract years - NL

February 5, 2010 @ 17:00:00

By KFFL Staff

Also see: Fantasy baseball players in contract years - AL

Historically, according to Baseball HQ, approximately half of the position players in contract years have performed above their normal production, relative to the rest of their careers. For pitchers, that fraction falls drastically; roughly three in 20 post considerably better lines than normal in contract years. Keep that in mind when you consider the value of these National League fantasy baseball players on draft day.

Catchers

Player	Team	Option
Henry Blanco	New York Mets	--
Ramon Hernandez	Cincinnati Reds	vesting
Jason LaRue	St. Louis Cardinals	--
David Ross	Atlanta Braves	--
Gregg Zaun	Milwaukee Brewers	club

First basemen

Player	Team	Option
Lance Berkman	Houston Astros	club
Jorge Cantu	Florida Marlins	--
Adam Dunn	Washington Nationals	--
Derrek Lee	Chicago Cubs	--
Doug Mientkiewicz	Los Angeles Dodgers	--
Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	club

Second basemen

Player	Team	Option
Alex Cora	New York Mets	vesting
Omar Infante	Atlanta Braves	club
Akinori Iwamura	Pittsburgh Pirates	--
Julio Lugo	St. Louis Cardinals	--
Kazuo Matsui	Houston Astros	--

Third basemen

Player	Team	Option
Geoff Blum	Houston Astros	mutual
Craig Counsell	Milwaukee Brewers	--
David Eckstein	San Diego Padres	--
Pedro Feliz	Houston Astros	--
Wes Helms	Florida Marlins	--
Aramis Ramirez	Chicago Cubs	player
Ramon Vazquez	Pittsburgh Pirates	--

Shortstops

Player	Team	Option
Juan Castro	Philadelphia Phillies	club
Cristian Guzman	Washington Nationals	--
Edgar Renteria	San Francisco Giants	club
Jose Reyes	New York Mets	club

Outfielders

Player	Team	Option
Eric Byrnes	Arizona Diamondbacks	--
Jody Gerut	Milwaukee Brewers	--
Willie Harris	Washington Nationals	--
Brad Hawpe	Colorado Rockies	club
Jason Michaels	Houston Astros	--
Manny Ramirez	Los Angeles Dodgers	--
Willy Taveras	Cincinnati Reds	--
Jayson Werth	Philadelphia Phillies	--

Starting pitchers

Player	Team	Option
Bronson Arroyo	Cincinnati Reds	club
Joe Blanton	Philadelphia Phillies	--
Dave Bush	Milwaukee Brewers	--
Matt Cain	San Francisco Giants	vesting
Kevin Correia	San Diego Padres	--
Jorge De La Rosa	Colorado Rockies	--
Jeff Francis	Colorado Rockies	club
Aaron Harang	Cincinnati Reds	club
Hiroki Kuroda	Los Angeles Dodgers	--
Ted Lilly	Chicago Cubs	--
Rodrigo Lopez	Arizona Diamondbacks	--
Brian Moehler	Houston Astros	--
Jamie Moyer	Philadelphia Phillies	--
Brad Penny	St. Louis Cardinals	--
Jeff Suppan	Milwaukee Brewers	club
Brandon Webb	Arizona Diamondbacks	--
Chris Young	San Diego Padres	club

Relief pitchers

Player	Team	Option
Jeremy Affeldt	San Francisco Giants	--
Luis Ayala	Los Angeles Dodgers	--
Rafael Betancourt	Colorado Rockies	--
Chad Durbin	Philadelphia Phillies	--
Pedro Feliciano	New York Mets	--
Aaron Heilman	Arizona Diamondbacks	--
Trevor Hoffman	Milwaukee Brewers	mutual
Mike Lincoln	Cincinnati Reds	--
Justin M. Miller	Los Angeles Dodgers	--
Trever Miller	St. Louis Cardinals	vesting
Chad Qualls	Arizona Diamondbacks	--
Dennys Reyes	St. Louis Cardinals	--
Juan Rincon	Colorado Rockies	--
David Riske	Milwaukee Brewers	club
J.C. Romero	Philadelphia Phillies	club
Takashi Saito	Atlanta Braves	--
Huston Street	Colorado Rockies	--
Billy Wagner	Atlanta Braves	vesting

Also see: Fantasy baseball players in contract years - AL

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