Fantasy Baseball Diamond Market - AL

April 20, 2010 @ 14:00:00

By Bryce McRae
Edited by Tim Heaney

Fantasy Baseball Diamond Market - NL

Fantasy baseball waivers and the acquisition of fantasy baseball free agents can make or break your season. Your fantasy baseball cheat sheets won't help you after spring training. If your team remains the same after opening day, you will have trouble competing in your rotisserie baseball league.

Do you need to replace your fantasy baseball busts? Which fantasy baseball players can you ignore? KFFL.com's Fantasy Baseball Diamond Market gives you fantasy baseball tips and insight to sort through the masses quickly.

Key

Acquire	Add player (in most circumstances)
Watch	Track player, add if trend continues
Pass	Do not add player (in most circumstances)

 

Outfielders

Lou Montanez, OF, Baltimore Orioles

Potentially Reddick-ulous PT

Montanez should see most of the starts in left field with Felix Pie (lat) out for three months. Manager Dave Trembley likes the defensive mobility that Montanez gives them over the other left field options. The O's will mix and match at-bats between left and DH between Montanez, Luke Scott and Nolan Reimold, who likely will see most of his time at DH.

The 28-year-old Montanez is mildly intriguing for AL-only because of some power he has exhibited - 26 homers at Double-A in '08; his average (.284 career hitter in the minors) might buoy your fantasy team if it translates, too. His average batting eye makes it a possibility.

Shallow mixed: Pass

Deep mixed: Pass

AL-only: Acquire

Josh Reddick, OF, Boston Red Sox

Reddick will be seeing playing time for the Sox with Mike Cameron (abdominal) and Jacoby Ellsbury (ribs) on the DL. He's a decent power bat (13 Double-A homers in 256 at-bats last year) who has a promisingly high flyball tendency and can hit for average.

He had a .390-2-9 line in 59 at-bats this spring. The Sox want Reddick to play every day. Though Ellsbury is expected back sometime next week, Reddick could also see at-bats at DH. Outfielder J.D. Drew's injury history solidifies Reddick's mono stash value even when Ellsbury returns.

Shallow mixed: Pass

Deep mixed: Watch

AL-only: Acquire

Pitchers

Sergio Santos, RP, Chicago White Sox

Santos, a '02 first-round pick as a shortstop, has eight K's and only one walk in five innings. He hasn't allowed a run, and manager Ozzie Guillen has talked of using him as a setup option.

Even more astounding, Santos has only been pitching for a year and has a fastball that hovers around the mid-90s. He struck out 30 in 28 2/3 innings over four levels in the minors last year; the righty also walked 20, though, so his live arm is a work in progress. Invest on a trial basis if you have the room in deep mixed leagues.

Shallow mixed: Pass

Deep mixed: Watch

AL-only: Acquire

Fantasy Baseball Diamond Market - NL

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Bryce McRae
Bryce McRae is a Managing Editor with KFFL and has been involved in fantasy sports since 1999. He joined KFFL as a volunteer writer in March 2005 before becoming a Hot off the Wire Analyst in March 2006. He began working in his current capacity in September 2008. His work has appeared on fantasy sports sites such as Yahoo! and CBS Sportsline as well as in print. He graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2008 with a B.A. in History and U.S. Studies.

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