http://www.crookedpitch.com/225/2008-fantasy-baseball-drafting-the-catcher-position/ Fantasy Baseball Fri, 16 May 2008 03:36:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.crookedpitch.com/225/2008-fantasy-baseball-drafting-the-catcher-position/#comment-1133 Moonlight Graham Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:21:30 +0000 http://www.crookedpitch.com/225/2008-fantasy-baseball-drafting-the-catcher-position/#comment-1133 In option #4, I am a believer in Soto. However, I also like Mike Napoli very much. In just 219 AB he put up numbers that were as good as half the catchers on your draft board. He scored 40 R (more than Bengie Molina in 497 AB) and had 10 HR while adding 5 SB. If he could bump the AB up to 350-400, 15 HR, 70 RBI, 10 SB and 60 R are vitual certainties. Ron Shandler points to a significant increase in his contact rate as an indicator that '08 could be a breakout year. In option #4, I am a believer in Soto. However, I also like Mike Napoli very much. In just 219 AB he put up numbers that were as good as half the catchers on your draft board. He scored 40 R (more than Bengie Molina in 497 AB) and had 10 HR while adding 5 SB. If he could bump the AB up to 350-400, 15 HR, 70 RBI, 10 SB and 60 R are vitual certainties. Ron Shandler points to a significant increase in his contact rate as an indicator that ‘08 could be a breakout year.

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