Chase Utley Wants To Play On Opening Day: ADP Sure To Rise
Posted by: Knox Bardeen in Fantasy Baseball, tags: Chase UtleyI recently harassed a couple of my fantasy baseball brethren for participating in mock drafts where Phillies second baseman Chase Utley was drafted way too high. In one case he was drafted seventh overall.
My gripe was due to Utley being only three weeks removed from hip surgery that is supposed to keep him out until late May.
Most of the folks participating in mock drafts over at Mock Draft Central agree with me as Utley’s average draft position (ADP) is 29.67, with him going as high as 12th and as low as 43rd overall.
I have a feeling, however, that news today out of Philadelphia that Utley wants to be ready by opening day may cause his ADP to rise a bit.
Of course, one question was: Can the second baseman be ready to play on opening day 2009?
He thinks he can. In fact, he is planning on it.
“Rehab is going well,” Utley said. “Things are progressing very well. I don’t expect any setbacks. I feel like I’ll be ready to go, but it’s something I have to be careful of. I want to make sure that we rehab this right. I don’t want to have this problem again. But as of now, it’s looking good.”
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December 16th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Completely agree. Utley will go in the early 2nd round the moment he gets a hit in Spring Training. These early mock drafts offer little on him right now
December 16th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
As an Utley owner in a keeper league, I hope he doesn’t rush it to get back. I’d rather have him miss spring training and take a month or even two months before he’s back and got his timing down than rush back before he’s healthy. He didn’t put up bad numbers in the second half this year but they weren’t that great either.
I’d rather have 4 months of real Utley caliber numbers than 6 months of half-assed Utley. You’d think he’d be more valuable to his real team that way too.