2005 Fantasy Baseball Scouting Reports and 2005 Rotisserie Baseball Scouting Reports

  2005 Rotisserie Baseball Scouting Report: for 4x4 AL only Leagues
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2005 Rotisserie Baseball Scouting Report: for 4x4 AL only Leagues

4x4 AL Comparisons

Rank Player Yr Value Pts. HRp RBIp SBp BAp AB HR RBI SB BA
17 Ichiro Suzuki '05 $26 10.5 -1.1 -0.3 3.2 4.4 680 10 60 28 .345
5 Sea  OF-158  '04 $40 16.1 -1.0 0.1 5.2 6.8 704 8 60 36 .372
H-12   OF-6 Suppose your team has a BA of .285 and you want to improve that. Trade for Ichiro early in the season and voila! Your team now has a .295 BA good enough to catapult your team 5 to 6 places in that category. If you have power already, Ichiro is worth twice any other player when it comes to bumping up your BA. With all the thunder he has behind him in the lineup, expect his SB to go down. Why run when you can trot?
Rank Player Yr Value Pts. Wp SVp ERAp WHIPp IP W SV ERA WHIP
24 Octavio Dotel '05 $23 9.4 0.2 4.5 0.1 0.2 85 6 36 3.23 1.180
38 Oak  RP  GP-77 GS-0 '04 $23 9.1 0.1 5.1 0.0 0.4 85 6 36 3.69 1.180
P-6   RP-4 Fantasy owners had such high hopes for Dotel going into the 2004 season. Overall, he had to have been a bit of a disappointment. Super Ks, but 3.69 ERA and 9 blown saves in 45 opportunities throw a bit of doubt on whether he can be as good a closer as a setup man.
Rank Player Yr Value Pts. Wp SVp ERAp WHIPp IP W SV ERA WHIP
27 Curt Schilling '05 $23 9.3 1.5 0.0 1.5 1.9 199 16 0 3.35 1.116
8 Bos  SP  GP-32 GS-32 '04 $34 13.7 4.0 0.0 2.9 3.1 227 21 0 3.26 1.063
P-8   SP-3 On a great hitting team, the wins will be there for this elite pitcher when he pitches. Boston will score runs for him, no doubt, but he did lead the league in run support at 7.54 per game. You have to assume he will receive less in 2005. His ankle has been slow to respond to rehab post-surgery and Schilling estimates that he is about a month behind - dropping him from the very top choices at SP. Another note of caution is that he was worse in just about every other pitching statistic compared to 2001, 2002, and 2003. Of most concern was his disappointing 8.06 K/9, down from 10.39 in 2003. Even in 4x4 leagues, this should be of interest. It may be a general deterioration of stuff, or it could simply be related to his ankle injury.
Rank Player Yr Value Pts. HRp RBIp SBp BAp AB HR RBI SB BA
112 Jason Kendall '05 $12 5.0 -1.6 -0.9 1.9 1.1 512 7 61 14 .305
NL Oak  C-146  '04 NL NL -2.0 -0.9 1.6 2.3 574 3 51 11 .319
H-69   C-6 He may not steal 20+ anymore, especially for the A's but he will get you 80 R from the C position. The A's love his .399 OBP. Beane did it again. Sure, Kendall is expensive, but he got rid of Redman (needed to make room for Blanton) and Rhodes who was a mistake. The Pirates crow that they gain $3 million/yr on the exchange, but the A's were then able to let Damien Miller ($3 million/yr) leave as a free agent. Wash right? Nope, the Pirates will send over an extra $5 million. Beane knows what he's doing so watch his moves. Don't watch the Pirates.