Wow, today has been a day. Matt Holliday has recently been traded to the St. Louis Cardinals.What this does in the MLB: Holliday provides a huge presence behind Albert Pujols which will inevitably force teams to pitch to Pujols (To this argument, how have teams even considered pitching to Pujols after 9 straight unbelievable seasons??? It's embarrassing that at bat after at bat he gets pitches to hit and teams have no way of pitching around him).
I'm not in love with the Cardinals pitching rotation, but their offense has now become lethal. A force to be reckoned with....
What it does for Fantasy Implications:
This is what you all want to know about. Yes, those of you in AL only leagues must be pissed off, to say the least. Those in NL leagues, must be ecstatic and are figuring out ways to acquire as much Free Agency money as you can to get your hands on Matt Holliday.
Albert Pujols, who is already the best fantasy player in all the land, is now even better. Skip Schumaker will definitely put up 100 runs now (if that is something you need). Holliday should continue to hit for power, steal bases, and provide a solid hitter to any fantasy team. Ryan Ludwick can hopefully keep up his July pace for the rest of the season...
The real winner is Colby Rasmus. This kid has continued to impress throughout the season, and he just seems to get better and better. Rasmus will be the real deal soon enough. Pick him up in all mixed-leagues.
Until next time,
Peace, Love and Fantasy
I'm not thrilled by the cards rotation either, but Joel Piniero continues to work ridiculously efficiently--he just allowed his first walk in like five starts, and he's the 3rd starter in the rotation with an ERA under 3.
ReplyDeleteAlso, you think Julio Lugo is addable for runs/average? What about O-Cab if he gets traded to the Tigers/Redsox?
Yeah, Pineiro has been surprisingly very good this season. I don't, however, think there is any chance he is capable of doing that in crunch time. He has always been a solid #4 pitcher, and nothing more.
ReplyDeleteAs long as Lugo keeps seeing time, I would expect 10-15 steals and a decent source of runs. The average you could definitely find elsewhere.
Orlando Cabrera's days have since passed, and is probably not worthy of anything other than deep AL leagues at this point. I've always been a fan, and he can definitely provide a punch and leadership in terms of actual MLB. The Tigers would benefit from him as he is a huge increase over Adam Everett and Ramon Santiago...