Archive for the ‘Ian Stewart’ Category
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
So, you’re diligently preparing for your fantasy draft and searching desperately for this year’s Ryan Braun – the rookie fantasy sleeper stud that takes everyone by surprise and catapults your squad to a championship. Unfortunately, all you can find are experts’ “Top 100 Prospect” lists, which include prospects that are still a year or two away, or so-called “Sleeper” lists consisting of 2nd and 3rd year players that everyone in your league has already heard of (and are already planning to draft before you). What if – hypothetically – someone had organized a constantly updated list of rookie fantasy sleepers, tiered by starting status, ranked by predicted fantasy impact, and linked to recent news on each rookie, that you could have running in the background of your draft as a quick reference?
Tags: 2008 MLB Fantasy Sleepers, 2008 Rookie Fantasy Sleepers, baseball prospects, Baseball Rookies, Baseball Sleepers, Fantasy Baseball Draft, Fantasy Sleepers, MLB Prospect News, MLB Sleepers, Prospects, Rookies, Sleepers
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
- The Rockies 3B prospect, Ian Stewart, continues to struggle a bit with the transition to 2B. He’ll need to figure this transition out if he plans to make it in Denver any time soon; Atkins has 3B nailed down for the foreseeable future, as does Tulo at SS.
- Great article in the Rocky Mountain News about Dexter Fowler, an early round talent who dropped to the Rox in the 14th round due to signability concerns. He continues to have a great Spring.
- Max Scherzer, The DBacks top draft pick in 2007, pitched two innings today and gave up a monster bomb to Joe Crede. But, it was the only hit he gave up.
- In discussing Rick Porcello’s successful outing yesterday, BA’s John Manuel mentioned that of Porcello, Andrew Brackman, and David Price, the Yankees’ Brackman has the best stuff. Of course Brackman is out this year recovering from TJ surgery.
- The Pirates were impressed with their top prospect’s performance in today’s game. Andrew McCutchen went 2 for 4 with an RBI double and 2 runs scored.
- Mariners’ OF prospect Wladimir Balentien had quite a game today. He hit 2 HR with 3 RBI. In the same game, Padres 3B/OF prospect Chase Headley hit a 2-run HR with 4 RBI.
Tags: , Andrew Brackman, Andrew McCutchen, Chase Headley, David Price, DBacks, Dexter Fowler, Diamondbacks, Ian Stewart, Mariners, Max Scherzer, MLB Prospects, Padres, Pirates, Rick Porcello, Rockies, Wladimir Balentien, Yankees
Posted in 2008 Fantasy Draft Sleepers, 2B, 3B, Andrew Brackman, Andrew McCutchen, CF, Chase Headley, Daily Pepper, David Price, Dexter Fowler, Diamondbacks Prospects, Ian Stewart, LF, Mariners Prospects, Max Scherzer, OF, P, Padres Prospects, Pirates Prospects, Rays Prospects, Rick Porcello, Rockies Prospects, SP, Tigers Prospects, Wladimir Balentien, Yankees Prospects | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
- Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports that prospect Jayson Nix went 0-1 with a strikeout and 2 walks on Wednesday, had impressive timing and forced pitchers to work deep into the count. Nix is competing for the second base spot that opened up when Kazuo Matsui left. His competition Ian Stewart, ranked the 38th of the 100 top prospects according to Baseball America, took over for Nix later in the game but didn’t see much action. Nix isn’t on many top prospects lists, but that shouldn’t stop you from keeping an eye on him this fantasy season if he makes the team. Drafted in 2001, 44th overall, he hit .292 with 11 home runs and 58 RBIs last year in Triple A Colorado Springs.
- Center Field prospect Dexter Fowler had a defensive mistake in his first Major League Spring Training game Wednesday, but his offensive exploits soon made everyone forget. He lost a ball in the sun to allow Paul Konerko on base, but then later drove in three runs, including two with a two-out single, in the 7-3 victory. Matt Holliday knows about power, and even he was impressed.
“If he can do that, two-out base hits with runners in scoring position, that’s how you make impressions on managers and the front office and teammates,” Holliday said. “If he can continue to work the ball the other way, hit the ball the other way, use his speed, I think he’s going to have some power as he fills out.”
Tags: baseball prospects, Baseball Sleepers, Dexter Fowler, Fantasy Sleepers, Ian Stewart, Jayson Nix, MLB Prospects, Prospects, Sleepers
Posted in 2B, CF, Dexter Fowler, Ian Stewart, Jayson Nix, Rockies Prospects | No Comments »
