The well known fantasy baseball advice site Razzball, turned to Fire Brand writers Lee Perrault and Troy Patterson for their expert opinion in their 2010 Red Sox Fantasy Baseball Preview.
Here are some highlights:
Can you gives us the over/under/push on the following: Ortiz – .260/25 HRs, Beltre .275/15 HRs, Pedroia .307/15 HRs, Youk .280/25 HRs, Jason Veritek .220/7 HRs, Ellsbury 50 SBs.
Ortiz – Push/Over
If Papi gets 600 ABs, I think he still has a shot at 30 HRs. Even when considering his atrocious first two months, his power numbers came back strong to finish out 2009. Our colleague Aaron did a piece on this, and I tend to agree with him. His increasing strikeouts give me pause about the batting average though.Beltre – Over/Push
I think this is an easy call. Beltre was walloping 25 HRs in Safeco before he almost neutered himself last year. While Fenway does reduce homeruns very slightly compared to average, it’s still more favorable for power production than Safeco. Beltre should get right to 25 HR, doubtful he’ll hit much more than that, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see him add 30-40 Fenway doubles off the wall. I’d expect a line similar to his 2007 production, maybe a tad higher with the Monster helping his batting average.
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