A Review of the Preseason Picks

On tomorrow’s 411, Mike and Cory will revisit their preseason sleeper and overrated lists to see just how well they’re doing in their predictions.  Below you’ll find the current stats for each of these players.

Zach

CORY’S SLEEPERS

C Chris Ianetta- .200 AVG  1 HR  11 RBI

1B Mike Jacobs- .281 AVG  4 HR  14 RBI

2B Ian Kinsler (taken by both)- .230 AVG  11 HR  29 RBI  10 SB
 
3B  Wilson Betemit- .200 AVG  5 HR  16 RBI

SS  Yuniesky Betancourt- .305 AVG  4 HR  26 RBI  3 SB

OF  Nelson Cruz- .188 AVG  3 HR  12 RBI

OF  Ryan Church- ..269 AVG  6 HR  29 RBI  3 SB

SP  Erik Bedard- 4-4  3.72 ERA  1.29 WHIP  103 K in 87 IP

SP  Dan Haren  (taken by both)- 7-2  1.58 ERA  0.86 WHIP  76 K in 97 IP

CL  Jose Valverde- 21 for 24 in save chances  3.33 ERA  29 K in 27 IP

MIKE’S SLEEPERS

C  Gerald Laird- .239 AVG  3 HR  21 RBI

1B  Ryan Garko- .306 AVG  8 HR  22 RBI

2B  Ian Kinsler (taken by both)- .230 AVG  11 HR  29 RBI  10 SB 

3B  Edwin Encarnacion- .274 AVG  4 HR  27 RBI

SS  Julio Lugo- .213 AVG  4 HR  34 RBI  17 SB

OF  Willy Taveras- .321 AVG  1 HR  12 RBI  31 R  15 SB

OF  Hideki Matsui- .282 AVG  6 HR  33 RBI

SP  Dan Haren  (taken by both)- 7-2  1.58 ERA  0.86 WHIP  76 K in 97 IP

SP  Dave Bush- 3-6  5.70 ERA  1.35 WHIP  59 K in 79 IP

CL  Jonathan Broxton- 1 save  3.98 ERA  38 K in 31 2/3 IP
                                                                                                                                              

CORY’S OVERRATED

C  Ivan Rodriguez- .298 AVG  6 HR  34 RBI

1B  Kevin Youkilis- .336 AVG  8 HR  32 RBI

2B  Brandon Phillips- .280 AVG  11 HR  34 RBI  11 SB

3B  Melvin Mora- .242 AVG  7 HR  27 RBI  5 SB

SS  Felipe Lopez- .231 AVG  3 HR  21 RBI  6 SB

OF  Milton Bradley- .306 AVG (just 62 AB’s)  2 HR  7 RBI  2 SB

OF  Jeff Francoeur- .282 AVG  7 HR  44 RBI

SP  Barry Zito- 6-6  4.02 ERA  1.40 WHIP  46 K in 78 1/3 IP

SP  Dontrelle Willis- 7-5  4.74 ERA  1.57 WHIP  59 K in 89 1/3 IP

CL  Todd Jones- 16 for 20 in save chances  5.55 ERA  11 K in 24 1/3 IP

MIKE’S OVERRATED

C  Michael Barrett- .246 AVG  9 HR  27 RBI

1B  Conor Jackson- .283 AVG  4 HR  21 RBI

2B  Ray Durham- .255 AVG  6 HR  36 RBI  34 R  3 SB

3B  Joe Crede- .216 AVG  4 HR  22 RBI

SS  Bill Hall- .252 AVG  6 HR  21 RBI

OF  Jermaine Dye- .216 AVG  10 HR  30 RBI

OF  Raul Ibanez- .299 AVG  4 HR  41 RBI

SP  Dice K- 7-5  4.52 ERA  1.31 WHIP  85 K in 85 2/3 IP 

SP  Jered Weaver- 5-3  4.14 ERA  1.53 WHIP  48 K in 58 2/3 IP

CL  Joe Borowski- 18 for 20 in save chances  6.75 ERA  22 K in 24 IP