MARKET PULSE: Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
May 4 2013
See the end of the article for an explanation of the ratings used here. And a thousand thanks to the folks at OnRoto.com for providing the oh-so-important league ownership data for this article.
Shallow Leagues
Brandon Crawford (SS, SF) is now owned in 82% of mixed leagues. Please stop there. Let's review his credentials: career .358 SLG and .663 OPS coming into 2013; career minor-league .734 OPS; sub-80% ct%, sub-100 PX. Now he's a slugger. But his 143 PX isn't sustainable and neither is his 25% hr/f. If you're in that 18%, PASS.
Wilson Ramos (C, WAS) is back from the DL and is available in almost half of mixed leagues. He may be fighting for playing time for a while, but that's no reason to ignore him. His 2011 skills, with an 80% ct% and...
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