2012 Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Advice & Analysis
 
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SLUGGERS
Coco Crisp, OAK, 52 percent owned
8 R / 1 HR / 4 RBI / 5 SB / .323 AVG
The Fantasy Gods commend any courageous Coco Crisp owner. His speed paid off with
eight runs and five stolen bases last week, possibly single-handedly winning you stolen
bases. It would be hard to keep this pace up, but looks nice as of now.

Lyle Overbay, TOR, 27 percent owned
7 R / 3 HR / 11 RBI / .273 AVG
Streaky hitter who had no more than 1 hit in 17 straight games, but blasted three home
runs in two games this past week. His power is recharged and could help out the next few
weeks. Bats in the middle of a potent Toronto offense too.

Yuniesky Betancourt, KC, 32 percent owned
3 R / 3 HR / 10 RBI / .296 AVG
Gearing for one of his best seasons yet, this guy is hitting .358 in August with six home
runs and 15 runs batted in. Among the top five home run hitting short stops, ownership
percentage should rise by next week.

Don Kelly, DET, 0 percent owned
4 R / 2 HR / 6 RBI / .381 AVG
Seems to have taken over as the main utility man in Detroit. As manager Jim Leyland
mix-and-matches his starting roster, Kelly has found time to play almost every game at
different positions. He’s a versatile utility man who has sprung to life and emerged as a
hitting threat to opposing pitchers.

HURLERS
Homer Bailey, CIN, 34 percent owned
13 IP, 2 W, 10 K, 0.69 ERA, 0.69 WHIP
What a return for Bailey. Allowing one run in 13 innings helped his team win two games.
He missed most of the season but is back and already making an impact on the Reds. He
is one of Cincinnati’s top starting pitchers and deserves to have the ball each week.

Jonathon Niese, NYM, 68 percent owned
12 IP, 1 W, 10 K, 1.50 ERA, 1.08 WHIP
Niese got the win in a rain-shortened match against Pittsburgh last week. Besides his
good fortune from Mother Nature, his last four starts before this one were all one-earned
run/seven innings pitched gems.

Alex Sanabia, FLA, 2 percent owned
7.2 IP, 1 W, 5 K, 1.17 ERA, 0.52 WHIP
This Triple-A stud was recalled again from the Marlins, and continued to dominate. In
four of his five Marlins starts, he has allowed one or no runs. Last week he got to the
eighth inning allowing one run, striking out five, and walking no one.

Armando Galarraga, DET, 13 percent owned
12 IP, 1 W, 13 K, 2.25 ERA, 1.00 WHIP
In round two of Galarraga vs. Cleveland, the Detroit pitcher took a perfect game into the
5th, and ended the day scoreless through seven innings of three hit ball. In his first start
last week, Galarraga had five strikeouts in five innings, and ended the week with a 9.75
K/9 ratio.

Written by Tyler Becker exclusively for www.thefantasyfix.com. Look for Tyler’s
weekly insight into MLB, NFL, & NHL. You can follow Tyler on Twitter @FantasyProdigy

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