Fantasy Links — 9/3/2009
Three day games have already gotten underway and there are seven more contests on deck. Let’s get to some fantasy links as the season marches on…
Dustin Hockensmith of Imaginary Diamond lists 10 young players who could prove to be fantasy sleepers in 2010. As Hockensmith notes, “Some of these guys — Andrew McCutchen, Tommy Hanson, Neftali Feliz and Rick Porcello — are making an impact right now.”
The boys over at Fake Teams work through a discussion-inducing question: “Who would you rather have, Justin Upton or Matt Kemp?” Both have shot up in fantasy value this season and will be taken among the top tier of outfielders in drafts next season.
Not ready to begin thinking about 2010? Fantasy Baseball Junkie has you covered with a look at “vulture win opportunities” for the month of September. The blog post suggests adding guys like Jamie Moyer and Alfredo Aceves, who leach off starters like Pedro Martinez and Joba Chamberlain, respectively, for wins. The strategy may come off as odd, but it does make some sense.
With Chad Qualls, Mariano Rivera and Huston Street hitting the bench recently with injuries, there are an awful lot of saves up for grabs. Knox Bardeen of AOL Fanhouse runs us around some of those situations.
Troy Patterson of Roto Savants previews Buster Posey‘s September fantasy value. For those who didn’t catch the news, the elite prospect was called up to the majors on Wednesday to aid the Giants in their push toward the playoffs. Bengie Molina is hurting and reportedly disgruntled, so there may be some playing time available.
Rotoworld’s Matt Stroup spins us around the league with a group of recommended waiver adds. Brian Joura handles that duty wonderfully for RotoGraphs, but it’s always nice to have multiple perspectives.
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Just trying to help out here… why do these articles of yours get listed in the Rotographs box on the main page, but when you click through it says ‘article not available’?
Maybe it’s just me, but this only happens with the Daily Links articles and its happened several times. Can anyone else confirm?
Confirmed.
Upton or Kemp?? Kemp will be 26 next year, and he has impressive numbers, but I have to roll with Upton. He (Upton) shouldn’t be putting up the numbers he is already at this age. Isnt he #2 in OF OPS, behind only Dunn (if you consider him OF).
The Upton vs. Kemp debate is a great one, especially considering both have a BABIP .370 or above (Upton @ .376). Could each of these guys seem a fall next year in BA? Kemp might be the better of the two over the next year or so, but you have to believe Upton is in rare territory and is due to be a super-super star very soon at just 22 years old right now. He’s injured, but where does Jay Bruce enter this discussion?
What’s amusing is the prior to the 2009 drafts, the debate was Kemp versus BJ UPTON. Bj Upton fans were touting his potential to go 20-40 while Kemp fans were saying that Matt Kemp was already putting up the numbers you want to get out of BJ Upton.
Kemp has been in the discussion both years, so how can you go wrong with him?
You can’t.