Comments on: Position Battles: Giants’ 2B Job http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index.php/position-battles-giants-2b-job/ Daily fantasy baseball analysis and strategy Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:28:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Larry Yocum http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index.php/position-battles-giants-2b-job/#comment-1379 Larry Yocum Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:25:57 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/?p=1847#comment-1379 Velez has the most upside from a fantasy perspective with the bat, but he treats the glove like a foreign object, so I don't know if he will ever be a decent enough fielder on a daily basis to play second. Even worse is that he can't play outfield either so I don't know what the Giants are going to do with him. Burriss is too young still, so the job could be Frandsen's to lose as long as he has a strong camp. He could hit .300 at the big league level and offer 10 HR and 10 SB potential. The Freddy Sanchez comparison is dead on. The other scenario that I could see panning out is that Frandsen becomes the new Aurilia (provided the old one takes a back seat on the bench) and plays at second, third and SS on any given day and Burriss splits time with him at second. I see that against lefties with Sandoval moving to first, Frandsen playing third (he was a favorite there before blowing the achilles) and Burriss or Velez playing second. They will have a very flexible infield, but one that still can't put up decent offensive numbers. I don't know what they will do with Uribe or Aurilia at this point. I really don't understand bringing in either one of them unless it was simply to provide depth. Either one of those guys making the club could mean Burriss goes back to the minors. Nice article as always Mr. Golebiewski. Velez has the most upside from a fantasy perspective with the bat, but he treats the glove like a foreign object, so I don’t know if he will ever be a decent enough fielder on a daily basis to play second. Even worse is that he can’t play outfield either so I don’t know what the Giants are going to do with him.

Burriss is too young still, so the job could be Frandsen’s to lose as long as he has a strong camp. He could hit .300 at the big league level and offer 10 HR and 10 SB potential. The Freddy Sanchez comparison is dead on.

The other scenario that I could see panning out is that Frandsen becomes the new Aurilia (provided the old one takes a back seat on the bench) and plays at second, third and SS on any given day and Burriss splits time with him at second. I see that against lefties with Sandoval moving to first, Frandsen playing third (he was a favorite there before blowing the achilles) and Burriss or Velez playing second. They will have a very flexible infield, but one that still can’t put up decent offensive numbers. I don’t know what they will do with Uribe or Aurilia at this point. I really don’t understand bringing in either one of them unless it was simply to provide depth. Either one of those guys making the club could mean Burriss goes back to the minors.

Nice article as always Mr. Golebiewski.

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