2007 Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals Fantasy Values

by faketeams on Dec 29, 2006 6:52 AM EST in Baseball

"Son! Don't fly too close to the sun!"

"Old man, don't you know it gets colder the higher you fly?"

With that, here are my player values/rankings for the Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals. A couple of notes though. The Nationals play in a pitcher's park. Their starters should be considered sleepers where talent warrants. Sorry, Tim Redding. The Cardinals have had success with starting pitchers and Wins. Right now, there are still holes in the rotation, but whoever fills them is a draftable player.

Washington
$30+
$17-$29	Ryan Zimmerman	Nick Johnson
	Felipe Lopez	Austin Kearns
$10-$16	Ryan Church
$1-10	Christian Guzman	Brian Schneider
	Nook Logan	Alex Escobar
	Kory Casto	Chris Snelling

$20+	Chad Cordero
$10-$19	John Patterson
$1-$10	Emiliano Fruto	Jon Rauch

St Louis
$30+	Albert Pujols
$17-$29	Scott Rolen	Jim Edmonds
	Chris Duncan
$10-$16	Dave Eckstein	Adam Kennedy
	Juan Encarnacion
$1-10	Yadier Molina	So Taguchi
	Scott Spiezio

$20+	Chris Carpenter
$10-$19	Jason Isringhausen	Adam Wainwright
$1-$10	Anthony Reyes	Braden Looper
	Kip Wells	Russ Springer

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other possible starters

Someone like Brad Thompson or Chris Narveson would be worth a buck or two as either of them could be the Cards' #5 starter this year.

by acr on Dec 29, 2006 1:41 PM EST reply actions

Thompson

I like Thompson, too. Narveson hasn't impressed me yet, but, with four months until the draft, I can see what he is expected to do. If Thompson can graduate for the middle innings to the rotation or 8th, he'd be a solid $1 gamble.

by faketeams on Dec 29, 2006 2:46 PM EST reply actions

FSL

IIRC- Thompson was thought to hold the FSL record for consecutive scoreless innings pitched...like 56-58 or something like that. Then after some more investigation someone from the early part of last century actually has the record. But still, it shows some upside for Thompson as a starter. But he'll have to pitch like 2005 not 2006.

by acr on Dec 29, 2006 7:23 PM EST reply actions