Fantasy Baseball: Pablo Sandoval to Catch in 2010?

by Ray Guilfoyle on Dec 31, 2009 12:00 PM EST in Baseball

Yesterday, Jon Heyman tweeted the following about the Giants catcher opening:

#sfgiants not sure buster posey's ready to catch after Arizona league. seek catcher. may even move sandoval behind plate. 7:28 AM Dec 30th from web

Should Sandoval move to catcher, he would become a 3rd round pick in mixed leagues and possibly a 1st round choice in NL-Only leagues in 2010. Amongst catchers, Sandoval would be the 3rd best catcher in mixed leagues and the top ranked catcher in NL-Only leagues.

Here are how his 2009 stats rank amongst the top hitting catchers in 2009 (ranked by HRs):

Name	G	AB	H	2B	HR	R	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Joe Mauer	138	523	191	30	28	94	96	76	63	0.365
Pablo Sandoval	153	572	189	44	25	79	90	52	83	0.33
Victor Martinez	155	588	178	33	23	88	108	75	74	0.303
Miguel Olivo	114	390	97	15	23	51	65	19	126	0.249
Jorge Posada	111	383	109	25	22	55	81	48	101	0.285
Brian McCann	138	488	137	35	21	63	94	49	83	0.281
Mike Napoli	114	382	104	22	20	60	56	40	103	0.272
Bengie Molina	132	491	130	25	20	52	80	13	68	0.265
Rod Barajas	125	429	97	19	19	43	71	20	76	0.226
Miguel Montero	128	425	125	30	16	61	59	38	78	0.294

I am not sure Sandoval would be picked before Victor Martinez, but he certainly would be picked before Brian McCann or Jorge Posada.

Poll

Is Pablo Sandoval a 3rd round pick should he catch in 2010?

No, a round or two lower.

28 votes

Yes, he could go 30-90 in 2010

64 votes

92 votes | Poll has closed

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3rd round

Isn’t he already a 4th rounder? Or did I just give-up my personal valuation?

by faketeams on Dec 31, 2009 1:18 PM EST reply actions

IF IF IF

He catches, then I’d be tempted to take him 2nd round. BUT, I really don’t see Pablo catching much in 2010, the Giants will go out and either make some terrible decision signing of Olivo, or a less terrible decision and sign Torrealba, or just give it to Buster Posey.

by cr1578 on Jan 1, 2010 1:33 AM EST reply actions