Fantasy Baseball: NL OPS Leaders Since the All-Star Break

by Ray Guilfoyle on Aug 23, 2009 10:04 AM EDT in Baseball

As I said on Friday, I like to take a look at the leaders in different categories since the All Star Break. Today, we bring you the NL OPS leaders since the All Star Break:

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	KO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	K/BB	OPS
Holliday, Matt LF STL	141	32	57	9	37	14	20	5	0.404	0.451	0.731	1.429	1.181
Gonzalez, Carlos OF COL	84	21	31	7	14	8	17	3	0.369	0.427	0.738	2.125	1.165
Reynolds, Mark 3B ARI	131	26	43	14	22	17	50	6	0.328	0.413	0.710	2.941	1.123
Dunn, Adam LF WAS	115	23	38	9	26	26	39	0	0.330	0.466	0.652	1.5	1.118
Tulowitzki, Troy SS COL	125	28	41	8	31	19	28	4	0.328	0.415	0.664	1.474	1.079
Ethier, Andre RF LA	141	26	50	7	27	17	21	1	0.355	0.438	0.631	1.235	1.070
Gonzalez, Adrian 1B SD	126	22	40	9	21	26	20	0	0.318	0.429	0.619	0.769	1.048
LaRoche, Adam 1B ATL	107	18	36	8	20	14	26	0	0.336	0.410	0.626	1.857	1.036
Zimmerman, Ryan 3B WAS	129	30	41	11	30	16	21	1	0.318	0.391	0.643	1.313	1.034
Lee, Derrek 1B CHC	132	23	43	7	27	22	31	0	0.326	0.419	0.614	1.409	1.033
Ramirez, Hanley SS FLA	140	28	54	5	25	11	31	11	0.386	0.442	0.579	2.818	1.020
Fowler, Dexter CF COL	94	21	31	1	12	20	30	6	0.330	0.447	0.553	1.5	1.001
Blanks, Kyle 1B SD	105	20	30	9	17	15	39	1	0.286	0.395	0.600	2.6	0.995
Fukudome, Kosuke RF CHC	111	19	35	4	18	23	24	0	0.315	0.433	0.550	1.043	0.982
Lee, Carlos N. LF HOU	136	20	45	8	30	12	10	1	0.331	0.386	0.596	0.833	0.981
Braun, Ryan J. LF MIL	146	27	45	10	31	10	16	4	0.308	0.361	0.616	1.6	0.977
Jones, Garrett 1B PIT	135	20	41	10	22	13	32	4	0.304	0.365	0.607	2.462	0.972
Howard, Ryan 1B PHI	132	26	39	10	33	17	46	1	0.296	0.373	0.591	2.706	0.963
Montero, Miguel C ARI	117	17	38	7	24	3	21	0	0.325	0.342	0.607	7	0.949
Ramirez, Aramis 3B CHC	101	17	30	6	21	12	19	0	0.297	0.383	0.555	1.583	0.937

I have included a column for K/BB ratio to see if these OPS leaders can sustain their performance till the end of the year. The K/BB ratio is a good indicator of how successful a hitter can be over the course of a season. A K/BB ratio over 1 indicates that the hitter strikes out more than once for every walk he take. Mark Reynolds, for example, strikes out almost 3 times for every walk he takes.

Another hitter who is surprising on this list is the Rockies OFer Carlos Gonzalez. In fact, CarGo was involved in the trade that sent the OPS leader, Matt Holliday, from the Rockies to the A's in the offseason. Gonzalez is starting to show signs of the potential the Rockies saw in him when they traded for him. Can he keep it up?

A couple other guys that stand out are Miguel Montero, Garrett Jones, and Kyle Blanks. These are hitters that were not drafted in many drafts this year, but who have performed well at the plate, but who have a high K/BB ratio. We'll take another look at the OPS leaders at the end of the season.

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