Fantasy Baseball: Position Scarcity Moves To 3B In NL-Only Leagues In 2010

by Ray Guilfoyle on Aug 30, 2009 3:00 PM EDT in Baseball

Since the roto/fantasy trade deadlines have passed, I have started to look at various statistics that can help you in your 2010 draft. I stumbled upon one last night, in NL-only leagues, 3B will be a scarce position come 2010. After Mark Reynolds, Ryan Zimmerman, Pablo Sandoval, Aramis Ramirez and MAYBE David Wright, there are alot of old and injury prone third baseman that I am not sure I want to spend alot on or waste a high draft pick on.

Let's take a look:

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	KO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Reynolds, Mark 3B ARI	460	84	130	39	88	62	172	21	0.2826	0.372	0.596	0.968
Wright, David 3B NYM	426	74	138	8	55	65	105	24	0.3239	0.415	0.467	0.882
Zimmerman, Ryan 3B WAS	490	94	148	27	88	61	94	2	0.302	0.377	0.535	0.912
Sandoval, Pablo 1B SF	453	58	150	20	74	35	67	4	0.3311	0.381	0.559	0.940
Rolen, Scott 3B CIN	374	59	117	9	48	30	47	5	0.3128	0.367	0.468	0.835
Blake, Casey 3B LA	429	69	118	16	70	53	101	3	0.2751	0.354	0.466	0.820
Jones, Chipper 3B ATL	388	64	108	15	56	82	64	4	0.2784	0.400	0.454	0.854
DeRosa, Mark 2B STL	422	68	110	21	67	42	100	1	0.2607	0.333	0.450	0.784
Coghlan, Chris 3B FLA	357	56	106	9	37	43	64	6	0.2969	0.372	0.445	0.817
Cantu, Jorge 3B FLA	453	50	125	13	71	38	58	2	0.2759	0.337	0.426	0.763
Ramirez, Aramis 3B CHC	208	30	68	11	43	18	30	0	0.3269	0.389	0.548	0.937
Bonifacio, Emilio 2B FLA	441	66	113	1	26	33	92	20	0.2562	0.307	0.315	0.622
Stewart, Ian 3B COL	346	61	77	19	59	43	104	7	0.2225	0.314	0.451	0.765
Kouzmanoff, Kevin 3B SD	474	44	122	16	74	24	96	1	0.2574	0.304	0.422	0.726
Prado, Martin 3B ATL	319	41	97	8	38	28	36	0	0.3041	0.357	0.455	0.812
Feliz, Pedro 3B PHI	456	49	125	9	64	31	52	0	0.2741	0.320	0.393	0.712
McGehee, Casey 3B MIL	249	43	72	10	39	25	45	0	0.2892	0.351	0.474	0.825
Counsell, Craig 3B MIL	347	51	98	4	32	35	44	3	0.2824	0.355	0.409	0.764
Roberts, Ryan 3B ARI	214	33	63	6	18	29	40	6	0.2944	0.382	0.444	0.826
Uribe, Juan 2B SF	277	30	75	8	31	16	60	3	0.2708	0.305	0.451	0.757

Of the list above, I would take a mid-round pick on Casey Blake, Mark DeRosa or Chris Coghlan. But other than that, who wants the risk in injury-prone Chipper Jones or Scott Rolen, Jorge Cantu and his loss of power, or Ian Stewart and the Mendoza-line approaching batting average?

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