Fantasy players tend to focus most of their energy on the stats that are counted in their leagues. Most of the time that includes the 5 x 5 vanilla stats but in other leagues OBP, holds, extra base hits may count. Sometimes the most impressive stats lie outside the traditional roto categories and tell us why they're having their success.
Hitters - BA-Runs-HR-RBI-Steals followed by the (MIS) Most Impressive Stat
Albert Pujols - .343-20-7-25-3 (MIS) 16 BB, 4 K
Adam Jones - .348-20-3-17-0 (MIS) His 8 walks account for almost a third of his total walks in 2008. His OBP has jumped from .311 in '08 to .410 in '09.
Kosuke Fukodome -.371-14-3-15-1 (MIS) 1.118 Road OPS in '09, .655 Road OPS in '08
Brandon Inge - .323-15-7-17-1 (MIS) 11 BB and 12 K. Career 296 BB and 816 K
Adrian Gonzalez - .323-14-7-15-0 (MIS) Career high 4.08 pitches per PA, G/F career low 0.55
Jason Kubel - .328-10-4-15-0 (MIS) XBH every 6 AB
Jacoby Ellsbury - .289-12-1-6-10 (MIV) Most Impressive Video
Ryan Braun - .338-10-4-13-2 (MIS) 13/19, 7 runs, 3 HR, 8 RBI from April 21-April 25
Orlando Hudson - .355-17-2-8-4 (MIS) K every 12 AB and .452 OBP
Pitchers -
Zack Greinke - 4 wins, 0.00 era, 0.86 whip, 36 K (MIS) - 6/1 K/BB with his 4 wins coming against Det, Cle, ChW, Tex
John Danks - 2 wins, 0.95 era, 0.84 whip,16 K (MIS) .136 BAA with .231 slugging against
Chad Billingsley - 4 wins, 2.05 era, 0.87 whip, 26 K (MIS) For the 4th straight year he's raised his K/BB (2.89) and reduced his pitches/inning (15.8)
Jonathon Broxton - 6 saves, 0.96 era, 0.32 whip, 15 K (MIS) 15/1 K/BB, lefties OBP is .056
Dan Haren - 1 win, 1.38 era, .88 whip, 26 K (MIS) Career low #P/IP at 14.7 and career highs in K/9 (9.00) and K/BB (5.20)
Johan Santana - 3 wins, 0.70 era, 0.90 whip, 37 K (MIS) 13 K/9, Righties hitting .137 against him.