Fantasy Baseball Free Agent Pool – Speed Demons

Jul 28, 2009

Just because you’ve slipped behind in the Stolen Base category doesn’t mean you can’t catch up. Here are some reasonably available SB threats.

Everth Cabrera, SS, San Diego Padres - Everth did his Rickey Henderson impersonation with 4 SBs last week while hitting .238 (5 for 21) with 3 Runs and an RBI. On the year he’s hitting .237 with 11 SBs, 22 Runs, and 12 RBIs in 40 games. He’s owned in 7% of Yahoo!, 0.9% of ESPN, and 11% of CBS leagues.

Willy Taveras, OF, Cincinnati Reds - Slick Willy picked up 7 SBs last week while hitting .250 (5 for 20) with 2 Runs and 2 RBIs. On the year he’s hitting .249 with 21 SBs, 46 Runs, 1 HR, and 14 RBIs. He’s owned in 31% of Yahoo!, 63.1% of ESPN, and 31% of CBS leagues.

Elvis Andrus, SS, Texas Rangers - Elvis had 2 SBs last week while hitting .286 (4 for 14) with 1 RBI. On the year he’s hitting .251 with 19 SBs, 36 Runs, 3 HRs, and 17 RBIs. He’s owned in 25% of Yahoo!, 56.3% of ESPN, and 39% of CBS leagues.

Orlando Cabrera, SS, Oakland A’s - Orlando picked up 2 SBs as well while hitting .375 (9 for 24) with 4 Runs and 5 RBIs. On the year he’s hitting .278 with 10 SBs, 39 Runs, 4 HRs, and 41 RBIs. He’s owned in 40% of Yahoo!, 56.4% of ESPN, and 61% of CBS leagues.

Nolan Reimold, OF, Baltimore Orioles - Reimold didn’t steal early on, but he had 4 SBs in his last nine games. He hit .500 (7 for 14) last week with 3 Runs and an RBI. On the year he’s hitting .281 with 5 SBs, 27 Runs, 9 HRs, and 27 RBIs. He’s owned in 24% of Yahoo!, 4.8% of ESPN, and 41% of CBS leagues.