Now it’s time for everyone’s favorite game, Fantasy Baseball, Fun With Numbers. Ding, ding, ding… Bassoon… Triangle! Triangle! Triangle! Cow bell! More cow bell! One last ding. In today’s installment of Fantasy Baseball, Fun With Numbers, we’re going to look at some players since July 1st and try to figure out if maybe the numbers tell a different story than their names tell. At this point in the season, it’s very important to abandon names and just try and plug in the best stats. Anyway, here’s the latest in Fantasy Baseball, Fun With Numbers:
Player A – From July 1st, 142 ABs, 27/1/9/.366/20
Player B – From July 1st, 118 ABs, 17/2/11/.263/1
Player C – From July 1st, 140 ABs, 27/2/19/.319/5
Player A is Nyjer Morgan, Player B is Brad Hawpe, Player C is Gerardo Parra – Otherwise known as, “Why is Hawpe the meat in a schmohawk sandwich? Wait, is Hawpe a schmohawk? Or is he the meat? The schmohawk or the meat?! Someone tell me!”
Player A – From July 1st, 125 ABs, 26/3/22/.368/4
Player B – From July 1st, 122 ABs, 21/3/14/.286/6
Player A is Erick Aybar, Player B is Ben Zobrist – Otherwise known as, “Maybe Ben Zobrist isn’t related to Jimmy Christ.”
Player A – From July 1st, 126 ABs, 9/3/18/.206
Player B – From July 1st, 104 ABs, 22/6/15/.298
Player A is Victor Martinez, Player B is Mike Napoli – Otherwise known as, “Grey will never stop touting cheap catchers compared to expensive ones.”
Player A – From July 1st, 123 ABs, 14/5/19/.243
Player B – From July 1st, 127 ABs, 15/6/28/.314/2
Player A is Adrian Gonzalez, Player B is Pablo Sandoval – Otherwise known as, “Let’s think of Sandoval with the big boys. Besides just the, uh, big boys.”
Player A – From July 1st, 137 ABs, 22/9/23/.343/3
Player B – From July 1st, 131 ABs, 23/3/13/.275/4
Player A is Michael Young, Player B is David Wright — Otherwise known as, “Zoinks!”
