Chris Shelton

[Kingctb27]

wow this guy Shelton is a machine!

Agreed. He looks solid for the rest of the year if you ask me.

[DaQ]

wow this guy Shelton is a machine!

Agreed. He looks solid for the rest of the year if you ask me.

Hopefully he is - he's my keeper 1B for the near future in my contract league.

[Surfs up]

2 for 2 so far tonight. If you can get him you better do it now because it will cost you dearly very soon.

[cordscords]

He's gonna be some sweet trade bait for me

[acsguitar]

Geez he's sick..when will he have enough AB's for ROTY and Batting title?

[joeg24]

To get down to a 270 level, he'd have to go 0-64.

I wonder if he does have a shot at a batting title or rookie of the year? Does anyone know what the cutoff is and if he played everyday from here on out if he has a shot? I doubt he hits this way for much longer and I agree with a potential cold spell coming, but damn....

[Matthias]

Watching Chris Shelton on my league's waiver wire is like watching Carmen Electra perform a strip-tease. As much as I like Carmen Electra, I'll never be able to have any relationship with her. Same with Chris Shelton. As long as he's on my waiver wire. I can't pick him up. Just look at this team:

C B. Inge (Det - C,3B,OF) C3BOFUtilBench @CWS 7:05 pm 96/341 49 7 39 5 147 .282
1B T. Hafner (Cle - 1B) 1BUtilBench KC 6:05 pm 89/283 55 18 63 0 166 .314
2B B. Roberts (Bal - 2B) 2BUtilBench @Min 7:10 pm 109/317 56 15 49 18 186 .344
3B Á. Rodríguez (NYY - 3B) 3BUtilBench @Tex 7:05 pm 105/329 66 24 74 9 194 .319
SS R. Furcal (Atl - SS) SSUtilBench @SF 9:15 pm 89/349 53 7 31 29 137 .255
OF V. Guerrero (LAA - OF) OFUtilBench Oak 9:05 pm 90/273 48 16 51 6 157 .330
OF M. Ramírez (Bos - OF) OFUtilBench TB 6:05 pm 84/309 54 22 80 1 168 .272
OF L. Berkman (Hou - 1B,OF) 1BOFUtilBench @Pit 6:05 pm 61/207 31 6 33 1 95 .295
Util M. Ensberg (Hou - 3B) 3BUtilBench @Pit 6:05 pm 86/297 53 24 65 6 177 .290
BN T. Hunter (Min - OF) OFUtilBench Bal 7:10 pm 86/318 54 14 54 19 152 .270
BN A. Huff (TB - 1B,3B,OF) 1B3BOFUtilBench @Bos 6:05 pm 80/317 32 8 45 8 120 .252
BN M. Ordóñez (Det - OF) OFUtilBench @CWS 7:05 pm 12/51 9 3 13 0 25 .235
BN V. Wells (Tor - OF) OFUtilBench 90/334 41 17 50 2 159 .269
BN T. Helton (Col - 1B) 1BUtilBench @Was 6:05 pm 87/302 44 10 39 2 143 .288

SP J. Garland (CWS - SP) SPPBench Det 7:05 pm 120.0 13 0 56 3.38 1.08
SP B. Colón (LAA - SP) SPPBench Oak 9:05 pm 123.2 11 0 89 3.42 1.14
RP C. Cordero (Was - RP) RPPBench Col 6:05 pm 47.2 2 31 42 1.13 1.03
RP D. Hermanson (CWS - SP,RP) SPRPPBench Det 7:05 pm 36.0 0 22 19 1.50 1.11
P B. Zito (Oak - SP) SPPBench @LAA 9:05 pm 122.0 6 0 85 3.91 1.21
P K. Wood (ChC - SP) SPPBench @Cin 6:10 pm 45.0 2 0 52 4.80 1.38
P M. Mussina (NYY - SP) SPPBench @Tex 7:05 pm 119.1 9 0 86 4.15 1.33
DL Ol. PérezDL (Pit - SP) SPPBenchDL Hou 6:05 pm 83.1 6 0 81 6.16 1.64

Nobody to drop.

i think your point was a, "hey, look at my team" not to really comment on shelton, but if you don't think he's doing better than some of those guys you have on there, you're crazy.

i keep waiting for shelton to come down to earth. the guy leading our league has him and he doesn't need that free boost. wah.

[Mercer Boy]

wow this guy Shelton is a machine!

Yep...I'm soooo glad the Pirates left him unprotected in the Rule 5 draft last year.

[thehat]

Watching Chris Shelton on my league's waiver wire is like watching Carmen Electra perform a strip-tease. As much as I like Carmen Electra, I'll never be able to have any relationship with her. Same with Chris Shelton. As long as he's on my waiver wire. I can't pick him up. Just look at this team:

C B. Inge (Det - C,3B,OF) C3BOFUtilBench @CWS 7:05 pm 96/341 49 7 39 5 147 .282
1B T. Hafner (Cle - 1B) 1BUtilBench KC 6:05 pm 89/283 55 18 63 0 166 .314
2B B. Roberts (Bal - 2B) 2BUtilBench @Min 7:10 pm 109/317 56 15 49 18 186 .344
3B Á. Rodríguez (NYY - 3B) 3BUtilBench @Tex 7:05 pm 105/329 66 24 74 9 194 .319
SS R. Furcal (Atl - SS) SSUtilBench @SF 9:15 pm 89/349 53 7 31 29 137 .255
OF V. Guerrero (LAA - OF) OFUtilBench Oak 9:05 pm 90/273 48 16 51 6 157 .330
OF M. Ramírez (Bos - OF) OFUtilBench TB 6:05 pm 84/309 54 22 80 1 168 .272
OF L. Berkman (Hou - 1B,OF) 1BOFUtilBench @Pit 6:05 pm 61/207 31 6 33 1 95 .295
Util M. Ensberg (Hou - 3B) 3BUtilBench @Pit 6:05 pm 86/297 53 24 65 6 177 .290
BN T. Hunter (Min - OF) OFUtilBench Bal 7:10 pm 86/318 54 14 54 19 152 .270
BN A. Huff (TB - 1B,3B,OF) 1B3BOFUtilBench @Bos 6:05 pm 80/317 32 8 45 8 120 .252
BN M. Ordóñez (Det - OF) OFUtilBench @CWS 7:05 pm 12/51 9 3 13 0 25 .235
BN V. Wells (Tor - OF) OFUtilBench 90/334 41 17 50 2 159 .269
BN T. Helton (Col - 1B) 1BUtilBench @Was 6:05 pm 87/302 44 10 39 2 143 .288

SP J. Garland (CWS - SP) SPPBench Det 7:05 pm 120.0 13 0 56 3.38 1.08
SP B. Colón (LAA - SP) SPPBench Oak 9:05 pm 123.2 11 0 89 3.42 1.14
RP C. Cordero (Was - RP) RPPBench Col 6:05 pm 47.2 2 31 42 1.13 1.03
RP D. Hermanson (CWS - SP,RP) SPRPPBench Det 7:05 pm 36.0 0 22 19 1.50 1.11
P B. Zito (Oak - SP) SPPBench @LAA 9:05 pm 122.0 6 0 85 3.91 1.21
P K. Wood (ChC - SP) SPPBench @Cin 6:10 pm 45.0 2 0 52 4.80 1.38
P M. Mussina (NYY - SP) SPPBench @Tex 7:05 pm 119.1 9 0 86 4.15 1.33
DL Ol. PérezDL (Pit - SP) SPPBenchDL Hou 6:05 pm 83.1 6 0 81 6.16 1.64

Nobody to drop.

You could drop either Wood or Ollie Perez at this point and keep the remaining guy DL'd.

[d18Mike]

Saw him play in person Sunday. Impressive. But as noted earlier he does have a K ratio that leads a lot of folks to believe that his high average is a Bo Hart-ish mirage. But the power is no illusion.

As good as Shelton is, and will be, also make note that it is Curtis Granderson (not necessarily Shelton) who was/is still considered the Tigers #1 position prospect. But that Tiger OF is awfully crowded this year.