Chris Shelton

[jjigglers]

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....

He's definately qualified for Rookie of the Year, since this year he is considered a rookie.

In order to qualify for batting titles in averaged categories (Avg, Slg, OBP, OPS, RC, OW%, #P/PA, G/F), a player must average at least 3.1 plate appearances for every game his team has played.

Detroit has played 99 games.
Shelton (if the season ended now) would need 307 PA. He has 188.
Shelton is averaging (in 49 GP) 3.84 PA per game.

At the end of the season, Detroit will have played 162 games.
Shelton would need 503 PA. At his current pace, he will have 430 PA.
To reach the needed abount of PA, Shelton either needs to average 5.00 PA per game from here on out, or the season would need to be 181 games long.

[AT]

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.

He's better than Hunter and he's better than Ordonez and with Hafner and Helton aching you could use the 1B. Done and done.

[bdrotoronto]

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.

He's better than Hunter and he's better than Ordonez and with Hafner and Helton aching you could use the 1B. Done and done.

The guys to drop are either Kerry Wood or Oliver Perez, neither of whom I think will do anything special the rest of the year. I think Hunter and Ordonez are too good to drop.

[tvv44]

What about next season? Is he worth drafting in the 1st 10 rounds of a 16 team keeper league for next year?

I'm a huge Tiger fan and I'll admit, I haven't heard much about this kid before he was called up and I definitely didn't expect him to put up the #'s he is. I guess I'm just not sold on the fact that he's better than Curtis Granderson at this point.

[mcqfesijiba]

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....

He's definately qualified for Rookie of the Year, since this year he is considered a rookie.

No, he isn't eligible for rookie of the year. He had too much service time last year. He was on the MLB roster pretty much the entire season (minus a DL stint), so he has surpassed the service time minimum to be qualified for a rookie.

[bd3521]

ROY in the AL looks like Mauer or Cano

[Yoda]

ROY in the AL looks like Mauer or Cano

Mauer isn't a rook. He spent too many days in 04.

No one's mentioned Swisher as ROY. He's been fantastic for the surging A's and has made more impact on the team's success than anyone else.

[bd3521]

ROY in the AL looks like Mauer or Cano

Mauer isn't a rook. He spent too many days in 04.

No one's mentioned Swisher as ROY. He's been fantastic for the surging A's and has made more impact on the team's success than anyone else.

I was working off BPs VORP for rooks

[jjigglers]

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....

He's definately qualified for Rookie of the Year, since this year he is considered a rookie.

No, he isn't eligible for rookie of the year. He had too much service time last year. He was on the MLB roster pretty much the entire season (minus a DL stint), so he has surpassed the service time minimum to be qualified for a rookie.

Oh wow, I saw that his games played (27) and AB (46) were way under the ceiling, and just assumed that he hadnt been on the roster for 45 days (excluding DL time).