Furcal..?

[HaZe]

Hey guys, I'm a big Rafael Furcal fan. But this season, do you see him putting up identical or better stats, than he did last year? With no more JD Drew, who is going to drive him in?

Where would you rank him with regards to the other short stops for this season? (excluding Reyes, Rollins, Jeter)

Tejada/Young/H. Ramirez/Furcal/Guillen


I expect 35-45 stolen bases, but will he reach 100+ runs?

[acsguitar]

He had a very very bad 1st half. But then again I think he's a second half guy.

However, I see him being better

[LiveForever]

Im a little worried about his SB output this year batting second in the line up. I think we should see an improvement in power numbers and a decline in SB and R. Overall Im still buying furcal as a top 5 shortstop.

[acsguitar]

Im a little worried about his SB output this year batting second in the line up. I think we should see an improvement in power numbers and a decline in SB and R. Overall Im still buying furcal as a top 5 shortstop.

Yea with a shallow position like SS he's up there

[DevilDriver]

Where would you rank him with regards to the other short stops for this season? (excluding Reyes, Rollins, Jeter)

Tejada/Young/H. Ramirez/Furcal/Guillen

They're all pretty close but I would rank them like this:

Tejada
Young
Furcal
Ramirez
Guillen

[tluchak]

First of all - if you none of you guys have seen him play - make sure to catch LA if they come to your town. Furcal has the best arm I have ever seen from an infield position. Im only in my 30s but Ive seen a lot of SSs in my day (and third basemen) and Raffy's limb is unbelievable. From the mid rows in warm up he lookes like a high school kid and then he pulls back and the ball soars out like somekind of rocket fueled meteorite.

Anyways, I expect similar numbers from last year but not in such an extreme way. His slow start was offset by his rebound AND the Dodgers sick little run. WIth less offense this year I expect both the Dodgers and Raffy to be consistently mediocre fantasy hitter wise. UNless Kemp breaks through Howard-like, Kent optimizes, Nomar stays healthy....

[Havok1517]

I think Furcal will be a lot closer to the Furcal we saw late last season in 2007.

[ayebatter]

I think Furcal will be a lot closer to the Furcal we saw late last season in 2007.

yes I've seen him in LA (guy has an absolute gun), and I look for him to put up a nice run in 2007 similar to late 2006.

[Halo Homers]

Furcal maybe batting 3rd this year. I have seen lineup projections showing Furcal 3rd and Russell Marting batting second. I think this would hurt Furcal's overall value. Less SB and R, more RBI. I don't see him hitting more HRs for the #3 spot.

[Area51's]

way high on him this year. Had a terrible April which made his 1st half look bad and his season look marginal.

Check out his 2nd half. I see him batting 1st or even 3rd this year, but my bet is on Pierre for 2nd. Weird but true.