Adam LaRoche

[Mayor Daley]

Moved from batting clean-up to sixth in the line-up

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7253/news

[Prooks25]

Moved from batting clean-up to sixth in the line-up

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7253/news

He's never been a first half hitter.

Give him time, he'll catch fire once the weather gets warmer and Sanchez comes back.

[Y`s Guy]

I hope so Prooks. I need a top SP and Adam is getting laughed at in my league.

[Bwanna]

Here are his splits...

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            G  AB  R  H  2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS   
April      70 221 27 43 16 0  8  32  27 68 0 1 .195 .285 .376 .661   
May        74 229 33 62 21 0 10  42  19 43 0 0 .271 .323 .493 .816   
June       50 160 19 42  9 0  6  24  11 28 0 0 .263 .314 .431 .745   
July       64 218 33 65 13 0 15  40  20 46 0 1 .298 .352 .564 .917   
August     72 226 36 65 18 1 12  39  28 57 0 2 .288 .371 .535 .906   
September  72 228 38 69 17 1 14  35  20 62 0 0 .303 .356 .570 .926   
October     5  12  3  4  0 0  1   3   0  2 0 0 .333 .308 .583 .891

...certainly appears to be a 2nd half hitter.

[Dark Knight]

A lot of good it does a fantasy team in the first half.

I don't need a 2nd half hitter on my team, for the first half of the season.

[tobias875]

A lot of good it does a fantasy team in the first half.

I don't need a 2nd half hitter on my team, for the first half of the season.

awesome. dont draft him next time...

[B-Chad]

Yeah I'd suggest knowing that before you draft him... the idea with hitters like that is that you let someone else draft them, get frustrated and buy low (Aubry Huff for example... or in this case LaRoche). It's kind of like the opposite of fast starters, draft 'em for value cause likely they end on a low note and fall in drafts and when they start off hottmove them (formerly Mike Lowell for example).

[vlat89]

Just dropped him for BJ Upton. LaRoche was my utility guy. Not anymore! Can't deal with watching him 0-2 every at bat then knowing low and away is gonna get him swinging.

[JoshDJays]

I dropped him but will keep an eye on him for later.

[Coppermine]

I thought they went after LaRoche specifically to provide protection for Bay. Oh well.