I stopped myself from posting a thread about him yesterday. Instead, after careful consideration, I unceremoniously dropped edit: some dude for him ( 14 team points league, steals mean squat). Today, he extended his hitting streak to 7 games, going a whopping 15-30 with 4 HRs, 11 runs scored and 7 RBI over that span- 2/5 tonight with a HR, while he was fortuitously in my lineup.
Is this going to last? No. This is, after all, Alex Gonzalez, the one with a .248 career average and 93 HRs spread out over 3688 ABs, but it shouldn't stop anybody from riding him now, while he's red hot.
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reminds me of his 2003 first half. That year he had
13r/6hr/22rbi/.352ba in april
7r/3hr/12rbi/.310ba in May
13r/3hr/17rbi/.268ba in June
after the ASB he had:
18r/6hr/24rbi/.208ba total.[/code]
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i grabbed him last week and hes doing great for me. im hoping now that hes hit a few HR's i can trade him off for a higher value rather than wait until he cools off.
He's a streaky hitter, and I thought at the beginning of the year that he might have a chance to duplicate 2003, hitting in the Great American Bandbox. Not enough to draft him, but when Thome went on the DL, I did pick up A-Gon to replace him in my 15-team league, and hopefully he'll stay hot until Thome comes back.
(taps little picture of a microphone)... is this thing on?
CBMGreatOne wrote:Are you really going to balk at the chance to grab him now?
To be completely honest...yes.
Ha, I don't blame you if you're in a smallish league, but I'm in a 14 teamer, and there's just no excuse for him not to be rostered. He's way too hot right now.
No disrespect, but I think I would have found a way to keep Victorino.
Hitting where he does is huge, especially since Utley and Howard haven't even fully got it going yet. I know the steals aren't as big, but you still get a couple points per right?
Right now Victorino is up there in "points" with the likes of Holliday, C Lee, Crawford......
I know he probably doesn't finish up there with them, but he will definately out point Gonzalez this year, don't you think?
I guess it depends on what your roster looks like, but I think I'd find a way to have the Flyin Hawaiin on my team.
I bought him for a buck at my NL only roto auction because of his ball park and lineup. I saw possibilities for some power cat #'s. So far, so good. Will he hit like this all year....well, no, he's not gonna hit .300 and finish with 7 dongs for every 9 of Dunn's. But for a $1 MI in an NL only.....pretty happy.
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by CBMGreatOne » Tue May 01, 2007 11:38 pm 
for him ( 14 team points league, steals mean squat). Today, he extended his hitting streak to 7 games, going a whopping 15-30 with 4 HRs, 11 runs scored and 7 RBI over that span- 2/5 tonight with a HR, while he was fortuitously in my lineup.
