Cantu...the rising star?

[Auronx62]

Does anyone here think Cantu is going to have a monster year? or am I just taking this too far? He's quickly rising up the yahoo charts and man O man.... he's tearing it up the last 3 games! and basically wrecking it the first 21 games. if he wasn't hit in the wrist.... he'd be even crazier maybe. What is your take on him?

[Rhydderch]

His strike outs are down and his walks are up. And he's just 27, so I'm pretty high on him too.

[bazzy_51]

Does anyone here think Cantu is going to have a monster year? or am I just taking this too far? He's quickly rising up the yahoo charts and man O man.... he's tearing it up the last 3 games! and basically wrecking it the first 21 games. if he wasn't hit in the wrist.... he'd be even crazier maybe. What is your take on him?

1 month into the season... Adam Dunn's walks are up and Ks are down also, but does that mean hes gonna continue to hit .300+ most likely not... Cantu could very well have a great season but i wouldn't start the talks of a monster year just yet... i most certainly don't see him carrying a .365 average nor the 1.222 OPS, not to mention that 4 of his 7 HR and 10 of his 22 RBI have come in 3 out 17 games this year... could i see around 25-30 HR and 90-95 RBI with a .285-.290 average sure, but if your thinking much more then that i think you may want to rethink that decision...

[Vlad]

Does anyone here think Cantu is going to have a monster year? or am I just taking this too far? He's quickly rising up the yahoo charts and man O man.... he's tearing it up the last 3 games! and basically wrecking it the first 21 games. if he wasn't hit in the wrist.... he'd be even crazier maybe. What is your take on him?

1 month into the season... Adam Dunn's walks are up and Ks are down also, but does that mean hes gonna continue to hit .300+ most likely not... Cantu could very well have a great season but i wouldn't start the talks of a monster year just yet... i most certainly don't see him carrying a .365 average nor the 1.222 OPS, not to mention that 4 of his 7 HR and 10 of his 22 RBI have come in 3 out 17 games this year... could i see around 25-30 HR and 90-95 RBI with a .285-.290 average sure, but if your thinking much more then that i think you may want to rethink that decision...

monster maybe not,but i'm pretty sure ill be very happy with these numbers from a player taken out of the top 125

[AdvRider]

Cantu has been solid before, like 2005 with Tampa Bay:

598 AB 73 R 28 HR 117 RBI .286

If Cantu's healthy, he can be great. Monster? Hmmm, at age 27, this would be the time ... Glad I drafted him on two teams!

[cwrtlm]

Sure am glad I traded F. Lopez for him after Lopez's 2 HR opening day! When AROD gets back Cantu can slide nicely into my U spot with AROD at 3B.

[Larsjam]

Yeah, he has been amazing so far. I am glad I drafted him for my CI spot in the 17th round lol

[Salty-Dog]

i feel like a genius fro drafting him and adam jones in the late rounds...i drafted jones with my 20th round pick actually...

[kab21]

i feel like a genius fro drafting him and adam jones in the late rounds...i drafted jones with my 20th round pick actually...

I feel like a genius since one of my more vocal offseason rantings (there were others) regarding 3B rankings was that Cantu = Huff = Atkins despite Cantu being drafted 5-8 rds lower than Atkins. Even though the other two are off to slower starts I still expect them to end up with similar numbers. You win some of those and you lose some of those.