Elvis Andrus

[askretzinger]

I like Elvis Andrus if you have some big bats in your lineup to compliment him. He will never hit for power, so drafting him as a 5 tool SS is probably a wasteful dream. Sporting News Magazine projected Andrus numbers to be fairly identical to Jose Reyes with the only difference being Reyes is projected at 7 more SB. I think there is only 2 stand out 20/20 Shortstops in MLB at the time (Hanley Ramirez, Starlin Castro....Tulo doesn't have the steals but is more of a 25/10 guy) I would put Andrus in the top half of the second tier at short but not in the elite. However, I would point out that Alcides Escobar had better numbers across the board including 15 more steals than Andrus in 2012.

Here's some stat projection's I've seen on Andrus:

Sporting News: 615 AB, 97 R, 4 HR, 60 RBI, 33 SB, .289
Fan Graphs Steamer: 698 AB, 87 R, 6 HR, 56 RBI, 19 SB, .279
Fan Graphs Bill James: 674 AB, 94 R, 5 HR, 59 RBI, 29 SB, .281
Fan Graphs Oliver: 659 AB, 82 R, 5 HR, 52 RBI, 29 SB, .284

I will also point out that last year was the first year he hit over .280 in the majors

Andrus is one of the 5 SS I am targeting in my keeper draft but I'm keeping 5 power hitters (Votto, Braun, Hamilton, A. Gonzalez, J. Bruce) and need the production on the base paths. I would project Andrus to be somewhere in the ballpark of:

95 R, 5 HR, 61 RBI, 24 SB, .275

[Quackman]

Andrus' numbers dont excite me. I would much rather have Rollins' 20/30.

ya 34 yr old that will have less sb and lower batting average. No thanks. Rollins only hit as many HR's as last year 2 other times in his whole career. Ill take the the guy a decade younger that had an off year.

[Frenchiegangsta9]

Andrus' numbers dont excite me. I would much rather have Rollins' 20/30.

ya 34 yr old that will have less sb and lower batting average. No thanks. Rollins only hit as many HR's as last year 2 other times in his whole career. Ill take the the guy a decade younger that had an off year.

Thats fine, you can have Andrus and I can have Rollins. I'll win 4 out of the 5 roto cats and you can have your dogmatic pick.

[Quackman]

Andrus' numbers dont excite me. I would much rather have Rollins' 20/30.

ya 34 yr old that will have less sb and lower batting average. No thanks. Rollins only hit as many HR's as last year 2 other times in his whole career. Ill take the the guy a decade younger that had an off year.

Thats fine, you can have Andrus and I can have Rollins. I'll win 4 out of the 5 roto cats and you can have your dogmatic pick.

k, wish we could bet on it. Ill quote you in sept though just to rub your face in it. Gl with injuries.

[Frenchiegangsta9]

ya 34 yr old that will have less sb and lower batting average. No thanks. Rollins only hit as many HR's as last year 2 other times in his whole career. Ill take the the guy a decade younger that had an off year.

Thats fine, you can have Andrus and I can have Rollins. I'll win 4 out of the 5 roto cats and you can have your dogmatic pick.

k, wish we could bet on it. Ill quote you in sept though just to rub your face in it. Gl with injuries.

Cool bro. Good luck this year as well.