The "All-FastStart Team" 2004

[Cooner]

Beltre showing patience at the plate? Ha!

He has 2 walks in 138 plate appearances.

oops, meant "better patience at the plate." But still, he only has 13 strike outs.

edit: wait, i did say that. quoting myself, "more and more patience." If you don't believe me, look at his OBS for last year... under .3 if i remember correctly. It doesn't take much to improve on that

[wkelly91]

i would put Mora in over Beltre... I wasn't all that surprised by Beltre's start, as he closed last season well and has displayed progressively more and more patience and skills at the plate. Mora on the other hand... big surprise (to me at least)

I'm not surprised by Mora. He was having a career year last year before the injury bug hit him

[NZF]

Who would be on a team of players who are overachieving so far (based on positions the player actually plays in real life)?

Here's my team:
C-Charles Johnson
1B-Craig Wilson
2B-Orlando Hudson
3B-Adrian Beltre
SS-Mike Young
OF-Jermaine Dye
OF-Adam Dunn
OF-Steve Finley
DH-Craig Biggio (not sold on Bautista)
SP-Matt Clement
SP-Carlos Silva
SP-Oliver Perez
SP-Joe Kennedy
SP-Carlos Zambrano (at elast for how well he's doing)
CL-Armando Benitez
CL-Jose Mesa
CL-Fransisco Cordero

That's just the best at each position IMO. If you know any guys playing amazingly well right now... (post it)

You can definitely cross Charles Johnson off that list. He has cooled off very quickly. He is hitting .150 in May with ZERO RBI's.

Paul Lo Duca has got to be the catcher.

[DaQ]

You can definitely cross Charles Johnson off that list. He has cooled off very quickly. He is hitting .150 in May with ZERO RBI's.

Paul Lo Duca has got to be the catcher.

OK, take your pick: Lo Duca, Estrada or Victor Martinez?

[GucciBaseballs]

Brad Penny

[CubsFan7724]

You can definitely cross Charles Johnson off that list. He has cooled off very quickly. He is hitting .150 in May with ZERO RBI's.

Paul Lo Duca has got to be the catcher.

OK, take your pick: Lo Duca, Estrada or Victor Martinez?

After yesterdays game, Id have to say Estrada. That man is knocking the ball around.

[KULCAT]

Rondel White, c`mmon not THIS good

[warrick95]

Who would be on a team of players who are overachieving so far (based on positions the player actually plays in real life)?

Here's my team:
C-Charles Johnson
1B-Craig Wilson
2B-Orlando Hudson
3B-Adrian Beltre
SS-Mike Young
OF-Jermaine Dye
OF-Adam Dunn
OF-Steve Finley
DH-Craig Biggio (not sold on Bautista)
SP-Matt Clement
SP-Carlos Silva
SP-Oliver Perez
SP-Joe Kennedy
SP-Carlos Zambrano (at elast for how well he's doing)
CL-Armando Benitez
CL-Jose Mesa
CL-Fransisco Cordero

That's just the best at each position IMO. If you know any guys playing amazingly well right now... (post it)

I don't know about Armando and Cordero. Both are very capable closers. Look at Armando's stats. He has a tendency to blow big games, but he's as good as guys like Rivera during the regular season. Plus, the way the Marlins are built, he'll get plenty of opps.

Graves is overachieving in terms of saves.

[wkelly91]

You can definitely cross Charles Johnson off that list. He has cooled off very quickly. He is hitting .150 in May with ZERO RBI's.

Paul Lo Duca has got to be the catcher.

OK, take your pick: Lo Duca, Estrada or Victor Martinez?

After yesterdays game, Id have to say Estrada. That man is knocking the ball around.

Estrada is the real deal. I was way wrong about him. He is patient, takes the ball the other way, and rarely strikes out. He will be over .300 at the end of the year.