I'm interested that you guys considered Vinny Castilla's season a fluke.
Sure, he was 36 going into last season and his best days were considered behind him, those best days however were all when he played for Colorado. Through those years in Colorado he was always a .300 hitter, averaged well over 100 RBI's and close to 40 HR's.
In actual fact his home numbers last season were down on what he had done previously at Coors. And his road numbers were downright awful. Well below his career average. The only thing that was a fluke about his 2004 season was the amount of RBI's he had and that is a flukey category anyway.
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New Zealand Fan wrote:I'm interested that you guys considered Vinny Castilla's season a fluke.
Sure, he was 36 going into last season and his best days were considered behind him, those best days however were all when he played for Colorado. Through those years in Colorado he was always a .300 hitter, averaged well over 100 RBI's and close to 40 HR's.
In actual fact his home numbers last season were down on what he had done previously at Coors. And his road numbers were downright awful. Well below his career average. The only thing that was a fluke about his 2004 season was the amount of RBI's he had and that is a flukey category anyway.
We think he is a fluke because he isnt playing in Colorado anymore. He wont have a good season.
New Zealand Fan wrote:I'm interested that you guys considered Vinny Castilla's season a fluke.
Sure, he was 36 going into last season and his best days were considered behind him, those best days however were all when he played for Colorado. Through those years in Colorado he was always a .300 hitter, averaged well over 100 RBI's and close to 40 HR's.
In actual fact his home numbers last season were down on what he had done previously at Coors. And his road numbers were downright awful. Well below his career average. The only thing that was a fluke about his 2004 season was the amount of RBI's he had and that is a flukey category anyway.
We think he is a fluke because he isnt playing in Colorado anymore. He wont have a good season.
Ahh, that isn't last season's biggest fluke. That is this year's biggest bust. Different question me thinks.
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Beltre is a stud and he put up these numbers in a tough place to hit.
People around baseball said this kid was gonna be good and he finally busted out last year at the ripe age of 26.
As for Casey he is going to be better this year. The Injury slowed him down and he didn't tear it up at home and he will this year. He cud def hit 30 hrs
One that comes to my mind, that hasn't been mentioned here is Chris Carpenter. I also think that Melvin Mora is highly overvalued by most fantasy people out there (much to my chagrin as an O's fan, I don't think he is as good as he played in 04).
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New Zealand Fan wrote:CM - still very interested as to why you considered Vinny's 2004 season a fluke.
I guess its a matter of semantics. You are more than likely right to say that his 2004 numbers should have been expected, therefore they werent a fluke. I know a lot of people expected him to have a great rebound yr, and he did.
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