2nd half breakout guys last season

[LBJackal]

Get a load of John Thomson's second half numbers.

Yep Thomson had a great season. A pretty convincing argument could be made that his first half was better than his second half (skill-wise, not fantasy-wise). The only reason his ERA was that high was because hits were falling in and he was allowing too many HR's. His K/BB actually got worse in the second half. If he learned how to stop giving up the long-ball (if anyone could teach him... it's Mazzone) then he could easily be a top notch pitcher. An ERA of 3.50 wouldn't surprise me. And he's probably going later in drafts than bums like Matt Morris and Kris Benson.

[GotowarMissAgnes]

That's awesome. Not to go off on a tangent, but where do you get your stats? I was able to query last season on my CBS account but they've dumped it now.

ESPN

[Rico The Retard]

hey Delgado lit it up in the 2nd half i think

[quietstorm]

hey Delgado lit it up in the 2nd half i think

Yup. He went up .287 between pre- and post-Break.

[brandnew]

Get a load of John Thomson's second half numbers.

Keep it down.

[AKhomebrewer]

Very interesting concerning Wright. Scouts seem to think he's the next great hitter. I wonder if he's worth giving the starting 3B slot this season.

Unless you're in a six-team league, yes.

[GotowarMissAgnes]

Guys who were
(1) under age 29
(2) had 250 PAs post ASB
(3) Not selected in first 5 rounds of Krause Experts draft

Player, post ASB OPS, Experts Drafted in Round
Berkman, 1.024, Round 9
CLee, .976, Round 7
Drew, .939, Round 11
Dunn, .937, Round 7
Rowand, .936, Round 11
Wilkerson, .928, Round 8
Pena, .876, Round 18
D. Wright, .857, Round 6
Kotsay, .852, Round 21
J. Bay, .848, Round 8
Crisp, .840, Round 11
DeJesus, .838, Round 20
Konerko, .835, Round 9
A. Jones, .831, Round 10

Should point out that David Dejesus was just off the chart, too.

[wkelly91]

2003 2nd half achievers:

M.Giles .349-48-13-32
Randa .344-36-6-38
Reyes .339-36-4-12-11
Cintron .331-34-6-25
Redman .330-36-3-19-7
Bigbie .323-34-8-26
Byrd .313-55-5-27-8
Crede .308-39-11-37
Pods .307-47-6-33-23

Don't bet the farm on 2nd half performances....

[chicksdigdalongball]

For what it's worth, I found this list with 2nd half players listed on them:

http://www.baseballdocs.com/overall_rankings.html

I haven't had a chance to check them all, but it saves a lot of up-front work.

Appreciate the posts on this thread.

[Woolly]

Here are the MLB 2004 Second Half leaders in HRs:

2nd half HR
A Beltre 26
A Pujols 24
B Bonds 22
C Delgado 22
A Dunn 21
A Ramirez 21
J Edmonds 21
T Batista 21
C Lee 20
D Lee 20
G Sheffield 20
M Alou 20
M Teixeira 20
J Burnitz 19
M Tejada 19
P Konerko 19
S Sosa 19
V Castilla 19
V Guerrero 19
D Ortiz 18
S Green 18
T Hafner 18
C Beltran 17
C Jones 17
J Kent 17
M Ramirez 17
A Huff 16
C Pena 16
E Chavez 16
J Bagwell 16
M Cameron 16
S Rolen 16
W Pena 16
A Rowand 15
B Wilkerson 15
C Monroe 15
G Jenkins 15
J Morneau 15
M Mora 15
T Helton 15