Fantasy Baseball 2012: Spring Training Red Flags

The following is a list of prominent fantasy assets who have had a rough spring to date in one or multiple categories.

To clarify, I'm not saying any of these names are primed for miserable Aprils or brutal seasons, nor am I calling for diminished pre-draft values with time-tested studs like Joey Votto, Hunter Pence or Marlins ace Josh Johnson. I'm simply pointing out a handful of ugly trends from nearly one full month of Grapefruit and Cactus action.

Can you tell I'm bored with spring training games at this point? Can you tell that I'm willing to sacrifice sleep to watch the Athletics and Mariners play real baseball on Wednesday and Thursday mornings (in a two-game series in Japan)...as a means of keeping my sanity?

A man can only watch so many 30 Clubs In 30 Days episodes on MLB Network. Let's get the season rolling.

Starting Pitchers

Daniel Bard, Red Sox—15 earned runs in 18.2 innings, 11/13 K-BB ratio, 1.61 WHIP, 7.23 ERA
Jarrod Parker, Athletics—9/13 K-BB ratio
Jair Jurrjens, Braves—.333 opponents' batting average, 2.02 WHIP, 7.45 ERA
Randall Delgado, Braves—.301 opponents' batting average, 1.88 WHIP, 7.94 ERA
John Danks, White Sox—8/9 K-BB ratio, 9 earned runs in 16 innings, 1.63 WHIP, 5.60 ERA
Brandon Beachy, Braves—6.43 ERA, 1.79 WHIP, .296 opponents' batting average
Edwin Jackson, Nationals—2.06 WHIP, 6.88 ERA, .371 opponents' batting average
Josh Johnson, Marlins—1.44 WHIP
Yu Darvish, Rangers—1.44 WHIP
Barry Zito, Giants—6.61 ERA, 13/9 K-BB ratio, .379 opponents' batting average, 2.08 WHIP
Gio Gonzalez, Nationals—.317 opponents' batting average, 2.10 WHIP, 8.10 ERA, 11/8 K-BB ratio
Homer Bailey, Reds—7.98 ERA (13 runs in 14.2 IP), .364 opponents' batting, 1.84 WHIP
Chad Billingsley, Dodgers—.351 opponents' batting average, 1.85 WHIP, 4.91 ERA
Wade Davis, Rays —.301 opponents' batting average, 1.58 WHIP, 4.91 ERA
Michael Pineda, Yankees—1.47 WHIP
Wandy Rodriguez, Astros—.328 opponents' batting average, 2.20 WHIP, 8.10 ERA
Jhoulys Chacin, Rockies—1.56 WHIP
Ricky Nolasco, Marlins—4.97 ERA, 1.50 ERA
Matt Garza, Cubs—5.84 ERA, 8/6 K-BB ratio

Hitters

1B Joey Votto, Reds—7-for-36 (.194 batting), .293 OBP, .222 slugging, 14 strikeouts
OF Jason Heyward, Braves—17 strikeouts in 60 at-bats, .183 batting, .222 OBP
OF Hunter Pence, Phillies—17 strikeouts in 61 at-bats
3B Pedro Alvarez, Pirates—.121 batting average, .143 OBP, .303 slugging, 15 strikeouts
3B Mike Moustakas, Royals—.213 batting, .260 OBP, .255 slugging
OF Peter Bourjos, Angels—13 strikeouts and zero steals
1B/OF Mike Carp, Mariners—8-for-36 (.222 batting), .256 slugging, 13 strikeouts
OF Angel Pagan, Giants—9-for-51 (.176 batting), .192 OBP, .294 slugging
2B Justin Turner, Mets—7-for-46 (.152 batting), .204 OBP, .239 slugging
C/1B Carlos Santana, Indians—8-for-45 (.178 batting), .283 OBP
OF Dexter Fowler, Rockies—5-for-44 (.114 batting), .152 OBP, .205 slugging, 1 stolen base