Fantasy Baseball Free Agent Pool: Runs & Ribbies

Some reasonably available players to assist you in the Runs and/or RBI categories.

Runs

Cody Ross, OF, Florida Marlins—Cody scored seven runs last week while going 9-for-30 (.300) with three RBI.  On the year, he’s hitting .252 with 22 runs, six HRs, and 26 RBI. He’s owned in 16 percent of Yahoo!, 8.3 percent of ESPN, and 22 percent of CBS leagues.

Jason Giambi, 1B/DH, Oakland A’s—Giambi scored 6 runs last week while going 8-for-23 (.348) with two HRs and five RBI. On the year, he’s hitting .218 with 25 runs, five HRs, and 22 RBI. He’s owned in 23 percent of Yahoo!, 17.1 percent of ESPN, and 52 percent of CBS leagues.

Jerry Hairston Jr., 2B/3B/SS/OF, Cincinnati Reds—Jerry also scored six runs last week while hitting .304 (7-for-23) with one HR and two RBI. On the year, he’s hitting .256 with 28 runs, five HRs, 12 RBI, and four stolen bases. He’s owned in 54 percent of Yahoo!, 13.9 percent of ESPN, and 33 percent of CBS leagues.

Gerardo Parra, OF, Arizona Diamondbacks—Gerardo scored six runs last week despite hitting .206 (7-for-34).  He added five RBI. On the year, he's hitting .275 with nine runs, one HR, and 11 RBI in 12 games.  He’s owned in 14 percent of Yahoo!, 1.9 percent of ESPN, and 17 percent of CBS leagues.

Luis Castillo, 2B, New York Mets—Castillo also scored six runs while going 6-for-19 (.316).  On the year, he’s hitting .283 with 25 runs, 11 RBI, and six stolen bases. He’s owned in 14 percent of Yahoo!, 8.7 percent of ESPN, and 19 percent of CBS leagues.

Brian Anderson, OF, Chicago White Sox—Anderson scored six runs while going 8-for-24 (.333) with one HR and two RBI. On the year, he’s hitting .288 with 12 runs, one HR, six RBI, and two stolen bases. He’s owned in one percent of Yahoo!, 0.3 percent of ESPN, and two percent of CBS leagues.

RBI

Adam Kennedy, 2B/OF, Oakland A’s—Kennedy drove in nine runs last week while hitting .464 (13-for-28) with two runs, one home run and two stolen bases. On the year he’s hitting .413 with six runs, two HRs, 13 RBI, and three stolen bases in 16 games.  He’s owned in 23 percent of Yahoo!, 7.7 percent of ESPN, and 24 percent of CBS leagues.  He’s more likely to contribute in the runs category going forward.

Gary Sheffield, OF, New York Mets—Sheffield had nine RBI last week to go with a .467 average (7-for-15), six runs, and three HRs. On the year, he’s hitting .291 with 22 runs, five HRs, and 17 RBI.  He’s owned in 35 percent of Yahoo!, 9.3 percent of ESPN, and 31 percent of CBS leagues.

Gabe Gross, OF, Tampa Bay Rays—Gabe had seven RBI last week along with a .308 average (4-for-13), three runs, and two HRs. On the year, he’s hitting .260 with 15 runs, three HRs, 14 RBI, and two stolen bases. He’s owned in less than one percent of fantasy leagues.

Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3B, San Diego Padres—Kevin had seven RBI last week while hitting .231 (6-for-26) with four runs and two HRs. On the year, he’s hitting .231 with 13 runs, four HRs, and 18 RBI. He’s owned in 13 percent of Yahoo!, 7 percent of ESPN, and 43 percent of CBS leagues.

Originally published at LestersLegends.com.