Fantasy Baseball Free Agents: Pick Scott Hairston, Hideki Matsui for Runs, RBI

Here's a list of some reasonably available players to assist you in the Runs and/or RBI categories.

Runs

Scott Hairston, OF, San Diego Padres

Hairston scored seven runs while hitting .350 (7-for-20) last week with three HRs, three RBI, and a SB. On the year he’s hitting .327 with 21 runs, eight HRs, 23 RBI, and six SBs. He’s owned in 42 percent of Yahoo!, 14.7 percent of ESPN, and 37 percent of CBS leagues.

Aaron Rowand, OF, San Francisco Giants

Rowand also scored seven runs last week while hitting .450 (9-for-20) with a HR, three RBI, and a SB. On the year he’s hitting .294 with 25 runs, six HRs, 24 RBI, and three SBs. He’s owned in 22 percent of Yahoo!, 9.3 percent of ESPN, and 29 percent of CBS leagues.

Kelly Johnson, 2B, Atlanta Braves

Kelly scored seven runs last week while hitting .292 (7-for-24) with four RBI. On the year he’s hitting .250 with 28 runs, five HRs, 19 RBI, and two SBs. He’s owned in 48 percent of Yahoo!, 62 percent of ESPN, and 72 percent of CBS leagues.

Brett Gardner, OF, New York Yankees

Gardner was the top option in yesterday’s Speed Demons post. He also contributed seven runs. On the year he’s hitting .270 with 25 Runs, two HRs, nine RBI, and 10 SBs. He’s owned in nine percent of Yahoo!, 8.1 percent of ESPN, and 13 percent of CBS leagues, all of which increased since yesterday.

Josh Willingham, OF, Washington Nationals

Josh scored six runs last week while hitting .462 (6-for-13) with three HRs and three RBI. On the year he’s hitting .252 with 18 runs, nine HRs, and 12 RBIs. He’s owned in 11 percent of Yahoo!, 2.2 percent of ESPN, and 15 percent of CBS leagues.

Scott Podsednik, OF, Chicago White Sox

Pods scored six runs last week while hitting .259 (7-for-27) with three RBI and a SB. On the year he’s hitting .287 with 12 runs, eight RBI, and four SBs in 27 games. He’s owned in four percent of Yahoo!, 0.9 percent of ESPN, and three percent of CBS leagues.

RBI

Jose Lopez, 1B/2B, Seattle Mariners

Lopez collected eight RBI last week while hitting .421 (8-for-19) with three runs and two HRs. On the year he’s hitting .236 with 29 RBI, 21 runs, and five HRs. He’s owned in 47 percent of Yahoo!, 70.8 percent of ESPN, and 71 percent of CBS leagues.

Hideki Matsui, OF, New York Yankees

Matsui had seven RBI last week while hitting .381 (8-for-21) with five Runs and three HRs. On the year he’s hitting .268 with 22 RBI, eight HRs, and 18 runs. He’s owned in 47 percent of Yahoo!, 61.3 percent of ESPN, and 65 percent of CBS leagues.

Garrett Anderson, OF, Atlanta Braves

The ageless wonder continued on with seven RBI last week while hitting .280 (7-for-25) with four runs and two HRs. On the year he’s hitting .263 with 16 RBI, 11 runs, and two HRs. He’s owned in five percent of Yahoo!, 3.3 percent of ESPN, and nine percent of CBS leagues.

Cody Ross, OF, Florida Marlins

Ross’s grand slam yesterday helped get him on the list. He also had seven RBI last week while hitting .304 (7-for-23) with five runs and two HRs. On the year he’s hitting .258 with 33 RBI, 27 runs, eight HRs, and two SBs. He’s owned in 24 percent of Yahoo!, 12.5 percent of ESPN, and 31 percent of CBS leagues.

Reed Johnson, OF, Chicago Cubs

Reed had six RBI last week while hitting .500 (9-for-18) with three runs, two HRs, and an RBI. On the year he’s hitting .296 with 14 RBI, 13 runs, and three HRs. He’s owned in three percent of Yahoo!, 1.5 percent of ESPN, and three percent of CBS leagues. He should get steady ABs while Milton Bradley is sidelined with a calf injury.

Originally published at LestersLegends.com.