Fantasy Baseball Free Agent Pool – Runs & Ribbies

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

Runs
Skip Schumaker, 2B/OF, St. Louis Cardinals - Skip is a nice option because of his dual position eligibility.  Last week he scored nine runs while hitting .423 (11 for 26) with two RBIs, and a SB.  On the year he’s hitting .299 with 39 Runs, three HRs, 21 RBIs, and two SBs.  He’s owned in 34 percent of Yahoo!, 11.7 percent of ESPN, and 37 percent of CBS leagues.

Scott Rolen, 3B, Toronto Blue Jays - Rolen scored six runs last week while hitting .393 (11 for 28) with two HRs, five RBIs, and a SB.  On the year he’s hitting .332, 39 Runs, five HRs, 25 RBIs, and three SBs.  He’s owned in 61 percent of Yahoo!, 40 percent of ESPN, and 63 percent of CBS leagues.

Daniel Murphy, 1B/OF, New York Mets - Murphy scored five runs last week while hitting .333 (10 for 30) with a HR, and three RBIs.  On the year he’s hitting .249 with 27 Runs, five HRs, and 23 RBIs.  He’s owned in 12 percent of Yahoo!, 11.9 percent of ESPN, and 22 percent of CBS leagues.

Placico Polanco, 2B, Detroit Tigers– Placido scored five runs last week while hitting .316 (6 for 19) with two HRs, three RBIs, and a SB.  On the year he’s hitting .264 with 29 Runs, three HRs, 27 RBIs, and three SBs.  He’s owned in 34 percent of Yahoo!, 74.4 percent of ESPN, and 61 percent of CBS leagues.

Billy Butler, 1B, Kansas City Royals - Billy scored five runs last week while hitting .333 (8 for 24) with two HRs and two RBIs.  On the year he’s hitting .289 with 34 Runs, seven HRs, and 32 RBIs.  He’s owned in 37 percent of Yahoo!, 6.9 percent of ESPN, and 50 percent of CBS leagues.

Franklin Gutierrez, OF, Seattle Mariners - Franklin scored five runs last week while hitting .280 with two HRs and four RBIs.  He should have more steady ABs with Endy Chavez (knee) gone for the seasons.  On the year Franklin is hitting .256 with 29 Runs, six HRs, 24 RBIs, and three SBs.  He’s owned in four percent of Yahoo!, 2.2 percent of ESPN, and 8percent of CBS leagues.

Michael Cuddyer, OF, Minnesota Twins - Cuddy scored five runs last week while hitting .400 (8 for 20) with two HRs, and three RBIs.  On the year he’s hitting .277 with 41 Runs, 11 HRs, 37 RBIs, and four SBs.  He’s owned in 67 percent of Yahoo!, 36.7 percent of ESPN, and 78 percent of CBS leagues.

Aaron Rowand, OF, San Francisco Giants - Rowand scored five runs last week while hitting .318 (7 for 22) with two HRs and two RBIs.  On the year he’s hitting .296 with 35 Runs, eight HRs, 32 RBIs, and four SBs.  He’s owned in 60 percent of Yahoo!, 27.5 percent of ESPN, and 55 percent of CBS leagues.

RBI
Marcus Thames, OF, Detroit Tigers - Marcus had seven RBIs while hitting .250 (6 for 24) with  four runs, and three HRs.  On the year he’s hitting .284 with 12 RBIs, five HRs, and nine RBIs in 67 ABs.  He’s owned in 15 percent of Yahoo!, and 3.9 percent of ESPN, and 22 percent of CBS leagues.

Luis Valbuena, 2B/SS, Cleveland Indians - Valbuena had seven RBIs last week while hitting .364 (8 for 22) with four runs and three HRs.  On the year he’s hitting .225 with 10 RBIs, four HRs, and 18 Runs.  He’s owned in seven percent of Yahoo!, 0.7 percent of ESPN, and seven percent of CBS leagues.

Garrett Anderson, OF, Atlanta Braves - Anderson had seven RBIs last week while hitting .435 (10 for 23) with two runs.  On the year he’s hitting .284 with 26 RBIs, three HRs, and 15 Runs.  He’s owned in eight percent of Yahoo!, 3.8 percent of ESPN, and 13 percent of CBS leagues.  **To Yahoo! – Garrett is on the Braves now.  Maybe it’s time to update his photo.**

Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3B, San Diego Padres - Kouzmanoff had six RBIs last week while hitting .280 (7 for 25) with two HRs and three runs.  On the year he’s hitting .241 with 38 RBIs, nine HRs, and 20 Runs.  He’s owned in 23 percent of Yahoo!, 9.6 percent of ESPN, and 46 percent of CBS leagues.

Jose Guillen, OF, Kansas City Royals - Guillen had six RBIs last week while hitting .348 (8 for 23) with a HR and three runs.  On the year he’s hitting .265 with 33 RBIs, eight HRs, and 21 Runs.  He’s owned in 24 percent of Yahoo!, 8.1 percent of ESPN, and 41 percent of CBS leagues.

David DeJesus, OF, Kansas City Royals - DeJesus had six RBIs last week while hitting .273 (6 for 22) with two HRs and three runs.  On the year he’s hitting .243 with 31 RBIs, five HRs, and 29 Runs.  He’s owned in 11 percent of Yahoo!, 52 percent of ESPN, and 31 percent of CBS leagues.

David Eckstein, 2B/SS, San Diego Padres - Eckstein had six RBIs last week while hitting .444 (12 for 27) with two runs.  On the year he’s hitting .270 with 28 RBIs, one HR, and 28 Runs.  He’s owned in seven percent of Yahoo!, 5.1 percent of ESPN, and 16 percent of CBS leagues.

Jhonny Peralta, SS, Cleveland Indians - Peralta had six RBIs last week while hitting .364 (8 for 22) with two HRs, and three runs.  On the year he’s hitting .259 with 32 RBIs, four HRs, and 22 Runs.  He’s owned in 63 percent of Yahoo!, 68.1 percent of ESPN, and 81 percent of CBS leagues.

Originally published at LestersLegends.com.