Fantasy Baseball Free Agent Pool: Speed Demons

Just because you’ve slipped behind in the stolen base category, doesn’t mean you can’t catch up.

Here are some reasonably available SB threats:

Julio Borbon, OF, Texas Rangers

Julio Borbon did a Carl Crawford impersonation by swiping four bases against the Boston Red Sox. He has started his career red hot going 9 for 21 (.429) with five SB, five R, and three RBI. He’s owned in eight percent of Yahoo!, 0.7 percent of ESPN, and 10 percent of CBS leagues.

Elvis Andrus, SS, Texas Rangers

Elvis Andrus had three SB in the same game against the Red Sox. For the week he was hitting .360 with three SB, five R, a HR, and three RBI. On the year he’s hitting .269 with 23 SB, 48 R, five HR, and 22 RBI. He’s owned in 27 percent of Yahoo!, 55.8 percent of ESPN, and 41 percent of CBS leagues.

Cliff Pennington, 2B/3B/SS, Oakland A’s

Cliff Pennington had two SB last week, while hitting .353 (6-for-17) with a R and an RBI. On the year, he’s hitting .298 with three SB, six R, a HR, and six RBI in 57 AB. He’s owned in five percent of Yahoo!, 0.3 percent of ESPN, and five percent of CBS leagues.

Everth Cabrera, SS, San Diego Padres

Everth Cabrera had two SB last week while hitting .296 (8-for-27) with three R and three RBI. On the year, he’s hitting .268 with 17 SB, 33 R, two HR, and 23 RBI. He’s owned in 24 percent of Yahoo!, four percent of ESPN, and 29 percent of CBS leagues.

Matt Diaz, OF, Atlanta Braves

Matt Diaz picked up two SB last week, while hitting .267 (4-for-15) with three R, a HR, and a RBI. On the year he’s hitting .291 with eight SB, 37 R, seven HR, and 32 RBI. He’s owned in three percent of Yahoo!, 1.8 percent of ESPN, and two percent of CBS leagues.

This article was originally published at LestersLegends.com.