Fantasy Baseball Free Agent Pool – 2011 RBI Guys Vol. 4

Ryan LesterJun 2, 2011

Are you hurting in the RBI category? Here are some reasonably available players that can help you out.

Josh Willingham, Oakland A’s: Willingham had 12 RBI over the past 15 days, while hitting .250 with five runs, four home runs, and a stolen base. On the year, he’s hitting .240 with 23 runs, 10 home runs, 37 RBI, and three stolen bases. Despite being among the league leaders in HRs and RBI, Josh is owned in about 25 percent of fantasy leagues.

Allen Craig, St. Louis Cardinals: Craig had 11 RBI over the past 15 days, while hitting .419 with seven runs, three home runs, and a stolen base. On the year he’s hitting .337 with 14 runs, four home runs, 21 RBI, and four stolen bases. Allen is owned in about 10 percent of fantasy leagues. He is more attractive in Yahoo! leagues than ESPN ones because he has second base eligibility in Yahoo!.

Danny Espinosa, Washington Nationals: Espinosa had 11 RBI over the past 15 days, while hitting .273 with seven runs, five home runs, and an RBI. On the year he’s hitting .214 with 27 runs, 10 home runs, 33 RBI, and four stolen bases. Danny is owned in 25 percent of Yahoo! and 37.2 percent of ESPN leagues. I know the average is terrible, but Gordon Beckham, who has a similar average, but has been less productive, is owned in over half of fantasy leagues.

Juan Miranda, Arizona Diamondbacks: Miranda had 10 RBI over the past 15 days, while hitting .300 with four runs and three RBI. On the year he’s hitting .243 with 13 runs, five home runs, and 15 RBI. Juan is owned in about five percent of fantasy leagues.

Mark Trumbo, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: Trumbo had 10 RBI over the past 15 days, while hitting .283 with six runs, four home runs, and three stolen bases. On the year he’s hitting .255 with 21 runs, 10 home runs, 28 RBI, and five stolen bases. Mark is owned in 28 percent of Yahoo! and 49.5 percent of ESPN leagues.

J.P. Arencibia, Toronto Blue Jays: Arencibia had 10 RBI over the past 15 days, while hitting .313 with seven runs and two homers. On the year he’s hitting .256 with 18 runs, eight home runs and 26 RBI. J.P. is owned in just over 55 percent of ESPN leagues.

Nick Swisher, New York Yankees: Swisher had nine RBI over the past 15 days, while hitting .205 with five runs and two homers. On the year he’s hitting .215 with 24 runs, four home runs, 23 RBI and a stolen base. Nick is owned in a little over half of fantasy leagues.

Chris Johnson, Houston Astros: Johnson had nine RBI over the past 15 days, while hitting .400 with four runs, a home run, and a stolen base. On the year he’s hitting .217 with 15 runs, five home runs, 25 RBI and a stolen base. Chris is owned in about five percent of fantasy leagues.