Source: www.faketeams.com --- Monday, November 27, 2017
A look at the Baltimore Orioles with fantasy Baseball in mind. Basic Stats: Final Record: 75-87 Runs: 16th Home Runs: 5th Stolen Bases: 30th ERA: 27th Saves: 21st Strikeouts: 23rd The Orioles landed at the bottom of the AL East in 2017 but had plenty of fantasy value on their roster. Unless you needed stolen bases! The Orioles ranked dead last with just 32 steals all year. That is 21 fewer than the next lowest team. As a team, they would tie with Jose Altuve for 6th in Baseball! They made up for the lack of speed with a lot of power. Led by Manny Machado (33) and Jonathan Schoop (32) the Orioles had the 5th most home runs as a team in 2017. Let’s take a look towards 2018. The Superstar: Manny Machado Barring any offseason moves, Machado enters 2018 as the best fantasy option on the Orioles. He finished 2017 as the #95 overall player. This was considerably lower than his ADP to start the year. The batting average was the big disappointment. A career .284 hitter prior to 2017, Machado had just come off a career high .294 average in 2016. This caused the rest of his numbers to suffer. The positive outlook is in his season splits. His 1st 80 games of 2017 resulted in a .215/.283/.418 slash line but still had 16 HR and 41 RBI. In his last 76 games (which happen to fall after his July 6 birthday), Machado had 17 HR and 54 RBI. The difference, he had a .303/.338/.525 slash line. Expect Machado to be closer to his 2nd half stats and dra ...
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