Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Ten Early Thoughts on Pablo Sandoval


  • This 22-year-old will have catcher eligibility in Yahoo leagues (11 games played at catcher last year)

  • He's ranked 13th overall catcher and seen as a bit of a sleeper by Razzball

  • Pablo's nickname is "Little Money"

  • Bill James projects Sandoval to hit 17 Hr, 103 RBi, and bat .320 in 540 at bats in 2009

  • Sandoval did not make an error in 85 innings at 3rd base last year

  • Sandoval is currently penciled in as the 3b for the SF Giants

  • It is possible the Giants pick up another 3b before the start of the season, and that would push Sandoval to first and move Travis Ishikawa back to the minors

  • He has a career minor league line of .303/.342/.445

  • It is a little strange to see someone who is 5'10", 260 pounds playing catcher and third base

  • Guess who tore up the Venezuela League this winter? This guy.
  • 2 comments:

    1. A catcher who will get tons of at bats, hits 15+ home runs, and bat over .300...and nobody even really knows who he is, and so as a result he's getting draft really late...Sandoval almost seems too good to be true. Which makes me worry he IS too good to be true.

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    2. Hank, Folks are "catching" on to Sandoval, as he's been steadily being picked earlier and earlier in Y! mock drafts. I used to be able to get him with a 15th / 16th round pick, but now he's goes somewhere in the 10-13th round. His "avg round" in yahoo mocks is still said to be 16.5 (find this by clicking on the "Draft Central" --> "Draft Analysis" tab within your yahoo fantasy baseball team page). But I swear he's been going earlier than that. It wouldn't surprise me to see him consistently go in the 9th - 11th round come mid-March.

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