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ANALYSIS: If someone were to look at Adam Laroche so far this this year you wouldn't be all that impressed. His line reads, .237/.365/.391 to go along with 6 HR, 21 R, 22 RBI. Not exactly what people were hoping for when they drafted or bought Laroche in the draft.
If you start to look at his underlying stats you may have a slightly different opinion on him. His BB% is above average sitting at 15.8% and he has a league average FB% (35.1) and slightly above average HR/FB% (15.4). Those numbers tell a whole different story.
The difference between the two are his monthly splits. In April Laroche hit .191/.286/.353 to go along with 3 HR, 10 R, 9 RBI. He was only drawing walks 10.4% of the time which is way down for him and his K% was very high at 37.7%.
In May though there was a huge turnaround. Laroche hit .270/.420/.427 to go along with 3 HR, 11 R, 13 RBI. His walk rate was way up at 19.6% and strikeout rate was way down 24.1%.
Clearly this was just a case of a slow start. Laroche really got things going for himself in May and as the Sox warm up that offense should really pick up.
All of his underlying stats point to the fact that he is going to be just fine. He is still a cleanup hitter who has a strong history to rely on. In the last 9 healthy seasons Laroche has not had less than 20 HR and only once did he have less than 78 RBI. How many 1B are that reliable and money in the bank?
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