Sometimes it just takes a quick flip of the wrist to turn the calendar and start over. Let’s take a look at some of the best hitter and pitchers from June of 2009 to possibly get an idea of what to expect this June.
Some of last year’s top hitters were the usual suspects. Albert Pujols, Ichiro Suzuki, Hanley Ramirez, David Wright and Prince Fielder were some of the top points-getters in fantasy baseball last June. Those guys are, of course, all on teams in your league. Let’s go a little deeper and find some players that might be still swimming in your free agent pool.
Scott Rolen, then of the Blue Jays and now of the Reds, had a great June of ’09 posting a .384 average with two homers and 11 RBI. Adam LaRoche, who was in Pittsburgh at the time, hit .344 with four home runs and 15 RBI (which is more shocking considering the Pirates were probably mathematically eliminated from the playoffs by June 1). Those numbers were all nice, but check out what the Angels’ Juan Rivera did last year. Rivera hit a decent .290 but hit eight homers while driving in 24 in the process.
A few quality starting pitchers had a very nice June last year. The Rockies’ Aaron Cook went 5-1 with a 2.36 ERA. Scott Baker, of the Twins, went a perfect 4-0 with a 3.20 ERA. Kevin Millwood, then of the Rangers, went 4-1 while recording a tiny 1.30 ERA. The Giants’ Barry Zito went 3-1 but had a high ERA of 5.81 and the Yankees’ Andy Pettitte was 2-2 with a 5.06 ERA. No doubt that Zito and Pettitte benefited from high powered offenses last year.
There, of course, isn’t a guarantee behind last year’s numbers that they will be duplicated; however, it is something fun to watch over the next few weeks.
Straight Outta Left Field
The fun fact of the week
Major League Baseball’s all-time caught stealing leader is Ricky Henderson with 335. Ricky was caught 42 times, the most in his career, in 1982. He did, however, make it up with stealing a ridiculous 130 bags that same season.
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