With BJ Upton on the trading block, Desmond Jennings’ hot start for the Rays has the fantasy world buzzing.
Analysis: In Desmond Jennings’ first two games of his 2011 big league season he is 4-6 with two steals, a double, a triple and a walk. It has been a long time coming for Jennings and it took Carl Crawford to leave and BJ Upton on his way out to find an every day spot on the Tampa roster. Jennings is about as polished as a twenty-four year old with less than fifty big league plate appearances can be. In Triple A this year Jennings is hitting .275 with twelve homers and seventeen stolen bases in just eighty-nine games. He actually does project down the road very similar to numbers BJ Upton puts up with the expection of Upton’s poor batting average. Jennings is still available in about eighty percent of fantasy leagues and in two days it’s more than likely he will be unavailable.
Projection: Expect up to five homers, ten steals and a .270 batting average from the young speedster the rest of the season. His value is similar to Cameron Maybin.