Yonder Alonso opened his 2013 campaign with a home run in the sixth inning Monday afternoon against the New York Mets.
Analysis: His home run doesn’t have much to do with how valuable of a fantasy player Alonso is right now. The biggest plus out of the opener is his position in the San Diego batting order. As of now he’s hitting third in front of Carlos Quentin. Quentin is one of the most underrated bats in the game today. Carlos hit 16 homers last year in just 86 games played and has a career isolated power of .239. To put his power into perspective Adrian Beltre’s career isolated power is just .196 while Matt Holliday has a career ISO of .223.
Yonder Alonso is now twenty-five years old and has over 200 games under his belt with a respectable career batting average of .278. As of opening day he is available in well over ninety percent of leagues and if he continues to hit third in the San Diego batting order he will put up fantasy relevant numbers and see plenty of hittable pitches in front of Carlos Quentin.