Tag: Carlos Quentin

Deep League Help- Alonso

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.

Carlos Quentin Is Under The Radar

Carlos Quentin is two games in to his first(and only) year with the San Diego Padres.

Analysis: If you are in need of some power numbers for your fantasy squad, then you may not have to look further than Carlos Quentin. Quentin has hit cleanup for the Padres in his two games and already has four hits with a home run. Quentin has lifetime .490 slugging percentage and he has averaged twenty-five home runs over the past two years in some limited time with the White Sox. His knee appears to be fine and he is already mashing like the Carlos of old. He is playing for a new contract which means we may see one very motivated outfielder.

Quentin is available in over seventy percent of fantasy leagues but a bat like his won’t last long on the wire. He may be hitting at Petco but there are very few dominant pitchers in the NL West. It also makes sense that when the trade deadline approaches, Quentin will be shipped to a contender with some protection. Either way you slice it, Carlos Quentin is a must own if he is available in your league.