Tag: Rickie Weeks

Rickie Weeks is one of the hottest players in baseball right now after an abysmal first few months.

Analysis: Rickie Weeks is hitting .429 with 5 home runs, 9 RBI and 10 runs in the month of June. He has hit safely in ten of his last eleven games… he is simply on fire right now. He’s the 9th rated roto second baseman over the last month and in that span he has raised his batting average .056 points. We all know how inconsistent he can be but the man has averaged 23 home runs, 12 stolen bases and 91 runs over the last three years… so give Rickie some credit. His batting average has always been suspect but he is hitting .256 over the last three years which is a great improvement over his first few years in the bigs.

The thirty year old is currently available in 30-60% of fantasy leagues nationwide despite a lengthy hot streak. We have to remember that Weeks was hitting just .183 at the end of May with 3 home runs, now he’s hitting .235 with 8 bombs and we aren’t even out of June yet. He’s already back into the top twenty among fantasy second baseman and like always the numbers will be there for you by the end of the year.

Rickie Weeks is batting just .154 thus far this year which means it is time to buy.

Analysis: Rickie Weeks did miss three starts over the past weekend due to a swollen hand/wrist. Putting the injury aside, a .154 batting average with just 7 RBI is not what anyone signed up for when drafting Weeks. There is some positive news to report though. Weeks’ BABIP is just .205, a full .100 points below his career average of .305. His strikeout rate is up a bit but he is actually walking four percent above his career average this year.

Weeks is being dropped in many fantasy leagues across the country purely out of impatience. Keep in mind that Rickie has averaged 25 HR, 10 SB with a .269 BA over the past two years at second base. Second base is not a deep fantasy position and adding Weeks at a low price is the intelligent play here.

Even looking at Weeks’ isloated power of .151 this year, it’s only .27 points below his career average. Rickie will be fine and he will finish with respectable numbers. Weeks will have considerable value in a few months and depth is always a good thing to have at the trade deadline.