Fantasy Baseball: Buy Low Sell High Candidates

Every year in Fantasy Baseball there are those players that are coming off injuries or are basically unknowns that you can pick up off the scrap heap or trade for and give up virtually nothing in March. By June you are either gloating about your Fantasy Baseball genius or you are kicking yourself in fourth place wondering what could have been. These are those guys you will be or could be talking about in June of 2015:

Adam Lind (MIL) has been nothing short of inconsistent as far as fantasy goes in his career. Lind does consistently struggle against left handed power but when you draft him you aren’t sure if you’re going to get that power he has shown in years past. Moving to Miller Park in Milwaukee from Toronto may or may not help him but the ballpark in Milwaukee is pretty left handed hitting friendly so he is almost a shoe in for 20-25 home runs at worst.

AJ Burnett (PITT) is back in Pittsburgh where he spent the 2012 and 2013 seasons posting a combined 3.41 ERA with 8.9 K/9. Burnett’s ERA did jump in 2014 with Philadelphia, 4.59 ERA, and he is entering his age 38 season so the jury is still out whether 2014 will be the exception or the rule going forward in his career but PNC Park is a good pitchers park so I expect it to be more of the exception.

Gavin Floyd (CLE) was pitching his butt off for Atlanta in his first year removed from Tommy John surgery before fracturing his elbow and ending his 2014 season. Floyd had a 2.65 ERA in nine starts showing great control and garnering a ton of ground balls. Floyd is oft injured and will surely be around after the draft is over to pick up for a little depth to stash in your final roster spot.

Jed Lowrie (HOU) is only on the list because of the disappearance of the offensive shortstop. Lowrie is two full seasons removed from hitting 16 home runs in 340 at bats in 2012 and one season removed from hitting .290 in 2013. Anyone leaving Oakland County Coliseum is due for an offensive boost in my opinion and maybe be a Top 5 shortstop in a very barren field in 2015. 

Cyber Monday Deals Still Left on Tuesday: Pitchers

Don’t fret if you missed all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals Yankees fans because there are plenty of good deals still left out there this season. General Managers don’t take the holidays off in most cases so hopefully Brian Cashman is in his office reading this right now. Here are 10 good options to bring to the club in 2015 if the Max Scherzer and Jon Lester rumors from over the weekend are proved to be false.

• Brett Anderson, formerly of the Colorado Rockies, is just 26 years old and battled a disc issue in his back and a broken finger in 2014. If the Yankees can fix those issues or hope they are already fixed the team could get the once top Diamondbacks and Athletics prospect and not the broken down product we saw with the Rockies.

• Gavin Floyd, formerly of the Atlanta Braves, is coming off back to back elbow injuries including a Tommy John surgery and a broken elbow. Presumably Floyd would command a minor league deal with a split contract this season and I would hand that to him every day of the week.

• Jason Grilli, formerly of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim,  is 38 years old and more than likely going to take a one year contract from here on out until the righty decides to hand up his cleats. Grilli will not presumably request a closers role either which helps New York out if David Robertson leaves.

• Luke Hochevar, formerly of the Kansas City Royals, is just 31 years old and not far removed from elbow surgery. While his 5.2 H/9 ratio is not great I believe he is far enough removed from the surgery to improve on that exponentially in 2015.