2009 FBS Breakout Player: David Ortiz
Team: Boston Red Sox 
Bats: Left
Position: DH/1B
David Ortiz is finally healthy. The last couple of of years Ortiz has been battling knee and wrist injuries. The last two years Ortiz has hit 58 homeruns, while in 2006 he hit 54. David will be 33 for this season and that is getting up there in age for a MLB hitter. The great thing about Ortiz is he is healthy, he only DH's, and he really plays younger then he is. He has gotten his tremendous power back and he will deliver for fantasy managers across the board in 2009. What I think will really improve is is OBP because once he heats up, Ortiz will see more intentional walks this year with only Jason Bay backing him up. However, with Pedroia and Ellsbury setting the table he can have monster RBI totals this year.
Position: DH/1B
David Ortiz is finally healthy. The last couple of of years Ortiz has been battling knee and wrist injuries. The last two years Ortiz has hit 58 homeruns, while in 2006 he hit 54. David will be 33 for this season and that is getting up there in age for a MLB hitter. The great thing about Ortiz is he is healthy, he only DH's, and he really plays younger then he is. He has gotten his tremendous power back and he will deliver for fantasy managers across the board in 2009. What I think will really improve is is OBP because once he heats up, Ortiz will see more intentional walks this year with only Jason Bay backing him up. However, with Pedroia and Ellsbury setting the table he can have monster RBI totals this year.
The True Guru Projections: 38 Hrs, 129 RBI, 99 Runs, .302 Avg, 1 SB
We feel he will achieve these projections through our formula based on our secret formula of 11 herbs and spices (its locked at Fort Knox). Of course we are assuming he stays relatively healthy for the entire season.
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Friday, January 30, 2009
3 Comments:
It appears you are 6 years too late in projecting an Ortiz breakout. David Ortiz broke out in 2003.
ANother fantastically rude comment from another anonymous person. Doesn't Tony C. have a job. Listen, I've actually given definitions of breakout players for my site, so if you taker the time to read the defiintion you would see that Ortiz will have a breakout season compared to his dismal 2008 season where he had 23 homeruns and a .264 average. Thank you for your post.
I am curious how you are so sure he is fully healthy? He was still complaining after the season that his wrist clicks when he swings and I'm sure that has to bother him. Also it looks like Youkilis will be batting 4th, but that could all change by opening day.
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