2009 FBS Bust Player: Rickie Weeks

Team: Milwaukee Brewers
Bats: Right

Position: 2B

A guy with 20/30 potential, Weeks has never been able to play more than 129 games in a season, and two of his four years he has failed to play 100. Besides the fact that he spends his life on the DL, Weeks will also kill you in the batting average department, only getting out of the .230s once in his career. Weeks has a rare combination of speed and decent power, and at second base that makes him all the more valuable if you miss out on the big guys. Not only has his production been a concern in the past, but he was also benched for most of the end of the season after the team acquired Ray Durham. Durham left via free agency, so there isn't that competition for Weeks, but it just shows the concern the team had for him as well. Like I said earlier, he has had decent pop in his bat throughout his career, but his RBIs are borderline on embarrassing. He had knee surgery following the season last year, but it isn’t supposed to hinder him coming into 2009. I’ve gotten seduced by Weeks’ potential before, but I won’t let it happen again. Don’t you be fooled either.

Prediction: .239 average, 11 homers, 41 RBI, 75 runs (109 games)