Chris Shelton

[BatsareBugs]

Re: Chris Shelton

i think you inversed those numbers, really only 14 more?

Still standing by the number. 9 more.

[dieselboy]

Re: Chris Shelton

April: .326, 10 HR, 20 RBI, 17 R
May: .286, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 9 R
June: .205, 4 HR, 8 RBI, 12 R
July: .367, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 2 R

His pace has now dropped to...

30 HRs, 78 RBI, .318

I don't think he is going to come close to that. I bet he will finish with 20-25 HRs, 65-70 RBI, .290-.300...

EG called it, amongst others.

[Rod_Carew29]

Re: Chris Shelton

You're absolutely right. I remember seeing more than a couple of posts on this board where some of the guys were wayyyyyyyy besides themselves with Shelton's blazing start. You'd think that folks would know better.

I always say that if you're someone who can't help himself in wanting to know (which is impossible) how a player's stats will 'project', at MINIMUM, wait until the All-Star break to have a somewhat better idea. Then you can doule a players' numbers and have that to work with. One month's projections surely are out of line.

April: .326, 10 HR, 20 RBI, 17 R
May: .286, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 9 R
June: .205, 4 HR, 8 RBI, 12 R
July: .367, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 2 R

His pace has now dropped to...

30 HRs, 78 RBI, .318

I don't think he is going to come close to that. I bet he will finish with 20-25 HRs, 65-70 RBI, .290-.300...

EG called it, amongst others.

[dieselboy]

Re: Chris Shelton

But you play more than half the season before the All-Star break....

[Rod_Carew29]

Re: Chris Shelton

thats my point....historically...barring injury, one-shot phenoms and the like, the All Star break is more of a realistic gauge of a player than month #1.

They play more than half the season....by what? 7 games....the Mets played 89...no big deal....you simply do your pro-rating after game #82...ya know? lol

But you play more than half the season before the All-Star break....

[BGarrett7]

Re: Chris Shelton

But you play more than half the season before the All-Star break....

It's not like there is a huge differential in the games played though. Ranging from 85-90 before the break to 77-72 after isn't exactly along the lines of 100/62 or 120/42.

[dieselboy]

Re: Chris Shelton

thats my point....historically...barring injury, one-shot phenoms and the like, the All Star break is more of a realistic gauge of a player than month #1.

Well of course it is easier to get a realistic gauge of what a player is going to finish with as the season goes on. I'm sure I would be pretty close to right on to predicting someones season stats in the first week of September than I am in the first week of May.

[Shaver]

Re: Chris Shelton

I still stand by .300 - 30 HRs - 90 RBIs.

[dieselboy]

Re: Chris Shelton

I still stand by .300 - 30 HRs - 90 RBIs.

I just don't see it happening.

[Stu]

Re: Chris Shelton

To make room for Casey, Detroit optioned the contract of first baseman Chris Shelton to Triple-A Toledo. Shelton is hitting .277 with 16 home runs and 45 RBI.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2535130

At this point it looks like even the pessimistic predictions were too high.

[Misfit]

Re: Chris Shelton

I knew this topic would get ressurrected when I saw that bit of news on ESPN.com.

[cjonesfan921]

Re: Chris Shelton

Shelton killed me week 1. H2H league. I expect a .260/19/65 year from him. That's just me though.

Hmm. I think with a full year he would've got close to my numbers, rbi and probably surpassed the HR total. I wasn't off by much.

[deeman11747]

Re: Chris Shelton

I still stand by .300 - 30 HRs - 90 RBIs.

Yikes.

[dieselboy]

Re: Chris Shelton

Sent to triple-A?

Wow......I hope everyone who had him on their fantasy teams reaped the benefits that first month.

[GregO]

Re: Chris Shelton

HAHA...this guy was put in a poll for ESPN.com in which they asked who they would want to build a franchise with for 1B. Albert Pujols, Derek Lee, Paul Konerko, Carlos Delgado, Chris Shelton. Im pretty sure those were the choices, but I know for a fact Chris Shelton was on it.