Morgan is actually the 4th player from my lists who is now in double digits. The other three are Bonifacio at a whopping 81%, Rolen at 31%, and Baker at 15%. Of those players, I expect Baker to rise above 50% before too long since he's a quality player at a scarce position.
Here are the top ten:
1.Cuddyer-2%-he starts every day for an underrated Twins lineup and has three multi-hit games in his last five, bringing his season totals to 255/294/383. He can't remain this much of a secret for much longer.
2.Tracy-3%-the only knocks on him are interrelated. He starts about 70% of the time, probably to help keep him healthy because he's been so injury prone. A 321/323/536 mark helps even if he's not quite playing every day, especially batting in the middle of the lineup.
3.Nick Johnson-2%-all he does is hit. Since he hits for Washington, nobody else knows outside of Washington D.C. He's up to 355/412/419. If he maintains that pace, he'll be impossible to overlook even if he played on Mars.
4.A. Cabrera-4%-a second baseman hitting 290/421/387 with two SB's and seven runs would help most fantasy teams and he's still in the FA pool in 96% of leagues!
5.Francisco-2%-like many of his Cleveland teammates, he's off to a slow start, but he's showing sign of life, going 3-8 with two runs and an rbi over the past two games. He should remain an everyday player and his stats should continue to rise.
6.Cody Ross-4%-last week I said it's only "a matter of time before he heats up." He's earning more playing time and responded bu going 5-11 with 2 HR's, three runs, and 6 rbi in his past three games! Someone turned on the oven.
7.Byrd-OF-Tex-5%-new to the list. In over 400 AB's each of the past two seasons, his lines are excellent and consistent. In 2008 he finished at 298/380/462, with a 307/355/459 mark the year before. He's started the last two games and went 6-10 with a 2B, HR, two runs, and four rbi. Playing time is his main issue and that will definitely get your name on the lineup card. For the year he's at 393/393/750.
8.Thurston-3B/OF-SL-2%-he's playing often for the Cards, who always seem to rotate every layer not named Pujols. I had not heard of him before a couple weeks ago and his AAA numbers are very good: 300/367/425 and 16 SB's in 2007, then 316/367/456 and 19 SB's last year, so he's not a fluke. Right now he's at 357/419/500.
9.Ishikawa-3%-dropping in my rankings now due to playing time issues, as well as performance. Sometimes a player you know is good gets off to a slow start and the team starts benching him, leading to a downward spiral that can usually be avoided. He's at 200/200/280 for the season and, in his first start since 4/13 he went 0-3 with 3 K's. He'll be excellent if the Giants are patient with him, but I don't see that happening, so he better pick it up soon.
10.Andy LaRoche-hey, he's 2-6 in his last two, raising his average to 091 (that's not a typo). The Bucs are still being patient and he has the talent. Let's hope he breaks out soon.
Others to watch:
Rasmus-4%, Scott Hairston-2%, Juan Rivera-2%, Callaspo-1%, Seth Smith-1%, Moss-1%, Brandon Wood-1%, Keppinger-1%, Prado-0%, Garciaparra-3%.
Here is the chart showing how the top ten has fared thus far:
| 4-Apr | 11-Apr | 18-Apr | |||
| Baker | C | Flor | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| Ishikawa | 1B | SF | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Johnson, Nick | 1B | Wash | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Tracy | 1B | Ariz | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Prado | 1B,2B,3B | Atl | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cabrera, A. | 2B,SS | Clev | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Bonifiacio | 2B | Flor | 2 | 69 | 81 |
| Rolen | 3B | Tor | 4 | 11 | 31 |
| LaRoche, Andy | 3B | Pitt | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Wood | 3B, SS | Ana | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Garciaparra | 1B,3B,SS | Oak | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Francisco | OF | Clev | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Fowler | OF | Col | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Cuddyer | OF | Minn | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Morgan, N. | OF | Pitt | 5 | 28 | |
| Ross | OF | Flor | 5 | 4 | |
| Byrd | OF | Tex | 5 | ||
| Thurston | 3B,OF | SL | 2 |
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