2009 Fantasy baseball rankings: designated hitters
Fantasy baseball rankings by position: 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, C, DH, OF, SP, RP
Not much to report here. There are some players you’ll have to pick as a designated hitter because they don’t even moonlight at first or third like a lot of the lumbering sluggers.
These are the guys.
OK, it’s not quite that simple, there are questions with David Ortiz and Travis Hafner.
Hafner will be available cheap and used to be a stud, so he’s an upside pick. I think Ortiz is overvalued. I don’t like picking him this year. His numbers were down last year across the board thanks to some injuries, so you’ll pay too much, but he’s still the best designated hitter-only batter in the game.
Jim Thome, Gary Sheffield and Frank Thomas are baseball elders, but could be worth a very late pick. Of the three, Thome’s the best pick.
What do you think? You going to pick a designated hitter this year? Let us know in the comments.
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I’m definitely willing to give Hafner a shot out of this group — as long as I can get him later in a draft, which usually isn’t a problem. Interesting that for guys who rarely see action on defense anymore, that these guys have so many injury questions.