Need Stolen Bases? I Thought So.

Stolen Bases are the hardest to accumulate of all the offensive fantasy categories. The reason for that is two-fold. Not only are there not many guys who steal a ton of bases, but of those guys not many of them give you much in the other four (or more) categories. It’s the reason Hanley Ramirez was this years consensus number one pick over Albert Pujols (that and position scarcity) and the reason people pick Carl Crawford in the top 20 every year. Steals are just simply hard to come by. Because they are hard to come by, they also tend to be an easy spot to make up ground. In all probability much of your league is fairly close in steals, with whoever owns Crawford and Ellsbury out to a solid lead.

What if you’re not in possession of one of those two guys? What if I told you that you can still pick up a guy who is going to steal you 15-20 more bases this season? Is that something you’d be interested in? Look no further than Nyjer Morgan. Morgan is one of only 6 players with more than 25 Steals this season. He’s also one of two of those 6 players who isn’t owned in 99% of all leagues already (Michael Bourn, 82%). Yea, but that’s the whole season so far, what has Nyjer done for me lately? He’s only got the highest batting average (.482) and the most stolen bases (8) in baseball since the all-star break. In fact, since coming over to the Nationals, Morgan has stolen 13 bases in just 22 games. Compare that with the 18 he stole in 71 games for Pittsburgh. Morgan is hitting the ball, he’s getting on base and most importantly for you; he’s running. Nyjer Morgan is still somewhat of a secret among fantasy owner, but that is getting less and less true with each passing day. Timing is everything in this game. It’s time you starting paying attention to Nyjer Morgan. Morgan is available in 36.5% of ESPN.com and 45% of Yahoo leagues. PCB Scout Questions? Comments? Random Nonsense? Email me: pcbscout(at)gmail.com