Fantasy Toss Up: Speed Vs. Power

Today I'm taking a look at which peripheral stat is more productive to focus on come draft day, speed or power. To do so I've captured the top 40 Base Swipers and the top 40 Mashers of the 2008 season and ran a regression on their SB and HR totals in comparison to the three other roto categories (R, RBI and BA).RunsThe base stealers are all over the board here. Some of the premiere base stealers score a lot of runs, but so do some of the lower 40 base stealers and this is why the regression is only mildly increasing. For Home Runs it makes much more sense, for every home run you hit you score an extra run, thus chances are good the more home runs you hit the more likely your stats will increase.RBIsThe RBI totals are not surprising. Many of the stolen base threats either lead off or bat at the end of the order and do not get many opportunites to knock in runs. Even Hanley Ramirez's RBI totals were 'eh' last year. Meanwhile the massive home run bats get massive...