One of the most important questions entering 2012 fantasy drafts surrounds a speedy Najavo who’s set up camp in Boston’s outfield. If Jacoby Ellsbury can come close to matching his 2011 power output he’s a no-brainer first round draft pick. Heck, if he can hit 30 more homers while maintaining that .300-plus average and elite run and stolen base totals you’d have to take him no worse than third overall (assuming you’re either going risky with Matt Kemp or safe with Albert Pujols at numbers one and two).
Honestly, this is one of the hardest questions we’ll have to answer entering this season because Ellsbury perfectly represents the divide between objective statistical analysis and subjective first-hand observation. Anyone who knows anything about baseball statistics knows that 6-foot-1, 185-pound outfielders with 70 steal potential and 20 career homers in 1,372 at-bats (one homer every 69 at-bats) don’t just morph into elite power hitters who routinely mash 32 homers in 660 at-b...
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