Alcides Escobar stole 42 bases in 52 attempts in only 109 games in Triple-A in 2009, so what the effin’ eff in the eff hole happened last year? How did he only steal 10 bases in 145 games? Did he mind-meld with Prince Fielder and think he had a four-hundred pound torso? For those of you who have Google, you can see Alcides was a fantasy baseball sleeper last year and he’s going to be one again this year. Alcides had a Speed Score of 6.4. For qualifying players, that’s the highest Speed Score with the lowest stolen base total. The Speed Score of 6.4 sits right between The Dread Pirate at 6.5 (33 steals) and Scott Podsednik at 6.2 (35 steals). In Triple-A, his Speed Score was 8.4. Carl Crawford led the majors last year with a 8.5, Brett Gardner was 2nd with 8.1. Escobar also has no fear of losing playing time because he’s excellent with his glove and he’s now on the peasant Royals. If Web Gems were a category, Alcides would be a two category per...
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