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Andrew McCutchen 8-1 Longshot In 2012 Home Run Derby

Found July 09, 2012 on Fantasy Baseball Dugout: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Andrew McCutchen,  Mark Trumbo
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Pirates,  Los Angeles Angels
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If you pull up the first-half player rankings of all batters in Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball today, you’ll see that the current no. 1 overall player heading into the All-Star break is none other than Pittsburgh Pirates OFer Andrew McCutchen. Cutch hit two home runs on Sunday and went 3-for-5 at the plate against the Giants. His current 5×5 stat line reads .362/18/60/58/14. On Sunday, Cutch was named as a replacement participant in the 2012 Home Run Derby to replace Giancarlo Stanton, who injured his knee on Saturday and will be out for 4-to-6 weeks. Despite being the no. 1 overall fantasy baseballer heading into the break, and also despite having only one less home run than Stanton heading into the break, McCutchen’s current odds to win tonight’s Home Run Derby still stand at 8-1. At post time, he’s officially the stand alone longshot, according to our friends at Oddsmaker.com. As we typically do for our projected winner (which is still definitely Mark Trumbo of the Angels), we have inc...
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