Daily Notes | Who is Jose Constanza?

Jose Constanza is the 3rd highest ranked player over the last two weeks in Yahoo leagues and the 16th ranked player over the last 7 days. He was called up by Atlanta in late July when Nate McLouth was placed on the 15-day DL and has since given the Braves every reason to wait until September 1st to recall McLouth who is hitting .228 this season. Your league isn’t the only league who missed out on getting this guy while he came out on fire. That’s because you won’t find him on any top prospects list. Constanza is a soon-to-be 28-year-old rookie who was having a decent season in the minors before getting the call, but not spectacular. He homered once all season for Gwinnett in 333 at-bats. With the Braves he has two home runs in 66 at-bats. Chances are Constanza the power threat is likely done, but he did steal some in the minors. In 2009 he stole 49 bases at Double-A and this season he had 23. It’s the time of the year where rotisserie leagues can make irratio...