Happy birthday, Yasmani Grandal. Now go sit down for the first two months of what was supposed to be your first full year in the majors.
Admittedly, the first major drug suspension of the offseason did not match the headlines of last year when Ryan Braun was suspended coming off his MVP season. Yet the news that Grandal will miss 50 games for testing positive for testosterone will have a bigger impact on fantasy baseball because he will actually serve the suspension.
Grandal, San Diego’s starting catcher who today turned 24, had moved into the upper half of fantasy baseball catchers, particularly in the National League, after hitting .297 with eight homers and 36 RBI in just 60 games after being called up from the minors last summer. Project that over a full season and you are looking at nearly 20 homers and 85 RBIs to go with a .394 on-base percentage and .863 OPS.
Those numbers are not a fluke and would make him nearly a top-five catcher.
Grandal was a first-round pick by the Reds...
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Yasmani Grandal,
Mat Latos,
Devin Mesoraco,
Buster Posey,
Yadier Molina,
Joe Mauer,
Carlos Ruiz,
Wilin Rosario,
Carlos Santana,
AJ Pierzynski,
Jonathan Lucroy,
Matt Wieters,
Miguel Montero,
Jesus Montero,
Nick Hundley,
John Baker
TEAMS: San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, Colorado Rockies, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles, Arizona Diamondbacks, Seattle Mariners
TEAMS: San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, Colorado Rockies, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles, Arizona Diamondbacks, Seattle Mariners
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