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How To Pick The Right Middle Infielders

July 17th, 2011 | by admin |

One of the most popular activities that baseball fans like to participate in during the summer months is a fantasy baseball league. When putting together a fantasy baseball draft strategy most people focus on building a good pitching lineup, getting a collection of power hitters, and finding players with good batting averages. While all of this is important, one of the most overlooked spots on the fantasy roster at the middle infielders.

While middle infielders do not historically provide the best fantasy stats, getting the top players on your team could provide you with a huge edge on the competition. Since there are only a few middle infielders with the potential to put up big offensive numbers, you should try and grab the top players early in the draft.

If you are not able to get one of the top hitting middle infielders early on, you may be stuck with a selection of guys who will not put up big power numbers. In this situation you should look for guys who historically play in 150 games each year, have excellent on base percentages, and can steal at least 25 stolen bases. This should give you an edge in several other stat categories.