most underrated player in baseball

[ryanXL977]

i say ian kinsler

tops in runs, hits, xbh
top 5 in sbs, doubles. name me a better leadoff hitter in the al, or majors

[fifawcs]

Johnny Damon

[j$]

Soriano is good as a lead off hitter

[ryanXL977]

damon isnt unerrated
he gets about 12 mil a year and everyone knows his name
he is a bad as
i am talking about a guy nobody talks about

[rjt721]

Johnny Damon

Um, no.

Soriano is good as a lead off hitter

Soriano's actually a pretty poor leadoff hitter in terms of consistently getting on base. Only one season in his career with an OBP +.340.

[onlooker]

Kevin Youkilis?
Carlos Lee?

[ryanXL977]

doesnt carlos lee get like $12-$15 mil a year
i am talking underrated guys

michael cuddyer
ian kinsler
adrian gonzalez
mike jacobs
eric hinske this yr

[fifawcs]

How about David Dejesus? He is consistently a good leadoff year after year. He is really similar to Damon.

[onlooker]

doesnt carlos lee get like $12-$15 mil a year
i am talking underrated guys

michael cuddyer
ian kinsler
adrian gonzalez
mike jacobs
eric hinske this yr

What does Youkilis make?

[rjt721]

Ian Kinsler's a terrific player, although I think most who follow baseball are aware of his talents (at least they should be).

I'd say a guy like David DeJesus would more fitting of the underrated label.

[rjt721]

How about David Dejesus? He is consistently a good leadoff year after year. He is really similar to Damon.

Wow. Great eye. I was just writing the same thing.

[ryanXL977]

youk plays anywhere else you think he is really gonna have those numbers? is he any better than aubrey huff?

[onlooker]

Curtis Granderson?

[ryanXL977]

david dejsus is ok i guess
6 sbs and 8 hrs doesnt do it for me
but he aint bad

[rjt721]

Curtis Granderson?

Can't touch lefties.

[onlooker]

youk plays anywhere else you think he is really gonna have those numbers? is he any better than aubrey huff?

Well now your putting out that? Well, Ian plays at Arlington.

[onlooker]

Can't touch lefties.

Just throwing names out there, so I can hear the corrections.

[ryanXL977]

wel this is an opinion thread so i apologize
youk is a good player
but kinsler isnt a homer hitter, he does it all
arlington aint condusive to doubles or sbs
and he gets those

[ryanXL977]

i agree on granderson
the guy had an insane year last yr
he is underrated, no doubt
as is sizemore, but he gets cred i guess

[onlooker]

J.D. Drew has stepped it up this year.

[rjt721]

J.D. Drew has stepped it up this year.

Not bad for a woman.

[rjt721]

DeJesus, Shane Victorino, Mark DeRosa, Yunel Escobar, Jason Kubel, Casey Kotchman.

[ryanXL977]

victornio, kotchman

theres 2 very good ones
im not big on dejesus, but that list is nice
esp kotch and victo

[onlooker]

DeJesus, Shane Victorino, Mark DeRosa, Yunel Escobar, Jason Kubel, Casey Kotchman.

If you play fantasy baseball, you know about all these guys.

But yes, to the average person, they are under the radar.

[ryanXL977]

joe crede

[rake922]

Dustin Pedroia

[moneyline]

Robinson Cano ... poor man's Rod Carew ... with more power ... and will be again before the year is out

[EddieJones]

Most underrated, but not for long player is Zimmerman with the Nats. Without him the Nats would be a .200 team not even close to what they are right now. He's like 23 and already the leader of that team.

[MonkeyF0cker]

Ryan Braun

[ChuteBoxe]

Nate McLouth, B.J Upton, Russell Martin, Josh Hamilton, Corey Hart, Jacoby Ellsbury

[Clueless_Norway]

What does Youkilis make?

From ESPN, May 25 2007: "The only AL first baseman outslugging him is Justin Morneau. Nobody beats him in OPS, batting average, runs scored or multihit games. And one AL executive wanted to make sure we noticed what an underrated defender he is -- so now that he mentions it, Youkilis hasn't made an error at first since last July."

In 07 Youkilis made $424,500, the fourth-lowest salary on the club. This year he signed a one-year contract for $3 million.

Through June 17th, Youkilis was batting .305 and was 6th in the AL in extra base hits (32), 7th in OBS (.906), and 8th in runs (44), RBIs (44), doubles (19), total bases (132) and slugging percentage (.530).
I think hes a bit under paid, cause is there a man you want to send out in the 9th 1 down with bases loade and 2 outs hes one of them... Thats what I think...

[element1286]

Jason Bay

[Clueless_Norway]

My top 3 underrated:

1. Kinsler, Salary: $700,000
2. Hanley Ramirez, Salary: $439,000
3. McLouth, Salary:$425,000

Youkilis was maby the most underrated in 07 with a $424,500 salary..

[acuraintegralove]

youk plays anywhere else you think he is really gonna have those numbers? is he any better than aubrey huff?

I think Huff Daddy's quite underrated... along with Kotchman..

[so-classy#23]

i have kinsler, crede (when healthy), and adrian gonzalez of the san diego padres, also kinsler's teammate michael young who should be playing in another All Star Game instead of derek jizzer for the season thus far....