First Pitch - August 29, 2007 - Improving/Declining Hitter Performance

Aug 28, 2007

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Good
morning everybody.Â As the season drags
on for those of us out of the money, today we will try to determine any hitters
that have seen their performances improve this year versus their 3-year
averages.Â Knowing that regression to the
mean is always possible, it will be important for us to examine the players on
a case-by-case basis to determine where there is a fluke and where there is
some real skills growth, but this should provide us a rough idea of some key
players that are either better or worse than their recent past performances.

In order to
qualify, a player needed at least 300 AB this season, and an average of 150 or
more over the last three years.Â Data is
through games of August 27^th.Â
In the data below, DIFF represents the percentage difference between the
players current OPS and their 3-year average OPS. style='mso-spacerun:yes'>Â

The first
grouping of players are those whose performance (as measured by OPS) has style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>improved by 10% or more this
season versus their 3-year average.Â
While 10% may not sound like a lot, when you look at the OPS values it
can be.Â For instance, while we can say
that Brad Hawpe improved his performance this year by 12%, it doesn't sound
like much.Â But when you realize that
means he increased his OPS by almost a hundred points it sounds a lot better.

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PLAYER	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2007 AB	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2007 OPS	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3-YR AB	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3-YR OPS	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>DIFF
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ordonez, Magglio RF DET	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>488	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1.024	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>367	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.820	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>25%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Byrd, Marlon CF w:st="on">TEX	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>301	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.813	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>257	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.652	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>25%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Pena, Carlos 1B TB	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>386	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.964	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>258	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.798	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>21%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Gonzalez, Alex SS CIN	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>344	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.790	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>223	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.665	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>19%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Fielder, Prince 1B MIL	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>470	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.980	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>314	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.826	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>19%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hermida, Jeremy RF w:st="on">FLA	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>300	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.847	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>174	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.716	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>18%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Renteria, Edgar SS ATL	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>423	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.879	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>602	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.752	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>17%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Young, Dmitri 1B WAS	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>409	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.905	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>343	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.784	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>15%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Granderson, Curtis CF DET	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>506	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.890	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>261	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.772	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>15%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Rios, Alex RF TOR	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>520	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.873	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>452	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.759	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>15%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ramirez, Hanley SS w:st="on">FLA	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>516	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.947	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>318	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.824	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>15%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Utley, Chase 2B PHI	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>404	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1.008	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>489	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.885	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>14%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lowell, Mike 3B BOS	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>468	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.889	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>557	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.785	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Rowand, Aaron CF PHI	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>479	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.896	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>490	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.793	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hatteberg, Scott 1B CIN	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>338	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.866	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>490	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.769	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hardy, J.J. SS MIL	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>480	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.796	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>250	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.707	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Posada, Jorge C NYY	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>416	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.946	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>463	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.844	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Figgins, Chone CF ANA	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>379	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.829	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>608	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.743	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Bautista, Jose A. CF PIT	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>413	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.772	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>172	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.692	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hawpe, Brad RF w:st="on">COL	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>405	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.923	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>303	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.827	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Rodriguez, Alex 3B NYY	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>477	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1.047	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>593	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.943	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Byrnes, Eric CF ARI	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>510	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.853	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>514	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.770	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Phillips, w:st="on">Brandon 2B CIN	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>529	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.813	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>189	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.735	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Nady, Xavier RF PIT	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>354	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.853	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>290	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.772	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Taveras, Willy CF w:st="on">COL	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>347	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.735	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>374	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.665	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10%

Magglio
Ordonez has clearly been the most improved player this year, by almost any
measure.Â Other notables who have
improved are: Prince Fielder, Curtis Granderson, Alex Rios, Hanley Ramirez,
Chase Utley, Alex Rodriguez, Eric Byrnes.Â
These are all players that have not only improved this year, but you can
also be relatively confident that this is part of a growth curve and not a
fluke season.

The second
grouping of players are those whose performance (as measured by OPS) has style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>declined by 10% or more this
season versus their 3-year average.Â
Again...while 10% may not sound like a lot, when you look at the OPS
values it really can be.Â For instance,
while we can say that Todd Helton's performance declined this year by 11%, it
doesn't sound like much.Â But when you
realize that means he lost more than a hundred points off his OPS it sounds a
lot worse.

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PLAYER	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2007 AB	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2007 OPS	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3-YR AB	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3-YR OPS	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>DIFF
w:st="on">Durham style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, Ray 2B SF	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>412	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.6598	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>489	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.8406	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-22%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hafner, Travis DH CLE	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>433	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.8098	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>474	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1.0262	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-21%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Brown, Emil LF KC	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>306	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.6419	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>536	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.8133	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-21%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Barrett, Michael C SD	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>315	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.6667	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>418	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.8444	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-21%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Giles, Marcus 2B SD	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>398	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.6218	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>502	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7874	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-21%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Drew, J.D. RF BOS	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>378	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7562	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>421	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.9468	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-20%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Monroe, Craig LF CHC	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>352	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.6353	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>518	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7915	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-20%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Barfield, Josh 2B CLE	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>403	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.5963	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>270	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7417	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-20%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Bay, Jason LF PIT	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>482	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7526	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>527	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.9327	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-19%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Rolen, Scott 3B STL	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>388	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7313	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>406	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.9058	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-19%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Punto, Nick 3B MIN	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>391	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.5482	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>315	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.6778	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-19%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sexson, Richie 1B SEA	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>423	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7096	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>413	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.8753	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-19%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Garciaparra, Nomar 1B LA	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>397	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.6883	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>340	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.8439	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-18%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Navarro, Dioner C TB	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>303	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.5863	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>150	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7119	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-18%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Vizquel, Omar SS SF	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>433	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.6145	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>571	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7295	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-16%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jones, Andruw CF ATL	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>478	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7441	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>574	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.8783	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-15%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lopez, Felipe SS WAS	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>501	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.6571	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>487	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7745	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-15%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Kendall, Jason C CHC	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>396	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.6108	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>576	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7186	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-15%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Crosby, Bobby SS OAK	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>349	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.619	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>412	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7266	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-15%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Uribe, Juan SS CHW	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>400	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.6419	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>482	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7497	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-14%
w:st="on">Lugo style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, Julio SS BOS	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>467	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.643	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>544	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7497	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-14%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ramirez, Manny LF BOS	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>462	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.8705	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>524	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1.0142	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-14%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Berkman, Lance 1B HOU	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>452	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.8583	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>516	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.997	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-14%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Casey, Sean 1B DET	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>394	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7159	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>499	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.8262	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-13%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Overbay, Lyle 1B TOR	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>358	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7472	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>566	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.8536	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-12%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Paulino, Ronny C PIT	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>357	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.6715	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>223	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7654	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-12%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Biggio, Craig 2B HOU	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>436	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.6831	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>590	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7773	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-12%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Damon, Johnny CF NYY	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>417	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.734	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>613	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.8348	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-12%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Rodriguez, Ivan C DET	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>416	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7101	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>526	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.8008	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-11%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Wells, w:st="on">Vernon CF TOR	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>507	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7392	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>589	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.833	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-11%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>McCann, Brian C ATL	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>412	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7899	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>311	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.8891	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-11%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thomas, Frank DH TOR	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>430	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.8423	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>270	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.9453	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-11%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lo Duca, Paul C NYM	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>348	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.6683	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>497	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.7498	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-11%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Helton, Todd 1B w:st="on">COL	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>436	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.8785	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>534	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.9833	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-11%
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Abreu, Bobby RF NYY	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>488	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.8157	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>570	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0.9122	style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-11%

Wow. style='mso-spacerun:yes'>Â Now I know what happened to my roto team this
year.Â Of my original 14-player offensive
lineup, 6 of those players are on this list.Â
This means that almost half of my hitters had disappointing seasons when
compared to their recent past performances.Â
I wish that made me feel better, but it doesn't. style='mso-spacerun:yes'>Â Leading the way here is Travis Hafner, who
could be the biggest disappointment of the fantasy baseball season (he's at
least in the discussion).Â Other notables
who have had very off years include: Jason
Bay, Andruw Jones, Manny
Ramirez, Lance Berkman, Vernon Wells, Todd Helton, and Bobby Abreu.