The 2013 James Loney All-Stars

Welcome to the 2013 MLB Season! I personally couldn’t be happier it’s Opening Day, and I’m excited to be joining the staff here at Baseball Revival! I hope you’ll join me here every Monday where I’ll be talking Fantasy Baseball (as well as on Thursdays for a weekly Yankees recap/State of the Empire and any other posts I write in between).

The Namesake

For today’s first post, we’re going to dive into what I like to call The James Loney All-Stars, named after the current Tampa Bay Rays and former Los Angeles Dodgers first basemen who, while never a stand out, delivered above replacement-level performance with solid counting stats. That kind of performance may not single-handedly win you your league, but as an injury fill in or bench stash it could keep you afloat when needed, sometimes offering surprising upside in counting stats like RBIs.