Message #2 by Rob Reed @ March 12, 2009, 11:17am re: sleeper? You are right to be hesitant in mentioning his average... that's because his BABIP was so much higher in 2008 than it was in 2007. Then again, Mike was a .345 career BABIP hitter in the minors... so, can he hit closer to .300 than .260? Yah, I think so. His career OBP is in the .360s, so the .390 last season is likely an aberration, but .360 is still reasonable AND a good stat. He seems to have stopped running in 2005, just after he was thrown out 33% of the time in 2004, so I don't see him getting as many bases as you are suggesting. I would expect the 7 he got in 2007 in 374 ABs to be the best you could expect with a full season. Not bad, but not great... and my gut is telling me that 7 is probably a stretch. He's older than most folks realize (29 in June). His 9 HRs in 243 ABs last year resulted in his biggest AB/HR in his professional career... and by a huge margin. His entire minor league career saw him hit only 1 HR every 50 ABs. Last season, he hit 1 HR in every 27 ABs. Because of a lack of a substantial MLB data set, I'm hesitant to say he can hit 20, but 15 or close to 15 seems reasonable. He's a sleeper, for sure, but not one without a lot of risk... and, because 2B is a deeper position than many think, there are probably a lot of better options out there. In very deep leagues, he's worth the risk. He is one who I have been targeting for my money league's farm team squad (where we pick 11 players - 4 pitchers, 3 IF, 3 OF, and 1 C - in a snake draft at the end of the auction). Some final food for thought: If I was predicting, I would probably spot him at: .282 AVG, 11 HR, 82 R, 75 RBI, 4 SB. Let's compare that to the benchmark that PLAYERtrack gives us for 2B with 20 games played, min 400 ABs, and standard 5x5 last season: 529 AB, .284 AVG, .341 OBP, 81 R, 14 HR, 65 RBI, 11 SB My prediction has him lower than the average 2B in AVG, HR, and SBs.

Message #1 by Brian Ramos @ March 12, 2009, 09:57am sleeper? I have been watching fontenot since last year. Now that it seems like he will win the starting 2B job, what are your thoughts about him as a potential sleeper 2B this year? He seems to have decent pop and speed. In that lineup I could see him put up good numbers. Maybe 15-20HR and 10SB?

x=year; y=% of available fantasy points per year x 1000

PLAYERtrack player stats & ranks
        for Mike Fontenot

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2012 97 28 2 0 1 5 13 .289 .337 0 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 23 .370 76% .340 0.677 2012 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 281

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2011 220 50 15 3 4 21 22 .227 .306 5 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 48 .274 78% .377 0.683 2011 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 349 2011 (2B) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 52 2011 (SS) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 44

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2010 240 68 13 3 1 25 24 .283 .325 1 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 41 .338 82% .375 0.7 2010 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 243 2010 (2B) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 39

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2009 377 89 22 2 9 43 38 .236 .301 4 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 83 .281 77% .377 0.678 2009 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 302 2009 (2B) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 51 2009 (3B) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 49

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2008 243 74 22 1 9 40 42 .305 .390 2 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 51 .355 79% .514 0.904 2008 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 48 2008 (2B) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 6

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2007 374 96 20 7 5 40 49 .257 .317 7 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 80 .315 78% .388 0.705 2007 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 254 2007 (2B) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 37