Message #6 by Rob Reed @ January 31, 2011, 11:32pm now at 35 years old... he is no longer a youngster and may be seeing the effects of age... still, he is a great option at 3B whose value was kileld by his AVG (which can be explained by bad luck via BABIP). .290+ avg should be back this next season, as will his top 15 finish in the rankings, I believe.

Message #5 by Rob Reed @ March 12, 2010, 02:14pm still the best even without steroids, Arod is a stud... a shortened season due to hip surgery at the start last season meant that his power numbers would have been better than 2008 (and closer to 2007) given a full season... 40-125-20 and a return to .290+ in average is an easy prediction for 2010.

Message #4 by Rob Reed @ February 8, 2009, 07:05pm Now, a big question mark... Does all of the off season stuff (especially the recent steroid revelation) knock down his fantasy value? It does for me... not MUCH, but I would expect some. He thrives on a good reputation (except for postseason play)... I wonder if all of this stuff gets into his head -- especially when fans of the opposition start "Barry Bonds'ing" him with the roid stuff. I'll still pay $45 for him... but nothing more. Then again, he hasn't hit less than 35 HRs in a season since the positive steroid test in 2003. Maybe I just changed my mind.

Message #3 by Rob Reed @ 4/14/08, 10:05am world series? Who cares, as far as fantasy baseball is concerned? This guy is just amazing. Arod is up right here... . . . . . . . and here is everyone else.

Message #2 by mannyramirez24 @ 4/13/08, 5:07am Comments uggh wat could i say bout a-rod he's just unstoppable......omg wat da hell am i sayin he is not wat u think he is. he's not dat hard-hitting who will help da team get 2 da world series. to tell da truth he haven't been in the world series and has been playin for wat a long time so how r u goin 2 expect him 2 help his club reach the world series. b the way their lookin now, they probably won't even get pass the angels in the wild card game who knows we''ll c

Message #1 by Rob Reed @ 11/10/05, 11:45am Foot in mouth... This year, in my serpentine fantasy draft, Arod went first, and I was scratching my head, based upon his PlayerTrack ranking. Sure, the guy was great. But Vlad was out there. Abreu was out there. I expected Arod as a first round pick, but not to go so fast... Well, my foot is in my mouth. Nice 2005, Arod!

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

PLAYERtrack player stats & ranks
        for Alex Rodriguez

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2013 156 38 7 0 7 19 21 .244 .341 4 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 43 .292 72% .423 0.764 2013 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 363

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2012 463 126 17 1 18 57 74 .272 .344 13 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 116 .328 74% .430 0.774 2012 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 99 2012 (3B) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 15 2012 (DH) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 13

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2011 373 103 21 0 16 62 67 .276 .357 4 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 80 .314 78% .461 0.818 2011 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 48 2011 (3B) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 7

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2010 522 141 29 2 30 125 74 .270 .344 4 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 98 .282 81% .506 0.85 2010 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 26 2010 (3B) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 4

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2009 444 127 17 1 30 100 78 .286 .395 14 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 97 .306 78% .532 0.927 2009 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 9 2009 (3B) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 3

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2008 510 154 33 0 35 103 104 .302 .381 18 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 117 .332 77% .573 0.954 2008 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 2 2008 (3B) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 1

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2007 583 183 31 0 54 156 143 .314 .410 24 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 120 .315 79% .645 1.055 2007 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 1 2007 (3B) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 1

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2006 572 166 26 1 35 121 113 .290 .392 15 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 139 .329 75% .523 0.915 2006 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 20 2006 (3B) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 2

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2005 605 194 29 1 48 130 124 .321 .421 21 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 139 .349 77% .610 1.031 2005 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 2 2005 (3B) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 1

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2004 601 172 24 2 36 106 112 .286 .375 28 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 131 .313 78% .512 0.887 2004 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 11 2004 (3B) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 4