Fantasy Baseball

A number of players in the league are off to fast starts when it comes to their power numbers. Are they for real? FBLTalk looks into it:

• Alex Rodriguez - ARod has six homers in his first eight games. As he’s one of the best power hitters of this generation, you can’t call what he’s doing a fluke. 50 home runs isn’t out of the question.
• Jimmy Rollins - Rollins has smashed six dingers in his first nine games. That’s rather impressive for a guy whose career-high he set last year with 25. It’s hard to not call this show of power a fluke because he’s never been that much of a long ball threat. Although he’s young enough to be improving, don’t expect him to hit many more than he hit last season.
• Grady Sizemore - Sizemore is one of the better up-and-coming players in the league. This season, he already has four homers in his first six games. Although he’s never hit more than 28 dingers, this is a guy who can be expected to take a jump up in the power department.
• Miguel Cabrera - Cabrera has four home runs in his first nine games. One of the most talented hitters in the game and only 23 years old, the sky is the limit for the right handed Venezuelan. Last season he only hit 26 long balls, but it’d surprise no one if he exploded this season for 40.