
NEWS & ADVICE
DRAFT PREP
31-Year-Old Pitcher – Kansas City Royals
2013 Stats
W-L
2-4
ERA
2.45
WHIP
0.95
K
62
SV
0
2013 Fantasy Baseball Outlook
Shields nearly matched his outstanding 2011 campaign last season, finishing with a 15-10 record, 3.52 ERA and 223 strikeouts in 33 starts. He improved his strikeout rate to a career-high 8.8 K/9 and t...
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James Shields Contract Information:
The Rays have informed Shields that they will be picking up his $10.25 million contract option for the 2013 season.
| Batter | Team | AB | H | AVG | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | SLG | OBP | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Jeter | NY-A | 85 | 25 | .294 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .365 | .341 | .705 |
| Robinson Cano | NY-A | 75 | 31 | .413 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .733 | .436 | 1.169 |
| Nick Markakis | BAL | 66 | 20 | .303 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .470 | .387 | .856 |
| Brian Roberts | BAL | 62 | 15 | .242 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .355 | .299 | .653 |
| Marco Scutaro | SF | 61 | 15 | .246 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .377 | .288 | .665 |
| Curtis Granderson | NY-A | 59 | 7 | .119 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .288 | .133 | .421 |
| Alex Rodriguez | NY-A | 54 | 15 | .278 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .519 | .371 | .889 |
| David Ortiz | BOS | 51 | 16 | .314 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .667 | .407 | 1.073 |
| Dustin Pedroia | BOS | 50 | 16 | .320 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .480 | .358 | .838 |
| Ichiro Suzuki | NY-A | 49 | 15 | .306 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .429 | .346 | .775 |
| Mark Teixeira | NY-A | 48 | 6 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .236 | .361 |
| Adam Lind | TOR | 46 | 12 | .261 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .652 | .277 | .929 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | BOS | 45 | 11 | .244 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .422 | .292 | .714 |
| Nick Swisher | CLE | 45 | 8 | .178 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .196 | .596 |
| Alex Rios | CHI-A | 42 | 12 | .286 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .318 | .747 |
| Jorge Posada | 42 | 11 | .262 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .354 | .783 | |
| Kevin Youkilis | NY-A | 42 | 6 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .265 | .432 |
| J.D. Drew | 41 | 13 | .317 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .585 | .391 | .977 | |
| Lyle Overbay | NY-A | 41 | 12 | .293 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .585 | .310 | .895 |
| Vernon Wells | NY-A | 41 | 10 | .244 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .366 | .295 | .661 |
| Aubrey Huff | 40 | 8 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .450 | .200 | .650 | |
| Vladimir Guerrero | 39 | 15 | .385 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .615 | .385 | 1.000 | |
| Adam Jones | BAL | 39 | 13 | .333 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .590 | .350 | .940 |
| Adrian Beltre | TEX | 39 | 9 | .231 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .385 | .268 | .653 |
| Luke Scott | TB | 37 | 12 | .324 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .514 | .375 | .889 |
| Aaron Hill | AZ | 35 | 10 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .657 | .324 | .981 |
| Hanley Ramirez | LA | 34 | 9 | .265 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .382 | .297 | .680 |
| Kevin Millar | 33 | 11 | .333 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .455 | .389 | .843 | |
| Melvin Mora | 33 | 9 | .273 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .294 | .658 | |
| A.J. Pierzynski | TEX | 33 | 7 | .212 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .235 | .508 |
| Chone Figgins | 32 | 11 | .344 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .438 | .371 | .809 | |
| Torii Hunter | DET | 32 | 10 | .313 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .406 | .313 | .719 |
| Ian Kinsler | TEX | 32 | 6 | .188 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .438 | .257 | .695 |
| Mike Lowell | 31 | 12 | .387 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .516 | .387 | .903 | |
| Brett Gardner | NY-A | 31 | 9 | .290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .290 | .313 | .603 |
| Jason Varitek | 31 | 5 | .161 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .258 | .212 | .470 | |
| Mark Teahen | AZ | 30 | 10 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .567 | .344 | .910 |
| Jim Thome | 30 | 9 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .382 | .782 | |
| Bobby Abreu | 30 | 8 | .267 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .333 | .833 | |
| Justin Morneau | MIN | 29 | 10 | .345 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .690 | .375 | 1.065 |
| Michael Young | PHI | 29 | 5 | .172 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .414 | .200 | .614 |
| Joe Mauer | MIN | 28 | 11 | .393 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .433 | .933 |
| Corey Patterson | SEA | 28 | 4 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .226 | .404 |
| Johnny Damon | 27 | 9 | .333 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .630 | .333 | .963 | |
| Denard Span | WAS | 27 | 4 | .148 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .222 | .207 | .429 |
| Jose Lopez | 27 | 3 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .222 | |
| Miguel Cabrera | DET | 26 | 13 | .500 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .808 | .536 | 1.343 |
| Miguel Tejada | KC | 26 | 8 | .308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .308 | .367 | .674 |
| Yunel Escobar | TB | 26 | 6 | .231 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .259 | .528 |
| Rod Barajas | 26 | 5 | .192 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .346 | .192 | .538 | |
| Hideki Matsui | 25 | 11 | .440 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.080 | .462 | 1.542 | |
| Franklin Gutierrez | SEA | 25 | 9 | .360 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .520 | .385 | .905 |
| Jose Bautista | TOR | 25 | 8 | .320 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .720 | .414 | 1.134 |
| Ramon Hernandez | LA | 25 | 4 | .160 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .192 | .392 |
| Paul Konerko | CHI-A | 25 | 4 | .160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .160 | .300 | .460 |
| Josh Hamilton | ANA | 25 | 3 | .120 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .360 | .154 | .514 |
| Orlando Cabrera | 24 | 7 | .292 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .375 | .357 | .732 | |
| Raul Ibanez | SEA | 24 | 5 | .208 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .625 | .345 | .970 |
| Matt Wieters | BAL | 24 | 5 | .208 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .542 | .269 | .811 |
| Howie Kendrick | ANA | 23 | 13 | .565 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .957 | .565 | 1.522 |
| Elvis Andrus | TEX | 23 | 11 | .478 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .739 | .500 | 1.239 |
| Alexei Ramirez | CHI-A | 23 | 9 | .391 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .696 | .462 | 1.157 |
| Ryan Sweeney | CHI-N | 23 | 9 | .391 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .609 | .391 | 1.000 |
| Adrian Gonzalez | LA | 23 | 8 | .348 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .478 | .423 | .901 |
| Melky Cabrera | TOR | 23 | 5 | .217 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .304 | .308 | .612 |
| Jeremy Hermida | CLE | 23 | 5 | .217 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .280 | .541 |
| Julio Lugo | 23 | 5 | .217 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .250 | .554 | |
| Russell Martin | PIT | 23 | 5 | .217 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .348 | .280 | .628 |
| Carlos Quentin | SD | 23 | 4 | .174 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .348 | .240 | .588 |
| Jhonny Peralta | DET | 22 | 10 | .455 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .909 | .480 | 1.389 |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | MIL | 22 | 5 | .227 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .261 | .625 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | TOR | 22 | 5 | .227 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .409 | .292 | .701 |
| David DeJesus | CHI-N | 22 | 4 | .182 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .217 | .490 |
| Eric Chavez | AZ | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .286 | .422 |
| Alex Gordon | KC | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .273 |
| Billy Butler | KC | 21 | 7 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .364 | .792 |
| David Murphy | TEX | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .261 | .594 |
| Jason Kubel | AZ | 20 | 9 | .450 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .700 | .500 | 1.200 |
| Placido Polanco | MIA | 20 | 8 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .800 | .400 | 1.200 |
| Cody Ross | AZ | 20 | 7 | .350 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .450 | .381 | .831 |
| Adam Kennedy | 20 | 5 | .250 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .350 | .250 | .600 | |
| Garret Anderson | 20 | 4 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .200 | .600 | |
| Jay Payton | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .238 | .438 | |
| Joe Inglett | 20 | 3 | .150 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .150 | .450 | |
| Matt Stairs | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .227 | .527 | |
| Juan Rivera | AZ | 19 | 8 | .421 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .526 | .455 | .981 |
| Victor Martinez | DET | 19 | 7 | .368 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .421 | .368 | .789 |
| Maicer Izturis | TOR | 19 | 6 | .316 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .421 | .381 | .802 |
| Josh Willingham | MIN | 19 | 6 | .316 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .526 | .409 | .935 |
| Ramon Santiago | DET | 19 | 5 | .263 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .263 | .579 |
| Alberto Callaspo | ANA | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .250 | .461 |
| Scott Rolen | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .158 | .474 | |
| Mike Aviles | CLE | 18 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .368 | 1.035 |
| Mike Napoli | BOS | 18 | 4 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .444 | .222 | .667 |
| Manny Ramirez | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .318 | .818 | |
| Travis Snider | PIT | 18 | 3 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .389 | .250 | .639 |
| Grady Sizemore | 18 | 1 | .056 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .105 | .216 | |
| Michael Cuddyer | COL | 17 | 7 | .412 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .706 | .474 | 1.180 |
| John Buck | NY-N | 17 | 5 | .294 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .706 | .294 | 1.000 |
| Miguel Olivo | MIA | 17 | 5 | .294 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .412 | .294 | .706 |
| Alexi Casilla | BAL | 17 | 3 | .176 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .222 | .516 |
| Coco Crisp | OAK | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .222 | .399 |
| Travis Hafner | NY-A | 17 | 3 | .176 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .263 | .498 |
| Dan Uggla | ATL | 17 | 3 | .176 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .333 | .569 |
| Jeff Mathis | MIA | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .118 | .118 | .235 |
| Mitch Moreland | TEX | 17 | 2 | .118 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .118 | .353 |