Dee Hart Freshmen debut on hold, Dustin Ackley: The ROTO Monster, Fantasy Baseball Mid-way rankings (Starting Pitcher to Right Field)

The highly touted running back, Dee Hart, signed with Alabama over the likes of Michigan and Auburn last December. Dee has been in the rotation with Trent Richardson and Eddie Lacy at the three spot under the depth chart, but Hart has believed to suffer a small tear of his ACL. Yikes! This is a huge blow to a contending team this fall like the Crimson Tide. The only good of this is that Hart whether he wants to or not will redshirt in 2011 and Alabama get a chance to know Sophmore Jalston Folwer. Fowler is just a little guy at 6'1 and 240 pounds. Jalston averaged eight yards a carry for the Tide in 2010 and will be a great goaline back to pound and work his way past the line of scrimmage. It is always to hear about future stars getting hurt like this, but lets hope this is not a Marcus Dupree type injury or Dupree like laziness. I doubt that for sure in Dee.

Dustin Ackley is spinning heads in Seattle and also the Southeast area, because of his alma mater, the North Carolina Tarheels. Ackley was the second overall pick by the Mariners in 2009 and was labeled a defensive project, because the kid was so talented he could play first base, centerfield, or his current position second base. Here is the first video from my blog so I hope it works, here is Dustin's first plate appearance in Safeco Field. He was the twelfth best prospect and number one prospect for the Mariners' farm system according to Baseball America. Through 15 games since his promotion from triple A Tacoma, Ackley is hitting with a .300 AVG, 15 hits, 3 home runs, 8 runs batted in, and 2 stolen bases. Are you kidding me? Seriously! This two week span by Ackley are numbers Ryan Braun would put up, and he is an All-Star left fielder. Ackley has a chance to be a great hitter like Joe Mauer, Dustin Pedroria, and Andre Ethier. Dustin is here to stay and could be one of the greatest second baseman of this era. 

Alright fantasy sports nerds! This is your time to listen right now. We are nearing the All-Star break and I wanted to breakdown the top surprises, top misses, and rankings for the 2011 season. Lets start with the big surprise players. Curtis Granderson has be on top of many lists. I am not going to share his stats again, but Curtis is nearing a 40/20 season this year. Granderson was drafted in the 8th-9th rd and has excellent keeper value. Adam Lind is finally playing like he did in 2009, even though he is battling injuries again. Justin Verlander is proving everybody that he is a future AL Cy Young winner in Detroit. The misses for 2011 can be decided by many people but I will mention 3 lames in this entry. His name must not be Dan Uggla, because this guy can not hit a beach ball to save his life. The home runs will come as usual but the average could be a career worse. Alex Rios and Vernon Wells have been disaster signings after finally both leaving Toronto. Rios is now with the Chicago White Sox and is barely hitting over Mendoza line at centerfield. Vernon Wells is getting paid 28 million clams to be on the DL and hit under .200. These guys are great ballplayers and they will get it together, try a trade for a huge profit without giving up too much. 

2011 Rankings:
SP    RP  C   1B   2B    SS    3B     LF     CF       RF         
Verlander  Storen    McCann   Fielder     Cano      Reyes      A-ROD       Braun       Kemp         Bautista  
Halladay   Bell        Martinez    Gonzales Weeks   Cabrera   Beltre        Gonzales Granderson  Berkman

Lee           Rivera    Avila          Teixiera Pedroria  Rollins    Prado        Holliday   McCutchen  J Upton    

Hamels    Putz        Mauer        Konerko Phillips Tulowitski Gordon     Hamilton  Ellsbury      Ethier 

Weaver   Venters   Santana     Howard   Ackley  Andrus      Peralta     Beltran      Victorino    Cruz