Baseball 2008: Players' poll predicts McLouth breakout

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Roto Advice found this 4/1/2008 on www.post-gazette.com [flag]
ATLANTA -- The first pitch of the Pirates' season will come tonight at Turner Field, from Tom Glavine's hand to Nate McLouth's bat. And, to hear McLouth's teammates tell it, that could bring the beginning of something special. "He's the man," shortstop Jack Wilson said. "Nate McLouth. Write it down." That view was a popular one in the Post-Gazette's preseason survey of the Pirates' players. In ... [link]

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Daily Fantasy Baseball Leaders - March 31st Edition
Published 4/1/2008 by Ken at Roto Advice
... This might be a breakout year for McLouth. After putting up 13 HR & 22 SB (with only 1 CS) in only 329 ab last season, he now has the CF job all to himself for 2008. He's a great power / speed sleeper, and he was voted as the Pirates breakout player this season in a pre-season poll in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. If he's available on your waiver wire, you might want to pick him up, especially if you have any open roster spots due to players on the DL or if you are in a non-keeper league & are holding the Jay Bruce types waiting for a call-up. Get McLouth now, before ...

While we're on the subject of Xavier Nady...
Published 4/1/2008 at Roto Arcade
... As breakout candidates go, I'm much more interested in today's third most-added player, Pirates' centerfielder Nate McLouth. (And his teammates agree). He's three years younger than Nady, and he went 3/5 last night with two runs scored, one HR, and four RBIs. McLouth also stole 22 bases last year in 23 attempts. ...

Scrawler: Who Has the Balls to Throw the First Pitch?
Published 4/2/2008 by mondesishouse at Mondesishouse.com
... Let’s get away from the whole sacred balls theory, lest having Pirates visit this fancy web site as an addendum to the preseason Players’ Poll article. ...

Are McLouth, Nady and Doumit for real?
Published 5/8/2008 by Bob Taylor (noreply@blogger.com) at Fantasy Hurler
... So, of course, this being the Pirates -- where nothing is ever simple -- they don't give Nate the job outright this spring. He had to beat out Nyjer Morgan for the position. I think it pissed Nate off. I think he came into this season bearing both a chip on his shoulders and the expectations of his teammates -- who, before the season started, voted him the player most likely to break out -- and I think those things served Nate well. And they could continue serving him well. McCutchen's tearing up Triple-A, and it's only a matter of time before somebody in that outfield is ...