Is Ben Zobrist For Real?
advancedfantasybaseball.com 6/10/2009 — If you have Ben Zobrist on your fantasy team, chances are you are much happier than the guy who last owned him in your league. Zobrist hit his 12th homer in just 148 at-bats after looking like merely a very good bench player in the first 400 at-bats of his career. But now the patience that ...

Trade Target: Ben Zobrist
rotoprofessor.com 5/28/2009 — In 2008 Ben Zobrist hit 12 HR in 198 AB for the Tampa Bay Rays, opening a few people’s eyes but very few were calling for a huge, breakout campaign for the utility man. Injuries and inability have ravaged the Rays team thus far in 2009, however, creating an opportunity for him.

Ben Zobrist Is Not Getting Bad Calls
mvn.com 8/4/2009 — After starting to get more regular appearances around late May, utility player Ben Zobrist has seemed to acquire a much more selective eye at the plate. By doing so Zobrist has been taking a lot more pitches overall this season compared to last season. Zobrist has swung about 3% less than last ...

Ben Zobrist Gets Some All-Star Love
raysallday.com 6/19/2009 — Finally, a little national recognition for Ben Zobrist. ESPN.com’s Jerry Crasnick listed nine players who are worth All-Star consideration to make the mid-summer classic for the first time. At the very top of the list…Zorilla! And, coming in at #4 was Jason Bartlett. My guess, ...

Prospect Retro: Ben Zobrist
minorleagueball.com 6/20/2009 — More photos » by Mark Duncan - AP 22 days ago: Tampa Bay Rays' Ben Zobrist doubles off Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Zach Jackson to drive in a ...

Zobrist tops AL leaderboard
blogs.tampabay.com 6/19/2009 — INF Ben Zobrist – yes, Ben Zobrist - is now leading the AL with a 1.080 OPS and a .665 slugging pct. After hitting five times Thursday, Zobrist had enough plate appearances (3.1 per team game) to qualify for the leaderboard, and immediately went to ...

Zobrist has earned playing time
tireball.com 6/7/2009 — Where exactly did Ben Zobrist come from this season? The 28-year-old entered the season as a utility man but an injury to second basemen Akinori Iwamura has made Zobrist an everyday player in the Tampa Bay lineup and considering the numbers he’s put up it may be for the best. Throughout his ...

Tonight's Lineups: Without Zobrist
mvn.com 6/29/2009 — The lineups are posted for tonight's game with the Rays and the Jays in Toronto. One player noticeably absent is Ben Zobrist with Willy Aybar in his place and hitting in the five spot. Likely Maddon wanted to give him a day off since he has been playing consecutively for a while now. Upton cf ...

Ben Zobrist » Statistics » Batting | FanGraphs Baseball
fangraphs.com 6/1/2009 — Season Team G AB PA H 1B 2B 3B HR R RBI BB IBB SO HBP SF SH GDP SB CS AVG Total Postseason - - - - - - 197 7 626 11 707 13 151 1 86 1 31 0 7 0 27 0 79 0 92 0 67 2 5 0 114 0 3 0 7 0 4 0 8 0 13 0 5 0 .241 .091 2006 Astros (AA) 83 315 381 103 69 25 6 3 ...

Cracking The Zobrist Code: What Is Behind The Ben Zobrist Power Surge?
draysbay.com 4/23/2009 — What happened to Ben Zobrist? Usually, when you're asking such a question it comes with a negative tone, however, in the curious case of Ben Zobrist, it is very much a positive. What turned a slap singles hitter into the man known as Zorilla?Until this point your guess was as good as mine.