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Pedro Alvarez or Placido Polanco

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Pedro Alvarez
Pedro Alvarez (3B)
Pittsburgh
Placido Polanco
Placido Polanco (3B)
Miami
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No experts recommend Placido Polanco over Pedro Alvarez

ECR
150
383
Best Rank
80
210
Worst Rank
269
655
Composite ADP
147
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Yahoo
165
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ESPN
160
N/A
CBS
141
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2013 Zeile Consensus Projections
AB
518
429
RUNS
68
48
HITS
126
118
1B
73
96
2B
25
17
3B
2
1
HRS
27
4
RBI
83
40
SB
2
2
CS
1
0
BB
57
29
SO
170
39
AVE
.246
.277
OBP
.321
.321
SLG
.455
.346
OPS
.777
.670
2012 Player Statistics
AB
525
303
RUNS
64
28
HITS
128
78
1B
72
61
2B
25
15
3B
1
0
HRS
30
2
RBI
85
19
SB
1
0
CS
0
0
BB
57
18
SO
180
25
AVE
.244
.257
OBP
.318
.299
SLG
.467
.327
OPS
.784
.629
Muntradamus
Beast Dome

“Alvarez was finally a BEAST in 2013. After surprsingly falling off the Fantasy Baseball Radar after a bad 2012, we all voted for Pedro on the Waiver Wire as he ended up with 30 HRs. No reason to think he will not continue this success now that he has seen it.”

 
Michael Pichan
RotoInfo

“wouldn't count on 30 HR again”

 
 
Pedro Alvarez mashes eighth home run

CBS Sports | May 19th, 10:10pm
Pirates third baseman Pedro Alvarez hit his eighth home run, the decider in a 1-0 win Sunday over Houston. Alvarez...

Pedro Alvarez records rare stolen base

CBS Sports | May 17th, 4:22am
Pirates third baseman Pedro Alvarez stole the third base of his career Thursday night against the Brewers...

Pedro Alvarez sits against righty

CBS Sports | May 16th, 12:57am
Pirates third baseman Pedro Alvarez was out of the lineup for Wednesday's contest against the Brewers...