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Adam LaRoche -
Washington Nationals
Age: 33
Position Eligibility:
1B-153
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Last Update: 5/18/2013
| System | Position | Team | AB | R | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | BB | K | Value |
| Composite | 1B | WAS | 516 | 70 | 24 | 81 | 1 | 0.254 | 0.330 | 0.453 | 58 | 135 | $7 |
| RotoChamp | 1B | WAS | 530 | 81 | 26 | 82 | 1 | 0.262 | 0.340 | 0.472 | 62 | 135 | $9 |
| Steamer-Razzball | 1B | WAS | 492 | 67 | 23 | 76 | 1 | 0.254 | 0.332 | 0.453 | 58 | 127 | $6 |
| FanGraphs Fans | 1B | WAS | 548 | 82 | 25 | 91 | 2 | 0.270 | 0.343 | 0.469 | 63 | 133 | $4 |
| ZIPS | 1B | WAS | 425 | 53 | 19 | 72 | 1 | 0.249 | 0.322 | 0.445 | 47 | 112 | $-5 |
| CAIRO | 1B | WAS | 464 | 61 | 22 | 73 | 2 | 0.254 | 0.326 | 0.455 | 51 | 122 | $4 |
| ROS (BETA) | 1B | WAS | 389 | 60 | 19 | 60 | 1 | 0.260 | 0.338 | 0.465 | 46 | 105 | $7 |
| Current | 1B | WAS | 133 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0.226 | 0.309 | 0.406 | 16 | 45 | $3 |
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| Season | G | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | xBA | BB | K |
| 2012 | 154 | 571 | 155 | 76 | 33 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 0.271 | 0.347 | 0.509 | 0.857 | 0.278 | 67 | 138 |
| 2011 | 43 | 151 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0.172 | 0.289 | 0.258 | 0.548 | 0.252 | 25 | 37 |
| 2010 | 151 | 560 | 146 | 75 | 25 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 0.260 | 0.322 | 0.467 | 0.790 | 0.237 | 48 | 172 |
| 2009 | 150 | 555 | 154 | 78 | 25 | 83 | 2 | 2 | 0.277 | 0.355 | 0.488 | 0.843 | 0.268 | 69 | 142 |
| 2008 | 136 | 492 | 133 | 66 | 25 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 0.270 | 0.341 | 0.500 | 0.841 | 0.270 | 54 | 122 |
| 2007 | 152 | 563 | 153 | 71 | 21 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 0.272 | 0.345 | 0.458 | 0.803 | 0.259 | 62 | 131 |
Bernadina, Roger
Brown, Corey
Clippard, Tyler
Cole, A.J.
Desmond, Ian
Detwiler, Ross
Espinosa, Danny
Garcia, Christian
Gonzalez, Gio
Goodwin, Brian
Haren, Dan
Harper, Bryce
Karns, Nathan
LaRoche, Adam
Lombardozzi, Steve
Mattheus, Ryan
Moore, Tyler
Purke, Matt
Ramos, Wilson
Rendon, Anthony
Rodriguez, Henry
Snyder, Chris
Soriano, Rafael
Span, Denard
Stammen, Craig
Storen, Drew
Strasburg, Stephen
Suzuki, Kurt
Tracy, Chad
Werth, Jayson
Young, Chris
Zimmerman, Ryan
Zimmermann, Jordan
Fielder, Prince - DET
Votto, Joey - CIN
Pujols, Albert - LAA
Freeman, Freddie - ATL
Rizzo, Anthony - CHC
Konerko, Paul - CWS
Craig, Allen - STL
Goldschmidt, Paul - ARI
Gonzalez, Adrian - LAD
Davis, Ike - NYM
Hosmer, Eric - KAN
Young, Michael - PHI
V Carter, Chris - HOU
LaRoche, Adam - WAS
Howard, Ryan - PHI
Alonso, Yonder - SD
Moss, Brandon - OAK
Berkman, Lance - TEX
Jones, Garrett - PIT
Reynolds, Mark - CLE
Morneau, Justin - MIN
Lee, Carlos - FA
Hart, Corey - MIL
Belt, Brandon - SF
Smoak, Justin - SEA
Fantasy Baseball Hot Stove Says:
Here’s the good – Adam LaRoche's batting average wasn’t too far off his career mark, his homerun and run totals were perfectly in line with expectations, and he eclipsed the century mark for RBIs for the first time in his career. But don’t let this seemingly decent season fool you; Laroche actually had the worst season of his career. LaRoche is notoriously known for his second half tirades and his uncanny knack for saving fantasy seasons with the annual August waiver wire pick up (because God knows an impatient owner has already dropped him by the All Star Break). There was an initial hope that LaRoche was going to prolong his second half success throughout an entire season when he hit .296 with a .954 OPS in April (career highs for April). Thus, imagine my dismay when Laroche fell apart in September. In the last four seasons, his second half averages have been .323, .312, .304, and .311. In 2010, he batted only .269 in the second half with only a one-thousandth of a percentage increase in OPS in the second half. This was largely due to a horrible September which destroyed any hopes of salvaging his season. He did all this while also maintaining a fairly high .330 BABIP. This appears to indicate that he just may not have a second half surge in his tank anymore, making me pessimistic about LaRoche going forward.
He’s 31 years old. Hope of him being able to string a full season together is being quickly diminished with each passing day and he’s coming off one of his worst seasons as a major leaguer in 2010. The 25 homers and 100 RBIs were strong, and the .261 average was only 10 points off his career norm. But the concern is that he read the Mark Reynolds book on batting patience and struck out a career high 172 times while walking at the lowest rate since his rookie season. It should be no surprise that he swung at a career worst rate of pitches outside the zone in 2010.
Projection: I will no longer be among the believers that LaRoche can have a consistently strong year from start to finish; but I do believe he won’t repeat his September’s slump in 2011.
70 R, 24 HR, 80 RBIs, .272 AVG, .810 OPS
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