| Cold | 6/13/2013 10:48:00 AM |
Description: Rays left fielder Kelly Johnson has gone just 1-for-11 (.091) with four strikeouts against Royals starter Ervin Santana, who will start Thursday against Tampa Bay. | Insight: Johnson is just 4-for-40 (.100) over his last 10 games. It's a predictable slump, as the strikeout-prone Johnson's .298 batting average over his first 45 games was aided by a .337 BABIP while his line-drive rate has hovered around 15 percent. | | |
| 6/11/2013 11:19:00 AM |
Description: Rays left fielder Kelly Johnson is hitless in 12 career at-bats against Boston starter Jon Lester. | Insight: The left fielder is hitting .257 with 10 homers, 37 RBI and six steals this season and is a good fantasy option when healthy. He's coming off a back injury and may not be 100 percent as he's 2-for-20 since missing a pair of games. | | |
| 6/7/2013 4:20:00 PM |
Description: Rays left fielder Kelly Johnson (back) missed the last two games, but is back in the lineup for Friday's game against Baltimore, according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. | Insight: The left fielder is hitting .275 with 10 homers, 35 RBI and six steals this season and is a very good fantasy option when healthy. | | |
| 6/7/2013 12:20:00 PM |
Description: Rays left fielder Kelly Johnson (back) missed Thursday's game against the Tigers and is questionable for Friday's game against Baltimore. | Insight: The left fielder is hitting .275 with 10 homers, 35 RBI and six steals this season and is a very good fantasy option when healthy. | | |
| 6/6/2013 5:40:00 PM |
Description: Rays left fielder Kelly Johnson (back) missed Thursday's game against the Tigers. | Insight: Johnson was scratched from Wednesday's lineup with back tightness. The left fielder is hitting .275 with 10 homers, 35 RBI and six steals this season. | | |
| 6/5/2013 8:33:00 PM |
Description: Rays left fielder Kelly Johnson was a late scratch from Wednesday's lineup due to back tightness, according to Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times. | Insight: Johnson is available to play off the bench, however. The left fielder is hitting .275 with 10 homers, 35 RBI and six steals this season. | | |
| 5/27/2013 9:05:00 PM |
Description: Rays second baseman Kelly Johnson produced four hits Monday in a win over the Marlins. | Insight: Johnson (.296, 10 HR, 32 RBI) finished with two homers and six RBI. He's on pace to drive in 104 runs this season. Johnson's career-high is 71. | | |
| 5/26/2013 12:48:00 PM |
Description: Kelly Johnson will watch from the dugout as the Rays take on the Yankees Sunday in the series finale. | Insight: The Tampa Bay second baseman finds himself out of the lineup for the second consecutive day. Johnson singled as a pinch-hitter on Saturday and he could be used in a similar capacity on Sunday. | | |
| Hot | 5/18/2013 9:04:00 PM |
Description: Rays second baseman Kelly Johnson has homered in two straight games. | Insight: Johnson is batting .273 with seven homers, 24 RBI and four steals. However, he has been incredibly lucky, putting up a .317 BABIP despite hitting line drives at a rate of just 14.3 percent. | | |
| Hot | 5/9/2013 9:46:00 AM |
Description: Rays second baseman Kelly Johnson swatted his fifth home run of the year Wednesday in a 10-4 victory over Toronto. | Insight: Johnson (3-for-4) has gone 8-for-14 in his last four games with three RBI. He's batting .423 in May after hitting a disappointing .227 in the opening month. | | |
| 5/2/2013 11:48:00 AM |
Description: Hopefully Kelly Johnson isn't your only option at second base today. He only has one hit in 11 at bats against Royals starter Ervin Santana. | Insight: Johnson (.229, 3 HR, 9 RBI) has struck out twice or more in three out of his last four games. Oddly enough, he has also contributed at least one RBI in three of his past four outings. Do what you feel is right but this isn't a good matchup for Johnson. | | |
| Cold | 4/15/2013 10:09:00 AM |
Description: Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Kelly Johnson is just 1-for-11 (.091) with five strikeouts against Boston starter Ryan Dempster. He has walked six times. | Insight: Johnson is off to an extremely slow start batting just .182 with a home run and two RBI. He wasn't very good last season (.225, 61 runs, 16 HR, 55 RBI, .678 OPS), but has the potential to be a 20-HR, 15-SB guy. | | |
| 2/27/2013 2:26:00 PM |
Description: Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Kelly Johnson is starting Wednesday's game in left field, according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. | Insight: Manager Joe Maddon likes multi-position players and fantasy owners like the flexibility too. Johnson wasn't very good last season (.225, 61 runs, 16 HR, 55 RBI, .678 OPS) but does have potential. Johnson's arrival in Tampa Bay may leave multi-positional Ben Zobrist (OF/2B/SS) with less flexibility. | | |
| 1/28/2013 11:46:00 AM |
Description: Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Tampa Bay Rays have signed former Toronto second baseman Kelly Johnson to a one-year deal. | Insight: Johnson wasn't very good last season (.225, 61 runs, 16 HR, 55 RBI, .678 OPS) but does have potential. More significantly, his arrival in Tampa Bay may leave multi-positional Ben Zobrist (OF/2B/SS) with less flexibility. | | |
| 9/22/2012 5:49:00 PM |
Description: Toronto second baseman Kelly Johnson won't start Saturday against Tampa Bay. | Insight: Johnson is hitting a dismal .189 since the All-Star break. Saturday he'll take a seat in favor of rookie Adeiny Hechavarria (.250, 2 HR, 11 RBI). | | |
| Cold | 9/21/2012 9:43:00 AM |
Description: Blue Jays second baseman Kelly Johnson is just 1-for-11 (.091) against Tampa starter James Shields with six strikeouts. | Insight: Johnson hasn't been a fantasy-worthy second baseman since about the end of May. He's batted just .204 since June 1 and his OPS has been no better than .645 over the past four months. | | |
| Cold | 9/16/2012 11:31:00 AM |
Description: Blue Jays second baseman Kelly Johnson is not in the lineup Sunday against Boston. | Insight: Johnson is 0-for-6 in the series. He's batting just .118 in 51 at bats against the Red Sox this season. | | |
| 8/12/2012 12:09:00 PM |
Description: Toronto second baseman Kelly Johnson is out of the lineup Sunday with a groin injury. | Insight: Johnson (.235, 13 HR, 43 RBI) homered Friday in the series opener but today he'll move over for Mike McCoy (.375, 0 HR, 2 RBI) who is making his first start of the year at second base for the Blue Jays. Don't expect Johnson to miss much time with this injury. | | |
| 8/7/2012 9:52:00 AM |
Description: Blue Jays second baseman Kelly Johnson is just 1-for-8 (.125) against Rays starter James Shields with five strikeouts. | Insight: Johnson has become a low average guy (.233), but he will still give you double-digit homers and steals and maintains a consistent fantasy value. Tuesday, however, is not a day to start him. | | |
| 7/26/2012 10:23:00 PM |
Description: Blue Jays second baseman Kelly Johnson smashed his 11th bomb of the season Thursday against the Athletics. He also added an RBI double in the eighth inning. | Insight: The homer was Johnson's first since July 8 and Thursday was also Johnson's first multi-hit effort since going 2-for-3 June 30 against the Angels. We'll see if Johnson (.240, 11 HRs, 39 RBIs) can keep the momentum going Friday when Toronto opens its series against Detroit. | | |
