| Hot | 6/7/2013 12:07:00 PM |
Description: Tampa Bay first baseman James Loney has a career .303 batting average and three home runs versus Baltimoe starter Jason Hammel. | Insight: Loney (.328, 7 HR, 32 RBI) is on quite a power surge with a .908 OPS through 59 games. He's hitting a home run every 27.42 at-bats, well above his career average (42.02). Start him. | | |
| Hot | 5/12/2013 8:19:00 PM |
Description: Tampa Bay first baseman James Loney swatted his third home run of the season Sunday against San Diego. | Insight: Loney (.376, 3 HR, 20 RBI) is on quite a tear right now. Over his last nine games, he's hitting .412 with two homers, nine runs and seven RBI. Somehow Loney is only owned in 26 percent of ESPN leagues, though that's an 18 percent increase from last week. | | |
| Hot | 5/3/2013 10:08:00 AM |
Description: Rays first baseman James Loney's bat has come to life -- .524 over his last 42 at-bats -- but Rockies starter Jeff Francis has limited him to one hit in 17 at-bats. | Insight: The Rays briefly resurrected the career of another light-hitting first baseman Casey Kotchman in 2011, and they are doing it with Loney this year. Loney's average is up to .375 after he went 5-for-30 (.167) over his first 13 games. While he has never hit Francis or lefties in general very well, he's a solid short-term add for this weekend with right-handers Jon Garland and Tyler Chatwood starting the next two games at Coors Field. | | |
| 4/18/2013 11:00:00 PM |
Description: Tampa Bay first baseman James Loney is 6-for-8 with two doubles, a homer and four RBIs over his last two games. | Insight: Loney was hitting .167 prior to yesterday's game against Baltimore but he has put together two strong games in a row to raise his average to .289. | | |
| 4/17/2013 10:38:00 PM |
Description: Tampa Bay first baseman James Loney snapped out of a 1-for-16 slump by providing three hits Wednesday in a win over Baltimore. | Insight: Loney had some fantasy intrigue a couple years ago when he played for the Dodgers but we're not counting on him to have a big year for the Rays. Since entering the league in 2006, Loney has only hit over .290 on one occasion (.331 AVG in 2007). | | |
| Cold | 4/15/2013 10:14:00 AM |
Description: Tampa Bay first baseman James Loney is an ugly 2-for-15 (both singles) against Boston right-hander Ryan Dempster. | Insight: Loney isn't known as a home run hitter (career best of 15) so when he's not hitting for a high average, he's currently batting .192, he's got very little fantasy value. Sit him. | | |
| 4/2/2013 11:11:00 AM |
Description: Tampa Bay first baseman James Loney isn't known as a home run hitter, but he has hit three off of Baltimore starter Jason Hammel and owns a lifetime .310 batting average against him. | Insight: Loney batted just .228 this spring, but it appears the Rays are committed to him for a while. He's a lifetime .282 hitter, but his fantasy value has never been very high because of his lack of power (.758 OPS). He might be worth a flier in the opener based on his past success against Hammel. | | |
| 12/3/2012 11:35:00 AM |
Description: First baseman James Loney has agreed to a one-year, $2 million deal with Tampa Bay. | Insight: The Rays grew frustrated with Carlos Pena's inconsistency at the plate last season and apparently, they've decided to move on without him. Loney isn't an offensive stud by any means (he hit .241 with six homers last season) but for just one year and a couple million bucks, there's not much risk here. | | |
| 10/25/2012 8:57:00 PM |
Description: MLB.com's Evan Drellich believes there's less than a 50 percent chance first baseman James Loney will return to the Red Sox next season. | Insight: Loney hit just .230 during his 30-game stint with Boston in 2012. Mauro Gomez (.275, 2 HR, 17 RBI) could be the team's everyday first baseman if Loney leaves. | | |
| 9/8/2012 6:53:00 PM |
Description: Red Sox first baseman James Loney is not in the starting lineup Saturday versus Toronto. | Insight: Loney's .348 slugging percentage this season is the lowest of his career. So is his .649 OPS. | | |
| 9/3/2012 3:26:00 PM |
Description: Boston first baseman James Loney will take a seat for Monday afternoon's game versus the Mariners. | Insight: Mauro Gomez (.304, 1 HR, 8 RBI) will get the start at first in Loney's place. | | |
| 8/29/2012 8:09:00 PM |
Description: Red Sox first baseman James Loney is out of the lineup for Wednesday night's game versus the Angels. | Insight: So far, Loney is 3-for-12 as a member of the Red Sox. | | |
| 8/26/2012 1:18:00 PM |
Description: James Loney will make his Red Sox debut Sunday against Kansas City. He's batting fifth and starting at first base. Loney came over as part of a blockbuster trade Saturday that sent Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez to the Dodgers. | Insight: Loney has been largely unproductive this season, hitting just .254 with four homers and 33 RBI in 115 games. Don't expect him to fare much better in Beantown. | | |
| 8/24/2012 7:31:00 PM |
Description: Los Angeles first baseman James Loney has been scratched from Friday night's starting lineup. | Insight: Loney may have played his final game as a Dodger. Trade talks between the Red Sox and Dodgers have heated up over the last few hours and now it looks like a deal is imminent. The swap is expected to bring slugger Adrian Gonzalez, starting pitcher Josh Beckett and outfielder Carl Crawford to Los Angeles. | | |
| 8/1/2012 2:19:00 PM |
Description: Dodgers first baseman James Loney isn't starting Wednesday afternoon against Arizona. Loney hasn't appeared in the starting lineup for Los Angeles since Sunday. | Insight: The Dodgers lineup became even more congested yesterday when they acquired outfielder Shane Victorino from the Phillies. With Victorino (.261, 9 HRs, 40 RBIs, 24 SBs) in the oufield, Juan Rivera (.258, 5 HRs, 34 RBIs) should begin seeing more time at first base, meaning fewer reps and consequently fewer chances for Loney (.255, 2 HRs, 28 RBIs) to contribute in fantasy. | | |
| 7/30/2012 9:59:00 PM |
Description: Dodgers first baseman James Loney isn't starting Monday night against Arizona. | Insight: Loney (.257, 2 HRs, 28 RBIs) has had a pedestrian year offensively but he's coming off an impressive weekend in San Francisco (4-for-9 in three games). | | |
| 7/29/2012 3:08:00 PM |
Description: Dodgers first baseman James Loney could be in for a big fantasy day Sunday against the Giants. Loney is hitting .462 in 13 career at bats against San Francisco's Ryan Vogelsong. | Insight: Loney (.254, 2 HRs, 28 RBIs) isn't in the first player that comes to mind when you think of a fantasy superstar but his strong track record against Vogelsong (8-4, 2.26 ERA) makes him a decent play on Sunday. | | |
| 7/28/2012 9:59:00 AM |
Description: Los Angeles first baseman James Loney should be a spectator on Saturday as he's 2-for-29 (.069) against Giants lefty Barry Zito. | Insight: Loney used to be a high average, low power guy, but in 2012 he's not even hitting for average (.248, 2 HRs, 28 RBIs). Sit him. | | |
| 7/23/2012 6:37:00 PM |
Description: Los Angeles first baseman James Loney will be a spectator Monday against St. Louis. | Insight: Loney (.248, 2 HRs, 26 RBIs) wasn't in Sunday's starting lineup either but he ended up getting four at bats in after the game went into extra innings. We'd expect Loney to get the full night off on Monday. | | |
| 7/22/2012 12:21:00 PM |
Description: Dodgers first baseman James Loney is not in the starting lineup for Sunday afternoon's game against the Mets. | Insight: Despite a strong showing in Saturday's game (2-for-5 with an RBI), the light-hitting Loney (.288, 2 HRs, 26 RBIs) is having a dreadul season so far and carries almost no use in fantasy leagues. | | |
