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11August2005Thursday

Fantasy Baseball: Corey Patterson’s Back—Should You Really Care?

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corey4.jpgChicago Cubs’ outfielder Corey Patterson is back from his month-long stint in the minors to “retool” and “refocus”, professional athlete speak for “complete skills meltdown.” Well, Patterson is back up and owners still seeking that 30 home run/30 stolen base combo at the stretch run should perk up their ears. Or should they? One of Yahoo Sports’ thousands of fantasy minions, Ted Carlson, says owners in the mid-tier should give him a looksy for the high reward potential with 10 homers/10 steals over the last few weeks of the season. But Carlson also says Patterson could also go all Whiff City again and be a total drain on your offensive numbers.

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