Fantasy Baseball: Jason Lives

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In one of the most incomprehensible comebacks so far this year, it appears that New York Yankees’ first baseman and parasite chum Jason Giambi is finally adjusting to his new weight class and finding his stroke again. And now he’s the most added player in fantasy sports when for the past year and a half Giambi has been as valuable as a dung nickel. ESPN’s fantasy mojo rison Tristan Cockroft devoted his Out of the Box column to the Giambi and had these nice things to say about him:

There’s must be something about being a Yankee first baseman. Not two months after fellow pinstriper Tino Martinez hit 10 homers in a 12-game span, Jason Giambi is now in the midst of a similar unexpected hot streak. In the Yankees’ recent six-game homestand, which concluded on Sunday, Giambi batted .556 (10-for-18) with five homers and 10 RBI. Guess who leads the list of Most Added players in the past week? You guessed it; it’s Giambi, who has seen his ownership rise from 16.0 to 85.0 percent (69.0 increase). Maybe it seems like Giambi has only recently turned around what seemed like a lost season just two months ago, right around when Martinez was on such a tear. But keep in mind that it was during that west-coast swing to Oakland and Seattle, when Martinez was in the midst of the streak, that Yankees manager Joe Torre gave a vote of confidence to Giambi, who was practically kicked to the curb by the team’s fans and upper management. Remember that rumored demotion to Triple-A Columbus? What a motivational tool. Giambi has now played 42 games since Torre stood up for the veteran, and has batted .328 (42-for-128) with seven homers, 26 RBI and a .999 OPS during that span. What’s more, his .452 on-base percentage is second-highest since May 13, behind only Travis Hafner (.455).

Jason’s Resurrection [ESPN]