By Scott Woodall

The Shallow

Martin Prado – (1B/2B/3b)

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto. Thank-you very mucho, Martin Prado!

Fantasy Baseball has enjoyed the addition of a few nice 2B/3B options in recent weeks.

We mentioned the Milwaukee Brewers Casey McGehee not too long ago, and today we are on board with the Atlanta Braves punchy little Venezuelan – Martin Prado - who actually covers the entire diamond (less SS) as far as eligibility (1B/2B/3B). T

The cat is already out of the bag on the recent NL player of the week, but he still remains widely available in most fantasy formats.

If you need a boost to batting average, or play in a league that uses on base percentage as a stat category, you could do far worse than carrying this Atlanta Braves utility knife, who seldom strikes out, & nets plenty of walks, base hits and doubles…lots of doubles!

Prado has supplanted Kelly Johnson who has landed on the DL, and with his ability to play across the diamond he should get plenty of bats the rest of the season, especially if the bat stays hot. Hitting in front of Chipper & McCann should give him plenty of opportunities to succeed…so don’t be tardy on Marty if he’s still available on your waiver wire.

The Deep

Everth Cabrera – Shortstop (SS)

Need Cheap Speed?

Hmmm…without intentionally trying to sound like a drug dealer we have a solid solution…even though Andy Behrens of Yahoo beat us to the punch. Oh Andy, we love ya man, but we think waaaay too much alike sometimes, and are growing tired of you stealing our thunder!

Anyways…if Emilio Bonifacio doesn’t get your blood flowing, despite his recently added SS – well, here’s another idea…

The San Diego Padres have a new spark plug named Everth Cabrera – who could easily steal somewhere between 20 to 25 bases in the second half of the 2009 season, and possibly even more if he can retain the lead off spot he’s been hitting from of late.

Last season the speedster stole 73 bases while playing for Ashville of the South Atlantic League. Until the Colorado Rockies decide to give Eric Young Jr. a call up, this may be your answer to stock piling bargain priced waiver swipes!

It’s always sweet to net some cheap stolen bases – especially from middle infield spots, & since the switch hitting SS doesn’t have much competition for the shortstop position in San Diego, it makes him that much sweeter!

Everth currently has 7 steals already in his short stint with the Pads, and has only been caught stealing only once.
With that in mind & not to mention the triples chances he should garner while playing in the spacious confines of San Diego’s Petco Park, we think it’s time to take a closer look at this Road Runner! Beep Beep!

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