Buy Low/Sell High July 26th (Ryan Zimmerman/Xavier Nady)

Buy Low: Ryan Zimmerman

Key Stats:

Pitcher:	BABIP	K/BB	PTO%	qERA	ERA Dif	P/IP	FIP
Hitter:	BABIP	P/PA	BB/SO	GB/FB	HR/FB
2008	0.237	3.58	0.24	1.491	15.09%
2007	0.257	3.99	0.49	1.653	16.67%
2006	0.283	3.88	0.51	1.815	16.81%

Power is the one thing that usually suffers when recovering from a labral tear in the non-throwing shoulder. Power was never really a huge part of his game, he was just a good all around hitter. His BABIP is extremely low as is his BB/SO ratio. Most likely his BABIP and BB/SO will begin to return to normal which will allow him to hit his pitches rather than hit pitchers’ pitches.

Zimmerman, Ryan 3B WAS for Martinez, Fernando OF NYM

Zimmerman, Ryan 3B WAS for Pence, Hunter CF HOU

Zimmerman, Ryan 3B WAS for Blake, Casey 3B CLE

Sell High: Xavier Nady

Key Stats: 

Pitcher:	BABIP	K/BB	PTO%	qERA	ERA Dif	P/IP	FIP
Hitter:	BABIP	P/PA	BB/SO	GB/FB	HR/FB
2008	0.316	3.64	0.47	1.423	16.90%
2007	0.261	3.71	0.23	1.320	20.00%
2006	0.271	3.62	0.35	1.618	15.45%

Nady has turned a lucky BABIP at Pittsburgh into a deal to the Yankees that will only disappoint people. He’s going into a much tougher pitching division with Halladay, Beckett, Shields, Kazmir as just the aces. His BABIP is due to fall since his career norms are around .270. He may end up scoring a few more runs and RBIs in NY depending on where he hits in the order. I still think that you could get a good deal that can help you out down the stretch.

Gonzalez, Adrian 1B SD and Nady, Xavier RF PIT and
Wellemeyer, Todd SP STL for Beltran, Carlos CF NYM and
Pujols, Albert 1B STL

Kubel, Jason LF MIN and Nady, Xavier RF PIT for Nathan, Joe RP MIN

Nady, Xavier RF PIT for Ethier, Andre LF LA and Shields, James SP TB