Best leadoff men

[MrSmithTP]

Just want some opinions on the best leadoff men in the 2006 version.

[LMBombers]

The below list are guys that have over 40 OBP chances vs RHP with at least a B stealing rating. Players that I did not include that meet this criteria either have too much power or would obviously be better in the #2 or 3 spots in the order. These are in no particular order and only relate to RHP:

Figgins
Ford
Jeter
Lugo
Brian Roberts
Freel
Garabito
Lofton

Even among these guys Jeter and Roberts would probably be better in the 2 or 3 hole. The ideal leadoff guy has a lot of his OBP coming from walks rather than mostly base hits IMO.

vs LHP you would remove Figgins, Ford & Lofton from this list and replace them with Ichiro, Alex Sanchez and possibly others.

There are others with blazing speed but not as much OBP as these guys which would include guys like Rollins, Podsednik, Reyes & Taveras. There are other guys with just as good OBP but not quite the speed like Brady Clark.

[MrSmithTP]

I have Figgins and already had him penciled in as leadoof versus righty. I was toying with Furcal versus lefty but i dont know of anyone whever tried him there. Other leadoff possabilities on my team are Taveras and what about someone like Abreu or even Berkman since they are high obp. guys.

[Palmtana]

Here are a couple of threads from earlier in the season:

[url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?p=575496&highlight=leadoff]Best Leadoff Men[/url]

[url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?p=594765&highlight=leadoff]Speed at the top: What's your opinion?[/url]

[visick]

I've been using Garabito with good results vs. RH's. :lol:

[FoggyOne]

Garabito
Mauer

[Proverbial Psalms]

Figgins rules.

[hugedude24]

I had a stacked offense and led off Berkman. Not a prototypical leadoff guy, he really did a great job, and did not lose any hits that he would normally due to his negative clutch. He had a ton of doubles, which made it easy for him to score and of course having ARod and Ortiz behind him amongst others helps.