Lyle Overbay: Milwaukee Brewers First Baseman
Not too many people would know who I´m talking about if I mentioned Lyle Overbay before the season started. Now that he´s batting .347 with 5 homers and 31 RBI´s(2nd in NL), many fans and fantasy owners are taking notice. Overbay has helped the Brewers maintain a .500 record (through May 13th) and has helped himself get some recognition with a current 13-game hit streak. The fantasy owners are starting to flock to this 27-year old Brewer. Overbay may be a big hitter, 6´2", but he is more of a contact hitter. He has a flat swing, which allows him to hit a ball anywhere in the field. That being said, he has hit 5 homers this season in 124 at bats, 1 more than his 2003 total in which he had 254 at bats. Lyle Overbay has shown his all-star potential since moving from Arizona to Milwaukee as part of the Richie Sexson trade. Overbay went 7-11 with 6 RBI´s in a series against his former team, the Diamondbacks.
Overbay´s success didn´t start this year, as a graduate from the University of Nevada, he was a right fielder and has led the Big West Conference in hits, runs, and RBI´s. The 1999 Ralph Nelles Award for Most Valuable Player broke the short-season minor league record for RBI´s in a season with 101 RBI´s. Overbay´s 101 RBI´s broke Medicine Hat Blue Jay´s Jay Gibbons´ (currently with Baltimore) 98 RBIs in 1998.
Fantasy owners all around need to take notice, if they haven´t already, of this young slugger. Overbay has the potential to be an all-star first baseman in the future, and maybe even this season if he keeps up his current numbers.
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