Fredi Gonzalez is a douchebag

Here's what Fredi Gonzalez had to say about the prospects of Hanley Ramirez stealing 50 bases this year:

"I hope not. The reason being, your body gets banged up and the wear and tear. Here's a guy who hits you .300 with a chance to hit 30 (home runs) and drive in a lot of runs. I'm scared because the more you're that type of a stolen bases (guy), even when you don't steal and you're diving back to first base, you get banged up."

Here's the kicker:
"Hopefully, the home runs go up and the stolen bases go down."

Ouch. Expecting something like this, I've only projected Hanley Ramirez to steal 41 bases this year, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's lower than that. So, let's assume 35 steals. I can't project more homeruns simply because that's what the coach wants to see, so we'll have to stick with 29 there. Obviously the coach has much more control over steals than homeruns. Making that downward adjustment to steals moves Ramirez from 2nd in my overall rankings to 5th, behind Rodriguez, Reyes, Wright, and Santana.

On a side note, I actually agree with Gonzalez and would rather see Ramirez concentrate on hitting if I was a Marlins fan. However, for fantasy baseball purposes, I stand by my claim that Gonzalez is a douchebag.