Post by ex-Pittsburgh Pirates on Mar 30, 2015 7:56:12 GMT -5
This one is very tough, but if we were drafting one of these sets for this year, I'd take the Trout set. Though there are 2-3 others that are virtually tied for top spot in my mind.
Post by ex-Pittsburgh Pirates on Mar 30, 2015 8:10:09 GMT -5
You had Ellsbury on your bench. So I missed him.
For anyone voting, you can consider Ellsbury instead of Eaton. That makes the vote even tougher. I'm surprised how even the league looks this year. We might actually have a multi-team race for once.
Post by ex-Pittsburgh Pirates on Mar 30, 2015 11:46:09 GMT -5
Boy, depends what you think about Harper. And Heyward for that matter. You have a hard time convincing me you'll get 270 games combined out of those 2 guys. Even if you do, then you are betting on a Heyward bounce-back and for Harper to do things he's never done before.
The Philly trio might have the best upside. But if this were a redraft/no-contract league, I wouldn't take them over Trout/Braun/Martin.
Post by ex-Pittsburgh Pirates on Mar 30, 2015 13:44:23 GMT -5
I can understand that. Braun is a tough call this year. Depends how much you think his thumb bothered him last year and how healthy you think he'll be this year.
I feel pretty good about Martin hitting at the top of the Rangers lineup. They won't win many games. But if he gets 600 at bats, he could top 80 runs and 40 SB with double digit HR, and there's upside on top of that. I actually like Span quite a bit this year hitting on top of the powerful Nationals lineup but he's missing just too much time to put in front of Martin here.
