RotoGraphs Chat – 7/8/11
Howard Bender will be by at 1:15 but you can leave your questions starting now! Happy Friday.
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How much better do you like Carlos Gonzalez than Andrew McCutchen rest of way? Is it close?
Personally like CarGo, but just a bit more – primarily due to the park and lineup around him.
What should we expect from Mike Trout? How long will he be up this time?
I’ve heard Grady Sizemore, but I’m personally expecting more speed, more contact, and less power especially in the next couple years Now that he’s up I don’t see him getting demoted unless there’s some MAJOR struggles. I’d guess for ROS he hits about .300, maybe gets 5 HR, scores a bunch of runs and swipes 15-20 bags.
Please fill in the blank: Curtis Granderson will be the __th OF selected in fantasy drafts next year.
Kemp, Bautista, Braun, Granderson, Ellsbury, CarGo, J Upton, Pence in that order? Sounds close…
Have a chance to get Heyward in a long term keeper- give up the farm for him? Is he a 1st round draft pick/top 5 OF in 2013?
Who’s on your farm? I like Heyward, and his ceiling is obviously high, but I’ve heard plenty of concerns due to an injury “proneness”…
Given the season each is having can I justify keeping Hamels over Heyward?
Ackley is a top ______ 2B next year and will be a top ______ in 5 years (assume he stays with the Mariners).
15. 5. Pedroia, Kinsler, Espinosa, Weeks, Cano, Phillips, Zobrist, Kendrick, Walker, and Johnson will all compete for the top 5 spots, but Phillips will fall of the map, in my opinion.
Can we expect Cano, Pedroia, Weeks, Espinosa, and Ackley as the top 5? Possibly. Maybe top 10 is more realistic.
I’m in a Keeper league and I have Rizzo and Belt. Rizzo seems to be getting platooned and Belt’s in the minors. Which one should I keep? Or should I keep either of them? I don’t have any other options at the 1st/3rd flex spot currently on my roster.
Which side are you on:
Berkman/Bell for Kinsler/Bailey
Berkman/Bell easily.
Homer Bailey is so overrated. SO overrated.
Keep one for 2B ROS… Neil Walker or Michael Cuddyer?
Cuddyer.
Howard said he thought Heyward would become a top 10…did he mean overall player or outfielder? Also that would make him really high on Heyward but he said Stanton would still be better to build around? That Stanton will hit more HR’s a year looks like a given yes, but Heyward seemingly will steal 2 to 5x as many bases a year and also hit for a better avg and get on base at a much higher clip. Confusing answers from Howard :/
I believe the question was regarding Heyward in 2013 — I think he will develop into a top 10 OF eventually, not top 10 overall player. I do not think we will be seeing big SB numbers from Heyward as he matures, so the 2-5x better doesn’t hold much weight with me. Stanton seems to be a guy you can build on right now while Heyward looks like he needs another year or two to find his way. Health also seems to be a bit of an issue with him as well.
Does it look like Dotel is taking over the closer roll in Toronto to anyone else?