Maggs Ordonez strategy

[thehat]

Okay, he's almost back, should be activated sometime in the next week or so.

For those of us who may own him, the question now becomes...what the hell do we do with him?

I'm of the opinion his name value will outweigh his production value by a substantial margin and I'm going to try and move him the day he comes back up to the big club, if not before.

The key is identifying the owners in your league who are the most starstruck. If you're in a league where you have learned the tendenices of some or all of the competition, you should know who to concentrate on.

Speaking for myself, I could use another option at 3B in the one league where I have Ordonez, so I'm going to try and get a mid-level guy who plays that spot. If I can't get something of medium value, then I'll just hold Ordonez and see what happens.

I'm curious as to what some of you other Maggs owners have in mind.

[baseball6791]

I snagged maggs of the FA about a week ago and have stashed him on my bench since. In my league his value is incredibley low right now, and I doubt that it will raise much unless he runs off a hot streak. I'm trying to do a couple different things right now, as maggs presents an interesting piece to the puzzle. i have a lot of hitting depth, and have a deal on the table that would kill most of it but improve my pitching greatly, and if maggs looks healthy i would feel much better doing the deal as he gives me back that depth. option number 2 for me is to package him for a position upgrade, to a middle of the pack owner who is willing to take a risk for some big 2nd half production and a jump in the standings

[NZF]

I'm of the opinion his name value will outweigh his production value by a substantial margin and I'm going to try and move him the day he comes back up to the big club, if not before.

Couldn't agree more. Shift him quick if you do have him on your roster while he has at least some perceived value.

Pitchers park, stealing days are long gone, BA on the decline. Not a lot in his favour.

He's a borderline fantasy starter, even in 12 team mixed leagues.

[RynMan]

I'm of the opinion his name value will outweigh his production value by a substantial margin and I'm going to try and move him the day he comes back up to the big club, if not before.

Couldn't agree more. Shift him quick if you do have him on your roster while he has at least some perceived value.

Pitchers park, stealing days are long gone, BA on the decline. Not a lot in his favour.

He's a borderline fantasy starter, even in 12 team mixed leagues.

yep, I picked him up so I could trade him. If I cant trade him str8 away, i'll wait til he has a good game. Fantasy players are quick to forget, and prefer to remember what happened today.

[macca]

Wow. I completely disagree with you guys. I'm keeping him. I view him as the same animal as Berkman. Did Berkman come back and start tearing it up right away? No, it took him a little over a month to start showing some power. I am in a position that is comfortable, where I don't have to win alot of games to stay in a playoff race, so I may have more patience than most. That being said, I would give him a month to 2 months and I think he will be hitting like the all star of old. That would put us right around the time of most fantasy play offs. I'm DEFINATELY holding onto him. I did with Berkman, and I'm finally reaping the benefits of my patience.

[TheGrump]

I was just wondering... what kind of player are you looking for in return for Magglio? He has been sitting as a FA in most of the leagues that I am in. I find that a lot people are reluctant to give fair value for a guy they could have gotten for free, much less allow themselves to be ripped off.

How far has this fantasy stud of old fallen??? Give me some names of people that you believe could be had for Maggs!!!!

[Bubonic Chronic]

I'm of the opinion his name value will outweigh his production value by a substantial margin and I'm going to try and move him the day he comes back up to the big club, if not before.

Couldn't agree more. Shift him quick if you do have him on your roster while he has at least some perceived value.

Pitchers park, stealing days are long gone, BA on the decline. Not a lot in his favour.

He's a borderline fantasy starter, even in 12 team mixed leagues.

Geez. You could say all those things about Brian Giles as well and I wouldn't mind having him on my fantasy team. If Maggs gets and stays healthy, he'll be more valuable in your lineup than anything you can trade him for today.

[Yoda]

Wow. I completely disagree with you guys. I'm keeping him. I view him as the same animal as Berkman. Did Berkman come back and start tearing it up right away? No, it took him a little over a month to start showing some power. I am in a position that is comfortable, where I don't have to win alot of games to stay in a playoff race, so I may have more patience than most. That being said, I would give him a month to 2 months and I think he will be hitting like the all star of old. That would put us right around the time of most fantasy play offs. I'm DEFINATELY holding onto him. I did with Berkman, and I'm finally reaping the benefits of my patience.

How can you compare him with Berkman when Maggs hasn't played in like over a year?

[macca]

Wow. I completely disagree with you guys. I'm keeping him. I view him as the same animal as Berkman. Did Berkman come back and start tearing it up right away? No, it took him a little over a month to start showing some power. I am in a position that is comfortable, where I don't have to win alot of games to stay in a playoff race, so I may have more patience than most. That being said, I would give him a month to 2 months and I think he will be hitting like the all star of old. That would put us right around the time of most fantasy play offs. I'm DEFINATELY holding onto him. I did with Berkman, and I'm finally reaping the benefits of my patience.

How can you compare him with Berkman when Maggs hasn't played in like over a year?

I'm comparing perennial all star players who have had injuries that have kept them out of the lineups for over a month. Not really that much of a stretch. And Berkman has been inactive since November. I see the similarity to be quite large. Also, Maggs has not had a history of injury before last year, similar to Berkman. They both were .300/30/100/100 players. Do I need to continue? A more interesting question is, "How do you NOT make the parallel between the two?" They are both proven sluggers who have been on the shelf for a while. And to correctly point out, Ordonez has not been out for over a year, he was healthy in March and the beginning of April.

[Area51's]

I picked him up a few weeks ago. In my league I could get zero for him.....probably even after a few decent weeks. He's still got much more upside than anything on our waiver wire. I'll just stash him away...even after a month of poor production....and see what happens.


My gut feeling is that one of two things will happen--

1. He'll come back and struggle a bit, and slowly pick up speed to a decent option at outfield for the last two months...nothing special, but not a dropper either.

2. He'll come back and struggle to the point (or not be fully recovered from the hernia) that he's easily droppable.

If #1 is true, and he improves, I will look at him strongly for a sleeper in 06, but I believe his days of being a strong 2nd outfielder are done. Hope not as I always loved the guy, and he always slipped in my league before 2004.