Milledge or Weaver

[The Loveable Losers]

I have started to smarten up to the fact that all NEW YORK, both Mets and Yankees, prospects have always tended to be overhyped.

What, like David Wright, Derek Jeter or Jose Reyes?

Those guys suck!

[DWright5]

suck is an understatement.... Wright, Reyes, Jeter not to mention Cano and Wang

this just in... MILLEDGE IS HITTING EXTREMEMLY WELL NOW!!!! and hes a defenseive beast

[The Loveable Losers]

suck is an understatement.... Wright, Reyes, Jeter not to mention Cano and Wang

this just in... MILLEDGE IS HITTING EXTREMEMLY WELL NOW!!!! and hes a defenseive beast

I was actually trying to trade him since I'd have to keep him as a major leaguer if he goes over 130ab before Aug. 21st and I only get to keep 6 major leaguers. If he breaks out enough though he might have to get consideration for my 6th keeper slot since my other options (Crede, Youkilis, R. Soriano) aren't all that exciting.

[hybrid]

I was actually trying to trade him since I'd have to keep him as a major leaguer if he goes over 130ab before Aug. 21st and I only get to keep 6 major leaguers. If he breaks out enough though he might have to get consideration for my 6th keeper slot since my other options (Crede, Youkilis, R. Soriano) aren't all that exciting.

If those are your only options, I'd have to seriously consider keeping Milledge. He defiantly has more potential and even if he doesn't reach it, those guys are to exciting options. Maybe you could deal one of them w/ Milledge for an upgraded 6th keeper.

[The Loveable Losers]

Maybe you could deal one of them w/ Milledge for an upgraded 6th keeper.

Doubtful on that...I've been shopping all of my players for upgrades to my draft for next year as I'm in a rebuilding year and haven't had any bites so far. There's pretty much zero interest in any of them.

My other option is to buy a player with picks which I may still do. I'm always putting out feelers to try and pick up a solid #6 guy. I had 6 solid guys this year (Rolen was my 6th) but I got an offer I couldn't refuse and dealt him away right when D. Lee went down to the guy that had Lee which made sense not just because of what I got in return but also because Alex Gordon is on my farm team.

[Sunspot]

Shane Spencer
Kevin Maas
Timo Perez
Ruben Rivera
Anthony Young
Hensley Meulens
D.J. Dozier
Brook Fordyce
Pat Kelly
Julio Valera
Russ Springer
Mark Hutton
Butch Huskey
Al Shirley
Gerald Williams
Russ Davis
Bobby Jones
Sterling Hitchcock
Kirk Presley
Bill Pulsipher
Matt Drews
Rey Ordonez
Paul Wilson
Alex Ochoa
Rafael Medina
Jackson Melian
Ed Yarnell
Ricky Ledee
Grant Roberts
Drew Hensen
Ryan Bradley
Alex Escobar
Pat Strange
Adrian Hernandez
Brian Cole
John Ford Griffin
Jaun Rivera
Dionner Navaro
Pete Schourek

Sorry to bring up all of those bad memories!!!!

To their credit, the blind squirrells did find a few nuts or two:

Bernie Williams
Derek Jeter
Andy Pettite
Jason Isringhausen (delayed a bit)
Alfonso Soriano
Octavio Dotel
Jose Reyes
David Wright
Scott Kazmir
Hideki Matsui

Whats the ratio of good to bad prospects?

[The Loveable Losers]

Whats the ratio of good to bad prospects?

If you read Moneyball you come away with the impression that this isn't a New York thing as much as a league-wide problem. Billy Beane was supposedly going to fix this problem with his approach to the draft but honestly I'm not sure they've had a better success ratio than the other teams in baseball. For every Nick Swisher they've produced there's been several Jeremy Brown's as well.

[Sunspot]

I don't think the ratio will be fixed until the crystal ball is perfected. You really never know who will and who won't make it. I wonder if the New York thing is just because of more media attention to those teams? There really are some terrible names up there though.......ouch!!!!