Who are people targetting as potential late round guys, particularly in leagues with short benches, to cover multiple positions?
Chris Burke strikes me as a good one (especially if your league uses separate OF positions). Anyone else that could be the 07 version of Bill Hall's 2005 (Not his 06, as plenty of people knew about him by then.) These kind of guys can be gold in H2H leagues especially, as you can sometimes get an extra four games played out of them in a given week, between other guys' rest and travel days.
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Depends on how deep you are talking. Chris Burke is a good one.
In deeper leagues, Aaron Hill and Nick Punto both cover 3 positions, though neither have a ton of upside, both can hit for a decent average, and Punto can steal some bases.
Kevin Youkilis will be eligible at 1st 3rd and in the OF in Yahoo leagues (he had 5 starts in the OF).
BritSox wrote:Who are people targetting as potential late round guys, particularly in leagues with short benches, to cover multiple positions?
Chris Burke strikes me as a good one (especially if your league uses separate OF positions). Anyone else that could be the 07 version of Bill Hall's 2005 (Not his 06, as plenty of people knew about him by then.) These kind of guys can be gold in H2H leagues especially, as you can sometimes get an extra four games played out of them in a given week, between other guys' rest and travel days.
Yeah in H2H leagues, these guys are key. Last year I had Cuddyer and it was awesome having him qualify everywhere.
For 07, I don't see a lot of guys but maybe Upton? There are rumors that they will move him again and if he can concentrate on hitting, he may qualify at multiple positions.
Betemit also?
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I like the Youkilis call here. He qualifies a 1b, 3b, and OF. I have him for this:
.285
16 HR
82 RBI
115 Rs
2 SBs
and those Rs are truly elite. The wild card is Todd Helton. If Helton is acq'd, then Youkilis will drop in the lineup, making him barely worth picking up, because of the accompanying drop in Rs that make him so valuable...
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