Howard or Ortiz

[Chrisy Moltisanti]

WOW...i never realized just how good howard's second half was. one of the best splits i might have seen. almost a 1.250 OPS? WOW.
his OBP of over .500 in the second half is wild too. alot of comes from the walks he was seeing down the stretch, which you can definitely expect this year. if only Burrell could raise his avg up to the .275-.280 range again, maybe pitchers wouldnt just look right over howard and plan to attack burrell.

Burrell belongs ahead of Howard. The Phillies would be a better team that way. Howard needs a high average free swinger behind him, imo.

[Chrisy Moltisanti]

WOW...i never realized just how good howard's second half was. one of the best splits i might have seen. almost a 1.250 OPS? WOW.

Have you ever seen Bonds' stats?

What? Less runs, HR, RBI and effect on average.

Hmm, I don't think Bonds has ever had a second half that beats Howard's in those 4 stats, Roto or H2H. I didn't take time to add it all up though.

[jondunc]

Hafner? I read at Baseball HQ that the Indians are going to give him a start a week at first base this season to get him ready for interleague play now that his elbow doesn't bother him throwing.

Hafner started at 1B on the 6th in Cleveland's game versus the Yankees.

This is the correct answer. However, if you draft in the last half of the first round, just wait and grab him when he comes back. Then laugh at the rest of your league all season.

[RRGL1]

Here is an interesting article on Howard which tries to make a case against taking Howard in the top 10.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/f ... index.html

[HOOTIE]

Here is an interesting article on Howard which tries to make a case against taking Howard in the top 10.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/f ... index.html

Howard is top 10, but not 5 like i have seen. The article says about the same as i did. Add in a extreme hr/f ratio, and his numbers really suggest a drop to 280 45 110.

[Chrisy Moltisanti]

Here is an interesting article on Howard which tries to make a case against taking Howard in the top 10.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/f ... index.html

Howard is top 10, but not 5 like i have seen. The article says about the same as i did. Add in a extreme hr/f ratio, and his numbers really suggest a drop to 280 45 110.

I'll cafe bet anyone that he does better than that.

[tinfoilxtouch]

I'll cafe bet anyone that he does better than that.

I would bet that not only does Howard fail to exceed those numbers, but that Pujols actually takes the HR crown back too.

[HOOTIE]

Here is an interesting article on Howard which tries to make a case against taking Howard in the top 10.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/f ... index.html

Howard is top 10, but not 5 like i have seen. The article says about the same as i did. Add in a extreme hr/f ratio, and his numbers really suggest a drop to 280 45 110.

I'll cafe bet anyone that he does better than that.

The key word is suggest. No one knows what players might get lucky or unlucky with hit rate % or hr/f ratio this year. The rbi should be 120. I'm not betting any players exact stats. It's just a general area. In theory he could go .281 46/111 and better that projection. I know i won't draft him top 5 in any draft. I will take one bet. He won't match the .313 58/149 of last year.