Compare and Contrast - Morneau and Tex

[The_Idiot]

Who has better value the rest of this year and why?

1) Morneau or Teixeira

2) Markakis or JD Drew

[DSheppard]

1) Teixeira for his very consistent post break awesomeness
2) tough, but probably markakis. id project fairly similar batting stats, but with less risk of injury and a nice speed chip in.

[great gretzky]

Real or perceived?

I honestly think they are completely opposite in this case. I could see (and think) morneau and drew could outproduce the other two, but tex and markakis have the trade value.

Although, I am not saying it will be the case. Drew when healthy is a major talent. Morneau seems to get the shaft.

[DSheppard]

teixeira has averaged 20 HRs and 65 rbis post all star break the past 3 years.
morneau 10 HRs and 43 rbis.

fluke? maybe, but im not betting against it.

[The_Idiot]

[Yoda]

Rest of 08 I'd go with Teixeira and Markakis.

[curious_george_43545]

Defiantly Teixeira and probably Markakis, it's hard to trust Drew.

[deerayfan072]

Rest of 08 I'd go with Teixeira and Markakis.

X2

[kab21]

teixeira has averaged 20 HRs and 65 rbis post all star break the past 3 years.
morneau 10 HRs and 43 rbis.

fluke? maybe, but im not betting against it.

Morneau has been notoriously streaky the last 2 years and was terrible in '05 (part of your split) so I'm hesitant to much weight into his splits. But because he has been streaky and tex has a longer, better track record the choice is easily Tex. That's not to say that Morneau can't outproduce Tex, but rather that he could go into a 2 month funk where it is painful to start him.

And yes to Markakis compared to Drew.

[RyeWhiskey]

Rest of 08 I'd go with Teixeira and Markakis.

X2

I'll make it three.

- August