What to do with Corey Hart

[Polar Bear]

I have a keeper draft coming up and I am debating on targeting Shin Soo-Choo which would bring me to 6 outfielders in a league with 4 OF positions and 1 UTIL position.

I would not be targeting Soo-Choo if I was not scared out of my mind with Corey Hart. The guy had a .300 OBP last year. A terrible September and it looked like pitchers were just toying with him. He has a bat with pop in it and can steal bases. If his OBP went up to .320 he may end up stealing 30 bases.

I'm just torn on what to do with this guy. If he gets off to a hot start should I look to dump him and go with a guy like Soo-Choo?

[Johnny Tuttle]

I couldn't agree more about Hart, who really got pitched to quite well late last year.

I'd trade him, fast, for help elsewhere.

[Yoda]

Depends who your other OFs are. No one knows what Choo will do at this point. You know Hart will go 20/20 barring an injury.

[Polar Bear]

Oops...

My OF:

1. Corey Hart
2. Matt Holliday
3. Manny Ramirez
4. Ichiro
5. Matt Kemp

What about a guy like Jayson Werth over Soo-Choo?

[BALCO All-Stars]

Oops...

My OF:

1. Corey Hart
2. Matt Holliday
3. Manny Ramirez
4. Ichiro
5. Matt Kemp

What about a guy like Jayson Werth over Soo-Choo?

Good lord that's a lot of good OF...if you're unsure about Hart, try to trade him to shore up a weakness...

[Tenacious D-Store]

Depends who your other OFs are. No one knows what Choo will do at this point. You know Hart will go 20/20 barring an injury.

That's true, guys like Choo are all speculation right now. I personally like to compare him to Lyle Overbay. Not Overbay today though, the younger ex-doubles champ version. Choo will have below average power, but seems to have a knack for putting the ball where the fielders aren't and has good enough speed to boogie over to second on a decent hit. His crazy OBS will likely drop with an entire season, but I think he's a decent #4 OF, and a .280 - .290 hitter.

[Yoda]

Personally, I do not like Werth at all.

[Polar Bear]

Would you guys mind ranking these guys.

Shin Soo-Choo
Jayson Werth
Raul Ibanez
Nelson Cruz
Adam Jones

I want 1 more outfielder to stay solid for the next couple years at the position. I know Ibanez is older and doesn't have much left, but if he can give me great value this year I would be fine with that.

[Tenacious D-Store]

Raul Ibanez - RBI Machine
Nelson Cruz - drinking the Koolaid
Shin Soo-Choo
Adam Jones
Jayson Werth - Meh, I don't see it, and haven't since he was a Jay.

[Polar Bear]

If Raul is the best out of those guys I could probably wait 4 or 5 rounds for him and just focus on Starting Pitching.