quick draft question

[frolfsox]

i've got the eighth pick in an upcoming draft for a 16 team 5x5 roto league. i have three keepers: hart, quentin, votto.

i am looking at three players:

rollins
utley
beltran

who would you pick if all three are available? or someone else??

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[ftcitera]

Rollins... in a 16 team league having one of the big 3 SS is HUGE.

Utley is a stud, but Rollins has less ????

Beltran plays OF and puts up worse numbers than Rollins and Utley, plus you have 2 outfielders already anyway.

IMO this is a no brainer... take Rollins if he is there.

[capitalh]

I disagree with Rollins having less question marks.

Rollins had a weak 2008 and there is no clear indication that he will surpass those numbers.

Utley may have had hip surgery, but he has proven in ST that he is fine and can crush the ball. I think its fairly safe to say Utley will have the better numbers at the end of the year over Rolls, and 2B isn't much deeper than SS.

its Utley for me

[Eightan]

I'd take Utley. Never was a big Rollins fan. His average dropped last season and he won't get you RBI's or homers. Utley should get you a nice .300 Avg., 30 dingers, 90 runs, 100+ RBI, 15-20 SB and he's a 2B, which is weaker then Short.

I would not take Beltran with that pick.

[frolfsox]

rollins had a great WCB....

if i pass on utley i have great chance to line up for roberts or ugglaa??

any more thoughts??

[lbblue]

I still like JRoll and think part of his problem last year was the lingering affects of a high ankle sprain. I don't think anyone expects his power numbers to get back up to the 25 - 30 HR range again but I think he's still a guy who will give you 15 HR/40 SB and a bunch of R.

Beltran still fills up a lot of categories as well. There is still a lot to like about the guy, obviously, but his power numbers have started to decline and it can't be much longer before the SB start to taper off as well. I can't help but shake the feeling that he's going to have some injury issues this year as well but that's purely speculative and isn't based on anything "real".

All in all I give the edge to Utley here. His production is fantastic and it's at a position where you don't find guys who can put up the kinds of numbers he does. I can understand concern about him being fully recovered from surgery but right now things look pretty good for him.

[MadDog36]

If Kinsler stays healthy he can match Utley. But the thing is I would still take Chase here.

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[WyldStallyn]

with so few keepers, i imagine drew, peralta, hardy, tulo will be available. if that's the case i would go utley

[Eightan]

If Kinsler stays healthy he can match Utley. But the thing is I would still take Chase here.

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I don't know about that. I'm not sure Kinsler can top 30 homers and 100+ RBI. I stand by Utley.