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by **philaphan** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:17 pm

In a Head2Head 5X5 league who is the more value at SS this year?

Jeter or Furcal?

My Team Below:
H2H 5x5
C: Posada
1B: Berkman
2B: Kendrick
3B: Atkins
SS: Jeter
OF: Braun, Crawford, Quentin
Util: Ortiz
BN: Hawpe, Beltre, Ibanez, Kelly Johnson
SP: Peavy, Kazmir, Danks, Greinike, Chris Young
RP: J. Soria, B.J. Ryan
BN: E. Santana, J. Motte

by **Johnny Tuttle** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:25 pm

I'm a firm believer this year that the differences between SSs this year is slight once you get to the third tier (after Reyes, Rollins, Ramirez, Drew, Tulo, Ramirez).

Down here, Furcal, Jeter, Peralta, Cabrera, Hardy, Greene, et al are pretty comparable. Greene's not for sure in this class yet, and Peralta might deserve to be with the other second class guys, but after the top 6 go, I'm thinking the field's pretty level.

In other words, I would pay nothing to swap SSs here: there's no reason to.

I prefer Jeter myself: back issues are recurrant for Furcal, and Jeter's a lead off hitter for a good offense. Jeter's numbers were down after playing through hand pain last year, and I would think this is his last year to potentially play healthy and well all year. If his owies don't start becoming too common as he ages, he might even have two 5th round years yet.

I predict a 50/50 split in responses. This is a gut call, who's 7th or 11th at SS this year.

by **MNotar91** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:08 pm

I would say Jeter. I look for him to get a lot of runs with a .300+ BA. At leadoff is SB's can go up too.

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by **HOOTIE** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:31 am

Furcal by a lot.

by **tah161** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 4:13 am

Furcal by far.

Of course he is coming off an injury season and that is always a risk, but for fantasy value Furcal.

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by **dave knight** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:17 am

Furcal, because he will get the stolen bases. In case you haven't noticed, Jeter is very overrated at this point.

I disagree slightly with John Tuttle in that Hardy belongs in the 2nd tier especially with moving to 2nd in the batting order.

by **DaShiz23** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:13 am

tah161 wrote:Furcal by far.

Of course he is coming off an injury season and that is always a risk, but for fantasy value Furcal.

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Agreed. The injury risk is the only think that makes this close. If you see a healthy Furcal, you see a much more valuable fantasy SS.

by **Johnny Tuttle** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:36 am

Anyone care to explain or offer for some rationale for the Furcal by a lot answers? It's not obvious.

by **Amazinz** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:41 am

Furcal is IMHO one of the most overrated players going into this season. I don't get it either. It's as if people are extrapolating those 140 AB from last year over a full season. If it's as simple as a choice of one or the other I'd take Furcal; similar #s plus 15-20 SB. But considering how they are being valued Jeter is more reliable. And in H2H I would not pay much at all to upgrade from Jeter to Furcal.