Thome or Loney?

[Howie]

Their names rhyme. Both players were dropped in my league. I figure I could drop Helton for one of them. However, I already have Hafner, so choosing Thome would give me 2 UTIL players (we do start 2 UTIL though). Which player do you like better?

10 team h2h, 6x6 (standard cats plus ops and hr allowed)

c - v. martinez
1b - m. cabrera
2b - cano
3b - a. ramirez
ss - jeter
of - beltran
of - holliday
of - abreu
util - konerko
util - burrell
bench - hafner
bench - helton
bench - dukes

sp - halladay
sp - kershaw
sp - kazmir
rp - ryan
rp - fuentes
rp - m. gonzalez
p - lidge
p- harang
bench - lilly
bench - meche
dl - lackey
dl - escobar

[Neboguy]

I say go with Loney for his .290 hitting ability, you already have enough HRs. Plus Loney is in the cleanup spot now.

[slagbot]

yeah what he said. thome's a much bigger DL risk and you don't need both him and hafner bringing down your avg.

[Subhawk15]

definitely go with loney. the drop in home runs won't be as hurtful as the drop in average if you go with thome

[hawaiistfball]

Well, both Hafner and Thome are DL risks. Loney is performing pretty well right now with a .290 avg. Also, he is going to be batting clean up, which will help the stats.

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[Boyakasha]

Gonna go against the grain here and say Thome. As a guy you're just going to be plugging in periodically, I'd rather throw Thome in there for a spot start. He's still a useful guy and is undervalued because of his lack of position eligibility. With 2 UTIL spots, you should be able to find room for him when you need him.

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