waiver position value

[padrino990_200]

ok so this is my first year playing fantasy baseball. i have waiver position 1, and in my league you can trade waiver spots. a guy has offered me k-rod for my waiver spot. my question is how valuable is the #1 waiver spot. is this worth it. i play fantasy football and the waiver spot is valuable but i never valued it that much. am i missing something here? is there somethign special in baseball that makes it even more valuable?

let me know

roster:
8 player keeper head to head league
start: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, Util, Util, Util, SP, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP

C Bengie Molina
1B Justin Morneau
2B Chase Utley
3B Chris Davis
SS Hanley Ramírez
OF Nick Markakis
OF Manny Ramírez
OF Matt Holliday
Util Matt Kemp
Util Brian Roberts
Util Joe Mauer
BN Jermaine Dye
BN Justin Upton
BN Aubrey Huff
BN Mike Lowell


SP Josh Johnson
SP Johan Santana
SP Roy Oswalt
RP Joakim Soria
RP Kerry Wood
BN Ted Lilly
BN Heath Bell
BN Kevin Slowey
BN Zack Greinke
BN Kevin Gregg
BN Justin Masterson
DL Chin Min Wang
DL Dontrelle WIllis
DL Ervin Santana

[twistedude]

K-Rod for your waiver spot? You gotta take that dude. Drop Masterson.

[WyldStallyn]

the waiver spot is only as valuable as the best player you think will be available to claim. he probably has his eye on some prospect that he hopes will be the next braun or longoria, but i cant imagine anyone who will help you more this year than krod. take it, drop masterson, and enjoy

[Bwanna]

Heck yes. My guess is that he has some sort of man-crush on Strasburg.

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[padrino990_200]

would you do molina and the spot for k-rod and saltalamachia?

his pot is #6.

yea thats what i was thinking, i dont think anyones ever gonna drop anyone better than k-rod that i can snag with the spot. and we dont have a waiver system so all players are just free agents unless they are dropped.

[padrino990_200]

so basically its k-rod for the spot, or k-rod and salt for molina and the spot

its an 8 keeper league, but i dont know if salt would be one of my keepers. so would you want him over molina?

[twistedude]

so would you want him over molina?

Bengie Molina or Yadier? I'd prefer Bengie over Salty.

[padrino990_200]

its bengie.

hes also brought his sizemore and my kemp into the discussion

sizemore/krod/ for kemp/masterson/spot

or if he doesnt like that

sizemore/krod/salt for kemp/masterson/molina/spot

would you do either of those?

[twistedude]

its bengie.

hes also brought his sizemore and my kemp into the discussion

sizemore/krod/ for kemp/masterson/spot

or if he doesnt like that

sizemore/krod/salt for kemp/masterson/molina/spot

would you do either of those?

Yes I'd do either. Sizemore is an upgrade on Kemp, especially without Manny's bat in the Dodgers lineup. I'd try for the first one first, then if he doesn't like it, go for the second one.

[padrino990_200]

one last one. we've worked it down to the following. this is a no brainer right?

I give:
Soria, #1 Waiver Spot

I get:
Lester, K-Rod, #6 Waiver Spot