I'm short an outfielder now, so unless Quentin comes back right after the All-Star break, I'm going to need somone to replace Jay Bruce.
Best FAs are Rasmus, Juan Rivera, Nyler Morgan, Luke Scott, McCutchen, Cameron, Matsui, Chris Young, and Kubel.
10 Team/h2h/daily line up changes/3rd place Hitters: C M Wieters 1B Albert Pujols 2B Figgins 3B Álex Rodríguez SS Tulo OF Zobrist (2B, SS, OF elgible) OF Rios OF Jay Bruce Util/1B Joey Votto
BN Uggla DL Quentin DL Betran
Pitchers: SP Javier Vázquez SP Josh Johnson SP A.J. Burnett SP Chris Carpenter SP Max Scherzer SP Kevin Slowey SP Edwin Jackson SP R Nolasco RP Joakim Soria RP JP Howell
hhhmm, i'm not an expert on any of these guys, but the guy that jumps off the page is luke scott. he may not sustain the hot bat all year, but you probably won't need him for the entire season. you gotta like the way he's swinging the bat now.
Maybe I'm going against the grain here, but I'd rank them like this:
Kubel Rivera McCutchen
Kubel's been really good this year, though slowed down a bit recently. I know Rivera's been hampered of late, but he's been dropping bombs, too. McCutchen looks like the real deal.
I like Rasmus. He has been doing well lately and hitting before Pujols will only help him. Early NL Rookie of the Year candidate. I also like Scott, although he's rather streaky so be aware. But my pick would be Rasmus.
Not a keeper, right? (If it were, no way should Rasmus be unowned.) I'd rank them Scott, Rivera, Rasmus. All three are good enough that you can wait and see what happens with Quentin when he returns (unless your league requires you to activate anyone who's not on the dl).
And they're all very close, imo. I wouldn't fault anyone for picking Rasmus over the other two. And if somehow this is a keeper, I'm definitely grabbing Rasmus first.
It's not a keeper, but my gut is telling me to gamble on Rasmus...But my head is saying Rivera (if he's not going to have nagging injuries-I've used too many of my moves already.) Then again Luke Scott seems to be hitting homeruns every night he suits up...But will streak hit a wall? Anyone know about Rivera's injury?