What are your thoughts on Jose Iglesias? I'm on deck in our prospect draft, and I have read positive things about his upside. Great defender who makes good consistent contact. Could learn to be a bit more patient.
Other prospects available include: Britton, Zach LHP BAL Gibson, Kyle RHP MIN Iglesias, Jose SS BOS Wheeler, Zack RHP SF Vizcaino, Arodys RHP ATL Sanchez, Tony C PIT Rondon, Hector RHP CLE Stewart, Zach RHP TOR Spruill, Zeke RHP ATL Jackson, Brett RHP BAL Carpenter, Chris RHP CHC Marinez, Jhan RHP FLA Hagadone, Nick LHP CLE Romine, Austin C NYY Borchering, Bobby 3B AZ Cashner, Andrew RHP CHC Castro, Simon RHP SD Mitchell, Jared OF CHW Jackson, Jay RHP CHC Lyles, Jordan RHP HOU Kalish, Ryan OF BOS Bourjos, Peter OF LAA Lynn, Lance RHP STL Liddi, Alex 3B SEA Rizzo, Anthony 1B BOS Heisey, Chris OF CIN Neal, Thomas OF SF d'Arnaud, Travis C TOR Gomez, Hector SS COL Pollock, A.J. OF AZ Gose, Anthony OF PHI Wheeler, Tim OF COL Morel, Brent 3B CHW Stassi, Max C OAK Sweeney, Matt 3B TB Moreland, Mitch OF TEX Valle, Sebastian C PHI Heathcott, Slade OF NYY Fuentes, Reymond OF BOS Forsythe, Logan 3B SD Lee, Hak-Ju SS CHC
Who would be your top two or three?
Roster and league info:
20 team dynasty H2H; 6x6 w/OPS & Holds; 22 ML keepers, 12-man farm
C - Kurt Suzuki (Oak) C - Jarrod Saltalamaccia (Tex) 1B - Adam Dunn (WAS) 1B - Carlos Pena (TB) 2B - Orlando Hudson (LAD) 3B - Mark Teahen (CHW) 3B - Andy LaRoche (Pit) LF - Matt Holliday (Oak) CF - Jayson Werth (Phi) CF - Drew Stubbs (CIN) RF - Matt LaPorta (CLE)
SP - Johan Santana (NYM) SP - Adam Wainwright (StL) SP - Trevor Cahill (Oak) SP - Nick Blackburn (Min) SP - Jon Garland (LAD) SP - Brandon Webb (Ari) SP - Justin Duchscherer (OAK) RP - George Sherrill (Bal) RP - Frank Francisco (Tex) RP - Brad Ziegler (Oak) RP - Ramon Troncosco (LAD)
Minor League Roster 1 - Arrietta, Jake (0 IP - SP - Bal) 2 - Brignac, Reid (100 AB - SS - TB) 3 - Everidge, Tommy (85 AB - 1B - Oak) 4 - Hicks, Aaron (0 AB - OF - Min) 5 - Main, Michael (0 IP - SP - Tex) 6 - Mejia, Jenrry (0 IP - SP - NYM) 7 - Mulvey, Kevin (24.1 IP - SP - Ari) 8 - Walters, P.J. (16 IP - SP STL) 9 - Weglarz, Nick (0 AB - OF/1B - Cle) 10 - Westmoreland, Ryan (0 AB - OF - Bos) 11 - Villalona, Angel (0 AB - 3B - SF) 12 - 13 -
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Iglesias is all glove, I wouldn't consider him at all in a fantasy league.
Top 5 just based on talent I'd go probably: 1-J. Mitchell 2-J. Lyles 3-R. Kalish 4-T. Neal 5-Britton/Vizcaino
Which is probably how I would take them for your team, as none of them really fit a glaring need one way or another. You could use a 3b, but no one that you listed is that good and the pitching spects are either not close or don't profile that much as TOR.
What comparisons would you assign to Mitchell? I haven't heard much about him.
I think I may go with Borchering this round. I've seen him draw comparisons to Chipper Jones with his gap-to-gap power.
For my last round, I am considering Adeiny Hechevarria. He seems like the better prospect fantasy-wise that Iglesias.
These are the best available SS: Hechevarria, Adeiny SS ANA Iglesias, Jose SS BOS Gomez, Hector SS COL Lee, Hak-Ju SS CHC Havens, Reese SS NYM Noriega, Gabrial SS SEA Owings, Chris SS AZ d'Arnaud, Chase SS PIT Brewer, Brent SS MIL Franklin, Nick SS SEA Nunez, Gustavo SS DET
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J. Lyles, H. Rondon and Z. Britton. They should all be better than Main, Mulvey or Walters. Don't worry about drafting a SS. Take the best available players and you can trade for one later.
Hak Ju-Lee is a guy who is consistently overlooked in prospect rankings. He is super athletic, has plus plus speed, and will end up pushing Starlin Castro to 2b when he arrives in Chicago. I would target him over any of the other guys mentioned within the SS grouping. However, the Mitchell camp has comps that would rate very highly in fantasy circles, with Carl Crawford being the one bandied about the most frequently, however, I think a better comp is Desmond Jennings because of the defense in CF and he has proven a lot less in the show than Crawford has.....
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For me, the overall comparison is not even close. Jared Mitchell warrants top 100 consideration in a lot of expert rankings(BA, KLaw, Sickels), while Kalish, while still well regarded, is not nearly the tool shed Mitchell is, especially when factoring in that park.....
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