Which rookie will make the most impact in 2010?

[zebulon]

In our league one our keepers must be a rookie or a late round draft pick that exceeded expectations. 9 times out of 10 people usually keep a rookie.

So, my question is, what rookies do you all think will make the biggest impact this year and are worth drafting?

Obviously, everyone and their mother is probably going to say Strasburg, so you need not mention him.

I know Heyward will get some consideration. I also really like Bumgarner and Michael Taylor.

[footballisbetter.com]

How about Pedro Alverez (3rd base) Pittsburgh Pirates? I have no idea when he will be called up though. Although it should be late this season.

[The Big Train]

Desmond Jennings is the guy that comes to mind for me.

Does your league have a specific rule about what a "rookie" is, ie. zero major league innings, min. at-bats, etc.? If some MLB experience is allowed, I really like Marc Rzepczynski on the pitching side.

[HOOTIE]

If you can get Heyward? If not, Bumgarner, although Alcides Escobar is nice.

[BUCCOFAN]

Justin Smoak (1B for Texas Rangers) is another guy I really like. Chris Davis has had his shot two years now. If he continues to struggle with the K's I can see the Rangers calling this kid up. Scouts rave about him, and compare him to a former Ranger Mark Teixeira.

[IronBird]

If Matsuz still qualifies as a rookie, he's looking to be prime this year.

[Johnny Tuttle]

Heyward
Strasburg (whom I dub Stat-Borg if he pans out---patent pending)

Everyone else.

In that everyone else, you get Matusz, Jennings, Carlos Santana, Wade Davis, Neftali Feliz, Pedro Alvarez, Smoak, and Madison Bumgarner. My sincere apologies if I'm leaving out a blue chipper who could get promoted this year, but I don't think I am. Maybe Taylor. Jesus is blocked. Castro talk is lunacy. Ackley's not preposterous at all.

Then, you have the graduates of opportunity:
-Drew Storen: could be nice sleeper, or he could be Weathers, Motte, Perez, Fields, Perry, and Schlereth (i.e., all of the other college closers supposed to move quick, quick)
-Sizemore: Polanco v2.0
-Escobar: If only UZR were a fantasy stat
-Borbon: Ellsbury at a steep discount
-Stubbs: If Borbon is a poor man's Ells, Stubbs is the living in a box equivalent

For me, I would want the elite of the elite. I would want Hey, Stras, Carlos, Feliz, Matusz, Davis, Jennings, Montero, Alvarez in roughly that order. (I see Jennings as blocked: he is quite good, of course).

You know your league better than I. I can't see Sizemore and his guaranteed spot over a Heyward, but you would know how valuable an out of the gates starter is.