by TheMadHungarian » Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:32 pm
LaRoche
Hafner
Wells
Stubbs
Drew
The top three have no playing time issues, unline Stubbs might have if he gets off to a slow start. Baker's prone to benching or platooning a younger player if he struggles. LaRoche of course is a 2nd half player, but he's playing in a hitters park now, so I'd take him over Hafner. Hafner's got little protection behind him and probably won't play more than 120 games - like Drew. I give Wells a bit of a bump over Stubbs, simply for being locked into a starting job. And well he can't possibly suck as much as he did last year, right?
I think I'd put Austin Jackson above Stubbs and maybe Wells and Hafner to be honest. Jackson seems to have impressed a lot of people in DET and has been given the keys to CF. He's worked on his discipline and is reported to be a much better hitter (especially if you like OBP) then the one the Yanks traded. So he's becoming a real leadoff man. Plus he plays a nice CF, which they'll need with Damon, Guillen and Maggs roaming around out there.