Yunel, Guzman, Aviles or Starlin?

[steeler31]

Hey guys,

I just lost Asdrubal for a while. Which of these guys should I replace him with?

Yunel Escobar
Mike Aviles
Christian Guzman
Starlin Castro

A couple things:

• I'm looking for a long term replacement, not just a hot bat. Pickups in this league cost $$$.
• It's a points league with the following values: Run (1), Hit (1), RBI (1), SB (1) - [No points for HR per se, but it totals 3 points for a hit, run and RBI]

I'd appreciate your input.

[Tony Micelli]

I like Aviles or Castro.

At first, I didn't want to hop on the hype train for Castro, but when Tulo got hurt, I picked up Castro and I've been happy with him ... kid can definitley hit. Throughout his minor league career, he's shown he doesn't K very much or walk very much. The kid just makes very consistent, solid contact. He's showing that so far in the show. He looks pretty good batting 2nd, but I don't know if Lou is going to keep him there permanently.

[The Big Train]

Guzman and Castro can probably be ruled out right off the top unless you think Castro will stick. He might, but if there's $$ on the line I would pass. Escobar is probably the best bet based on past results, but he's spent most of the year in the 6 spot in the lineup when he hasn't been injured and the results haven't been great. I own Aviles who I am not sold on yet but it seems he will provide a decent average and could stick in the 2 spot in front of Butler and Guillen. I would take Escobar but continue to follow Aviles.

[GrandAdmiralDan]

I agree that Escobar is the safe choice here. But I too might lean more towards Aviles. I know you said you want to think long term here, but Aviles is probably the better short term stop gap, and since Asdrubal Cabrera might be back in 6 weeks anyway, perhaps you might want to consider near term also.

As a bonus, Aviles is also 2B eligible as well as at SS.
So I'd probably go with Aviles.

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