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by **Bjorne Greece** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 10:35 am

He's a free agent at the moment. The only hesitation I have in picking him up is that I don't know if that injury will let him play at full speed like he always does. His primary value would be stolen bases (and BA).

If anyone does recommend picking him up - who to drop - Pierre or Pence? I'm torn. IF (and I mean IF) Ellsbury was a sure thing to have his usual SB production then I'd drop Pierre. But if not then I'd probably prefer to drop Pence and take the chance that Pierre and Ellsbury go crazy with the steals.

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12 team league. Start: 1B, 2B, SS, C, 3B, OF, OF, OF, UTIL, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, 5 bench spots, 2 DL spots
SP: Verlander, Felix, Price, Latos, Liriano, Hanson, Cain
RP: Wilson, Nunez, Capps
C: Montero
1B: Konerko, Dunn (OF eligible also)
2B: Beckham
SS: Tulow, Reyes
3B: Wright
OF: Cruz, Rios, Pierre, Pence
UTIL: Whoever didn't get into the lineup at another spot

by **freeling_prideful** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 2:30 pm

Pierre is a terrible player who's been killing owners' BA all season long. I'd go with Ellsbury -- he hasn't gotten a hit since his return, but he hasn't K'ed, either, so his skills are still there. It's just a matter of time before he returns to hitting .290 and swiping bags.

http://www.fantasybaseballcafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=418049&p=3309760#p3309760

by **MadDog36** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 7:43 pm

You have Reyes, Pierre, Cruz and Rios. I think your pretty safe in SB, however I like Ellsbury and he could potentially steal as many bases as some of the guys you have collected so far for the rest of the year. Grab him up.