Thoughts on Andrus heading into 2013? He is still just 24 years old, so there is plenty of time for him to take that next leap to become a star. Will he ever develop double-digit power? Will he ever steal 40-50+ bases? Will he ever score 100+ runs?
Rankings for him have been all over the place so far. I've seen him as high as #5 SS, and as low as outside the top 10. I am cautiously optimistic because this guy has Jose Reyes potential, but can be had at a much cheaper price. However, his downside is that you can get close to the same numbers as Andrus in Erick Aybar, who will come cheaper than Andrus. I still believe we will eventually see a 10/40 season out of him, but I'm not sure when.
One reason that I am somewhat afraid of him this year is his workload. He is coming off a year where he had the most games played in his career. Then what does he do? He decides to play winter ball in Venezuela--where he is still playing right now. On top of that, he will go right from winter ball to the World Baseball Classic, where he will start at SS for Venezuela. Then once that is over, he will have about 2 weeks to recuperate and get ready for the regular season.
Since he is very young, I don't think that workload is enough to put him on your do-not-draft list. But he essentially has had no down time or offseason to rest his body. Am I over-analyzing the workload issue? Not sure if he has done this same regimen in the past. Also FWIW, he has struggled offensively in the Venezuelan winter league. Thoughts/projections?
Montana- I am on the exact same page as you, the more a player plays and the less rest he gets means he is much more likely to get injured than anything else.
As there is not much of a difference from the #5-#10 spot I think you can wait on getting a ss till a little later in the draft. Andrus, rollins, desmond, cabrera, desmond, and ramirez. He hits for great average but has no power and I believe he is what he is. Which is a 5-10 ss who is very reliable.
alot of andrus haters. I think he has more upside than any of those listed that you can get on the cheap although i do like aybar. BA gets a uptick this year with some more steals and 100runs. I mean hes young and on the upswing of his career. Step forward this year i think.
I've got Andrus between 6-8 on shortstops. I like him because he's consistent in what he's going to give you, but you also know what he won't offer, which is power and a ton of RBIs. Still, he's a quality player and when I have him on a team I kind of just plug him in and let run on autopilot.
I value him alot higher, he is 3rd on mine. Im not saying im necessarily right but id rather have Andrus over Hanley or Tulo. I know that might be totally shocking and maybe im crazy but ill draft a healthy proven andrus who is only going to get better, over an injury prone Tulo and hanley who has seen his numbers severely drop off over the last two years. My shortstop list goes, Reyes, Castro, Andrus.
Its amazing to me when i see rankings with Tulo at the top (all of them pretty much). So basically hes at the top no matter what, if he plays or if he doesnt, if he plays one month or 5. I mean if he played the whole year with no injury and put up great numbers he would be ranked 1 this year. Well he didnt do any of that and hes still ranked 1. lol how does that make sense. Im not buying into it and i go with who i want on my team.
Quackman wrote:Im not saying im necessarily right but id rather have Andrus over Hanley or Tulo. I know that might be totally shocking and maybe im crazy but ill draft a healthy proven andrus who is only going to get better, over an injury prone Tulo and hanley who has seen his numbers severely drop off over the last two years. My shortstop list goes, Reyes, Castro, Andrus.
You would rather have a 3/30 guy over a 20/20 guy? To each their own I guess.
C-Doumit, Lucroy 1B- Fielder 2B-Pedroia SS-Castro 3B-Longoria CI- Lawrie MI- H. Rameriz OF-Cargo Jennings Heyward U-Morneau Markakis Brown
SP-Price Greinke Zimmerman Moore Anderson RP-Nathan McGee Doolittle Grilli
Quackman wrote:Im not saying im necessarily right but id rather have Andrus over Hanley or Tulo. I know that might be totally shocking and maybe im crazy but ill draft a healthy proven andrus who is only going to get better, over an injury prone Tulo and hanley who has seen his numbers severely drop off over the last two years. My shortstop list goes, Reyes, Castro, Andrus.
You would rather have a 3/30 guy over a 20/20 guy? To each their own I guess.
Quackman wrote:Im not saying im necessarily right but id rather have Andrus over Hanley or Tulo. I know that might be totally shocking and maybe im crazy but ill draft a healthy proven andrus who is only going to get better, over an injury prone Tulo and hanley who has seen his numbers severely drop off over the last two years. My shortstop list goes, Reyes, Castro, Andrus.
You would rather have a 3/30 guy over a 20/20 guy? To each their own I guess.
Dont forget Hanley's .250 batting average.
Really? His current 3-year average pushes .270. I'll gladly sacrifce average for power numbers. Enjoy Elvis.
C-Doumit, Lucroy 1B- Fielder 2B-Pedroia SS-Castro 3B-Longoria CI- Lawrie MI- H. Rameriz OF-Cargo Jennings Heyward U-Morneau Markakis Brown
SP-Price Greinke Zimmerman Moore Anderson RP-Nathan McGee Doolittle Grilli
lol throwing that 3rd year makes all the difference eh? lol. His numbers have been bad over the last two years. Andrus's best years are still ahead of him, Hanley's are behind him.
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by Montana168 » Sat Jan 19, 2013 8:12 pm 
To each their own I guess. 
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