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by **Yikes** » Thu May 13, 2004 1:27 pm

Anybody notice this guy is turning into a 5-tool player?

http://bigleaguers.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6634

Sure he's no where close to Beltran's or Soriano's level but you might be able to get him for nothing on the WW.
;-D

by **EK711** » Thu May 13, 2004 1:46 pm

He finished with a fair amount of ROY votes last year considering the guys that he was up against. He got more votes than Tex and everybody seems to fall all over themselves about him. Cleveland's offense as a whole is better and Gerut should reap the rewards from the 3 hole. Check out this blurb.

David Lipman of ESPN.com wrote:...Gerut's OPS mark ranked 61st in baseball, placing him right between Carlos Lee and Rondell White, meaning that at age 25, he played last season as a solid major league regular. Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui, lauded for his 106 RBI, finished 30 spots lower. Perhaps the general public's affinity for RBI and batting average (Matsui hit .287 to Gerut's .279) and the spotlight of playing in New York got Matsui 10 first-place Rookie of the Year votes to none for Gerut. He may have fallen short in the hardware department, but Jody Gerut clearly had a great season in 2003 should be a very significant presence in the middle of the Cleveland lineup.

I wish my league wasn't full of people near the clevleand area so I could have got Gerut at a reasonable price on draft day... :-/

Him going undrafted in a league is a travesty.

by **Lofunzo** » Thu May 13, 2004 1:49 pm

I just dropped Edgar Martinez for him as a bench OF. ;-)

by **SaintsOfTheDiamond** » Thu May 13, 2004 1:50 pm

Of course he's gone in my keeper leagues. :-D

by **Jester** » Thu May 13, 2004 1:57 pm

How would you guys stack him up against C. Patterson? He is availible in one of my roto leagues...I just don't know who to drop...

C. Patterson
A. Sanchez
Maybe Konerko?

by **Lofunzo** » Thu May 13, 2004 2:04 pm

Jester wrote:How would you guys stack him up against C. Patterson? He is availible in one of my roto leagues...I just don't know who to drop...

C. Patterson
A. Sanchez
Maybe Konerko?

We need to see your roster to see whether you need power or speed more.

by **ensanimal** » Thu May 13, 2004 2:07 pm

i got him in the 20th round of my 15 team keeper. really happy about that one ;-D

by **Jester** » Thu May 13, 2004 2:09 pm

I. Rodríguez
A. Pujols
B. Boone
M. Cabrera
A. Rod
S. Green
J. Dye
A. Sanchez
T. Hunter
P. Konerko
C. Patterson

I just wondered how he compared to other 5 catagory guys like Patterson? I like Patterson, in fact I traded for him for cheap...but just wondering about this Gerut cat?

by **SaintsOfTheDiamond** » Thu May 13, 2004 2:13 pm

Konerko would get my vote. You're good at 1B with Pujols and Green.

by **Krunk City King$** » Thu May 13, 2004 2:13 pm

he has been added and dropped by 3 teams in my league...

and the current owner does not even start him....

:-C

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