Buy or Sell: A-Rod in the 1st round next year

[Belle4Hall88]

I play for sporting news, where A-Rod is ranked 78th overall. He's hitting .216 with 1 home run and 8 RBI the past 15 games. He is on pace to hit .279 with 112 runs, 33 home runs, 117 RBI & 14 SB. I am starting to doubt that I would even take him in the 1st round anymore. Players I would take above A-Rod next year...

Soriano
Pujols
Beltran
Santana
Reyes
Crawford
Guerrero
Hafner
Ortiz
Howard
Ramriez
Cabrera

& maybe Utley, Wright & Tejada.

Thats 12-15 solid picks that I think will outperform A-Rod.

I am going to SELL him as a 1st round pick next year; in my book anyway.

[pokerplaya]

I'm buying. I'm buying all the way. No question in my mind.

[Kurtangletn]

I'll sell, but still think most will take him in the first.

[acsguitar]

He is the youngest player to ever EVER hit 450 home runs.

I'll take him. Plus he's never injured

[Belle4Hall88]

I'll sell, but still think most will take him in the first.

GOOD CALL!

[hayseed]

Buying, without a doubt. Just bought low on him in my dynasty league

[Geek]

I'm selling all the way, with a bit of explanation.

Chances are, someone is willing to overpay for him.

In some leagues, he'll go #2 overall. In most leagues, he won't last past #7 or #8 because someone thinks that he'll rebound back to his 2005 numbers.

Now, he may hit 40 HR's and drive in 125+ next year. Maybe not.

But, I don't believe in gambling with 1st round picks. And there are several guys who are much safer picks than him.

I would put him at about a late 1st round/early 2nd round value. But someone picking before me will almost certainly take him before then.

[raiders_umpire]

I am buying, I am pretty sure in a redraft or keeper, I would take him #2 overall, just as I have had him the last 3 years. The only player I would consider taking over him besides Pujols in a keeper in Miguel Cabrera.

[MMoNeY24]

I've bumped him a couple of spots down and moved guys like Soriano ahead of him, but I'm still buying on him in the 1st.