JakeTrain72 wrote:He is worth holding onto in 12+ team leagues. In 10 team leagues he is on the bubble, if your catcher isn't doing much than you should be taking a flier on Piazza because he will liekly produce as a top 10 C when he gets back.
In my leagues where I have him he is getting no love, even from teams that need a catcher. I was expecting him to be a top5 C this season, I have DL'ed him so it hasn't cost me anything to keep him on my roster. However, when he gets back I think he will be a top 10 C, just not top 5.
This is where/why I'm on the fence as far as Piazza is concerned...
As a little bit of background, I am in a 12-team mixed money Roto league with a 6x6 format (extra cats are OBP and HLDs). I drafted Piazza in the 12th round (138th overall) and have held onto him all throughout his DL stint. Worth noting is that we are limited to only ONE DL spot and have shallow benches (5 spots), so it's been a real back-and-forth battle for me in whether I think keeping Mike is worth it, especially in dealing with DL visits to Weeks, Kendrick, Upton, Thome, Teixeira, Burnett, Dotel, Duchscherer, and Schmidt at varying points throughout the year. I know that sounds rough, and it has been at times, but I've been sitting at first place since about week 2 or 3. Call it luck, or call it skill.
Back when Barrett and Zambrano got into their little spat, a fellow manager decided to outright drop Barrett. I lucked out by his clearing waivers, and was able to claim him as a free agent. As such, I have a more than capable catcher in my starting lineup right now, in addition to Piazza on my bench/in my DL slot. Thus, the dilemma...
I really don't think Barrett/Piazza have any trade value, either, as the rest of the teams in the league carry these guys as their starting catchers - Posada, Buck, V. Martinez, Martin, Mauer, Varitek, I. Rodriguez (with Molina on bench), Estrada, McCann, R. Hernandez, and Johjima. The only two I can see potentially wanting to trade for a catcher are maybe the teams with Buck and Estrada...possibly the team with Ramon Hernandez, but even these might be a stretch...
