What are the chances that these guys will hav decent years?

Question

Brandon Phillips

Bobby Crosby

Curtis Granderson

Conor Jackson

Brandon Inge

Austin Kearns

Mike Cameron

The problem is i have way to many offensive players, and i need to unload some of them, should i trade now, or wait for theyre values to increase? Its like playing the stock market!

Answer 1

Those guys are all waiver material. Philips might be good but has spent most of the past few years proving he won't be. Crosby could be good if healthy but has spent the last few years proving he won't be. Curtis Granderson was a high pick because he looked like he might be good then spent the better part of 5 years in the minors proving he won't be. Conor Jackson
was drafted where he was with the DBacks thinking he do things similar to Konerko and he might-just like Konerko in another 4 years but this year he won't be. Brandon Inge was valuable because he was eligible at catcher but spent the last few years proving he won't be. Austing Kearns could be a good player if he could stay healthy...didn't I already cover this with Bobby Crosby? Mike Cameron could be valuable if he could hit above his weight , which you can expect to happen right after you see Philips reach his potential, Granderson justify being on an MLB roster (and since Detroit added Shef he might be for long), Crosby and Kearns play 150 games EACH and Inge behind the plate a dozen or so times. Ever since Pujols made the game look easy people keep thinking that good young players should put up amazing numbers. If people played less fantasy and paid more attention to the game they'd realize it doesn't happen, so a good year from Conor Jackson would be 25-30 HRs 90-100 RBIs hitting above 280. Numbers that are all fine and can be found all over the waiver wire, esecially at 1B

What you have here is 7 players that should be sitting at the end of your bench, and you probably won't be able to trade any of them for anything. They'll probably get snapped up if you drop them, but that's only so they can sit at the end of someone else's bench. Identify closers that could be shaky (Boston, Rangers, Detroit for starters) and use those guys to pick up potential backups. Bottom tier closers can bring a lot more than any of those guys. If Conor Jackson has an MVP year, since he has no history anyone in your league who knows what they're doing will assume he's riding a hot streak--even if he keeps it up through July.

Answer 2

You're probably safe to drop Inge, a bum underachiever - well, i'd say you can trash any of them. Granderson and Cameron are the best offensive players unless Jackson explodes. phillips, crosby, inge and kearns are just average - Cameron has a little power and he'll steal a few bags - he's the one i would hang onto.