I’m in a very, very deep NL only 5×5 keeper league. We can keep players for a couple of years, but they eventually become “free agents”. Such is the case this year.

On your list, the only available SSs this year are Reyes and Drew. Since we’re based in NYC, many owners have a man crush on Reyes.

I already have Hanley, so I don’t really need a SS. Would it be worthwhile to overpay to get Reyes, then turn him over for some real good players? Or, should I save my money for other needed positions (e.g. 1B/3B).

Thanks, in advance!

Steve in NYC

“Indecision is the key to flexibility.”

@101 M.P.H.: These are dark times my friend,very dark.The only avenue for injecting some blue chip(pun intended) talant is by trading Doc.

Stop and think about it: why pay $13,000,000 per season for Adam Dunn when you could sign 7 John McDonalds for the same amount of money? In case you weren’t aware, John McDonald “really loves baseball” and has a “passion for the game”.

That his “passion for the game” somehow translated into a .210 batting average and .524 OPS last season is beside the point…

re: Maybe on the shirt. Need to talk to the designer.

@Doug Ault: I forget. Has there been one Blue Jay in any of these rankings so far?

@Tony: Maybe there’s something to that, but if Peralta’s a six hole hitter in 2009, it’s where he hit even better than the four hole last year (sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/splits?playerId=5527), though in less at-bats.

@Mike Podhorzer: The projections are simple, cold math equations. The rankings are my feelings on where I’d draft a guy. For instance, Jeter is more valuable than Tulo according to the projections, but Tulo also has more upside, which is more interesting to me at SS.

re: Point Shares — My rankings/projections. Separate entities. I look them over when I’m forming my opinions, but these are my opinions.

@sean: I think a Vizquel insurance policy means they don’t trust Andrus, which makes perfect sense. As I said in last week’s sleeper post, he throws balls away and he’s not that solid on average. He could hit .250 with 35 errors. Not great for real baseball. But have 40 steals, good for fantasy baseball.

@IowaCubs: Thanks, and Wood’s getting his own write-up at some point.

EDIT: Typo, boyz.

@grey: Andrus better be the second coming of the King after Texas moved Young to 3B and signed Vizquel as an insurance policy. Seems like a lot of fuss for a SAGNOFer…

@55mph: I bet Adam Dunn is having the last laugh about this Ricciardi thing. Well, as much as a country strong slugger between gigs could have…
http://www.walkoffwalk.com/2008/06/jp-ricciardi-adam-dunn-is-the.html

I mean, cripes!! Even the Omaha Royals have a hitter ranked in the top 20 for his position (Mike Aviles).

In any event, you might just get your wish. J.P. Ricciardi (in full face saving mode) had the following comment in yesterday’s National Post (http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1199600):

“My two boys are growing up and it’s tough when you leave the house and your boys cry,” said Ricciardi, whose sons are 12 and 10. “My No. 1 priority is to be a father, it’s not to be a GM.”

Translated into honesty, Ricciardi’s comment reads as follows:

“I realize now that I screwed the pooch for the past 8 years, and that I don’t have a hope in hell of getting my contract renewed. So I’ve decided that I’ll resign rather than face the embarrassment of not being offered a new contract. Better yet, I’ll deflect the embarrassment to my prepubescent sons by implying that they have dysfunctional separation anxiety issues.”

In response, Blue Jays season ticket holders were quoted as saying: “Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya!”.

I also read a good article somewhere about Peralta batting cleanup for about 90 games and thats why his stats bumped? Normally he wouldn’t hit there and the bump in the order increased the stat line?

Thoughts…. with vmart back, hopefully hafner, possibly a Laporta call up, where does the silent H bat?