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.