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Rob Reed
TennesseeJesse
Re: Question: Why is Jose Reyes going so high in drafts? <FONT COLOR=BLACK><b>[</font>Reply to #<a href="read.pl?3-297">297</a>]</b>
3/18/08, 7:16pm
I understand where you are going here (reminiscent of the anti-Carl Crawford talk last year.)  But the thing is, you can't compare a difference of a few homers to a difference a few steals.  

There are a lot of ways to get 240 homers out of an offense of a 14-man offense.  Missed out on Carlos Guillen?  It's OK.  Chris Duncan will give you some of those homers back a few rounds later.  No A-Rod?  Carlos Lee + Jeff Kent will more than take you there.  But big Jose?  Of the 70 steals?  That is half of what you need to win the category and maybe 20 more than the next guy.  That means you draft Reyes, head to the fridge, grab you a Pepsi, and spend your next five offensive picks grabbing Magglio, Manny Ramirez, Andruw Jones, and Jim Thome and still end up the odds-on to win steals in your league with some scraps in the late rounds.  And then there is the fact Jose is only 25 this year, and has a good chance of getting back that 2006 power (OK, maybe 5 more HR and 15 more RBI, but still).  

Juan Pierre doesn't really deserve to start on his own team anymore with Andruw in town (maybe Joe Torre will realize this).    I can hear ya barkin, Rob, but let Jose slip to me past pick three in a fantasy draft, and he'll be playin this year for Tennessee's finest.

[TennesseeJesse from Columbia/TN]
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