Fantasy Q & A

Q: Hey Rob, here are some sleepers, post hypers, and players of personal interest that I have scattered across my draft board. If you feel like taking a few minutes to rattle some rankings up, your opinion would be valued...

Based only on upside, playing situation, and overall talent - how would you rank these 20 options?

A: Allright, I took your 20 names and organized them 1 to 20 with my reasoning down below:

1.heyward--- 6.rasmus--- 11.jennings--- 16.reimold
2.strasberg--- 7.wallace--- 12.c carter--- 17.stubbs
3.alvarez--- 8.smoak--- 13.chapman--- 18.desmond
4.quentin--- 9.posey--- 14.a gordon--- 19.jackson
5.snider--- 10.m taylor--- 15.montero--- 20.s sizemore

gotta take heyward first, not only because the whole world values him that way but because they might be right.......same for strasburg tho i can't see him reaching the hype....you know how i feel about alvarez, tho if you believe in andy laroche lasting the year at third you might want to hold off (lol).....quentin or snider here? -if he gets the whole year in, and either way long term , i prefer snider BUT quentin is safer....rasmus still has upside and a great lineup but is there enough pop?...wallace may not be up for a while tho i think he's ready and looks like a sure bet to be very good for a long time....smoak will mash in arlington and i don't want to miss the boat BUT texas always has too many good looking prospects and few who actually pan out ....so i would probably take the next 2, posey and taylor, higher than him and rasmus but i might not recomend it to others, i just have a real good feeling poseys the next mauer and taylors winfield-lite, but again some things are just gut feelings that are hard to explain...jennings looks like the next crawford - i don't love crawford- i don't like waiting forever for a player to be better than he is....carters lke smoak, will he turn into barton or texiera, i cant get a proper read but there's value there.....i may be wrong but i don't believe in chapmans mechanics, i see years of almost, and like i've said i hate almost...which brings us to gordon.....will montero stay behind the plate? i hear there's a debate, that combined with the yankees ability to be patient tells me late round flyer because he does seem like a special bat....i don't believe in reimold, i think pie will be the starter by years end - i like pie alot if i could gaurantee the power...stubbs has grit and speed, thats one category magic...which brings us to desmond and jackson - tho maybe i'm wrong on jackson, some people really seem to like him .....and lastly sizemore, i don't think he'll make the tigers out of camp and that means waiver wire pickup in a couple months in most leagues, and that's only if you have a need....

well i could be wrong but that's how i feel about things - hope its helpful

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