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  • Medlen or Sale

    Dr. Steve Brule by Dr. Steve Brule . Sep 22, 2012 12:36 PM . Permalink

    If you were only able to keep 1 for next year for original draft price (Sale-14, Medlen-21) which would you keep? Conventional wisdom says Sale but Medlen has been unstoppable since being added to the rotation. Just interested to see what people think.

    • Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Medlen or Sale

      Bowser by Bowser . Sep 23, 2012 12:58 AM . Permalink

      I would go with Desmond, Sale, Medlen, Craig, Molina, and Hill, in that order.

      I would go with Desmond, Sale, Medlen, Craig, Molina, and Hill, in that order.

    • Re: Re: Re: Re: Medlen or Sale

      Dr. Steve Brule by Dr. Steve Brule . Sep 23, 2012 12:52 AM . Permalink

      So don't keep Craig, Hill, Cespedes, Rizzo, or Molina? Go with Desmond, Sale, and Med...

      So don't keep Craig, Hill, Cespedes, Rizzo, or Molina? Go with Desmond, Sale, and Medlen instead? Risky...but possible

    • Re: Re: Re: Medlen or Sale

      Bowser by Bowser . Sep 23, 2012 12:03 AM . Permalink

      Don't keep Cespedes or Rizzo, they are pretty easy to replace with the positions they ...

      Don't keep Cespedes or Rizzo, they are pretty easy to replace with the positions they play on, so there, now you can keep Medlen and Sale,

    • Re: Re: Re: Re: Medlen or Sale

      Dr. Steve Brule by Dr. Steve Brule . Sep 22, 2012 10:37 PM . Permalink

      Not a bad thought. I could also potentially keep Aaron Hill for next to nothing too. God...

      Not a bad thought. I could also potentially keep Aaron Hill for next to nothing too. God I wish I could keep more players...Desmond, Craig, Cespedes, Hill, Sale, Medlen, Rizzo, Molina all taken after the 15th round or picked up as FAs

    • Re: Re: Re: Medlen or Sale

      John by John . Sep 22, 2012 10:01 PM . Permalink

      If it were me with those choices, I wouldn't keep Cespedes or Rizzo (OF and 1B are pre...

      If it were me with those choices, I wouldn't keep Cespedes or Rizzo (OF and 1B are pretty deep positions) or Craig, as much as I love him. He's been injured a lot already in his relatively short career and probably more importantly, he loses 2B eligibility next year, leaving him only 1B and OF. Again, those are pretty deep positions. Molina's a tough one. Great player at a shallow position, but I'm not sure if the Cards would sit him more often than he usually does since they've invested a lot of money on him. The Twins have done that with Mauer, and he's only a year younger than Molina. The Twins also have the advantage of the DH and 1B to play Mauer more often, which the Cards don't have. I could see Molina being a 3/4 of a season player, which is still about 120 games, but if I'm keeping a player, I would want to see more guaranteed playing time.

      If I had your choices, I would keep Desmond, Sale, and basically flip a coin on Medlen and Molina, with an edge towards Molina.

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