How Would These Rank Fantasy Wise (recent draftees)

by High Heater on Nov 2, 2007 5:29 AM EDT

these recent draftees from 07' draft class:

Wieters
Vitters
Mills
Moustakas
Laporta

how would these guys be ranked for fantasy purposes? Laporta seems to stick out in my head above the rest does anyone agree? Which has the higher cieling and the best chance to get to that cieling?

right now i am ranking them

Wieters
Moustakas
Laporta
Vitters
Mills

but i am tempted to take Laporta over both Wieters and Moustakas in a rookie draft

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Laporta higher

Wieters
Laporta
Vitters
Mills
Moustakas

Laporta's knock is that his defense is bad but his bat is incredible and that is all that counts in fantasy.

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by was385 on Nov 2, 2007 8:37 AM EDT reply actions

LaPorta

Ks alot though... =/

by CATALYST on Nov 2, 2007 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions

I'd have to disagree, Moustakas has the potential right now to stay at short stop which makes him second on this list easily. Even if Laporta and Vitters out slug him by 50 points he'll be more valueable because he is a SS.

Wieters is clearly the most valuble because there are the 4 Ms, (Martinez, Mauer, McCann, Martin) and then not much else.

If Mills is a DH or even a first baseman his value drops too because I don't see him slugging like the DH's of today's game.

So my list would go as follows:

Wieters- Catchers are so valueable
Moustakas- If he is a SS he is clearly 2.
Laporta- Should wind up in the OF but there is tons of depth there in Fantasy.
Vitters- 3B should be solid, i really like his swing very quiet with his lower half but i'd like him to use his body more.
Mills- probably will be at a lower spectrum position.

by JD Sussman on Nov 2, 2007 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions

+1

I heard Tim Lincecum will win 1 Cy Young & 11 Tim Lincecums. Question is, how many Cole Hamels will he win?

by the pinstripes on Nov 2, 2007 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions

What about the S?

In re: the 4 Ms. No love for Salty? Do you see him as still being overmatched for a few years?

by Jihan1 on Nov 2, 2007 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions

haha

There are other letters, you can't forget Posada. But after Posada there isn't much else.

To me its still to be determined if Salty is a full time Catcher. Last year was a nice start, he had flashes of brilliance and some point where he was lost. He stuck out a lot, 75 times in 308 ABs, and his average was pretty low for a 'stud' hitter. With that said catchers take a beating behind the plate and rarely are consistent fantasy players and rarely stay healthy. I like Salty and he could get on this list soon but I'll play the devil's advocate and point out things I don't like.

He will most likely be switching from 1B, C and DH. I think players, at least i did, like consistency with their role.
He is a switch hitter.- one of my favorites, WLB, is a switch hitter but it is very hard to stay consistent and maintain streaks when you are switching sides constantly.
Protection? He is playing in a weak lineup. Micheal Young is on a down slide and the leader in OPS was Ian Kinsler. They are going to lean on him to be the big bat and that will be tough on a young kid.

I like Salty but we'll see, give it time.

by JD Sussman on Nov 2, 2007 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions

Laporta

What are the odds he stays at C? I feel like he'd be one of the highest ranked recent draftees there (obviously), but his value would take a huge hit if he was in the OF

by cinquad on Nov 2, 2007 10:51 AM EDT reply actions

Laporta?

I'm pretty sure that Laporta and the Brewers have ZERO plans of playing him at catcher, but correct me if i'm wrong.

He is already playing in the OF so i'd look for him only to move down the spectrum with another team rather than all the way up catcher.

by JD Sussman on Nov 2, 2007 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions

I would rank them....

Wieters
LaPorta
Mills
Moustakas
Vitters

Not that I do not love Vitters or Moustakas, but they are much farther away from the bigs than the other 3. And for fantasy purposes, when the ceilings of the players are comparable, I will always take the ones that are closer to the bigs.

I really think Mills gets a bad rap on this site, but I am not quite sure why. Maybe it is his inferior competition from college - forgetting the fact that he put up solid numbers his freshman year playing the top NCAA competition. But Mills is much better than most here are giving him credit for.

by guru4u on Nov 2, 2007 12:01 PM EDT reply actions