(Fantasy) - Keep Which Prospect?

in a 12 team league, montero fades in value just due to the great bats available at 1b. fielder, tex, pujols, votto, adrian, berkman, hosmer, butler, etc.

3b and ss remain thin, so i’d take a potential star there instead, assuming not too much more risk.

if you’re locked in on trout and miller, then i’d keep lawrie next if you want lower risk, machado or profar if you can stomach more. see if you can snag a smoak, laporta, morales, etc guy who could break out and deliver the kind of numbers you’d hope for from montero.

Keep Lawrie as your 3B and then keep all of them?

That the vote is a complete and utter blowout. 41-1? Lawrie’s park and position give him an edge, and he’s no slouch with the bat, but Montero is still a guy Sickels thinks could be “one of the leading hitters in baseball over the next decade.” I wonder if this would have been closer if Montero was still a Yankee.

I was slightly leaning towards Lawrie anyway, but this doesn’t leave me with much to think about.

Nice rebuild!

I’d keep Lawrie without a doubt. My next would probably be Trout. From there on out, it would depend on what kind of deals I can get for the other guys. If there are no deals to be made, decide who you like more between Profar and Machado. They’re the only SS prospects worth talking about, and I don’t tend to take pitching prospects very seriously, especially if you have Verlander, Price, and Lester already.

It’s certainly a difficult choice in my opinion. I think if you believe Montero will have C eligibility for a few seasons, then he would be the choice since he likely has the better bat. If not, I’d go Lawrie, but in the end it really depends on your league’s rules for positional eligibility (though for what it’s worth I heard the Mariners will at least initially try Montero at catcher).

As an aside, I’d keep Profar if I were you. I like him better than everyone you mentioned except maybe Trout.

Why don’t you talk to the guys who have Harper and Moore - maybe they would trade them for two of your prospects. From what you say, there’s no advantage in having more than three minor leaguers, so try packaging them up to get an upgrade.