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    Reports say his bat is more advanced than Puig and should sign for more money.

    Plays first base.
    http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/page/...e-dariel-abreu
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    Jays need to be all over this kid.
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    The current favourites for this kid are...

    http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/1...for-abreu.html
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    He'll be wearing White or Red Sox.

    Possibly going to Houston.

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    He's officially a member of the White Sox.

    http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story...-abreu-reports
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    Projections for this season for this kid?
    I've got the 4th overall pick in my draft, and I'm looking at grabbing him.

    We've got 5 player farms as well, but I think I'd want a utility hitter with upside in that spot.
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    Forwards: Kucherov, Barkov, Teravainen, Seguin, Hoffman, Lindholm, Gusev, Horvat, Meier, Perron, Schwartz, Johansen, Pavelski, Buchnevich, Hischier, Granlund, Bracco

    Defense: Josi, Dahlin, Letang, Gostisbehere, Ekman-Larsson, Petry, Slavin, Keith, Matheson

    Goal: Lehner, Holtby, Varlamov

    Farm: Soderstrom, York, Woo, Tracey, Dorofeyev

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    Quote Originally Posted by STONE. View Post
    Projections for this season for this kid?
    I've got the 4th overall pick in my draft, and I'm looking at grabbing him.

    We've got 5 player farms as well, but I think I'd want a utility hitter with upside in that spot.
    Wisdom of the Crowd Projections (52 experts), have him .272 30 87
    I think it might be a tad high for a rookie season, i expect closer to 25 80
    List the top 5 guys available other then him?

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    Don't know yet. Keepers are due next week, and that'll give me a list.
    My gut says he'll be a mid first rounder -- the top 12 at each position should be locked up as keepers. I'm thinking (based on who I would protect for most teams) that I'll be looking at one of:

    Rizzo
    P. Alvarez
    B. Phillips
    J. Werth

    That's assuming I look to fill my Util spot with my first pick (we protect every other starting position, so that'd be my plan).
    Although those projections make Abreu a bit more intriguing!
    I'd ideally love to nab an OF early as well -- since that's the spot I'm most worried about. Not sold on Brown repeating. I'm currently protecting:

    1B Goldschmidt
    2B - Gyorko
    3B - Beltre
    SS - Desmond
    C - Santana
    OF - Marte, Choo, D. Brown
    SP - Hamels, Greinke, Gio Gonzalez, Ryu
    RP - Street, Robertson

    Farm (which I can switch out at the draft): M. Sano, T. Bauer, M. Olt, D. Pomeranz, Y. Grandal.
    (Grandal and probably Pomeranz are gonna get called into my team and be early drops -- I've got to decide on the others, depending on whom I draft.)

    It's a Yahoo H2H, standard cats league
    After running the numbers, I think I'm competitive in HRs, RBIs, Avg and probably SBs.
    With pitching, my team seems strong in ERA, WHIP and hopefully Wins. Who knows about Svs....

    I'm thinking of locking up Util spot with first pick, then focusing on 2 youngsters for the farm with the next two. Then turn my attention to SP, OF, and RP early.
    Thoughts?
    Points-only, Full Keeper Dynasty League
    Active roster (no starts, just total points): 12 FW, 6 D, 1 Goalie

    Forwards: Kucherov, Barkov, Teravainen, Seguin, Hoffman, Lindholm, Gusev, Horvat, Meier, Perron, Schwartz, Johansen, Pavelski, Buchnevich, Hischier, Granlund, Bracco

    Defense: Josi, Dahlin, Letang, Gostisbehere, Ekman-Larsson, Petry, Slavin, Keith, Matheson

    Goal: Lehner, Holtby, Varlamov

    Farm: Soderstrom, York, Woo, Tracey, Dorofeyev

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    Oh, and sorry for the total thread shift -- I should post this in the Keeper league section!
    Points-only, Full Keeper Dynasty League
    Active roster (no starts, just total points): 12 FW, 6 D, 1 Goalie

    Forwards: Kucherov, Barkov, Teravainen, Seguin, Hoffman, Lindholm, Gusev, Horvat, Meier, Perron, Schwartz, Johansen, Pavelski, Buchnevich, Hischier, Granlund, Bracco

    Defense: Josi, Dahlin, Letang, Gostisbehere, Ekman-Larsson, Petry, Slavin, Keith, Matheson

    Goal: Lehner, Holtby, Varlamov

    Farm: Soderstrom, York, Woo, Tracey, Dorofeyev

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    I like the look of your team, except the minors. I like to go BPA myself. I don't draft by scheduling position order.
    Looks like Abreu might be the best guy, although i like Rizzo a lot.

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    Rizzo over Abreu

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