MMTG
Well-Known Member
I would think that you would not be in favor of your own point. I would still have Matt Carpenter if we had an extra bench slot.
Your other point is something that I have noticed and been interested by since the draft. I think that in this league we are seeing the result of the year of Trout and Harper. Last year the only top prospect that was drafted in our league and was guaranteed to start in the minors was Harper. I picked up Trout right before he was called up. This year there were 5 players drafted in our league that are guaranteed to start in the minors: Wil Myers, Travis D'Arnaud, Jurickson Profair, Trevor Bauer, and Zach Wheeler.
There are a lot of different points of view on this and none of them are more correct than any other. However, what are the odds that all five of those players will be actually worth a keeper slot next year, based upon what they have done this year and knowing that we only have 7 keepers per year? Further, you have to take that probability and figure out if it is worth losing 1-3 months - or more - of a usable slot for this season just to see how they hack it in the bigs.
All in all, I have no idea whether it makes sense in our league to sit on a prospect, I have chosen not to...but then again, it may be worth it for this year or the future. Either way, I think a team owner needs to have a downside to holding a prospect.
Very valid points-however, you don't have Carpenter anymore, so I'm grateful to that. Prospects are worth nothing if you cant afford to wait for them to play in the show. I had to make a choice when I drafted Myers and Profar-was the available bench players worth passing over for the #1 and #2 MLB prospect? My answer was NO. It may turn out to be my undoing, we'll have to wait and see...You forgot to mention Yasiel Puig being drafted by Alfred(Bridgetown IPA Junkies)who's the REAL DEAL a la Cespedes and will be a huge factor for the Dodgers before too long.