Manny question

[TruffleShuffle]

I mentioned this in the Baseball Discussions thread but didn't want to totally thread-jack it.

 

Someone in one of my leagues dropped Manny today, and I have the #1 waiver option. The league has 5 bench spots. Currently I have:

 

C Mike Napoli

1B Carlos Pena

2B Ian Kinsler

3B Garrett Atkins

SS Jimmy Rollins

OF Matt Kemp

OF Andre Ethier

OF Raul Ibanez

Util Orlando Hudson

BN Mike Cameron

BN Justin Upton

DL A-Rod

 

SP Derek Lowe

SP Scott Kazmir

RP Brad Lidge

RP Ryan Franklin

P Brad Ziegler

P Dan Haren

P J.J. Putz

BN Max Scherzer

BN Jose Valverde (only 1 DL spot)

BN Ervin Santana (only 1 DL spot)

 

Santana and A-Rod will be back relatively soon, and I'll throw valverde on the DL. My offense is already pretty beastly, but shouldn't I use my waiver claim on manny, and stash him on the bench? O-Dog is playing over his head so he'll be mainly bench later in the year. my whole OF has been really good and someone stupidly gave up on upton so i grabbed him recently, but I figure an OF in the 2nd half of Manny, Kemp, and two of Ethier, Upton and Ibanez would be pretty great.

 

Thoughts? And anyone else have manny dropped in their league?

[NCCubFan]

I'd probably pick up Manny, drop Atkins with A-Fraud returning tomorrow, and move Valverde to the DL. If I have the number one waiver position I try to avoid claiming players on waivers and losing my position just for situations like this.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Pick him up and drop Upton.

[ELCABALLO45]

I would drop Hudson.

 

You already have Kinsler. You can UTIL with Cameron/Upton/Atkins and still get good production out of it.

 

Also dropping Atkins would be a mistake if you ask me given that he can also play 1st on days when Pena is sitting. And he does play in Coors. Also I belive dropping Upton would be a mistake because who knows how Either/Kemp will play without Manny in the line up and you may need that extra outfielder. IMO.

[ELCABALLO45]

And yeah your offense is stacked right now.

[fromthestretch]

Not only is Hudson playing a bit over his head, he's probably going to suffer a little without Manny hitting behind him. It's amazing how mediocre that lineup looks without Manny now.

[dew1679666265]

I put a waiver claim in on Manny, but being 9th on the waiver list I'm not sure I'll get him.

 

I'm taking a pretty big risk by getting Manny now since my league has only three bench spots, but I think it's worth the risk.

 

My starting lineup is:

 

C: Soto

1B: Votto

2B: Pedroia

3B: Aramis :(

SS: Jeter

2B/SS: Aviles

1B/3B: Cantu

OF: Sizemore

OF: Granderson

OF: Bradley

OF: Tavares

OF: Cust

UTIL: Uggla

 

This will leave only Mark Reynolds on my bench as I'm cutting Hideki Matsui. I also have one bench spot filled by a pitcher, but I may cut one of my pitchers.

 

I figure most of my offensive players are healthy enough (save for Bradley) and I'm leading my league by a pretty wide margin.

 

Am I crazy?

[jyoung55]

Pick him up and drop Upton.

 

I hope you didn't follow TT's advice. Upton has been playing pretty well lately.

 

I'd drop Cameron, FWIW, he can be a liability in some categories.

[TruffleShuffle]

Pick him up and drop Upton.

 

I hope you didn't follow TT's advice. Upton has been playing pretty well lately.

 

I'd drop Cameron, FWIW, he can be a liability in some categories.

 

yeah i dropped cameron. upton is hot and has a lot of potential, and hudson is good insurance at 2B (plus he's pretty good).

[TruffleShuffle]

an update on this league - someone dropped ludwick (overreaction to the injury, but whatever) and granderson (what the hell?) and i picked up both of them on waivers. so now my offense is:

 

C Napoli

1B Carlos Pena

2B Kinsler

3B A-Rod

SS Rollins

OF Kemp

OF Ibanez

OF J. Upton

Util Granderson

BN O. Hudson

BN Manny Ramirez

BN Ludwick