Fantasy Baseball: Outfield Keeper Question?

1) Corey Hart

2) Jose Bautista (wild card)

3) Delmon Young

4) Jay Bruce

5) Chris Young

*If you want to play for way in the future, skip Bautista and move Young/Bruce up, neither are older then 25 and have plenty of talent.

Delmon Young was suppossed to be the player that could hit 30 HR and steal 30 bases. However, we know he wont steal 30. Young finally blossomed this year (21 HR and 112 RBI) and could see his numbers improve if Morneau plays the whole year.

After his breakout 2008 campaign, this is the Hart I expected to see. Hart had carreer highs in HR (31), RBI (102), and R (91). He also had a good average at .283. Hart is a good young player who is entering his prime. Add this to the stacked Brewers lineup and you have a potent fantasy player.

Jose Batista is ranked second on my list because... who knows if he'll ever hit this well again. There have been cases when players who have hit 50 hr one season fall all way down to previous career numbers (for Bautista this would be 16). However he did lead the major leagues in HR and had 124 RBI! I think he would be worth the gambe.

Jay Bruce finally showed he could hit, and did very well on the NL best hitting team. Look for him to improve on his HR and go into the 30 range, however I wouldn't be surprised if there was a regression or he had slumps in his season. He also had a suprisingly low amount of R/RBI (80 & 70) and I don't believe the Reds will have as great an offensive season as last year, meaning he will probobly have lower numbers. However he is young, and I can see why you would choose him over Batista.

Chris Young worked on his average, but still doesn't have a decent one (.258). He has pop and can swipe a bag, but otherwise he'll kill you. Also, if you really wan't him you could draft him later in the 7th or later.

Jay Bruce- Extremely young with big upside

Jose Bautista- should have great year next year, but not so great long-term

Corey Hart- Not a superstar, but pretty solid all around

Chris Young- same as Hart

Delmon Young- not him

I think Hart and Bautista are the best.