young Braves can hit and steal

[swampdragon]

Who do you like/rank this year? Assume all at same price (added after jc comment)

Inciarte
Acuna
Albies

and next year too

[joncarlos]

I really like Albies even at his hype-inflated price. I love Acuna if he comes at all cheap - I do think he's up mid-April and goes 15/15 or better. Ender is great in NL only leagues at a reasonable price but there's no upside.

[harmon]

3 very nice players obviously. I'm going with Acuna in a tough choice over Albies. I suppose Albies is considered safer and is a MI, but I just can't resist the potential of monster output from Acuna especially with next year in play also.

[DanK]

For me, the tiebreaker between Albies and Acuna is OF depth. I have one league where we start only 3 OF, and I chose Albies. Another where we start 5 and I would choose Acuna.

[Ken]

For me, the tiebreaker between Albies and Acuna is OF depth. I have one league where we start only 3 OF, and I chose Albies. Another where we start 5 and I would choose Acuna.

Assuming that Acuna is up a couple weeks after the start of the season (perhaps you arent making that assumption), why would that make a difference? Positional scarcity values would be one thing to consider, but they are both OFers, so it is not relevant.

What's the logic behind this one? I'm interested.

[swampdragon]

Assuming that Acuna is up a couple weeks after the start of the season (perhaps you arent making that assumption), why would that make a difference? Positional scarcity values would be one thing to consider, but they are both OFers, so it is not relevant.

What's the logic behind this one? I'm interested.

albies is a 2 baseman

[Ken]

albies is a 2 baseman

I was reading that message as between Inciarte and Acuna for some reason. Thank you for restoring sanity!

[DanK]

For clarity, I have Inciarte behind both Albies and Acuna. Inciarte the higher floor, but I prefer the Albies/Acuna higher ceiling for this year and certainly in the future.

[Mithrandir]

This year:

Albies
Inciarte
Acuna


Next year:
Acuna
Albie
Inciarte

[onejayhawk]

Acuna is a special talent. He's never going to be Trout defensively or on the bases, not Harper for pure power, but he will be the biggest impact since those two.

This year:
Acuna
Albies
Inciarte

[cavebird]

I think Acuna could be Trout on the bases, fwiw. He does need to learn to read pitchers, but the speed is there. Given his lack of minor league playing time generally, I think that is something he could be taught, and Eric Young has been working with him this spring---and, for whatever spring numbers are worth, 4 SB and 0 CS.

[onejayhawk]

Heaven knows his learning curve is steep enough.

J

[Sharky]

I agree with the Acuna Albies Inciarte ranking. I am a huge Albies fan, and think he’s closer to Acuna than Inciarte. But Acuna looks like a real talent.

[cavebird]

It's upside versus safety. Inciarte clearly has the highest floor. He's going to be good, and you know what you are going to get. Albies has a great hit tool, but hitting major league pitching is tough, and while he has power, how much will we see this year? And Acuna has crazy, crazy tools, and skills to utilize them, but has never hit major league pitching before.