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I know he's probably not worth the money due to the injury risk but he's an absolute stud when healthy. I play in Safeco and have a Minute Maid and 2 petcos in my division. I also have Byrnes and Mackowiak backing him up when he gets hurt. Within my division, I will only face 3 left-handed starters. I haven't heard much about Drew on here. Anyone take a shot?

I used him on one team this year so far.

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2006/team/team_other.html?user_id=535

At the risk of stating the obvious, he is good value against RH pitching when he is healthy. 8)

Obviously, you need a good backup for him when he is on the DL.

It is a risk having him - no doubt. You might get lucky but I'd suggest that you might get a maximum of 400 PAs out of him.

What about L Walker? Slightly more manageable injury risk and does't need a platoon.

I like both Walker and Drew and they fit your stadium. A certain percentage of the game is luck. To me it is worth taking risks like these injury-riddled players because when they stay healthy they help you win championships. Sometimes they stay healthy.

skewed stats in that everyone in this league is in a hitters park, and using all 5 SP less than 1 mil.

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2006/team/team_other.html?user_id=6138

my team rocks when he's healthy, not as much when he isn't.

[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2006/team/team_other.html?user_id=2945]Completed Season with JD Drew [/url]

He had a strong season for me (though hurt a lot, and sitting sometimes vs. LHers in sluggers' parks), but I traded him for Santana in a package deal. He got hurt a lot after getting traded, too, as you can see.

SNO 8 23 1 4 2 0 1 3 4 6 0 0 .174 .296 .391
SWM 97 324 69 89 14 3 19 53 68 74 0 0 .275 .408 .512
TOTAL 105 347 70 93 16 3 20 56 72 80 0 0 .268 .401 .504

Thanks guys. I decided against going with Drew since I already have Castillo, Hafner, and Berkman on the team. I went with Ford instead and used the money to upgrade in other areas.