I's Gots to Know

[TomSiebert]

Like the would-be bank robber at the beginning of the first (and best) 'Dirty Harry' movie, who backs down when he's faced with Clint's classic "I can't remember if I fired six shots or only five," monologue, I've been flirting with coming to the community with my SS dilemma in the first round of the tournament semi-finals, where, after reading J-Pav's excellent "The Secret Formula - 2009" post, I drafted Ryan Theriot at SS, so I could load up on Howard, Dunn, Napoli and Shoppach in the Cell.

Using a 3 at SS is, I think, unprecedented for one of my teams. But after waivers and the frenzy, I still had enough wriggle room on the roster that I could drop Theriot and a bench guy for the much better fielding Tejada, who also has HR power against all pitchers while Theriot's got none. But Tejada's OBA is 70+ points lower, and is loaded w/ gbA to boot.

I pondered and agonized, wanted to ask here in the forum for input, but didn't want to play my hand in the tournament and also figured it might not be sporting to ask.

In the end, I kept Theriot, figuring he'd be on a base a ton, and with Markakis in the 2-hole, there would be lots of doubles to send him scurrying around the bases before murderers row. I think he should score 100 runs no problem, and my best guess is that the runs produced differential to runs allowed will be wider than it would have been with Tejada.

So this is my longwinded way of asking:

Hey, guys, who do you think's the better choice at short in US Cellular, in a lineup otherwise loaded with massive bats? Tejada or Theriot?

tws