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I'm leaning towards Prado or Beckham for the doubles power, but for the price in a pitchers park which 3B would you go with?

Scott Rolen
David Wright
Martin Prado
Gordan Beckham
Ramiro Pena/Jeff Keppinger platoon (or something similar)

Among those, I'd say Rolen is clearly the best, though Prado is solid, too. Other good options may be Pablo Sandoval, Juan Uribe, Andy Laroche, Mark Teahen, Melvin Mora, and Adrian Beltre.

[quote:5145d62170="AeroDave10"]Among those, I'd say Rolen is clearly the best, though Prado is solid, too. Other good options may be Pablo Sandoval, Juan Uribe, Andy Laroche, Mark Teahen, Melvin Mora, and Adrian Beltre.[/quote:5145d62170]

I like Rolen, but I always seem to hit the injury roll with him. I tried to get Panda in the draft, but someone else beat me to him and I got left with Wright. Teahen is gone too, I'll have to look at the others. Thanks!

With anyone who doesn't have 600 PAs, you have to be willing to take that risk. Obviously you don't want a whole team of guys like that, but having a few is worth it, I think.

I have A-Rod....I was thinking of changing to Uribe. Would that be a good move in Safeco field as well?

Nope. Keep A-Rod.

[quote:5f8509af57="AeroDave10"]Nope. Keep A-Rod.[/quote:5f8509af57]

Thanks! Not to hijack a thread but I also have Markakis in RF is he too expensive for Safeco given he isn't a high ops?

I don't know what 'obs' is. I know OBP and OPS. He is a high OBP guy, and an average OPS guy. Markakis isn't a great value there, but he's certainly a solid player. Those 680+ PAs, good defense, and good running ability certainly help.