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17 games in, Raines has injury reveal of his 89' season, my league is about 60% power parks, I'm in Arlington, there are 3 Fulton Co. 3 other
Arlingtons and a Kingdome. I have other set up guys that seem to be in good years... Dykstra, Oquendo, for power I have W Clark looking good early, but not a lot else. Is Raines always a keeper, or do I move on for
more power in left??

This question always comes up and the answer is always to keep Raines. He is one the unique players in the set.

In virtually all cases, always keep Raines, Butler, Henderson and Clemens. Leaving anybody out?

[quote:81116eab26="Jablowmi"]In virtually all cases, always keep Raines, Butler, Henderson and Clemens. Leaving anybody out?[/quote:81116eab26]
I'd add Eric Davis to the list.

I have had Eric Davis is his worst year and I wouldn't consider him a keeper unless you need a 1 in CF. He bats .240 and hits 25 homers, but for $7 million plus, the money could go to other positions. Throw in the injury component, and Davis isn't worth it.

I would consider Keith Hernandez worthy because of a .290 BA, 18 homers and .374 on base in his bad year. That could still help many teams even though the price tag is $6 million plus.

I think Jablowmi had a pretty concise and accurate list.

[quote:c45b02de7f="Jablowmi"]In virtually all cases, always keep Raines, Butler, Henderson and Clemens. Leaving anybody out?[/quote:c45b02de7f]
Winfield, Yount, Lynn, Carter just to add a few of the obvious

The Clark brothers (Jack & Will), Ozzie, Rickie, Cal, Sandberg (maybe), plus the ones mentioned above. Look at YountFan's 80%+ seasons used. Raines is #1 with 95% useage, and probably some of the 5% are themed or $60M leagues.

The 89 season is not terrible. Cards with positive clutch can take awhile to manifest. At least you should get good OBP and maybe more RBI's than you bargained for.

Keep him at leadoff. If you have a good Dykstra card, he can work in the three spot with all those doubles. Raines is one of those guys that, when you drop him, your team inexplicably becomes worse, no matter how poorly he was doing. I'd stick with him.

Thanks for all the input guys, I was having a weak moment, I usually
play in a power park, I would add Guerrero to the list...he is amazingly
consistant, and in a power park I've had good results with his worst card.

[quote:06c47377ec="YountFan"]Winfield, Yount, Lynn, Carter just to add a few of the obvious[/quote:06c47377ec]

I wouldn't keep Joe Carter for EVERY card. :wink:
Yount's bad card is a real downer because you expect so much out of Rockin Robin. However by the time you realize you have his bad card all of the other good SS are long gone. At that time his bad card is still tons better than anything else you could get and his defense is still a 1 on any card.