A-Rod or Ordonez

[Brent65]

Who do you think is the better 2007 card for the $, if you had to take one. Let's here some success stories.........

[visick]

IMHO...

I'd say Maggs.

Slighly better hitting vs. LH's but still deadly vs. RH's.

ARod KILLS RH's but there's a big drop off vs. LH's.

[vince0501]

I think the fact that A-Rod is much better against RH tilts it in his favor. In most leagues you will you face many more RHP, so that is a serious advantage. Plus I think A-Rod just has a lot more HR power. Maggs may produce a higher AVG, but I think Rodrigues will give more run production.

Small sample number, but in the 2 completed leagues I have been in, Arod has had 57 & 67 HR vs 21 & 24 for Magglio.

[geekor]

really it's apples to oranges, one has more HR, the other much higher BA, plus they play different positions...

You would at least need to ask ARod + RF or Mags + 3b so we can see which is better..

but I would have to go ARod myself, just because the HR's will be there. I've had Mags in one league end up with .289 .356 and 20 hr. For over 10 mil that's horrible, Arod will at least get you that plus 40+ HR.

[longgandhi]

I'd opt for ARod as well, gernerally, because he's a plus defender at a position that will see more defensive opportunities than Ordonez will. So even if they play in a park that negates some of ARod's power, he will still help more on the defensive side. There are 19 players with better defense than Ordonez, only 9 better than ARod.

[askaufman]

Here are the top players by ops in our league after 147 games. Would choose A-rod under any scenario because of homeruns.

BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS Salary
Jones, Chipper REL 566 113 207 58 2 33 111 76 103 6 .366 .440 .650 1.090 10.82M
Thome, Jim THA 497 105 136 27 0 53 119 107 149 1 .274 .412 .648 1.060 7.41M
Rodriguez, Alex THA 549 140 167 22 1 56 130 72 134 11 .304 .401 .654 1.055 12.31M
Pujols, Albert LUM 553 104 174 31 0 47 124 81 78 0 .315 .407 .626 1.032 10.22M
Fielder, Prince SOX 563 122 150 25 2 62 135 87 149 0 .266 .378 .648 1.026 8.90M
Bonds, Barry THA 372 86 98 14 1 34 81 88 70 0 .263 .409 .581 .989 6.92M
Ortiz, David GAR 516 92 154 46 3 28 85 105 98 0 .298 .421 .562 .983 10.70M
Ordonez, Magglio COO 580 98 193 44 1 30 96 57 100 2 .333 .392 .567 .959 11.35M
Alou, Moises CLU 480 66 167 34 1 18 67 30 52 1 .348 .386 .535 .922 4.06M
Pena, Carlos SOX 516 86 130 26 1 40 93 96 193 0 .252 .376 .539 .915 11.04M
Church, Ryan BUG 457 58 135 50 1 20 64 45 104 0 .295 .363 .540 .904 4.17M

[geekor]

completed leagues:

Arod:
[quote:670b06fb68]156 580 115 166 30 1 53 127 70 127 12 4 .286 .376 .616
159 621 133 180 36 2 54 125 81 141 8 1 .290 .395 .61
154 574 118 162 28 0 55 138 73 162 13 3 .282 .379 .619
159 596 120 165 38 0 46 98 94 145 14 5 .277 .393 .572
151 545 92 151 18 3 44 104 73 129 9 2 .277 .379 .563
156 575 107 143 17 1 41 96 103 133 30 5 .249 .376 .496
160 624 131 177 22 1 64 156 69 142 8 1 .284 .373 .630
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Mags:
[quote:670b06fb68]162 667 98 211 49 0 26 101 67 104 0 0 .316 .378 .507
159 620 138 238 52 2 54 144 82 86 0 0 .384 .456 .73
156 612 93 179 36 0 30 100 87 126 1 0 .293 .379 .498
156 625 115 211 53 1 29 103 68 113 3 0 .338 .404 .565
161 619 82 204 50 0 23 118 93 85 0 0 .330 .416 .522
157 610 104 202 43 1 42 125 77 111 0 0 .331 .406 .612
not used
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I'll let you draw your own conclusions off the stats, both used in every completed league I've been in except one, where Mags wasn't used. Though my remembrance of Mags is bad because he isn't doing what he does on some of these other teams.

[Brent65]

Thanks for the info, good looking out...........

[Brent65]

Thanks for your responses...