Stanton or cruz

I know this is a tough call but who would you prefer. I am in cellular field. Two at@t one petco in division. I have riemhold on bench for when stanton gets hurt.

dh? or rf?

Considering all your divisional rivals have small ballpark for right-handed players, even though you're playing in US Cell, the end result is that you play in the equivalent of a neutral stadium.

If you plan to play them in rf, then to me, it's obvious that Stanton is the better card. Stanton's defense is 2e7(-3). Compared to a baseline that I set at roughly rf3e11(+1), I set Stanton's defense value at roughly 1M. In turn, Cruz defense is worse than a rf3e11, his defense probably cost 0.4M compared to the same baseline. Stanton has a slightly better card offensively, and you have Reimold to back him up in case he gets hurt.


So if you're playing Stanton at dh, you're basically wasting 1.4M of his value compared to Cruz. I would then say that Cruz has the edge because of his playing time. In that case, I would recommand that you cut Reimold, pick up a cheaper dh-replacement and put the money elsewhere.

Thanks for the advice I have Ortiz at dh so it is for rf. Going to stick with stanton.

To me Stanton's injury would make it a no-brainer for Cruz if you had to choose one. You say you are "sticking" with Stanton. Can you get both of them?

Thanks too late stanton down 15 game 5. Couldnt get both because had ortiz at dh. Cruz stanton both rf.

Thanks too late stanton down 15 game 5. Couldnt get both because had ortiz at dh. Cruz stanton both rf.

I know it's been a while but I'd like to see how Stanton and Ortiz ended up doing. Could you put up a link to your team's page?

Thanks!

http://365.strat-o-matic.com/team/1439996
Stanton has gone down for 15 10 and 6 games but has hit great when healthy. Ortiz did nothing even vs righties so i just replaced him with guess who. Cruz we will see how it goes.

I think Cruz for the simple fact that he won't get injured often, if at all. He is usually top 3 or 4 in HRs in any league. I think he's actually a bargain at 7.73.