Who Should I Draft?

“Votto missed about 50 games due to injury in 2012, but still produced more than most Shortstops.”

“Joey Votto also fell to the injury bug and missed 2 months on the DL with an injured knee in 2012. With his knee injury behind him, I look for the 29 year old Votto to return to form and to be a safer pick from regression than Albert Pujols. Joey Votto R HR RBI SB BA Three Year Average 89 27 91 10 0.323 2013 Projection 96 31 103 6 0.320 ”

“You cannot blame anyone for selecting Votto over Pujols, but will his surgically-repaired left knee hold up for the entire season?”

“The only thing keeping Bautista down in the rankings is the question of whether he can return to top form after his wrist injury. ”

“7th in MLB in Doubles (44), 3rd in Walks (94) despite just 111 games”

“Wrist injury derailed what would have been 3rd straight 40-HR ”

“Votto is losing power potential by the season. Last year was cut short with an injury, and time is starting to tick as he has yet to hit over 30+ HRs in consecutive seasons and approaching 29 HRs. The speed is not the same as it once was, but the batting average should remain ELITE.”

“Joey bats had a terrible wrist injury that cut his potential 60 HR season short. If you wanted to fear his power was gone, it did not take long for him to launch a HR in Spring Training as he did it in his second game. Go ahead and tag Jose for 50 HRs and a great sleeper pick since he will not go in the first couple of rounds.”

“Small chance he can bounce back to .300 .. in 2010 when he hit .260 he hit a .322 expected batting average , and last year he hit .240 with a expected batting average of .280 .. Reason it might not consolodate is high number of flyballs and low # of line drives (only 14% in 2010 and 2012)”

“2012 wrist injury and surgery concern me, plus he lost his third base eligiblity”