re: 1st pick. You taking Trout or Cabrera?

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All things being equal id take Cabrera

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Yeah

This is a redraft league so owning Cabrera year to year won't hurt you. You don't fall off after b2b MVP, triple crown seasons.

I mean, just off last year Cabrera compared to Trout

- 6 R
+ 17 HR
+40 RBI
+ .25 BAvg
- 30 SB

So essentially you want a guy who will get you steals at the expense of HR and RBI, which are the hardest cats to fill. If the steals are that important to you, draft Billy Hamilton in the 10th round. He will double Trout's SB and could score 100 runs himself... or Andrus etc. Steals are cheap.