If you could start a baseball team with one young star....

[eaterfan]

2 minutes ago, Slegnaac said:

This brings up an interesting hypothetical. If said pitcher was injured and could not pitch, would he remain on the roster as a DH, continuing to add value to the team?

1. I don't know if my team is in the AL.

2. I don't think a guy can DH with a UCL tear, or for that matter very many injuries that would keep a guy from pitching.

3. If this is the case then would he be a better hitter than the position players listed?

[Second Base]

F you for making me choose @Chuckster70 !!!!

I gotta go with Ohtani. Vladdy #2.

[Angelsfan626]

Shoheyyy

[Stradling]

eater said it better than I could.  I think the risk of injury scared me away from picking Ohtani.  If we could guarantee health out of all of these players, I would pick Ohtani in a landslide.  However if I had to choose the offense of Ohtani versus the offense of Acuna, I go with Acuna.  

[Chuck]

As a hitter..  Ohtani > Acuna.

Sorry. Not sorry.

Acuna screams failure down the road when teams figure him out. He's already hitting under .300 and before his promotion he scuffles against 4-A pitching. 

[Stradling]

7 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

As a hitter..  Ohtani > Acuna.

Sorry. Not sorry.

Acuna screams failure down the road when teams figure him out. He's already hitting under .300 and before his promotion he scuffles against 4-A pitching. 

Isn't he 19?

 

[tdawg87]

53 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

As a hitter..  Ohtani > Acuna.

Sorry. Not sorry.

Acuna screams failure down the road when teams figure him out. He's already hitting under .300 and before his promotion he scuffles against 4-A pitching. 

Strong homerism Chuck.

[Ohtaniland]

He doesn’t make the top 5 but Gleyber Torres is going to be a star player. Ohtani is on his own planet.