Fantasy Baseball: Is Alex Rodriguez Your Number One Pick?

 
I always thought this song by INXS said "We're better than Oasis." In fact, I imagine if INXS could do it all over, they would probably change their lyrics to such. Now this is no commentary on the state of Pop or which group is better—in fairness, both groups have a terribly negative affect on my cerebellum. Anyways, since INXS couldn't man up and say it, I'm going to... And that is why The Fantasy Baseball Generals posed the following question to myself as well as the other authors of the website: "Is A-Rod an unquestioned number one overall pick?" I concluded that Alex Rodriguez is not only NOT the unquestioned number one overall pick, but, in fact, I wouldn't even take him with my second or third overall pick. Keep in mind, this does differ in a variety of leagues, but here is what I said at FBG : Personally, I would go with (Jose) Reyes . The guy will single handedly push you to the top of the pack in steals, so much so, that the rest of the draft you can ... [link]

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