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I think I'm higher on Garza and lower on Young then you. Maybe I'm weighting their performance this past year a little too much or something... Young has a long way to go (both at the plate and in the field) before he is an average corner outfielder.
/edit and I don't get the whole "until Plouffe is ready" thing. His upside is basically Bartlett.
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Yes, you are higher on Garza and lower on Young. Put those guys on a range of outcomes, then what do you think? Young's ceiling is higher, because his ceiling is best RF in the game, and that's more valuable than the best SP in the game. Don't forget to factor in the 20% of the time Garza's career will be affected by a major injury, compared to the 5% for Delmon. You're looking at it as Garza is better now, and even that's arguable.
I don't want this to get into a debate over who's better now or even who has more future value, but when talking ceiling, I hope you can see why
Plouffe's is much better than
Bartlett.