Troy Glaus, third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays, is quite an athlete. In fact, Glaus is such a good athlete that the Jays stick him at shortstop once in a while. They did that eight times in 2006. According to Yahoo Fantasy Baseball’s quite-lenient rules, Glaus is eligible to play in the shortstop slot in 2007. Since a power-hitting shortstop is rare, that increases his value significantly.
I ask you: in what way is Troy Glaus 41 picks worse than Miguel Tejada? That’s how it played out in the RotoGuru Invitational Baseball Challenge. Glaus went with the 2nd pick in the 5th round (16 teams), 11 picks after I took his teammate, Vernon Wells. That’s one I wish I could take back. Wells is on the verge of free agency, so I expect big things this season. But I expect things just as big from Glaus, at a position where Yuniesky Betancourt is a regular, rather than in the outfield, where I can always pick up David Dellucci or Matt Kemp.
Fortunately, the guy who took Glaus also took Brian Roberts four picks earlier, so he’s got other issues.
