First, thanks for the comment and for your question. It’s the first interaction, rather than your basic comment, I’ve had in a while & I hope this sparks more!

Although I cannot be 100% confident with my thoughts here without knowing who the other keepers are on other teams, but I’ll give it my best shot.

Ryan Braun is totally a keeper abover the others. After him I’d go with Hanley Ramirez due to his numbers at the SS position, because of that fact, some might price him higher than even Braun. Gonzalez is the real deal & becomes more valuable if he is traded at the deadline (which is almost definate given the talks all Hot Stove Season long) and he can easily hit 30 bombs with close to 100 RBIs in SD if he’s not traded (while hitting a respectable .280 or higher). So that’s 3 down with 1 more to go!

I would leave off Lind as he doesn’t have the cache of a keeper & might still be easily had in a draft. With Sizemore, it all depends on how you think he will rebound from his injuries. Will he hit 30 HRs and steal 20 or more bases and what will his average be in 2010. With Holliday I’m not 100% sold on his ability to put up power numbers like he did in Coors field and I think the Cardinals overpaid for him in both years and money.

So between Sizemore and Holliday it comes down to your opinion on how good Matt is outside of Coors & how Grady bounces back from injury. Either player is a risk and it depends upon what direction you want your team to go in (speed with power: Sizemore or power with a .300+ average: Holliday).

I hope that answers your question thoroughly enoough. Let me know!