Posted by overeasy on 3/3/2015 11:48:00 AM (view original):
Absolutely the CF, with 20m training the odds of injury are pretty low and 60s health isn't horrid. As others have stated, much harder to find a CF good enough to win a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger than a SP of this quality.
In all of HBD, this type of player is what I consider to be one of the three holy grails:
1. GG and SS quality Shortstop
2. GG and SS quality Centerfield
3. 90/90/90 (Con/VL/VR) or close to it along with good pitches Starting Pitcher
These are guys who you keep as long as you can and try your best to build champions around them because they don't come around that often.
I've seen 2 and 3, but I can't say I've ever seen 1. Have any of you? I don't have that many seasons under my belt so maybe that's why, but I really haven't seen a SS who meets the defensive requirements and hits like I would expect one of the best players to.
It might just be a relative thing. The best CFs I've seen are perennial GG winners and have 900-950 career OPS, but the equivalent SS I've seen is something more like 650-700 OPS.
Here's the CF: <a style="color:black;" href="
http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=4328591" target="_blank">Adrian Lindblom</a>