I am approaching my first draft in years, and I have the 4th pick. I have 4 extremely good options, but clearly that are one or two that I want more than others. With that being said, how much do you factor in health when drafting somebody? Is there a health rating cut off where there is enough concern to pass on a better prospect?

If someone could sitemail I'd appreciate it. I have another question in regard to the draft that I'd like to keep off the forums.

For me it would depend on where the drop off is in the draft.

Most times there are between 0-10 great players in a draft. Every now and then there is a generational player in the draft. But first you determine where the drop off is. If you're at 4 and the drop off is after 4, you can eliminate guys above 4 by a low health rating.

For me, any health rating under 25 for a positional player is too low unless they're a generational player. For pitchers, I might take a chance on a player with a low health rating because they you can put them on a low pitch count during development. If your top 2 are really that much better than the next 2, than the health rating would need to be extremely low for me to pass on them.

I don't look at health at all for position players. See the best intl ever thread and Bill Hall for why. I downgrade any pitcher with health < 60 at least a little.