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Brief Team History:

After winning 5 world championships in New York (1885-1957) the Giants have not won a World Series since moving to San Francisco.  They lost to a stacked A's team and an earthquake in 1989.  The Reds beat an even better A's team in 1990 but had the advantage of not having to deal with natural disasters.  In 2002, the Giants should have won but the Rally Monkey thwarted their plans.   That series was also memorable because Dusty's 3 ½ year old son served as a bat boy...and was almost destroyed.   The Giants have had some great players through the years including Bonds, Will Clark, Mel Ott, Willie Mays, Orlando Cepeda, Willie McCovey,and  Juan Marichal.  I think at least 75% of those players were on steroids though.          

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1.  Yonder Alonso *****

2.  Todd Frazier; 3.  Drew Stubbs ****

4.  Chris Valaika; 5.  Neftali Soto;  6.  Yorman Rodriguez;  7.  Juan Duran;  8.  Juan Francisco;  9.  Kyle Lotzker ***

10.  Daryl Thompson; 11.  Devin Mesoraco **

Summary:  "The Reds system isn't what it used to be, but after putting as much talent in the majors as they did in 2008, fans have nothing to complain about. There's still a nice collection of hitting prospects here, but when it comes to pitching, which remains a big need at the major league level, the system is paper-thin."

Why does everyone think pitching is such a huge need for the Reds?  Also, I think Thompson is listed to low and Yorman and Juan are both too high.

Do you think he'll play at the same level next year?  I have a feeling that he's going to be kind of a bust...especially from a fantasy perspective.

I hate the 112/29 K/B ratio.  Am I letting those numbers influence my opinion toward him too much?

I want him to be really good.  I could keep him, Ichiro, or BJ Upton for 2 more seasons.  Ichiro seems to be the safest pick.

Currently, I'm in standard Yahoo! leagues.  I would like to use a service with good minor league keeper options.

Also, I'd like to try something that takes salaries into account.

Auctions don't sound that appealing to me.

What services do you guys use? Are they expensive?

Thanks in advance.