Who plays first for us next year?

Until he retires or there is an apparent heir to his throne, I’m going to assume Helton continues to be the usual every day 1st baseman for this team.

but he makes to much money for what he does on the feild. He is a great leader and the greatest Rockie of all time. We need to address this soon.

The Todd Helton question has been one we’ve mulled over the past 6 months and none of us have reached an entirely satisfactory conclusion yet, but it’s made for good discussion. I wouldn’t complain about Paul Konerko, personally.

All that said, this fanpost would probably be better served as a question in a Rockpile. We try to reserve fanposts for articles written by our users (like the Physics of Baseball series), or in the case of potential postseason/meetups/stuff like that, we’ll allow the “Hey are you coming to the BBBQ” or “Ticket Swapping” fanposts.

We tend to get a lot more comments on short topics like these in the Rockpile discussion threads. Appreciate your comment, can you give it another shot in the Rockpile?

I really want the huge power RH bat, and the 3rd cater side is certainly intriguing. You can platoon Helton and Napoli at 1st and do well.

You have to find someone who’s good enough to play every day if necessary, but also is OK with being Todd Helton’s backup if Helton is even slightly healthy and productive. I think that rules out the Adam Dunns and Derrek Lee’s of the world.

And while Melmo has been great this season, and Giambi has been OK, I wouldn’t count on repeats or construct the roster they way it was this season.

Maybe Aubrey Huff? He’ll be a free agent after the season. He’s LH, but he’s low risk and can also fill in in the OF if needed. And probably wouldn’t break the teams budget.

Kila or Alonzo might be OK as well, though at this point I might like a veteran rather than a rookie while we’re in our contention window