Speed or Power, Security or Celebrity, Lefty or Righty

This OR That #1-My new article that will be up every time I think of three new categories, it will be called this or that. You will have the choice between to options and every time I post the three categories I will give you a theme. So today we will be featuring baseball and football. Players such as a speedster, the powerful man, a big boy whose got your back, the man known by everyone who will break your ankles, the young lefty trojan, and the out of nowhere righty are featured in this article. This weeks theme is... "Who would you build your team around?"

Pair A
Sport: Baseball
Options: Speed or Power
Jose Reyes OR Alex Rodriguez

So you were just hired to start a new expansion team. You already have the pitching rotation which is pretty good, now you have to pick up your positional players. You have to choose your players from a pool of minor league players, but then the commisioner due to wanting you to be able to make a little money with fan interest he says you can pick between two players to lead your minor league postional team. You could pick the lead-off man who can create opportunites with his stealing ability, the ability to bunt for a base hit, his amazing speed, the ability to hit for contact, and also play defense. Then there is the power hitter, who can hit in front of or behind anyone, give him some runner in scoring position and he will knock them in, a homerun and RBI monster, and the ability to make pitchers shake in there cleats when they see him in the on-deck circle. You pick the leadoff man you won't have that homerun affect though, the guy who will launch balls off the wall, and he isn't the most feared batter out there. You pick the power guy and you get a defensive blunder, a guy who doesn't have the ability to get in the picthers head on the basepaths, or be able to stretch the routine double into a triple. So who do you pick, Jose Reyes or Alex Rodriguez. In my opinion you gotta take Jose Reyes any time of the day. Reyes has the ability to put his teamates in position to produce. For example, Reyes gets a single, then he can steal 2nd base and a single scores him. Say he even steals 3rd two all you need is a sac fly. Also like I mentioned before he can stretch that routine double into a triple. My pick for Pair A is Jose Reyes no question.

Pair B
Sport: Football
Options: Line-man or Running Back
Walter Jones OR LaDanian Tomlinson

You have no offensive options, but no offesnive line either. you have the ability to get big name and amazing offensive tackle Walter Jones or get a feature back who can run all over any defense LaDanian Tomlinson. You pick Jones and you get a slightly below average runningback and a slightly above average ofeensive line package with Jones, but if you pick Tomlinson you get a slightly below average offensive line and slightly above average postional player package with Tomlinson. So you can get the guy who creates for the back or the guy who can capitalize with the smallest hole. I've argued with people before, like in my SI's TOp 500 NFL players list when they had Walter Jones at #10. I started to think about this situation, you get LT, every NFL general manager's dream, but you have no o-line to block for him, then he would get stuffed everytime at the line or behind the line. LT can produce, but not take on eleven players by himself. That's why I came to a conclusion I thought I would never come to in a million years. I would take Walter Jones over Tomlinson. Walter Jones gives you the ability to shutdown a side of the field and alow a nice big hole for the runningback to run though, but also give the quarterback that extra time needed to get the pass off. My pick for Pair B is Walter Jones.

Pair C
Sport: Football
Options: Lefty or Righty
Matt Leinhardt OR Jay Cutler

So this is peerly no situations introduced to you. You just have the decision to build your team around Matt Leinhardt or Jay Cutler. You have the college phenom in Leinhardt and then the guy who opened everyones eyes at the combine Cutler. Leinhardt is a winner and always has been and Cutler has the ability to win. Some say they are equal in talent some say Cutler has the talent edge while Leinhardt has the leadership edge. Either way you have two younguns who are unproven in the NFL except for Cutler who has somewhat proven he can play in the pros. Now to me I like Leinhardt, many might disagree, but if I was building my team around either one of these two young guys I would want to pick the guy who has won before and can lead a team to victory. Let's say Cutler does have a better arm, which he probably does, Leinhardt still has the leadership that Cutler doesn't have and Leinhardt still has that knack for winning games and he can clearly play in the clutch. Yes I know you would all pick Mr. Vince Young over them both, but to me, my Pair C pick is Matt Leinhardt.

Now it's your turn tell me who you would pick from each pair. Thanks for reading.