I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers a very happy and hopefully successful 2011. May all your Fantasy endeavours be fruitful (mmm….fruitful fantasies…).

But as good as Young looked when he returned from his latest injury in September, we’re still talking about a 31-year-old righty that’s made just 36 starts over the past three seasons combined. That’s hardly what anyone would term as a dependable option.

Thome is one of those “more valuable in real life than Fantasy” types, especially since he limits your team’s flexibility by not qualifying anywhere defensively. He’s a free agent this offseason, and should come cheaply for any team that needs a power bat off the bench or the left-handed portion of a DH platoon (which seems like a major waste of a roster spot). I sure hope he lands a gig, as Thome is just 11 homers shy of becoming the eighth players to reach 600 for his career, and he’s one of the few on the list that has not (as of yet) been implicated in some kind of PED scandal.