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I don't think Ackley will be as good as Whitaker with the glove...which does hurt his chances to end up in my top ten all time at the position. But say he fields like Roberto Alomar (who people think of as a great fielder but all the fielding metrics say he was actually rather lousy for most of his career)...os tjere any reason he can't also HIT like Alomar (read: a lot better than Whitaker). I think Alomar or Carew is a better comp. Carew was also a lousy fielder at second but hit enough to make that worth it. And when paired with Ryan and his outstanding D, Smoak's above average D at first and Figgins' solid D at third...you aren't taking that big of a risk.