Ryan Howard

He is a no-doubt $20 player for the remainder of 2005.

More importantly, Jim Thome injury updates will be everywhere for until he returns. The speculation and prognostication will inevitably have a value-dampening effect on Howard's perceived value.

Make him a top off-season priority. And in a best-case value-dampening proposition, Thome will be (nearly) ready to play by Opening Day. This should bring Howard to the nadir of his value through the end of the decade.