The Build your own league mock draft

[bmags]

https://theathletic.com/3099160/2022/02/03/mlb-mega-mock-draft-we-built-a-league-from-scratch-and-might-have-broken-baseball/?source=emp_shared_article

 

Since real baseball is a fairy tale we tell ourselves, I found this extremely fun. They mock drafted where you even chose the city, the stadium, the owner, the GM, the manager, and players.

I ... can't believe people chose players, that's insane. I'd have definitely gone Location first, and frankly after the last 4 offseasons where prime free agents try to align to the west coast first, I'd go there. But maybe I'd just go freidman first and deal with the rest later.

[maxjusttyped]

11 hours ago, bmags said:

https://theathletic.com/3099160/2022/02/03/mlb-mega-mock-draft-we-built-a-league-from-scratch-and-might-have-broken-baseball/?source=emp_shared_article

 

Since real baseball is a fairy tale we tell ourselves, I found this extremely fun. They mock drafted where you even chose the city, the stadium, the owner, the GM, the manager, and players.

I ... can't believe people chose players, that's insane. I'd have definitely gone Location first, and frankly after the last 4 offseasons where prime free agents try to align to the west coast first, I'd go there. But maybe I'd just go freidman first and deal with the rest later.

LA falling to 3 and Queens to 5 gives off vibes of Michael Jordan or Patrick Mahomes "sliding" in the draft. You still need to be a well-ish run franchise to capitalize on being in those markets, but being in Queens, LA, Boston etc is such an enormous head start over the rest of the league. All of the top picks should have been cities or GMs, I completely agree. This article/idea was definitely a fun thought exercise.

Edited February 4, 2022 by maxjusttyped