How'd I do?

[BobDylan]

12 team, 5x5 rules.

 

R1 P5 - Miguel Cabrera (3B)

R2 P8 -Mark Teixeira (1B)

R3 P5 - Victor Martinez ©

R4 P8 - Carlos Guillen (SS)

R5 P5 - Chone Figgins (2B)

R6 P8 - Nick Swisher (OF)

R7 P5 - Hideki Matsui (OF)

R8 P8 - Javier Vazquez (P)

R9 P5 - Tim Linecum (P)

R10 P8 - Chad Cordero (CL)

R11 P5 - John Lackey (P)

R12 P8 - Josh Hamilton (OF)

R13 P5 - Placido Polanco (2B, UTL)

R14 P8 - Jeremy Hermida (OF)

R15 P5 - Joe Borowski (CL) --- Feel this one was a mistake

R16 P8 - Joe Blanton (SP)

R17 P5 - Todd Jones (CL)

R18 P8 - Bengie Molina ©

R19 P5 - Ryan Theriot (MI)

R20 P8 - Kevin Kouzmanoff (3B)

R21 P5 - Erick Aybar (2B)

 

Outfield players went faster than I anticipated. I have a pretty good feeling about Hamilton. Feel like I jumped too early on Swisher but I was starting to panic when the OFer's were selling out fast. I probably could have nabbed a better starter or closer if I waited a round or two on Swish.

Edited March 27, 2008 by BobDylan

[jackie hayes]

Mixed. Swisher has a lot of upside with the Sox, but Matsui may be a reach. You shouldn't panic on of this year, when Milledge and Butler are going late and Rasmus, Maybin, and...crap, I know there's one more guy I'm forgetting...anyway, those guys will probably be coming up at some point. Hamilton is a good pick and good value.

 

You need better/more pitching, especially with Lackey down and two questionable closers, and you may want to take a flier on a catcher with more upside.

 

Edit: I was thinking Molina was yr catcher, then realized that I glanced over Martinez. Never mind about that last part, but Molina isn't very useful, he's droppable for someone with more upside, a pitcher, whatever.

Edited March 27, 2008 by jackie hayes

[BobDylan]

Well, I just did a second one. Feel like I did a hell of a lot better.

 

R1 P7 - Miguel Cabrera (3B)

R2 P6 - David Ortiz (1B, UTL)

R3 P7 - Victor Martinez ©

R4 P6 - Carlos Guillen (SS)

R5 P7 - Chone Figgins (3B)

R6 P6 - Justin Verlander (P)

R7 P7 - Billy Wagner (CL)

R8 P6 - Jermaine Dye (OF)

R9 P7 - Trevor Hoffman (CL)

R10 P6 - Tim Lincecum

R11 P7 - Chad Cordero

R12 P6 - Josh Hamilton

R13 P7 - Kelvim Escobar

R14 P6 - Placido Polanco

R15 P7 - Jeremy Hermida

R15 P6 - Joe Blanton

R17 P7 - Rich Harden

R18 P6 - Bengie Molina

R19 P7 - Ryan Theriot

R20 P6 - B.J. Ryan

R21 P6 - Lastings Milledge

R22 P6 - Erick Aybar

 

EDIT: s***. Didn't realize Escobar was hurt.

Edited March 27, 2008 by BobDylan

[jackie hayes]

Pretty good. Very lucky that Ortiz fell so far. If Accardo's still available (doubtful), you could pick him up as a handcuff for Ryan.

[BobDylan]

Alright, last one. I swear.

 

1 - Prince Fielder (1B)

2 - Victor Martinez ©

3 - Carlos Guillen (SS)

4 - Chone Figgins (2B)

5 - Garrett Atkins (3B)

6 - Josh Beckett (SP)

7 - Shane Victorino (OF)

8 - Juan Pierre (OF)

9- Jason Isringhausen (CL)

10 - Tim Lincecum (SP)

11 - Chad Cordero (CL)

12 - A.J. Burnett (SP)

13 - Pat Burrell (OF)

14 - Jeremy Hermida (OF)

15 - Rich Harden (SP)

16 - Brandon Lyon (CL)

17 - Joe Blanton (SP)

18 - Kevin Kouzmanoff (3B)

19 - Ryan Theriot - (MI)

20 - Lastings Milledge (OF)

21 - Freddy Sanchez (2B)

22 - Jose Contreras (SP)

Edited March 29, 2008 by BobDylan

[jackie hayes]

Not that much pop in the lineup, esp with both Victorino and Pierre (and who knows how much Pierre will play -- it sounds like Ethier'll get the opener). And after you had Figgins -- def should have avoided Pierre until much later. In rounds 2-4 you repeated rounds 3-5 of your last draft, so you didn't get great value out of those picks, although they're all good players. I liked that second draft much better. May want to handcuff Pena to Lyon, if he's still available.

[BobDylan]

If Carlos Guillen, Victor Martinez, and/or Tim Lincecum go down this season, you're f***ed.....

 

They're mock drafts so I'm not worried about it. I'm just trying to draft positions with less depth early (and draft power at those spots too) and go with speed later.

[ChWRoCk2]

They're mock drafts so I'm not worried about it. I'm just trying to draft positions with less depth early (and draft power at those spots too) and go with speed later.

Terrible philosophy, no offense.

 

You should ALWAYS take the best player available towards beginning of each draft regardless of position. 2B is one of the deeper positions you could wait longer for that position. Also felt you took Victorino and Pierre very early, one thing you might want to do is instead of drafting Pierre take Bourn like 5-6 rds later, hes the same player (good value pick ).

 

Also, you can wait till the third/fourth round to get VMart, second round for a catcher is kinda early.

 

Just a couple suggestions.

Edited March 30, 2008 by ChWRoCk2

[BobDylan]

Terrible philosophy, no offense.

 

You should ALWAYS take the best player available towards beginning of each draft regardless of position. 2B is one of the deeper positions you could wait longer for that position. Also felt you took Victorino and Pierre very early, one thing you might want to do is instead of drafting Pierre take Bourn like 5-6 rds later, hes the same player (good value pick ).

 

Also, you can wait till the third/fourth round to get VMart, second round for a catcher is kinda early.

 

Just a couple suggestions.

 

It's about 200 HR and 1,000 RBI. That's not too bad. I'm not trying to sweep the offensive categories. I'm going for balance. Instead of having a 12 points in HR and 5 in SB, I'd rather have a 10 in HR and a 10 in SB. That's my philosophy. And judging from the mock's I've done, Victor Martinez generally goes late second. I've neve seen Vicorino drop below R10.

 

I hadn't thought about Michael Bourn even though he is on my draft board. Probably could spare Pierre and pick somebody up like Markakis in the 7th or 8th round.

Edited March 30, 2008 by BobDylan

[jackie hayes]

It's about 200 HR and 1,000 RBI. That's not too bad. I'm not trying to sweep the offensive categories. I'm going for balance. Instead of having a 12 points in HR and 5 in SB, I'd rather have a 10 in HR and a 10 in SB. That's my philosophy. And judging from the mock's I've done, Victor Martinez generally goes late second. I've neve seen Vicorino drop below R10.

 

I hadn't thought about Michael Bourn even though he is on my draft board. Probably could spare Pierre and pick somebody up like Markakis in the 7th or 8th round.

That's pretty low for Markakis. In my 3 drafts, Markakis has gone 6, 5, 5. Victorino has gone 11, 10, 9. If you really like Victorino, 8th seems reasonable, but 7th is still sort of a reach, imo.

[BobDylan]

Well, the real one went down yesterday. Here's what I ended up with:

 

1. Jimmy Rollins

2. Ryan Howard

3. Victor Martinez

4. Chone Figgins

5. Chipper Jones

6. Carlos Guillen

7. John Smoltz

8. Scott Kazmir

9. Bobby Abreu

10. Mariano Rivera

11. Trevor Hoffman

12. Jeff Franceour

13. Chad Cordero

14. Josh Hamilton

15. Joe Blanton

16. Jered Weaver

17. Matt Kemp

18. Michael Bourn

19. Oliver Perez

20. Jacoby Ellsbury

21. Ryan Theriot

22. Kevin Kouzmanoff

 

Smoltz was placed on the DL sometime during the draft, I think. Didn't know Kazmir was already on the DL.

 

Felt like I got extremely lucky with Abreu and even Kemp. I want to find a way to get Bourn or Ellsbury in the line-up but I don't think either are better than Hamilton, Abreu or Franceour or Guillen in my UTL spot.

Edited March 31, 2008 by BobDylan

[jackie hayes]

Hamilton in the 14th is ridiculous. (In a good way.) Weaver in the 16th? Kemp in the 17th? Who are these other teams?

[BobDylan]

Hamilton in the 14th is ridiculous. (In a good way.) Weaver in the 16th? Kemp in the 17th? Who are these other teams?

 

Some pretty bad drafters. I saw Jason Bay go in the 6th round. John Lackey in the 4th. Dan Uggla in the 5th.

 

Adrian Gonazlez fell to the 14th round. Orlando Cabrera to the 16th.

[Reddy]

alright guys, wanna see a doozie?

 

1. (3) Johan Santana

2. (22) Erik Bedard

3. (27) Brandon Webb

4. (46) C.C. Sabathia

5. (51) Dan Haren

6. (70) Takashi Saito

7. (75) Roy Oswalt

8. (94) Bobby Jenks

9. (99) Fausto Carmona

10. (118) Chad Billingsley

11. (123) John Maine

12. (142) Pat Burrell

13. (147) Ken Griffey Jr.

14. (166) Willy Taveras

15. (171) Edwin Encarnación

16. (190) Ryan Garko

17. (195) Josh Hamilton

18. (214) Adam LaRoche

19. (219) Jeremy Hermida

20. (238) Asdrubal Cabrera

21. (243) Lastings Milledge

22. (262) Joey Votto

23. (267) Josh Bard

[Reddy]

traded Carmona for JJ Hardy.

 

didn't draft a SS... lol

[jackie hayes]

That is an interesting strategy, but I don't think I'm brave enough to try it.

 

For yr ss, is Drew still available? He struggled last year and started the spring badly (iirc), but he recovered to put up a very strong spring line, and he's still available in some of my leagues.

 

I guess it doesn't matter now, I just thought I'd throw it out there.