Crazy Baseball draft!!

perkdog · March 31, 2007 8:06AM

We had our draft last week, 12 team serpentine style. 2 new guys with limited knowledge of the game but smart enough to draft.

Here is my team (1st overall pick) in order of pick-up during draft...

Pujols
Hafner
Holliday
V.Martinez
B.Roberts
B.Myers
J.Schmidt
Bill Hall
Verlander
Tom Gordon
Chad Cordero
Cuddyer
J.D Drew
Cuddyer
Joe Crede
Alez Gordon
Pedro Martinez

The rest are scrub players. Not bad huh? How about you guys, how did you do?

Boopotts · March 31, 2007 8:51AM

Utley
Mauer
Suzuki
Thome
Konerko
Bonderman
Dunn
Crede
Carlos Guillen
Podsednik
Nomar
Ray Durham
Millwood
Pedro Martinez
Bartolo Colon
Wickman
Fuentes
Bedard
Wang
Nate Robertson

Bosox1976 · March 31, 2007 9:31AM

Boo: Nice work on snagging Bedard late.

Boopotts · March 31, 2007 3:06PM

<< <i>Boo: Nice work on snagging Bedard late. >>

Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately I didn't put these guys up in the order they were drafted (although the first six are in order). Durham, for example, was the last player I took. I think I got Bedard in the 13th round or so, which I still think is a pretty nice pick up, although not quite as sweet as picking him up in the 17th would have been.

Skinpinch · March 31, 2007 3:47PM

Boo, did you draft Hawkeye Pierce for your staff?

Boopotts · March 31, 2007 3:49PM

<< <i>Boo, did you draft Hawkeye Pierce for your staff?

>>

I hate to sound obtuse, but I don't get it. Does my pitching staff suck?

grote15 · March 31, 2007 3:58PM

Boo, did you draft Hawkeye Pierce for your staff? >>

I hate to sound obtuse, but I don't get it. Does my pitching staff suck?

I believe skin is implying that a couple of your pitchers will be "under the tent" for a while, but if you can stay close in the first part of the season, the inevitable return of those guys will be a big boost. I also drafted Pedro, Wang and The Rocket late with that idea in mind.

Boopotts · March 31, 2007 4:05PM

<< <i> Boo, did you draft Hawkeye Pierce for your staff? >>

I hate to sound obtuse, but I don't get it. Does my pitching staff suck?

I believe skin is implying that a couple of your pitchers will be "under the tent" for a while, but if you can stay close in the first part of the season, the inevitable return of those guys will be a big boost. I also drafted Pedro, Wang and The Rocket late with that idea in mind. >>

A ha-- I get it. I'm under the impression that Wang, Martinez and Colon will be back within a month, although looking back I don't know how I came under that impression.... am I wrong? Are they going to be out longer? Also, is somebody else on my staff injured that I don't know about?

My 'strategy', such as it was, was to take Utley and Mauer as early as possible because the drop off at C and 2B from the best player to the fourth best player is so pronounced. I also assumed that the performance of position players from year to year tended to be more consistent than that of pitchers, so I decided to draft pitchers late and just pray that they have good seasons. But I'll confess that I have no evidence to back up the notion that this is in any way an optimal way to conduct a draft, as this is my first year ever drafting a fantasy team.

grote15 · March 31, 2007 4:10PM

A ha-- I get it. I'm under the impression that Wang, Martinez and Colon will be back within a month,

Wang is supposed to be back by late April but Pedro isn't likely to be back till after the All Star break at least. Not sure about Colon.

Boopotts · March 31, 2007 4:12PM

Ugh. Bad news about Pete. Not only because of the fantasy implications, but also because I'm a big fan. But thanks for the heads up-- I'll go drop him and dig out out the fourth starter for the Padres or someone to round out the rotation.

grote15 · March 31, 2007 4:13PM

My draft, for what it's worth:

1. (5) Ryan Howard 1B
2. (12) Miguel Tejada SS
3. (21) Robinson Canó 2B
4. (28) Jermaine Dye OF
5. (37) Roy Halladay SP
6. (44) Jeremy Bonderman SP
7. (53) Troy Glaus 3B,SS
8. (60) Mariano Rivera RP
9. (69) Magglio Ordóñez OF
10. (76) Scott Kazmir SP
11. (85) Ramón Hernández C
12. (92) Bobby Jenks RP
13. (101) Corey Patterson OF
14. (108) Dan Haren SP
15. (117) Felipe López SS
16. (124) Nomar Garciaparra 1B
17. (133) Chien-Ming Wang SP
18. (140) Iván Rodríguez C,1B
19. (149) Derek Lowe SP
20. (156) Nick Swisher 1B,OF
21. (165) Todd Jones RP
22. (172) Roger Clemens SP
23. (181) Ryan Freel 2B,3B,OF
24. (188) Pedro Martínez

perkdog · March 31, 2007 11:08PM

Grote believe it or not Howard went 11th in my draft! I had him pegged in the top 5 in any draft format. He is having a tough spring but should be a monster once again.

Boo, your strategy worked out nicely for you with Utley and Maur. I went for "best available" in my early rounds and was lucky to grab Victor Martinez and Brian Roberts in the 4th and 5th rounds for the 2 ugly positions. I am second guessing myself for chosing Roberts over Cano though.

Morgoth · April 1, 2007 11:42PM

I went with the Utley first round as well. I thought catcher values besides Mauer were inflated so I took a catch in the last round. Ronnie Paulino, hit .310 and drove in 55 runs as a rookie.

Skinpinch · April 2, 2007 3:12AM

Grote, you got the reference. I could have just said M A S H unit, but that isn't as fun or easy. Though Boo, it is only a couple of injuries, not the whole unit.

I endured Pedro AND Ben Sheets last season! Klinger was at my house often!!

In my local league, we always have fun with stuff like MASH unit, but my favorite is when somebody drafts a team with no power...we simply tell them that they will be calling ComEd!

My first few picks were as follows(5th pick overall 12 team mixed)

Crawford
Tejada
Abreu
Mauer
Harden
Sabathia
Fielder
J. Patterson
B. Myers
I forgot the order of the rest...it is at home.

TEAM
Mauer
Olivo

Fielder
Polanco
Iwamura
Tejada
Renteria
A. Gonzalez
Abreu
Crawford
Drew
Hawpe
Ch. Young
M. Jacobs

RESERVE HITTERS
J. Lopez
W. Helms
N. Cruz
S. Podsednik

PITCHERS (start 9, any combination)
Harden
Sabathia
Myers
Patterson
Igawa
Bonser
Buehrle
Clemens

C. Cordero
C. Ray
Weathers aka Tacklebury from police acadamy
A. Reyes TB (take your pick for that closer)
Pineiro

This was a very tough year in our league, very competitive. The winner will be less than 90 points. We have some hawks in our league, Julio was picked up within six minutes of his trade being announced. I was putting a trampolene together when that happened, ugh, we could have used another closer.

Boo, we are in Chicago, and somehow Podsednik fell to the 15th round. We didn't need him at all, but couldn't pass it up(every once in a while a guy just drops). He will be traded for a power hitter. Clemens was a 19th round pick, why not. If he comes back and Patterson and Harden are healthy for us...Clemens will be traded right away.

People got scared with news on Mauer's leg, but you don't win leagues without taking a couple of calculated risks. When you play it safe, you are destined for 4th or 5th. I am surprised how Tejada and Abreu are getting so little respect across drafts.

I have ComEd on speed dial right now, and that will change with a couple of trades.

Crazy Baseball draft!!

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