Wanted: Keeper League Draft Help
I'm a new user and would just like to say that this looks like a wonderful site and i hope to be posting quite a bit in the future. Now, on to the topic........I'm in a 12 team keeper league and the way the league is set up, there is a 10 round FA draft, and a 10 round Amateur Draft. Now, this league has been 4 years in the running, and most of the main minor leaguers are taken. Hermida, Young, Upton etc, are all chosen. Most of the top picks in the 2005 draft have already been selected as well. Now, i dont know what all you need to be of some assistance, but i have signed up for a subscription at Rotoamerica.com. For only $10 a year, i figured it would be of some assistance rather than $60 for Baseball America. My roster right now is Mauer, no 1B, Soriano, Lugo, Rolen, Mora, Crawford, no CF, Ichiro, Carpenter, Schmidt, F. Garcia, Silva, Nathan, Lidge and Baez. The league is set up with RF/CF/LF and there are 3 SP, 3 RP and 3 P positions. I basically depleted my minor league system to acquire pro players and i did go from last to 1st last year. I traded away Dopirak, Hinckley, Rogers, Moses, Wood, Markakis, Howard, Sleeth, Crain, Cain. My minor leaguers now are Lubanski, Everts, Parra, Gardner, Concepcion, Votto, Chick and Hawksworth. Here are the players that have been taken so far in the draft.
- Upton
- Zimmerman
- Pelfrey
- Clement
- Devine
- Chris Young
- Gordon
- Maybin (my pick)
- Braun
- Pawalek
- Carillo
- Lester (my pick)
- Romero
- Tulowitzki
- LaRoche
- Bruce (my pick)
- Hirsh
- Volquez
- McCutchen
- Volstad (my pick)
- Hansen
- Carlos Gonzales
- Travis Wood
- CJ Henry (my pick)
- Townsend
- Broadway
- Soler
- Rasmus
- Tyler Greene
- Mayberry Jr
- Eric Hurley (my pick)
- Matt Garza
- Elbert
- Patton
- Andrus
- Chaz Roe
- Ellsbury
- Nelson Cruz
- Josh Johnson
- Aaron Thompson
Collin Balester, Eric Patterson, Stephen Head, Jeff Bianchi, Andre Ethier, Ricky Nolasco, Ray Liotta, Adam Lind, Matt Kemp, James Barthmaier, Shane Lindsay, Eddy Martinez-Esteve, Yovani Gallardo, Yuniel Escobar, Chuck James, Nolan Reimold, Marcus Sanders, Anthony Lerew, Garret Olson, Michael Bowden, Bradon Snyder, Kelly Shoppach, Eric Campbell, John Drennen. Crowe, Pennington, Bogusevic, Marceaux are the only 2005 1st rounders not selected yet. Also, are there any names im leaving off or any sleeper picks to be aware of? I know this is a large post, but i figured i'd be descriptive rather than leaving you guys with nothing. All the help would be appreciated.
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Well
Eddy Martinez-Esteve, OF SF - great hitter - poor field
Yuniel Escobar, SS ATL
Eric Campbell, 3B Atl
Matt Kemp, OF LAD - may get a viewing late in o6
Nolan Reimold, OF Bal
Marcus Sanders, 2B SF
Kelly Shoppach, C BOS
Ricky Nolasco, SP FLA
Chuck James, SP ATL - may be in rotation in 06
Anthony Lerew, SP ATL - ditto
You will note that I placed the pitchers at the bottom of the list. All 3 may arrive in MLB this year and almost certainly next year but they are, for the most part, probably #3- and #4 rotation SPs and carry all the usual caveates about pitching prospects.
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CF: Matt Kemp is the preferred. THen Drennen and Crowe are decent for that. Also, i'm not sure that Nolan Reimold is a CF, but he plays the OF and he's great.
1B: Adam Lind is definiteley the way to go over here.
You also need to get better with your SP. Don't take Lindsey, he tore his labrum or something. Garret Olson, James Barthmaier are the top pitchers left (and Marceaux is nice too)
You also need to get younger with your lineup: You could use Marcus Sanders.
And lastly, drop some of those minor leaguers. Blake Hawksworth, Joey Votto maybe, Concepcion and Richie Gardner.
P.S. I don't know who you got in those trades, but damn. Cain, Ryan Howard and Markakis?
by ohad @ Minor League Ball on Jan 8, 2006 3:26 PM EST reply actions
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no limit on minor leaguers?
by ohad @ Minor League Ball on Jan 8, 2006 3:56 PM EST up reply actions
out of the guys you list
top tier:
sanders
chuck james
brandon snyder
matt kemp
lerew
lind
martinez-esteve
next tier:
reimold
campbell
barthmaier
ethier
head
bianchi
liotta
i'm making some attempt to put them in order within the tiers but by and large it's close enough that that's a question of taste.
pretty much everybody you list is worth looking at though. well, last i heard shane lindsay tore his labrum.
Thanks
Sleeper picks that might be overlooked
Also - you did not specify which Broadway was taken however if it was not Larry Broadway of the Nationals - he is another sleeper. He has fallen on a lot of lists due to injuries but has had some promising moments in winter ball and could have a breakout next year.
I also do not see Kottaras (C) on that list and think he would be worth a pick as well.
I really like Nolasco, Lerew and James from a pitcher standpoint.

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