my league draft, round 1
hi, this is (* REDACTED *) round of my league's minor league draft.
we got through three rounds yesterday and i was originally going to post them all but then i found myself writing up this lengthy disclaimer about how you shouldn't talk about players that haven't been picked yet, only these players here, and then i found myself repeating it at the bottom of the post, and then i realized that it wasn't going to work and that i should just post the first round for now.
so that's what i'm doing.
draft pool is basically 2007 draftees, imports, and unowned players. it's a fairly deep league (25-man minors), so the unowned pool is pretty shallow.
it's not indefinite keeper - you get them for 3 years supercheap and then can extend them for up to 7 more at a higher salary, so you get them for a long time but not forever. so there's some discount for guys who will take years and years to show up and some premium on immediate help, although philosphies vary.
here's the first round. i've bolded my own picks. i don't know if the other guys who post here want to be pointed out or not so i'll let them identify themselves in the comments if they feel like it.
Round 11 (1) Bail Bonds - Matt Wieters, C (BAL)
2 (2) Galacticos - Mike Moustakas, SS (KCR)
3 (3) Rattlers - David Price, P (TBD)
4 (4) Galacticos - Jason Heyward, OF (ATL)
5 (5) Rattlers - Matt LaPorta, OF (MIL)
6 (6) Galacticos - Jarrod Parker, P (ARI)
7 (7) Galacticos - Rick Porcello, P (DET)
8 (8) Polygamists - Josh Vitters, 3B (CHC)
9 (9) Incident - Kosuke Fukudome, OF (CHC)
10 (10) Winos - Michael Burgess, OF (WAS)
11 (11) MoneyShots - Beau Mills, 3B (CLE)
12 (12) Galacticos - Ross Detwiler, P (WAS)
13 (13) Drunks - Hiroki Kuroda, P (LAD)
14 (14) Winos - Casey Weathers, P (COL)
15 (15) Incident - Nick Noonan, 2B (SFG)
16 (16) Egomaniacs - Jordan Walden, P (ANA)
so. for your interest and edification. comments welcome. try to only talk about these picks for now, since the draft is still going on, although as i say we've already done 2 more rounds after this one.
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Of course, it's more interesting to know if the owners are drafting for team needs or just prospecting and taking what they perceive is the best player or simply don't know what they are doing.
yeah
the galacticos are in a tough division so he traded for a bunch of top picks and is trying to build the 3-years-from-now all-star team, so he went for all the prep stars. he got some pretty good loot, although he also gave up some pretty big pieces to get the picks in the first place (ryan zimmerman, kershaw, headley, etc.).
the japanese players are more win-now moves; the drunks and i are both already playoff-caliber teams who are trying to spackle over holes. i also have an asian-themed team and think fukudome is a very funny name.
other than that i think people were mostly just going for the best player.
actually
me = Galacticos
Anyway, yeah. My strategy was to accumulate top picks and go after specific players I had targeted. I traded Kershaw to get Moustakas. I did that because Kershaw was arb eligible after this year, and he might not be ready just yet, plus I have a lot of arb eligible pitchers I'll need to make decisions on. I traded Headley to get Porcello, because I considered the fact that Headley plays in San Diego, and his position with Kouz in the picture still wasn't clear. A risk, certainly, but one I was ok with.
My full low minors squad, for those who want to consider that
C: John Jaso, Devin Mesoraco
1B: Jordan Brown, Anthony Rizzo
2B: (empty)
3B: Angel Villalona, Matt Dominguez, Mike Costanzo
SS: Mike Moustakas, Jason Donald
OF: Jason Heyward, Ryan Kalish, Cody Johnson, Aaron Cunningham
P: Rick Porcello, Jarrod Parker, Ross Detwiler, Nick Adenhart, Eric Hurley, Greg Reynolds, Tyler Herron, Kasey Kiker, Sean O'Sullivan, Josh Outman, Dallas Trahern, Oswaldo Sosa
I have $30M to spend in the upcoming auction, with 9 spots to fill. My major league roster is
C: Shoppach
1B: Konerko, Blake (eligible)
2B: K Johnson, M Ellis
3B: Blake, German (eligible at 2B too)
SS: Greene, Betancourt
OF: Dye, Teahen, Cuddyer, Crisp
DH: Thome
SP: Guthrie, Ownings, Bannister, Nolasco, Kendrick, Nippert, Gaby Hernandez
RP: Meredith, De La Cruz, Burton, Slaten, Casilla, Kensing, Littleton, Zagurski, Rich Thompson
Every pitcher on my team is making the minimum salary for our league. I need a few bats and one or two upper tier starters and I should at least be average in 2008. My division is nearly impossible without a ton of lucky breaks, but I'm banking on having a legit team in 2010 and beyond.
We'll see.
by phuturephillies on Jan 7, 2008 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
2007
Egomaniacs = Me
(and if by 2007, you mean defending league champ, you would be correct)
He was annoying, but IMO, very on the mark about Walden.
my league's first round....
- Ryan Braun
- Hunter Pence
- Daisuke Matsuzaka
- Alfonso Soriano
- Tim Lincecum
- Yovanni Gallardo
- Alex Gordon
- Phil Hughes
- Carlos Pena
- Miguel Tejada
- Ben Sheets
- Barry Zito
- Rafael Furcal
- Joba Chamberlain
- Jacoby Ellsbury
- Josh Hamilton
- Clay Buchholz
- Akinori Iwamura
- Jarrod Saltalamacchia
- Kelly Johnson
- Justin Upton
- Brett Myers
- Homer Bailey
- Yunel Escobar
- Jeremy Guthrie
- Johnny Damon
- Mark Reynolds
- Shawn Hill
upton vs. iwamura
Short term gain ... Long term pain
My #2 pick (48) - Andy LaRoche
My #3 pick (76) - Ian Stewart
My #4 pick (104) - Brandon Morrow
So I picked up some decent youth
Wow ... HOMER
I assume
by Yoda @ Minor League Ball on Jan 7, 2008 12:00 PM EST reply actions
OUR LEAGUE DRAFT
1 - Ryan Braun
2 - Tim Lincecum
3 - Alex Gordon (My Pick)
4 - Yovani Gallardo
5 - Justin Upton
6 - Hunter Pence
7 - Joba Chamberlain
8 - Jacoby Ellsbury
9 - Dice K
10 - Clay Buchholz (My Pick)
11 - Ian Kennedy
12 - Phil Hughes
13 - Jeremy Guthrie
14 - Cameron Maybin
15 - Carlos Pena
16 - Franklin Morales
17 - Homer Bailey
18 - Luke Hochevar
19 - Kyle Kendrick
20 - Josh Hamilton
My other picks
23 - Jarrod Saltamaccia
28 - Joey Votto
29 - Travis Buck
36 - Billy Butler
42 - Asdrubal Cabrera
43 - Jeff Clement
49 - Felix Pie
50 - John Danks
wily mo -
Either way, I think 3 years of "supercheap" Fukudome is going to be a treat.
From this draft; second round
Round 2
1 (17) Bail Bonds - Josh Smoker, P (WAS)
2 (18) Drunks - Josh Donaldson, C (CHC)
3 (19) Bail Bonds - Cole Rohrbough, P (ATL)
4 (20) Knights - Aaron Poreda, P (CHW)
5 (21) Ducks - Todd Frazier, SS (CIN)
6 (22) Incident - Tim Alderson, P (SFG)
7 (23) Incident - Oscar Tejeda, SS (BOS)
8 (24) 33's - Joe Savery, P (PHI)
9 (25) Winos - Matt Latos, P (SDP)
10 (26) Bail Bonds - Michael Main, P (TEX)
11 (27) Cannons - Madison Bumgarner, P (SFG)
12 (28) Ducks - Kellen Kulbacki, OF (SDP)
13 (29) Galacticos - Devin Mesoraco, C (CIN)
14 (30) Drunks - Daniel Moskos, P (PIT)
15 (31) Incident - Jesus Montero, C (NYY)
16 (32) Ducks - Max Scherzer, P (ARI)
Wieters over Price
by The Congo Hammer on Jan 7, 2008 5:03 PM EST reply actions

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