My League's MiLB Draft

by tbach81 on Feb 5, 2008 9:42 AM EST

Hey Guys,

Ive seen others do this so I thought it would be cool to post it here. My league is a 16 team league with a 7x7 scoring system. Your normal five stats with OPS and Runs counting for the hitters and Holds and Quality Starts for the pitchers. We had a completely random draft (once we snaked thru a round, the order would change randomly again). We had a 40 Round MLB draft as well as a 40 round MiLB Draft.

Just thought Id post this to see some of your reactions to good picks and not so good picks:

Round 1

1.1----New Castle Brown Ale - OF Justin Upton - ARI
1.2----Boulevard Wheat - OF Jay Bruce - CIN
1.3----New Castle via Dos Equis - SP Clayton Kershaw - LAD
1.4----Coors Original - CF Cameron Maybin - DET
1.5----Miller Genuine Draft - SP/RP Joba Chamberlain - NYY
1.6----Milwaukees Best Beasts - 3B Evan Longoria - TAM
1.7----Miller via Milwaukees Best Beasts via Bass Ale - CF Colby Rasmus - STL
1.8----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - SP Clay Buccholz - BOS
1.9----Molson - CF Jacoby Ellsbury - BOS
1.10----Guinness - SS Reid Brignac - TAM
1.11----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - SP Homer Bailey - CIN
1.12----Fat Tire Ale - 3B Brandon Wood - LAA
1.13----Labbatt's - SP David Price - TAM
1.14----Budweiser - OF Adam Jones - SEA
1.15----Heineken - CF Andrew McCutchen - PIT
1.16----Old English 40's - OF Travis Snider - TOR

Round 2

2.1----Old English 40's - SP Jacob McGee - TAM
2.2----Heineken - SP Wil Inman - SD
2.3----Budweiser - OF Carlos Gomez - NYM
2.4----Labbatt's - SP Ian Kennedy - NYY
2.5----Miller Genuine Draft via Fat Tire Ale - 1B Daric Barton - OAK
2.6----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - OF Carlos Gonzalez - ARI
2.7----Guinness - SP Rick Porcello - DET
2.8----Molson - 3B Andy LaRoche - LAD
2.9----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - 1B Joey Votto - CIN
2.10----Bass Ale - OF Shelley Duncan - NYY
2.11----New Castle Brown Ale via Milwaukees Best Beasts - SS Mike Moustakas - KC
2.12----Guinness via Miller Genuine Draft - C Matt Wieters - BAL
2.13----Coors Original - OF Jose Tabata - NYY
2.14----Bob and Dougs via Dos Equis Amber Ales - 3B/1B Angel Villalona - SF
2.15----Boulevard Wheat - 2B Matt Antonelli - SD
2.16----Dos Equis Amber Ale via New Castle Brown Ale - SP Johnny Cueto - CIN

Round 3

3.1----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - 3B Ian Stewart - COL
3.2----Budweiser - SP Chuck Lofgren - CLE
3.3----Molson - SP Franklin Morales - COL
3.4----Heineken - OF Austin Jackson - NYY
3.5----Dos Equis Amber Ale - LF Matt LaPorta - MIL
3.6----New Castle Brown Ale - SP Luke Hochevar - KC
3.7----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - SP Adam Miller - CLE
3.8----Budweiser via Miller Genuine Draft - C Jeff Clement - SEA
3.9----Boulevard Wheat - SP Nick Adenhart - LAA
3.10----Labbatt's - OF Chris Marrero - WAS
3.11----Old English 40's - OF Fernando Martinez - NYM
3.12----Milwaukees Best Beasts - SP Scott Elbert - LAD
3.13----Coors Original - SP Wade Davis - TAM
3.14----Milwaukees Best via Guinness - SP Donald Veal - CHC
3.15----Fat Tire Ale - SS Elvis Andrus - TEX
3.16----Bass Ale - 3B Bill Rowell - BAL

Round 4

4.1----Bass Ale - SP Eric Hurley - TEX
4.2----Fat Tire Ale - 3B Chase Headley - SD
4.3----Guinness - SP Gio Gonzalez - CHW
4.4----Coors Original - 3B Josh Vitters - CHC
4.5----New Castle via Milwaukees Best - SP Greg Reynolds - COL
4.6----Old English 40's - OF Wladimir Balentin - SEA
4.7----Labbatt's - SP Troy Patton - HOU
4.8----Boulevard Wheat - SP Max Scherzer - ARI
4.9----Miller Genuine Draft - OF Jason Heyward - ATL
4.10----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - C Geovanny Soto - CHC
4.11----Guinness via Milwuakees Best via New Castle - 1B Lars Anderson - BOS
4.12----Dos Equis Amber Ale - 1B Steve Pearce - PIT
4.13----Heineken - SS Carlos Triunfel SEA
4.14----Molson - SP Ross Detwiler WAS
4.15----Budweiser - SP Carlos Carrasco - PHI
4.16----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - SP Jair Jurrjens - ATL

Round 5

5.1----Milwakee Best via Bass Ale - RP Jonathan Meloan - LAD
5.2----Old English 40's - OF Jordan Schafer - ATL
5.3----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - C J.R. Towles - HOU
5.4----Fat Tire Ale - C Taylor Teagarden - TEX
5.5----Coors Original - 2B/SS Adrian Cardenas - PHI
5.6----Molson - SS Jed Lowrie - BOS
5.7----Boulevard Wheat - OF Michael Bourn - HOU
5.8----Heineken - 3B Neil Walker - PIT
5.9----Milwaukee's Best via Miller Genuine Draft - SP Chris Volstad - FLA
5.10----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - SP Philip Humber - NYM
5.11----Budweiser - OF Brandon Jones - ATL
5.12----Bass Ale via Milwaukee - SP Jarrod Parker - ARI
5.13----New Castle Brown Ale - SP Jeff Niemann - TAM
5.14----Dos Equis Amber Ale - SP Madison Bumgarner - SF
5.15----Guinness - SP Justin Masterson - BOS
5.16----Labbatt's - 3B Beau Mills - CLE

Round 6

6.1----Labbatt's - SP Michael Bowden - BOS
6.2----Guinness - SP Fautino de los Santos - CHW
6.3----Dos Equis Amber Ale - SP Phillippe Aumont - SEA
6.4----New Castle Brown Ale - SP Deolis Guerrera - NYM
6.5----Milwaukees Best Beasts - RP Dellin Betences - NYY
6.6----Miller Genuine Draft via Budweiser - SP Gabriel Hernandez - FLA
6.7----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - OF Desmond Jennings - TAM
6.8----Miller Genuine Draft - OF Michael Burgess - WAS
6.9----Heineken - SS Oscar Tejada - BOS
6.10----Boulevard Wheat - SP Colin Balestar - WAS
6.11----Molson - 1B/OF Jordan Brown - CLE
6.12----Coors Original - SP Brett Anderson - ARI
6.13----Fat Tire Ale - SS - Chris Nelson - COL
6.14----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - SP Julio Teheran - ATL
6.15----Old English 40's - SS Hector Gomez - COL
6.16----Bass Ale - SP Tyler Clippard - NYY

Round 7

7.1----Miller Genuine Draft via Fat Tire Ale - SS/2B Sean Rodriguez - LAA
7.2----Heineken - SP Jamie Garcia - STL
7.3----Coors Original - C Hank Conger - LAA
7.4----Milwaukees Best Beasts - SP Brandon Erbe - BAL
7.5----Boulevard Wheat - SS Chin-Lung Hu - LAD
7.6----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - OF Dexter Fowler - COL
7.7----New Castle Brown Ale - SP Tyler Robertson - MIN
7.8----Miller Genuine Draft via Budweiser - SP/RP Manny Parra - MIL
7.9----Old English 40's - SP Trevor Cahill - OAK
7.10----Milwaukee's Best via Miller Genuine Draft - SP Blake Beavan - TEX
7.11----Bob and Doug's Strange - OF Nate Schierholtz - SF
7.12----Dos Equis Amber Ale - SS Brent Lillibridge - ATL
7.13----Guinness - SP Chris Perez - STL
7.14----Bass Ale - SP Sean West - FLA
7.15----Molson - SP Radhames Liz - BAL
7.16----Labbatt's - SP Joe Savery - PHI

Round 8

8.1----Labbatt's - 3B Matt Dominguez - FLA
8.2----Molson - OF Ryan Royster - TAM
8.3----Bass Ale - SP Alan Horne - NYY
8.4----Guinness - OF Ryan Kalish - BOS
8.5----Dos Equis Amber Ale - SP Tim Alderson - SF
8.6----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - OF Justin Maxwell - WAS
8.7----Miller Genuine Draft - SP Kasey Kiker - TEX
8.8----Old English 40's - SP Daniel Cortes - KC
8.9----Budweiser - SP Tommy Hanson - ATL
8.10----New Castle Brown Ale - SP Nick Hagadone - BOS
8.11----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - SP Aaron Poreda - CHW
8.12----Boulevard Wheat - OF Cedric Hunter - SD
8.13----Milwaukees Best Beasts - RP Casey Weathers - COL
8.14----Coors Original - 2B/OF Eric Patterson - CHC
8.15----Heineken - 3B Kevin Ahrens - TOR
8.16----Fat Tire Ale - CF Gorkys Hernandez - ATL

Round 9

9.1----Budweiser - C Bryan Anderson - STL
9.2----Coors Original - SP Glen Perkins - MIN
9.3----Old English 40's - OF Corey Brown - OAK
9.4----Fat Tire Ale - CF Josh Anderson - ATL
9.5----Molson - SP Cole Rohrbaugh - ATL
9.6----Boulevard Wheat - SP Kevin Mulvey - NYM
9.7----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - SP Henry Sosa - SF
9.8----Bass Ale - OF Delwyn Young - LAD
9.9----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - 3B Chris Davis - TEX
9.10----Guinness - OF Tyler Colvin - CHC
9.11----New Castle Brown Ale - SP James McDonald - LAD
9.12----Dos Equis Amber Ale - OF Wendell Fairley - SF
9.13----Milwaukees Best Beasts - 1B Jeff Larish - DET
9.14----Labbatt's - 2B Nick Noonan - SF
9.15----Heineken - 1B Mike Carp - NYM
9.16----Miller via Fat Tire Ale via Miller Genuine Draft - 1B/OF Cody Johnson - ATL

Round 10

10.1----Miller Genuine Draft - 2B Chris Coghlan - FLA
10.2----Heineken - 1B Chris Parmalee - MIN
10.3----Labbatt's - SP Josh Smoker - WAS
10.4----Milwaukees Best Beasts - RP Kevin Whelan - NYY
10.5----Newcastle via Dos Equis Amber Ales - SP Brandon Hynick - COL
10.6----New Castle Brown Ale - 3B Wes Hodges - CLE
10.7----Guinness - SP Jeremy Hellickson - TB
10.8----Monty Pythons Holy Grail Ale - SS Esmailyn Gonzalez - WAS
10.9----Bass Ale - SP Jeremy Jeffress - MIL
10.10----Bob and Doug's Strange Brew - SP Pat Misch - SF
10.11----Boulevard Wheat - SP Brett Sinkbeil - FLA
10.12----Molson - OF Aaron Cunningham - ARI
10.13----Miller via Fat Tire Ale - SP Matt Harrison - TEX
10.14----Old English 40's - SS Josh Horton - OAK
10.15----Coors Original - SP Humberto Sanchez - NYY
10.16----Budweiser - 2B German Duran - TEX

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My Team is the

New Castle Brown Ales. I went with pitching first in the MiLB portion. My philosophy was to get a ton of young explosive hitters in the MLB Draft (MCab, BUpton, MKemp etc.) and to focus on young pitching in the MiLB portion of our drafts. Finding a decent outfielder is much easier than finding a stud pitcher, thus I drafted pitching heavily here. I might have overdrafted Reynolds and Hynick, but overall Im very pleased. Also, in the later rounds I was able to snag Chris Tilman, Tony Butler, Danny Duffy, Wilmer Font and Chris Withrow to name a few. What do you guys think of my collection?

by tbach81 on Feb 5, 2008 9:44 AM EST reply actions

but

Upton isn't a rookie.
Shelley Duncan?
Desmond Jennings and Fautino weren't in the top 80?

Not a fan of your collection, I wouldn't have focused on pitching.

by Galt on Feb 5, 2008 9:55 AM EST reply actions

Should have

noted that we used a modified version of Rookie Eligibility rules. Instead of using the real 45 days on the 40 Man or 130/50 we used a straight 150 AB's or 50 IP. Thats how Upton is still available.

Im not sure why the guy took Shelley Duncan, that totally flabergasted me.

I totally forgot about Desmond Jennings and then when I remembered him a guy took him like four picks before I could.

Thanks for the feedback though.

by tbach81 on Feb 5, 2008 12:53 PM EST up reply actions

hmmm

i wonder who suggested the 150AB rule, since a it should be 130AB, and Upton shouldn't have been eligible.

by auclairkeithbc on Feb 5, 2008 1:13 PM EST up reply actions

uh

Your normal five stats with OPS and Runs counting for the hitters and Holds and Quality Starts for the pitchers.

runs aren't one of the normal five stats?

by wily mo on Feb 5, 2008 9:55 AM EST reply actions

Sorry

a typo... Should have said "hits". I know it counts double when factoring in OPS but we decided to use it anyways.

by tbach81 on Feb 5, 2008 12:56 PM EST up reply actions

If I had the #1 pick in a fantasy MiLB draft

I would pick Colby Rasmus.

by Galt on Feb 5, 2008 9:57 AM EST reply actions

also, wow

those guys who took inman and shelley duncan over guys like moustakas and wieters are going to be crying a lot later.

by wily mo on Feb 5, 2008 10:01 AM EST reply actions

Duncan

totally caught everyone off guard. The kid that picked Duncan is a total Yankees Freak and picked him for some odd reason.

by tbach81 on Feb 5, 2008 12:54 PM EST up reply actions

Not sure I understand this

Why would you pick prospects like Jay Bruce and Justin Upton, who will most likely be in big leagues within the first few months of the season (thus losing their MILB production), over ESTABLISHED minor league stars like Scott McClain or Mike Hessman? Those dudes put up 25 homers and 100 ribbies virtually every year in AAA.

by samjjones on Feb 5, 2008 11:20 AM EST reply actions

this is a joke

...right?

by sully10x on Feb 5, 2008 11:28 AM EST up reply actions

Not a joke

The purpose of a FANTASY league is to accumulate the best stats, right?

Jay Bruce very well might not even play a MILB game this year. In a minor league fantasy league, where minor league stats are being counted, would you rather have him, or somebody who is actually playing and contributing to your bottom line?

by samjjones on Feb 5, 2008 11:51 AM EST up reply actions

lol

I don't think the minor league stats are what they're counting chief. :)

"The Dodgers won't win a playoff series until the Cool-a-Coo returns." -mckeeno

by PujolsJunkie on Feb 5, 2008 11:56 AM EST up reply actions

except....

still doesn't make sense. If it is a keeper league and major league stats count, then why are all these guys available? If its not a keeper league, then why take guys with no chance of making the majors this year.

The only thing I can figure is that either a) this is a league that counts minor league stats or b) this is the first year of a new keeper league. Probably the latter, but I wouldn't laugh at someone for thinking the former.

by DenverBears on Feb 5, 2008 2:30 PM EST up reply actions

You

are correct that this is a brand new league. We are still running our Minor League Draft... I dont understand why anyone would have a league set up where minor league stats count.

by tbach81 on Feb 5, 2008 2:32 PM EST up reply actions

Fair Point

I dunno...why do people do the same thing with major league players? To each his own, I suppose.

by samjjones on Feb 5, 2008 3:41 PM EST up reply actions

My advice

would be to simplify the scoring categories. OPS is retarded as a category. Stick to simple things you can easily cheer for when watching a game. Not things where you have to go running for a calculator to figure out if Vlad Guerrero's walk on Sunday Night Baseball was enough to get you the win that week. KISS.

Dont try to get too clever. Simple is better. This is coming from a guy whose league has a 10 page constitution... but the game play needs to stay simple - our rules are about player transactions and salaries, etc...

Also, yes, its 130 ABs for ROY, so you should look into whether that was a strategic move by the guy with the first pick.

by alskor on Feb 6, 2008 1:14 AM EST up reply actions

Ha

Yeah, if the purpose was MiLB production, Val Pascucci would be a Top 5 pick.

by bucklin12 on Feb 5, 2008 12:02 PM EST reply actions

Why do we care?

Ugh, get this crap outta here

by sabernar on Feb 5, 2008 2:08 PM EST reply actions

I

am so sorry to have completely not thought about you or what you would want to voluntarily read. Consider this my apology....

by tbach81 on Feb 5, 2008 2:30 PM EST up reply actions

Seriously

You should be ashamed of yourself. Now apologise to the other people commenting on your thread as well

by Locke000 on Feb 5, 2008 2:53 PM EST up reply actions

i care.

that's my luke skywalker impression for the day.

but seriously - league draft reviews are some of my favorite posts on the site. i love seeing where the current market for players is, as determined by real multiple-human interaction. even if some of the humans involved are clearly demented.

i don't get this recurring pattern of 20 inane one-line diaries sailing by without remark and then people bitching about the ones that actually have content. even if it really was useless, what's the point? are you paying for this blog by the diary?

by wily mo on Feb 5, 2008 2:33 PM EST up reply actions

Count me in

I enjoy seeing the various draft lists. I like seeing how others have valued prospects. I use the various lists in assigning value in my drafts.

by colin398 on Feb 5, 2008 9:16 PM EST up reply actions

+1

Drafts like this show how other people value minor leaguers. Isn't that what this site is about?

by demondeaconbaseball on Feb 5, 2008 11:54 PM EST up reply actions

why the hate on fantasy leagues?

I don't understand the systematic hatred of posts on fantasy leagues on this board.

Without fantasy baseball 95% of the users on this board wouldn't be here.

Relax.

by Galt on Feb 5, 2008 3:48 PM EST up reply actions

I'm curious...

as to why players with major league experience are in this portion of your draft at all. If you're drafting a full 40-man roster, what need do you have to take up 10-15 spots with the Abraham Nunez's and Jeff Cirillo's of the world? I understand in a 16-team league you could fill all the rosters with guys who might actually provide some value on a rare occasion when you'd play them (thus avoiding Nunez and Cirillo), but it still seems a little pointless.

by ajake57 on Feb 6, 2008 1:58 AM EST reply actions