My AL only minor league draft..need help please

by murraygd13 on Jul 14, 2008 8:14 PM EDT Comment 18 comments

AL only minor league draft tomorrow and I'm totally not ready for it. So I come asking for some advice from the sages here. It's a 10 team AL only keeper league. Due to rules a player isn't really valuable unless it is expected they will make their major league debut sometime this season or in 2009. Anyways I'll list who is on rosters already and any help filling in the extra names would be much appreciated. Just to clarify again, looking at guys who will likely get the call in the 2nd half of this season or in 2009.

Players already on teams.

Matt Wieters
Reid Brignac
Charles Lofgren
Guillermo Quiroz
Jordan Brown
Jeff Niemann
Nicke Adenhart
Mike Moustakas
Hank Conger
Lars Anderson
Elvis Andrus
Nolan Reimold
Brett Cecil
Fautino De Los Santos
Mark Melancon
Taylor Teagarden
Jose Tabata
Thomas Diamond
Austin Jackson
John Maybery
Travis Snider
Michael Bowden
Jed Lowrie
Wade Davis
Gio Gonzalez
Phillip Humber
Rick Porcello
David Purcey
David Price

Brett Anderson, Matt LaPorta and Trevor Cahill are 3 names I picked up already just look for some more, any help is greatly appreciated.

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Neftali Feliz...

by N41D on Jul 14, 2008 11:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

jeremy hellickson

wade davis, chris tillman, jake arrieta, austin jackson, chris davis (if avaiable get him) taylor teagarden,

by caincecum on Jul 15, 2008 1:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

teagarden

1st, the guy lists teagarden as taken.

2nd, his numbers are awful this year. I had him in my league and dropped him. He improved a little in AAA but slumped again. I know, injured, but he is always injured aand strikes out WAY too much to be a good major league hitter. he has struck out 72 times in 223at bats in the minors this year. Sure, with 35 walks, but that’s not enough. .220/.330/.381 doesn’t cut it. That’s not even Cust, Branyan or tettleton. Great catcher though. Mike Napoli who can catch, but with an even weaker batting average and power numbers. OK, that’s harsh. And I still have Napoli. :)

I like Brett Anderson, who he said was available. How about David Huff on the Indians. Wes Hodges. Also an Injun. Someone mentioned Feliz. Good choice. hellickson, although shelled early in AA. Yeah, max ramirez is good.

by wobatus on Jul 15, 2008 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

sean doolittle?

I know, like teagarden he Ks a lot too. He has kept his average up at least.

Maybe I am being too harsh on teagarden, but to me it seems he won’t be able to hit in the najors.

by wobatus on Jul 15, 2008 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Doolittle

Not a sure thing he sees the majors by the end of next season.

"My mom always taught me it's better to laugh at yourself than to laugh at others. She was so wrong. ;)" -Pedrophile

by Boxkutter on Jul 16, 2008 8:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mat Gamel?

by asyouwish33 on Jul 15, 2008 2:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

AL only

by demondeaconsbaseball on Jul 15, 2008 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damn

I knew there had to be a reason…reading can help people sometimes. I would second Max Ramirez. I did not see Chris Davis either.

by asyouwish33 on Jul 15, 2008 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Aren't they both in the majors now?

Ramirez is supposed to be sent back down, but I think Davis is staying

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by OldProspects on Jul 15, 2008 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ramirez

He’s gonna be sent down, and didn’t get enough PA to lose his rookie status.

by demondeaconsbaseball on Jul 15, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

That’s a pretty poorly thought out rule. If we had that in any of my leagues there would be fistfights.

by alskor on Jul 15, 2008 5:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Max Ramirez

by demondeaconsbaseball on Jul 15, 2008 9:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What about guys who were rookies coming into the season

but have either still not lost their rookie status (such as Brett Gardner), or who have lost it (such as Buchholz)? Are either of these groups eligible?

And how many rounds is your draft?

by siddfynch on Jul 15, 2008 10:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Can you draft guys who haven't signed yet?

If so, then Gordon Beckham, Justin Smoak and Josh Fields are all probably good picks.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Jul 15, 2008 2:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Davis

Davis is on a roster , didn’t list him since he is in the bigs right now. Guys have 3 year contracts when you acquire them. We did this so the draft is somewhat interesting each year and a guy can’t hold onto a superstar for his whole career. You can extend guys past 3 years up to 6 total but it starts to get expensive.

I’ve got Brett Anderson and Chris Tillman so far..I hate getting pithcers in the AL but all the hitters kinda stink.

by murraygd13 on Jul 15, 2008 7:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wait

How is it “expected” that Tillman will make the majors in the next year?

This is the sort of thing my league would get in fistfights about…

by alskor on Jul 16, 2008 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Arrieta

Arretia was my 3rd pick…guess I won’t have to worry about pitching prospects since I already have David Price. Price, Tillman, Anderson and Arrieta. Maybe I can trade a few guys for some hitters, they always seem to do better in the American League upon callup.

by murraygd13 on Jul 15, 2008 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs