Our midseason supplemental minor league draft

by journeymen on Jul 17, 2008 12:09 AM EDT Comment 7 comments

I thought you guys might be interested in seeing the results of my league's midseason (i.e., give us a reason to look up baseball stuff during the all-star break) supplemental minor league draft. Our league is AL-only, and we already had four minor leaguers to start with, so most of the big names are already gone. These names are the ones who are moving fast up the lists, I guess. I thought it interesting that there were just six positional players versus 12 pitchers. Anyway, here they are:

1	Galloping Ghosts	Michel Inoa	P	A's
2	Fun Monkeys	Matt LaPorta	OF	Indians
3	Journeymen	Trevor Cahill	P	A's
4	Elm Street	Neftali Feliz	P	Rangers
5	Fat Bastards	Henry Rodriguez	P	A's
6	Roadkill	Brian Matusz	P	Orioles
7	Beatlejoose	David Purcey	P	Blue Jays
8	Sam's Nationals	(No one)
9	Light Tower Power	Michael Bowden	P	Red Sox
10	Superbas	Eric Hosmer	1B	Royals
11	Superbas	Michael Saunders	OF	Mariners
12	Light Tower Power	Jeremy Hellickson	P	Rays
13	Sam's Nationals	(No one)
14	Beatlejoose	David Hernandez	P	Orioles
15	Roadkill	Troy Patton	P	Orioles
16	Fat Bastards	Jeff Niemann	P	Rays
17	Elm Street	Gordon Beckham	SS	White Sox
18	Journeymen	Max Ramirez	C	Rangers
19	Fun Monkeys	Jemile Weeks	2B	A's
20	Galloping Ghosts	Anthony Slama	P	Twins

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interesting

over-drafts – inoa, h-rod, purcey

under-drafts – laporta, saunders, matusz

my top 5:

1) Laporta
2) Cahill
3) Feliz
4) Matusz
5) Inoa

by Wheelhouse on Jul 17, 2008 10:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

+1 on Inoa

Drafting a player that early who can’t help for at least 5 years… and possibly never isn’t wise in my opinion. Most fantasy keeper leagues never last anywhere near 5 seasons, so I think it’s better to get someone closer to the majors with less question. With only four minor leaguers per team, there had to be better options out there. Same with Hosmer…. 1B are a dime a dozen, so drafting one who is so far away isn’t the smartest choice.

Also, what was up with the Patton and Niemann getting selected? If this were two years ago those would have been solid picks, but not this year.

"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 17, 2008 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

-1 on 1b

It has usually been the case that 1b are a dime a dozen, but not so much this year. You’ve got Morneau, Youkilis, and maybe Giambi, and all the rest are pretty much middle of the pack. I don’t know if Hosmer is going to be much of a stud hitter, but getting one at 1b would be golden.

Patton was selected because we’re a Baltimore area league. Homer pick. Niemann, well, I can’t explain that one.

by journeymen on Jul 18, 2008 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs