{"id":2326,"date":"2009-03-16T13:45:47","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T13:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=2326"},"modified":"2009-09-30T19:35:58","modified_gmt":"2009-09-30T18:35:58","slug":"baseballgb-fantasy-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=2326","title":{"rendered":"BaseballGB Fantasy draft"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"BgbFantasy\"The BaseballGB fantasy league has had its draft day, but how do the teams of its writers shape up?<\/span><\/div>\n
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Below are the details of the teams picked by Matt, Joe, Russ and myself – feel free to add your comments about whether you think our teams are good or bad!<\/span><\/div>\n
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The players are listed in the round they were drafted, with the overall pick number in brackets<\/span><\/div>\n

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Rio Crande Typos – Joe Gray<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1.<\/span><\/td>\n(6)<\/span><\/td>\nIan Kinsler<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/span><\/td>\n(23)<\/span><\/td>\nRoy Halladay<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/span><\/td>\n(34)<\/span><\/td>\nBrian McCann<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/span><\/td>\n(51)<\/span><\/td>\nNate McLouth<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/span><\/td>\n(62)<\/span><\/td>\nAubrey Huff<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/span><\/td>\n(79)<\/span><\/td>\nJ.J. Hardy<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/span><\/td>\n(90)<\/span><\/td>\nCliff Lee<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/span><\/td>\n(107)<\/span><\/td>\nJoey Votto<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.<\/span><\/td>\n(118)<\/span><\/td>\nAndre Ethier<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/span><\/td>\n(135)<\/span><\/td>\nKerry Wood<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.<\/span><\/td>\n(146)<\/span><\/td>\nTy Wigginton<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.<\/span><\/td>\n(163)<\/span><\/td>\nBen Sheets<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.<\/span><\/td>\n(174)<\/span><\/td>\nDavid DeJes\u00c3\u00bas<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.<\/span><\/td>\n(191)<\/span><\/td>\nMike Napoli<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.<\/span><\/td>\n(202)<\/span><\/td>\nChad Qualls<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.<\/span><\/td>\n(219)<\/span><\/td>\nAndy Sonnanstine<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17.<\/span><\/td>\n(230)<\/span><\/td>\nJerry Hairston Jr.<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18.<\/span><\/td>\n(247)<\/span><\/td>\nJon Rauch<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19.<\/span><\/td>\n(258)<\/span><\/td>\nMark Buehrle<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20.<\/span><\/td>\n(275)<\/span><\/td>\nHiroki Kuroda<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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This was the first draft for fantasy newbie Joe, and I think he’s done a decent job. The starting pitching looks strong with Halladay and Cliff Lee and by drafting both Chad Qualls and Jon Rauch he should get most of Arizona’s saves to go with Kerry Wood.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Joe’s counting on younger players such as Kinsler, McCann, McLouth, Hardy, Votto\u00c2\u00a0and Ethier and could afford to trade one of McCann or Napoli to fill any areas he needs to strengthen.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The one mistake was drafting Sheets, as Joe was unaware of his injury, but aside from that, it’s a pretty solid team.<\/span><\/div>\n
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RussDev Giants – Russ Dyas<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1.<\/span><\/td>\n(7)<\/span><\/td>\nGrady Sizemore<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/span><\/td>\n(22)<\/span><\/td>\nPrince Fielder<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/span><\/td>\n(35)<\/span><\/td>\nCarl Crawford<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/span><\/td>\n(50)<\/span><\/td>\nRussell Martin<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/span><\/td>\n(63)<\/span><\/td>\nJoe Mauer<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/span><\/td>\n(78)<\/span><\/td>\nMagglio Ord\u00c3\u00b3\u00c3\u00b1ez<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/span><\/td>\n(91)<\/span><\/td>\nJermaine Dye<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/span><\/td>\n(106)<\/span><\/td>\nDerek Jeter<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.<\/span><\/td>\n(119)<\/span><\/td>\nHowie Kendrick<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/span><\/td>\n(134)<\/span><\/td>\nJos\u00c3\u00a9 Valverde<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.<\/span><\/td>\n(147)<\/span><\/td>\nJustin Verlander<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.<\/span><\/td>\n(162)<\/span><\/td>\nChris Young<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.<\/span><\/td>\n(175)<\/span><\/td>\nMatt Garza<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.<\/span><\/td>\n(190)<\/span><\/td>\nErik Bedard<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.<\/span><\/td>\n(203)<\/span><\/td>\nFrank Francisco<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.<\/span><\/td>\n(218)<\/span><\/td>\nHideki Matsui<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17.<\/span><\/td>\n(231)<\/span><\/td>\nElijah Dukes<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18.<\/span><\/td>\n(246)<\/span><\/td>\nMark Reynolds<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19.<\/span><\/td>\n(259)<\/span><\/td>\nJonathan S\u00c3\u00a1nchez<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20.<\/span><\/td>\n(274)<\/span><\/td>\nMike Pelfrey<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Russ was relying on autopick for this draft, but hopefully he won’t be too disappointed with this team. He has plenty of power\/speed players in Sizemore, Crawford and Martin to go with the power of Fielder and the average of Mauer. Throw in veterans such as Dye and Ordonez and you have a potent lineup.<\/span><\/p>\n

He will be counting on Verlander, Bedard\u00c2\u00a0and Young to rebound this year while he should be OK for saves with Valverde and Francisco. I think he could use another reliever though, but he has a surplus of hitters to use as potential trade bait.<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, I like the offense and if his pitchers rebound, Russ could have a team which is tough to beat.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Cheddar Chasers – Matt Smith<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1.<\/span><\/td>\n(8)<\/span><\/td>\nRyan Braun<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/span><\/td>\n(21)<\/span><\/td>\nCarlos Beltr\u00c3\u00a1n<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/span><\/td>\n(36)<\/span><\/td>\nJustin Morneau<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/span><\/td>\n(49)<\/span><\/td>\nBrian Roberts<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/span><\/td>\n(64)<\/span><\/td>\nMariano Rivera<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/span><\/td>\n(77)<\/span><\/td>\nChipper Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/span><\/td>\n(92)<\/span><\/td>\nJay Bruce<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/span><\/td>\n(105)<\/span><\/td>\nChris Iannetta<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.<\/span><\/td>\n(120)<\/span><\/td>\nJavier V\u00c3\u00a1zquez<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/span><\/td>\n(133)<\/span><\/td>\nLastings Milledge<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.<\/span><\/td>\n(148)<\/span><\/td>\nZack Greinke<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.<\/span><\/td>\n(161)<\/span><\/td>\nMilton Bradley<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.<\/span><\/td>\n(176)<\/span><\/td>\nHong-Chih Kuo<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.<\/span><\/td>\n(189)<\/span><\/td>\nRandy Johnson<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.<\/span><\/td>\n(204)<\/span><\/td>\nJose Arredondo<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.<\/span><\/td>\n(217)<\/span><\/td>\n\u00c3\u2030dgar Renter\u00c3\u00ada<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17.<\/span><\/td>\n(232)<\/span><\/td>\nPaul Konerko<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18.<\/span><\/td>\n(245)<\/span><\/td>\nOrlando Hudson<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19.<\/span><\/td>\n(260)<\/span><\/td>\nOliver P\u00c3\u00a9rez<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20.<\/span><\/td>\n(273)<\/span><\/td>\nMelvin Mora<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Matt’s team were the next to pick, and he’s got a nice balance of power and speed with his first four picks of Braun, Beltran, Morneau and Roberts. Add in the potential of Bruce and Iannetta, and you’ve got a promising offense.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rivera, Kuo and Arrendondo are a nice trio of relievers, but I think Matt could use more starting pitching to go with Vazquez, Greinke, Johnson and Perez. He does have some useful surplus hitters for potential trade bait.<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, a strong hitting line-up, but it could use a little more pitching.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Orpington Isotopes<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1.<\/span><\/td>\n(9)<\/span><\/td>\nRyan Howard<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/span><\/td>\n(20)<\/span><\/td>\nChase Utley<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/span><\/td>\n(37)<\/span><\/td>\nManny Ram\u00c3\u00adrez<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/span><\/td>\n(48)<\/span><\/td>\nCurtis Granderson<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/span><\/td>\n(65)<\/span><\/td>\nJoe Nathan<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/span><\/td>\n(76)<\/span><\/td>\nAdam Dunn<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/span><\/td>\n(93)<\/span><\/td>\nJon Lester<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/span><\/td>\n(104)<\/span><\/td>\nMichael Young<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.<\/span><\/td>\n(121)<\/span><\/td>\nEdinson V\u00c3\u00b3lquez<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/span><\/td>\n(132)<\/span><\/td>\nMatt Cain<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.<\/span><\/td>\n(149)<\/span><\/td>\nMark DeRosa<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.<\/span><\/td>\n(160)<\/span><\/td>\nJames Loney<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.<\/span><\/td>\n(177)<\/span><\/td>\nJohn Danks<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.<\/span><\/td>\n(188)<\/span><\/td>\nHeath Bell<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.<\/span><\/td>\n(205)<\/span><\/td>\nGavin Floyd<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.<\/span><\/td>\n(216)<\/span><\/td>\nKelly Shoppach<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17.<\/span><\/td>\n(233)<\/span><\/td>\nJoe Saunders<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18.<\/span><\/td>\n(244)<\/span><\/td>\nJustin Masterson<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19.<\/span><\/td>\n(261)<\/span><\/td>\nRafael P\u00c3\u00a9rez<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20.<\/span><\/td>\n(272)<\/span><\/td>\nMike Lowell<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

My team was the last of four straight BaseballGB participants to pick in the opening round.<\/span><\/p>\n

Looking back, I feel pretty good about my overall draft, especially with Howard, Utley and Ramirez as my top three picks.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the past I have tended to reach early for closers, but limited my self to grabbing Joe Nathan early and waiting for one of the lesser closers – in this case Heath Bell – later on.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was unsure whether I took DeRosa too early, but I like his versatility, and even if he has a down year, I can plug Mike Lowell in at third.<\/span><\/p>\n

I seriously considered taking Pat Burrell instead of Loney, but I thought a team with Burrell, Dunn and Howard may do too much damage to my average, so I opted for Loney instead.<\/span><\/p>\n

My pitching staff is stacked full of promising young arms. Normally I like to try to get an experienced quality starter, but one my main targets were gone, I went for youth.<\/span><\/p>\n

In past seasons, my teams have had strong pitching, and I’m hoping this year will not be an exception.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m usure how many holds I’ll get with Masterson and Perez, but I’m pleased with my rotation of Lester, Volquez, Cain, Danks, Saunders and Floyd.<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, this might be the best draft I’ve done, but I am relying on talented young arms to carry my staff. If they struggle, I will too.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please feel free to post you thoughts below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The BaseballGB fantasy league has had its draft day, but how do the teams of its writers shape up? \u00c2\u00a0 Below are the details of the teams picked by Matt, Joe, Russ and myself – feel free to add your comments about whether you think our teams are good or bad! \u00c2\u00a0 The players are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[68,555,553],"class_list":["post-2326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy-baseball","tag-baseball-gb-fantasy-league","tag-fantasy-baseball","tag-mlb-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2326"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4882,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326\/revisions\/4882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}