Closers and slow drafts

[BK METS]

Henry Rodriguez, Santiago Casilla, Edward Mujica, Scott Downs(?), Rafael Dolis, Alfredo Aceves, Fernando Rodney.... and we are only at the beginning of May. A lot of unforseeable closers at the time of slow drafts, so many of these guys went undrafted and obviously cannot be obtained..

It appears that having just one closer on a slow draft team, may not be such a bad thing. Now, if you lost 2 closers, like I have in several slow drafts, the decision is easy.. Problem is, gathering 9 healthy pitchers that are actually playing, is another challenge. By the end of the year, my slow draft teams are going to be a mess. In past years, I have had one or two spots in my lineup that were not fillable. This year is going to be scary.

[hot and cold]

Same for me i was in 2nd in one of my slows. But then that injury bug that is spreading like wildfire hit . In 2 weeks i have fallen fast with youk /berkman/swisher / and now morneau and did i bring up pitching . Where is that dam juice when you need it .Help .

[Greg Ambrosius]

Henry Rodriguez, Santiago Casilla, Edward Mujica, Scott Downs(?), Rafael Dolis, Alfredo Aceves, Fernando Rodney.... and we are only at the beginning of May. A lot of unforseeable closers at the time of slow drafts, so many of these guys went undrafted and obviously cannot be obtained..

It appears that having just one closer on a slow draft team, may not be such a bad thing. Now, if you lost 2 closers, like I have in several slow drafts, the decision is easy.. Problem is, gathering 9 healthy pitchers that are actually playing, is another challenge. By the end of the year, my slow draft teams are going to be a mess. In past years, I have had one or two spots in my lineup that were not fillable. This year is going to be scary.

We learned during that first season of NFBC Slow Drafts that 45 rounds just wasn't enough as some teams went the last month of the season without a starting catcher. If I recall, there were a lot of injuries to catchers that year. Well, we expanded to 50 rounds and like you said there are already productive players now contributing who weren't drafted among the 750 players in each league. Pretty crazy. I don't think we need to expand the drafts beyond 50 rounds, but at season's end I'd love to hear how tough it was to field active rosters all year long. At this churn rate, everyone will be hurting for healthy bodies.

[Outlaw]

I've got bewtween 6-9 players on the DL on each of my teams and 2 or 3 on each that are done for the season. Lesson i learned this year doing my first slow drafts is, stay away from prospects, maybe's, inujured players, and focus on guys that have a high expectation of a roster spot and some playing time. Also based on all the issues with closers this year, try and get 3 and handcuff them with thier most likely replacment.