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HAUSBURGER · Post by **HAUSBURGER** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:18 am

I am waiting to see Gordon Gekko's team. Anyone seen it?

Ronald Esq · Post by **Ronald Esq** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:24 am

Originally posted by St Louis Slugger:

First Live Main Draft - Chicago #4 Pick 1

C - Pierzynski, Y. Molina

1B - Delgado

2B - K. Johnson

SS - Reyes

3B - Zimmerman

CI - Kouzmanoff

MI - Y Escobar

DH - Sheffield

OF - Markakis, Rios, C. Jackson, Francoeur, Cuddyear

SP - Beckett, Billingsley, Lackey, Danks, Carmona, Saunders, Cook

RP - Jenks, H Bell

Bench Hitting - Gardner, Seth Smith, Kendall

Bench Pitching - Edwin Jackson, McCarthy, Madson, Aardsma

Thoughts on my team? Draft experience was great! Think it's a little light on pop, a product of taking Reyes #1 and some extra pitching early. But all-in-all a solid roster.

St Louis Slugger · Post by **St Louis Slugger** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:45 am

Originally posted by Ronald Esq:

quote:Originally posted by St Louis Slugger:

First Live Main Draft - Chicago #4 Pick 1

C - Pierzynski, Y. Molina

1B - Delgado

2B - K. Johnson

SS - Reyes

3B - Zimmerman

CI - Kouzmanoff

MI - Y Escobar

DH - Sheffield

OF - Markakis, Rios, C. Jackson, Francoeur, Cuddyear

SP - Beckett, Billingsley, Lackey, Danks, Carmona, Saunders, Cook

RP - Jenks, H Bell

Bench Hitting - Gardner, Seth Smith, Kendall

Bench Pitching - Edwin Jackson, McCarthy, Madson, Aardsma

Thoughts on my team? Draft experience was great! Think it's a little light on pop, a product of taking Reyes #1 and some extra pitching early. But all-in-all a solid roster. [/QUOTE]Thanks for the feedback. I agree with you that I don't have many big sticks, but hoping each player can contribute basically 15-25 HRs and keep me close in that category. Also noticed that in our league closers went pretty quick. I hope Jenks and Bell will keep me in the middle of the pack. Did anyone else's draft have the closers with jobs go by basically the 9th round?

Damage Inc · Post by **Damage Inc** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:49 am

Hey waht's up guys.

I'm a rookie manager and I would appreciate some feedback.

My perceived weaknesses are speed and having only one closer. (I may stick with one closer and follow gekko's thinking)

12th pick - NY 7

C- McCann

C- Navarro

1b- Berkman

2b- Utley

ss- Young, Michael

3b- Encarnacion

CI- Blalock

MI- Lowrie

Util- Butler

OF- Abreu

OF- Damon

OF- Cruz

OF- Lind

OF- Rivera, Juan

Shields

Cain

Garza

Jurrjens

Guthrie

Sonnanstine

Blanton

Reyes, ANthony

Francisco Cordero

Bench- Travis Buck, Chris Getz, Jordan Schafer

P's- Smoltz, Sean Gallagher, Isringhausen, Saito

Any comments would be much appreciated...Thanks!

Navel Lint · Post by **Navel Lint** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:14 am

Originally posted by St Louis Slugger:

First Live Main Draft - Chicago #4 Pick 1

C - Pierzynski, Y. Molina

1B - Delgado

2B - K. Johnson

SS - Reyes

3B - Zimmerman

CI - Kouzmanoff

MI - Y Escobar

DH - Sheffield

OF - Markakis, Rios, C. Jackson, Francoeur, Cuddyear

SP - Beckett, Billingsley, Lackey, Danks, Carmona, Saunders, Cook

RP - Jenks, H Bell

Bench Hitting - Gardner, Seth Smith, Kendall

Bench Pitching - Edwin Jackson, McCarthy, Madson, Aardsma

Thoughts on my team? Draft experience was great! Ok. I'm in your league so take this for what it's worth .

I think you project about 225hr, 1050 rbi & runs, 120+ sb, and high 270's avg. I think that is about middle of pack in hitting points.

Pitching; You have some upside and high win potential. Saves are a question mark with the Jenks and Bell( I'm in the same boat with my team). I actually took Cla Meredith in RD 30 as a backup to your H Bell.

By the way. I had the fifth pick. I thought that if any of the Big 4 did slip to me that it would be Reyes. I guess I was somewhat surprised that you took him first although I don't think that he was the wrong pick. I think anyone of the four (Reyes, HRam, Wright, or Albert ) are worth the first pick. I do think that in your position and having taken Reyes first, when ARod came back to you that I would have taken him at the turn.

Just my opinion. Good Luck this Year !

Bobby D · Post by **Bobby D** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:24 am

Drafted from the 14th spot in NY League #3

C Jorge Posada

C Ivan Rodriguez

1B Ryan Howard

2B Alexei Ramirez

3B Chipper Jones

SS Michael Young

CI Mike Lowell

MI Edgar Renteria

OF Carl Crawford

OF Vlad Guererro

OF Adam Jones

OF Carlos Gomez

OF Jose Guillen

UT JD Drew

SP Scott Kazmir

SP Daisuke Matsuzaka

SP Carlos Zambrano

SP Ryan Dempster

SP Jeremy Guthrie

SP Kyle Lohse

RP Bobby Jenks

RP BJ Ryan

RP Chris Ray

R John Smoltz

R Aaron Cook

R Kevin Millwood

R Chris Getz

R Skip Shumaker

R Garrett Anderson

R Chad Tracy

mikenj46 · Post by **mikenj46** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:08 am

I rarely post to comment on other's teams etc., but at first glance I think this was a great draft. To be this solid at every position and have the depth of guys like Smoltz and Tracy was a great job. Looks to have good balance throughout.

Nice job. Good luck.

RobG · Post by **RobG** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:17 am

From the 12 spot in Chicago 3

There wasn't much value early on in this draft as everyone seemed to be dead on with their picks, great group.

Wasn't initially happy with some risk, but we will see.

C R. Martin

C B. Inge

1B A. Laroche

2B C. Utley

SS T. Tulowitzki

3B C. Jones

CI E. Encarnacion

MI Y. Bentencourt/M. Burris

OF A. Soriano

OF J. Dye

OF C. Young

OF C. Jackson

OF D. DeJesus

UT R. Garko/Rj. Davis

P J. Peavy

P J. Lackey

P E. Bedard

P E. Santana

P P. Maholm

P M. Buehrle

P A. Cook

P K. Wood

P B. Ziegler

Bench

F. Rodney, T. Teagarden, S. Smith, A. Miller, A. McCutcheon

ALL-IN JD · Post by **ALL-IN JD** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:40 am

Super Draft, Pick 13

C Posada

C Navarro

1B Pena

2B Fontenot

SS Tulo

3B Longoria

MI Burris

CI Figgins

OF Hamilton

OF Quentin

OF Victorino

OF Nady

OF Dickerson

UT Church

P Volquez

P Burnett

P Dice K

P Price

P Pelfrey

P Pauley

P Hanrahan

P Gregg

P Soriano

R Kuo

R Ziegler

R C. Guzman

R Freel

R J. McDonald

R CJ Wilson

R J. Schafer

billywaz · Post by **billywaz** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:33 pm

Here is my squad from the #4 hole in NY7. All comments (both good and bad) are appreciated!

C- Ryan Doumit

C- Miguel Olivo

1B- Prince Fielder

2B- Alexei Ramirez

SS- Mike Aviles

3B- David Wright

MI- Alexi Casilla

CI- Joey Votto

OF- Tori Hunter

OF- Lastings Milledge

OF- Fred Lewis

OF- Jason Kubel

OF- Franklin Gutierrez

UT- Kevin Kouzmanoff

BENCH- Brandon Wood, Ryan Sweeney

SP- Chad Billingsley

SP- Zach Grienke

SP- Kevin Slowey

SP- Manny Parra

SP- Mark Buerhle

SP- Andy Pettite

SP- Jordan Zimmermann

RP- Joel Hanrahan

RP- Brandon Lyon

BENCH- Jeremy Bonderman, Yusmiero Petit, Carl Pavano (don't ask! :rolleyes: ), Fernando Rodney, Carlos Villanueva

I know my relievers are weak, but at least I have 2 closers!

Thoughts?

Crazy Like a Fox · Post by **Crazy Like a Fox** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:53 pm

Originally posted by Dawg:

LV 11 Pick 10

C-McCann (4)

Varitek (25)

1st-Jackson (11)

2nd- Utley (1)

SS- Jeter (7)

3rd-Figgins (8)

MI-Bartlett (18)

CI- Beltre (10)

UT- Butler (15)

OF-Lee (2)

Quentin (3)

Span (14)

Cameron (17)

Gullien (21)

Bench- Sanchez (24), Francisco (27), and Balentine (30)

SP-Billingsley (5), Cain (9), Dempster (12) Kuroda (16) Litsch (19) Smoltz (20), Marshall (22) Wellemeyer (23), Lannan (26), Blackburn (28), Perkins (29)

CL- Lidge (6), Devine (13)

I am pitching poor. As the draft was going I decided to throw darts at starters instead of chasing relievers that might get to close. Sure hope Devine gets the job. I think you're being too hard on yourself. You're pitching is not that bad. You're top 3 SP's are decent, your picks of Kuroda, Litsch, Wellemeyer are very, very smart picks at that spot. If you get Smoltz back sometime in June, Marshall surprises and Devine takes over as closer soon, then you could be looking pretty good especially with your nice offense.

I like your team. I think it has real potential. Don't doubt yourself.

Da bears · Post by **Da bears** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:55 pm

My team from pick#11 LV #8

C Benji Molina

C Navarro

1B Texeria

2B Alexi Ramirez

SS Peraltra

3B Adrain Beltre

MI Fontenot

CI Wigginton

OF BJ Upton

OF Guerrero

OF Dye

OF Coco Crisp

OF Daniel Murphy

UT Chris Duncan

Bench Hitters: Juan Rivera, Brett Gardener, Gordon Beckham, Lyle Overbay

SP Beckett

SP Burnett

SP Danks

SP Maine

SP Jurrjens

SP Purcey

SP Anibal Sanchez

RP Lidge

RP Sherrill

Bench Pitchers: JA Happ, Brad Penny, Fernando Rodney

Hard Heads · Post by **Hard Heads** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:58 pm

Saturday 4pm Super Draft Pick 9

B Molina

I Rodriguez

R Howard

A Cabrera

D Jeter

C Jones

R Zimmerman

O Cabrera

C Crawford

C Granderson

V Guerrero

D Young

J Cust or A Rowand

J Thome

Beckett

Dice K

C Young

Ol Perez

Buerhle

Litsch

Gallagher

Jenks

Motte

Bench Rowand Rodney L Castillo C Perez Braden B Anderson J Owens

Pitching will be key along with health of aging superstars, but all in all I am happy with this squad. Had to take Motte in round 12 after the Main Event seeing him go round 13 all day long and having Childs/Ferrari sitting in front of us in round 12/13. Best of luck to all Main Event teams and we hope to be back in 2010 with all you guys and gals.

cugjp1 · Post by **cugjp1** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:32 pm

Thoughts?

1B Cabrera

2B Phillips

3B Atkins

SS Adrus

C MCCann

C Shoppach

MI Uggla

CI Branyan

UT THames

Out Cruz

Out Span

Out Dukes

Out Bourn

Out Joyce

Pitch

S Kazmir

S Nolasco

S Verlander

S Scherxer

S Floyd

S Sanchez

R Gregg

R Julio

R Lewis

Bench

Arroyo

Hampton

Cruz

Gardner

Garciaparra

Schafer

Willingham

MGBMARTY · Post by **MGBMARTY** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:46 pm

Hey Billy

Did not get to talk you much in NY. Me and a few went to R O'Gradys after the draft. Anyway you were in a tough league and you had some one draft OF's in 1st 4 rounds plus some other strange picks SP's ran so much. Not too bad though Bill and Greinke based on how sps went are a good start. Votto and Fielder I think could give you best scenario 70 Hr's and Wright is right. SP' are average based on your league Use FAAB for D. Bush. Closeres are closers Do not worry. Best pick and of course I say this because I took him too, F Lewis. Batting 3rd with Molina at clean up he will steal steal which is what you drafted him for. Batting 3rd with pop in his bat could be could for 280 80 15 80 25 No too bad.

Good Luck

Marty

billywaz · Post by **billywaz** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:53 pm

Originally posted by MGBMARTY:

Hey Billy

Did not get to talk you much in NY. Me and a few went to R O'Gradys after the draft. Anyway you were in a tough league and you had some one draft OF's in 1st 4 rounds plus some other strange picks SP's ran so much. Not too bad though Bill and Greinke based on how sps went are a good start. Votto and Fielder I think could give you best scenario 70 Hr's and Wright is right. SP' are average based on your league Use FAAB for D. Bush. Closeres are closers Do not worry. Best pick and of course I say this because I took him too, F Lewis. Batting 3rd with Molina at clean up he will steal steal which is what you drafted him for. Batting 3rd with pop in his bat could be could for 280 80 15 80 25 No too bad.

Good Luck

Marty Marty,

Thanks for the comments. I know I am a starter or two away fromwhat I want from my team but that is what FAAB is for (by the way, D.Bush was taken already).

Can't remember much from your squad (looked at so many boards and teams), but it looks like we will be in the "Fred Lewis fan club" this year. I too like his chances hitting 3rd, and think that makes him the best of the "rounds 11-14 OF club".

Best of luck to you this year Marty!

BillyWaz

Thunder · Post by **Thunder** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:07 pm

i'll post my auction team

c..r hernandez

c..y molina

1b..l berkman

2b..c utley

3b..a gordon

ss..h ramirez

cm..c blake

mi..as cabrera

ut..a lind

of..g sizemore

of..a dunn

of..p burrell

of..j guillen

of..j kubel

of..c dickerson

of..j anderson

1b..g sanchez

ut..m scutaro

ss..c izturis

p..r halladay

p..j shields

p..w rodriguez

p..j litsch

p..j guthrie

p..r wolf

p..k davies

p..m capps

p..d wheeler

p..j lewis

p..g gonzalez

outside of an obvious lack of Saves and Batting Average..any other comments?

Bobby J · Post by **Bobby J** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:12 pm

here is my draft from Chicago 1 pick 4

I was somewhat surprised when Hanley fell to me but he has the most injury risk out of the other 3, so I can understand, but could not pass when he fell to 4

C - Doumit - 8

C - Inge - 22

1B - Morneau - 2

2B - Alexei - 3

3B - C Davis - 4

SS - Hanley - 1

MI - K Matsui - 15

CI - Guillen - 12

OF - Pence - 5

OF - Ordonez - 6

OF - Dye - 9

OF - Nady - 14

OF - Byrnes - 18/Duncan or Owens

UT - F Gutierrez - 25

SP - King Felix - 7

SP - S Baker - 10

SP - Carpenter - 13

SP - Jimenez - 17

SP - Morrow - 19

SP - Smoltz - 20

SP - Hanson - 21

RP - Lyon - 11

RP - Corpas - 16

R - Balfour - 23

R - Lohse - 24

R - J Owens - 26

R - Cahill - 27

R - Duncan - 28

R - De La Rosa - 29

R - G Sanchez - 30

I really like the offense we have put together, could be a couple of SB short, but other 4 cats are real solid. Fell behind on the relief pitcher run but they just went too early. Took a lot of pitchers with upside, could be hitting the waiver wire early and often, will need a pitcher or 2 to fill in early for Morrow and Smoltz

Navel Lint · Post by **Navel Lint** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:14 pm

Chicago 4, Pick 5

1) M Cabrera; would have taken any of the big 4 if they got to me, plan was to go with Miggy if not.

2) A Soriano; passed on ARod, thought Soriano was best power/speed mix remaining

3) J Ellsbury; I was planning speed guy here, that almost changed when ARod was still on the board after the 2/3 turn, but he went one in front of me at 3.4

4) J Peavy; Plan was starter here, wanted Halladay, he was gone.

5) R Oswalt; Debated between SP and CL here. I was thinking closers would go in the 20 picks before coming back to me, I was right but I really like Oswalt and couldn’t pass on him. Of course now I have to root against him on opening day against the Cubs

6) A Huff; Got Huff in Rd 26 last year. Wow. Wanted to work my 1B/3B/CM situation out early

7) R Doumit; Wasn’t in my plans. Liked the avg and position

8) M Capps; This pick was in the middle of a closer run that saw a run about 12 closers in 24 picks

9) V Wells; Love Wells, hope he stays healthy

10) L Milledge; Just looking for balance. Really like my avg to this point, gives me options later.

11) H Kendrick; I think Weeks was still available. I should have taken him instead. I could take on the poor avg and would have more power/speed. Really a bad pick coming out the break.

12) H Street; Needed a second closer. I thought Street was the best option remaining. It was a reach in Rd 12 but I felt I had to go there.

13) P Polanco; My worst pick. Not because of the player per se, but the way I picked him. Straight-out, no plan, panic pick. I had just picked Street. I had 3 or 4 guys in mind and they all went in the next 10 picks. Now I’m on the clock. No plan, f**k. Think, maybe Tejada. Look at projections, they say he’s 34yo. That can’t be right. “30 sec”. Stay calm. “15 sec” . Alright think. “5 sec” f***. POLANCO!

14) J Thome; I need some power and speed. I get one side of the equation.

15) G Meche; I need some K’s . Meche or W Rodriguez? I go Gil

16) D Span; Steals that I need at what I think is good value.

17) M Mora; In spring training he said he was going to hit .340 this year. Ok, I’ll bite.

18) E Renteria; Best SS remaining. Descent numbers.

19) D Wheeler; An early flyer. But Percival is 58yo, he can’t pitch forever.

20) R Wolf; I don’t know. I’m ready for the break. Tough 11-20 rounds. I need to make some hay in the next couple picks.

21) B Inge; nice second catcher. Avg doesn’t hurt me

22) T Wiggington; M Mora insurance

23) K Uehara;

24) D Braden; filling out starters with Uehara and Braden. I’ll have a short leash on these two

25) J Lewis; I’m a Cub fan. I’ve seen K Wood his whole career, Lewis will get some saves

26) J Lugo;

27) R Branyon; Might hit 30 hr’s and never get in my lineup.

28) B Looper; My spot starter

29) K Fukodome; back up outfielder and I show some Cub love

30) C Meredith; Who’s Meredith? Who’s H Bell? I’ll take a chance.

poopy tooth · Post by **poopy tooth** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:18 pm

4 C Victor Martinez

14 C Mike Napoli

6 1B Garrett Atkins

16 2B Aaron Hill

1 SS Jose Reyes

13 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff

18 MI Freddy Sanchez

19 CI Casey Kotchman

2 OF Alex Rios

3 OF Jason Bay

7 OF Jermaine Dye

9 OF Lastings Milledge

11 OF Delmon Young

17 DH Travis Hafner

5 P Jake Peavy

8 P A.J. Burnett

15 P Aaron Harang

25 P Koji Uehara

30 P Braden Looper

10 P Kerry Wood

12 P Matt Lindstrom

21 P Brad Ziegler

24 P Chris Perez

22 RES Mike Lowell 3B

29 RES Dallas McPherson 3B

20 RES Juan Rivera OF

27 RES Franklin Gutierrez OF

23 RES Brad Penny SP

26 RES Rich Hill SP

28 RES Ben Sheets SP

Need another couple of SP's.

Dawg · Post by **Dawg** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:35 pm

Originally posted by Crazy Like a Fox:

quote:Originally posted by Dawg:

LV 11 Pick 10

C-McCann (4)

Varitek (25)

1st-Jackson (11)

2nd- Utley (1)

SS- Jeter (7)

3rd-Figgins (8)

MI-Bartlett (18)

CI- Beltre (10)

UT- Butler (15)

OF-Lee (2)

Quentin (3)

Span (14)

Cameron (17)

Gullien (21)

Bench- Sanchez (24), Francisco (27), and Balentine (30)

SP-Billingsley (5), Cain (9), Dempster (12) Kuroda (16) Litsch (19) Smoltz (20), Marshall (22) Wellemeyer (23), Lannan (26), Blackburn (28), Perkins (29)

CL- Lidge (6), Devine (13)

I am pitching poor. As the draft was going I decided to throw darts at starters instead of chasing relievers that might get to close. Sure hope Devine gets the job. I think you're being too hard on yourself. You're pitching is not that bad. You're top 3 SP's are decent, your picks of Kuroda, Litsch, Wellemeyer are very, very smart picks at that spot. If you get Smoltz back sometime in June, Marshall surprises and Devine takes over as closer soon, then you could be looking pretty good especially with your nice offense.

I like your team. I think it has real potential. Don't doubt yourself. [/QUOTE]Crazy- Thanks for your thoughts. I hope a couple of the tail end pitchers pan out. Good luck in the Online Championship!

Dawg

Mankind · Post by **Mankind** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:47 pm

Las Vegas League #7 Pick #9

Feeling good with this team...

RiversideSheriffSoCalSmac...

OF- Josh Hamilton (1), Nate McClouth (4), Hunter Pence (5), Raul Ibanez (8), Vernon Wells (9).

1B- Justin Morneau (2), 2B- Brandon Phillips (3), 3B- Melvin Mora (14), SS- Mike Aviles (13), MI- Yunel Escobar (16), CI- Ty Wiggington(17), UTIL- Eman Burris(25), Nyler Morgan(24), Skip Shumacker (26),C- Dioner Navarro (19) & Yadier Molina (22).

Bench- Eman Burris,Nyler Morgan, Ishikawa (28) why not hit two homers yesterday, unchallenged at 1B and Nick Punto(30) Double digit steals every year and dual poss why not at 30.

P- John Lackey (6), Jon Lester (7), Derek Lowe (11), Matt Garza (12), Randy Johnson (15) Great Value here, I hope, Jesse Litsh (18), Chris Volstad (20).

RP- Matt Capps (10), Jose Arredondo (21), Grant Balfour (23) Maddon's Pet hoping to replace Percival after he sneezes and goes on his usual place on the DL, Jensen Lewis (27), Rafael Perez (28) one of these guys will close when Kerry Wood develops arms problems from brushing his teeth.

ALL-IN JD · Post by **ALL-IN JD** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:56 pm

Mankind, I have not commented on any teams but this team is DANGEROUS!! If you can get some saves off the waiver wire you are going to be in the hunt in a big way, in my humble opinion.

Jeff (ALL-IN)

Mankind · Post by **Mankind** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:02 pm

Jeff (ALL-IN),

Thank-you for the kind words. I really feel good with this team, only time will tell.

Spyhunter · Post by **Spyhunter** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:23 pm

Originally posted by billywaz:

Here is my squad from the #4 hole in NY7. All comments (both good and bad) are appreciated!

C- Ryan Doumit

C- Miguel Olivo

1B- Prince Fielder

2B- Alexei Ramirez

SS- Mike Aviles

3B- David Wright

MI- Alexi Casilla

CI- Joey Votto

OF- Tori Hunter

OF- Lastings Milledge

OF- Fred Lewis

OF- Jason Kubel

OF- Franklin Gutierrez

UT- Kevin Kouzmanoff

BENCH- Brandon Wood, Ryan Sweeney

SP- Chad Billingsley

SP- Zach Grienke

SP- Kevin Slowey

SP- Manny Parra

SP- Mark Buerhle

SP- Andy Pettite

SP- Jordan Zimmermann

RP- Joel Hanrahan

RP- Brandon Lyon

BENCH- Jeremy Bonderman, Yusmiero Petit, Carl Pavano (don't ask! :rolleyes: ), Fernando Rodney, Carlos Villanueva

I know my relievers are weak, but at least I have 2 closers!

Thoughts? Billy, great to meet you. Thanks for all the good work the night before at the $1300 auction. I thought our league was surreal. I think yours is one of the top teams. Both of us are going to be stuck looking for closers all year I am guessing! Great luck this year, I expect Quahogs to be just brutal on us!

Regards,

Spyhunter