NFBC Money Leaders Draft On Tuesday, Nov. 10th

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:51 am

Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

I've sent an example to each of you. Please write this 60-word feature by Thursday at noon and email to me and Tom. Thanks all. Oh, and good luck tomorrow night. This should be fun. no email received at the Gekko mancave

[/QUOTE]I sent it to your Vegas account. I'll send again.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:52 am

Originally posted by Glenneration X:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

Okay, I just sent each of you an e-mail about the Strategy story I want from each of you. Mainly it's about a strategy to win this year's NFBC title or any league title. But if some of you want to talk about your strategy for this league, that's fine too. What were you targeting this year or what seems scarce? Let's have a mix of short strategy columns for this first issue.

I've sent an example to each of you. Please write this 60-word feature by Thursday at noon and email to me and Tom. Thanks all. Oh, and good luck tomorrow night. This should be fun. Gentlemen...please Cc me on these E-mails to Greg & Tom.....

...and Greg, if you could make this draft viewable on MDC, I think that would be entertaining....thanks.

Also, some commentary would be appreciated....

[/QUOTE]Geoff told me last night that he can make this draft viewable tonight and that he would post how to do that here on the boards. I just emailed him to remind him of that and he will post that information here soon. Come and enjoy the festivities my friends!!

Schwks · Post by **Schwks** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:03 am

What time does it start?

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:32 am

7pm EST

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:33 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

I've sent an example to each of you. Please write this 60-word feature by Thursday at noon and email to me and Tom. Thanks all. Oh, and good luck tomorrow night. This should be fun. no email received at the Gekko mancave

[/QUOTE]I sent it to your Vegas account. I'll send again. [/QUOTE]still nothing Greg. I checked the Spam folder as well and nothing.

Geoffrey Stein · Post by **Geoffrey Stein** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:42 am

Hey guys,

You can watch tonight's draft starting at 6:40 pm Eastern at: http://www.mockdraftcentral.com/fanball ... ?id=121336

Thanks

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:38 am

Hey guys, we'll probably only go with nine Draft Strategy writeups after all. So contrary to my email yesterday, make any writeup you do 675 characters, not 375. That will give you a chance to elaborate a little more. So 675 characters on a Word document and send it to Tom. Thanks all.

Again, feel free to write about your own Draft Day strategy or even a strategy based on this year's draft. A mix of both will be good for this section. Thanks all.

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:13 am

Greg - Still nothing via email. I've received emails from mockdraftcentral so I know my email account is working.

Is this your way of showing me the door?

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:30 pm

Originally posted by Gekko:

Greg - Still nothing via email. I've received emails from mockdraftcentral so I know my email account is working.

Is this your way of showing me the door?

I got three of your emails back tonight saying they are being delayed. No idea why. I'll have Tom forward an example of the story we need from you by Thursday. We'll get this to you, but the Paranormal ghosts are keeping my emails from you.

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:12 am

Gekko's Team:

1B Derrek Lee 6

2B Aaron Hill 3

SS Elvis Andrus 12

3B Adrian Beltre 14

MI Mark Ellis 18

CI Mike Lowell 23

C Kurt Suzuki 8

C Carlos Ruiz 20

OF Carl Crawford 1

OF Justin Upton 2

OF Adam Lind 4

OF Cody Ross 15

OF Melky Cabrera 21

U Mark Teahen (OF) 19

SP Jake Peavy 5

SP A.J. Burnett 7

SP Jered Weaver 9

SP Scott Kazmir 11

SP Gavin Floyd 13

SP Wade Davis 17

SP Pedro Martinez 22

RP Huston Street 10

RP Leo Nunez 16

Tough drafting with the Best of the Best...although I think I came out better than most

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:12 am

I tuned in for a bit last night.

You guys are boring

Besides Sack molesting kids and a couple of others going Missouri/Missouri it looked like pretty standard stuff.

Any surprises from the drafters?

sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:06 pm

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sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:07 pm

Unless Cliff Lee did away with the "one year wonder" tag...and now every player who has a breakout year is for real.

Schwks · Post by **Schwks** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:23 am

Finally had the chance to look through the draft results. Some interesting picks even at this early juncture: Beltran 3, Hunter top 5, Beckham 5, Bartlett 6, my biggest question mark Cantu 7, Bruce and his 220 avg in 8, Webb with bum sh in 9, I know Homer Bailey looked good for 3-4 starts in Sept, but 13th?, Maybin who showed nothing in Fla or AAA 15th rd?

Hey these guys are the upper crust of the NFBC...so Im probably missing the obvious.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:34 am

The complete results of our NFBC Money Leaders draft will be listed in the first issue of Fantasy Sports Magazine, but we need to start the conversation here. I'll post the first 12 rounds here for all to enjoy and then we can have some fun with some of the picks. Let's start the conversation now.

Here are the first 12 rounds:

R1 P1 Terry Haney Pujols, Albert 1B STL 2m 6s

R1 P2 Donn Johnson Ramirez, Hanley SS FLA 1m 23s

R1 P3 Brent Grooms Utley, Chase 2B PHI 24s

R1 P4 David DiDonato Rodriguez, Alex 3B NYY 34s

R1 P5 Lindy Hinkelman Cabrera, Miguel 1B DET 31s

R1 P6 Rick Thomas Braun, Ryan OF MIL 13s

R1 P7 Stephen Jupinka Mauer, Joe C MIN 18s

R1 P8 Ken Magner Kemp, Matt OF LA 15s

R1 P9 Artie Rastelli Howard, Ryan 1B PHI 18s

R1 P10 Nolan/Stephenson Lincecum, Tim SP SF 15s

R1 P11 Shawn Childs Tulowitzki, Troy SS COL 11s

R1 P12 Robert Jurney Longoria, Evan 3B TB 15s

R1 P13 Mark Srebro Crawford, Carl OF TB 9s

R1 P14 Eddie Gillis Fielder, Prince 1B MIL 25s

R1 P15 Ken Norred Teixeira, Mark 1B NYY 30s

R2 P1 Ken Norred Sabathia, CC SP NYY 11s

R2 P2 Eddie Gillis Ellsbury, Jacoby OF BOS 35s

R2 P3 Mark Srebro Upton, Justin OF ARI 2s

R2 P4 Robert Jurney Rollins, Jimmy SS PHI 18s

R2 P5 Shawn Childs Wright, David 3B NYM 9s

R2 P6 Nolan/Stephenson Kinsler, Ian 2B TEX 9s

R2 P7 Artie Rastelli Sizemore, Grady OF CLE 6s

R2 P8 Ken Magner Morneau, Justin 1B MIN 23s

R2 P9 Stephen Jupinka Reynolds, Mark 3B, 1B ARI 20s

R2 P10 Rick Thomas Martinez, Victor C, 1B BOS 9s

R2 P11 Lindy Hinkelman Upton, B.J. OF TB 17s

R2 P12 David DiDonato Reyes, Jose SS NYM 13s

R2 P13 Brent Grooms Bay, Jason OF BOS 14s

R2 P14 Donn Johnson Youkilis, Kevin 1B, 3B BOS 1m 4s

R2 P15 Terry Haney Holliday, Matt OF STL 23s

R3 P1 Terry Haney Suzuki, Ichiro OF SEA 20s

R3 P2 Donn Johnson Zimmerman, Ryan 3B WAS 50s

R3 P3 Brent Grooms McCann, Brian C ATL 38s

R3 P4 David DiDonato Gonzalez, Adrian 1B SD 53s

R3 P5 Lindy Hinkelman Beltran, Carlos OF NYM 17s

R3 P6 Rick Thomas Phillips, Brandon 2B CIN 17s

R3 P7 Stephen Jupinka Roberts, Brian 2B BAL 36s

R3 P8 Ken Magner Pedroia, Dustin 2B BOS 14s

R3 P9 Artie Rastelli Hamilton, Josh OF TEX 17s

R3 P10 Nolan/Stephenson Werth, Jayson OF PHI 22s

R3 P11 Shawn Childs Zobrist, Ben 2B, OF TB 2s

R3 P12 Robert Jurney Votto, Joey 1B CIN 10s

R3 P13 Mark Srebro Hill, Aaron 2B TOR 20s

R3 P14 Eddie Gillis Greinke, Zack SP KC 30s

R3 P15 Ken Norred Markakis, Nick OF BAL 23s

R4 P1 Ken Norred Santana, Johan SP NYM Predrafted

R4 P2 Eddie Gillis Cano, Robinson 2B NYY 11s

R4 P3 Mark Srebro Lind, Adam OF TOR 6s

R4 P4 Robert Jurney Haren, Dan SP ARI 25s

R4 P5 Shawn Childs Berkman, Lance 1B HOU 4s

R4 P6 Nolan/Stephenson Sandoval, Pablo 3B, 1B SF 9s

R4 P7 Artie Rastelli Granderson, Curtis OF DET 20s

R4 P8 Ken Magner Halladay, Roy SP TOR 39s

R4 P9 Stephen Jupinka Soriano, Alfonso OF CHC 17s

R4 P10 Rick Thomas Jeter, Derek SS NYY 17s

R4 P11 Lindy Hinkelman Morales, Kendry 1B ANA 32s

R4 P12 David DiDonato Ramirez, Manny OF LA 12s

R4 P13 Brent Grooms Dunn, Adam OF, 1B WAS 14s

R4 P14 Donn Johnson Ethier, Andre OF LA 16s

R4 P15 Terry Haney Hernandez, Felix SP SEA 31s

R5 P1 Terry Haney Hunter, Torii OF ANA 1m 14s

R5 P2 Donn Johnson Lee, Cliff SP PHI 3s

R5 P3 Brent Grooms Verlander, Justin SP DET 26s

R5 P4 David DiDonato Lee, Carlos OF HOU 1m 2s

R5 P5 Lindy Hinkelman Victorino, Shane OF PHI 23s

R5 P6 Rick Thomas Vazquez, Javier SP ATL 5s

R5 P7 Stephen Jupinka Abreu, Bobby OF ANA 42s

R5 P8 Ken Magner Beckham, Gordon 3B CHW 8s

R5 P9 Artie Rastelli Jones, Adam OF BAL 26s

R5 P10 Nolan/Stephenson Papelbon, Jonathan RP BOS 29s

R5 P11 Shawn Childs Broxton, Jonathan RP LA 10s

R5 P12 Robert Jurney Nathan, Joe RP MIN 6s

R5 P13 Mark Srebro Peavy, Jake SP CHW 10s

R5 P14 Eddie Gillis Figgins, Chone 3B ANA 1m 11s

R5 P15 Ken Norred McLouth, Nate OF ATL 13s

R6 P1 Ken Norred Ramirez, Aramis 3B CHC 16s

R6 P2 Eddie Gillis Choo, Shin-Soo OF CLE 46s

R6 P3 Mark Srebro Lee, Derrek 1B CHC 3s

R6 P4 Robert Jurney Pence, Hunter OF HOU 14s

R6 P5 Shawn Childs Carpenter, Chris SP STL 19s

R6 P6 Nolan/Stephenson Pena, Carlos 1B TB 23s

R6 P7 Artie Rastelli Lester, Jon SP BOS 42s

R6 P8 Ken Magner Bartlett, Jason SS TB 12s

R6 P9 Stephen Jupinka Wainwright, Adam SP STL 33s

R6 P10 Rick Thomas Johnson, Josh SP FLA 7s

R6 P11 Lindy Hinkelman Rivera, Mariano RP NYY 31s

R6 P12 David DiDonato Cruz, Nelson OF TEX 30s

R6 P13 Brent Grooms Beckett, Josh SP BOS 46s

R6 P14 Donn Johnson Bourn, Michael OF HOU 1m 27s

R6 P15 Terry Haney Cain, Matt SP SF 13s

R7 P1 Terry Haney Ramirez, Alexei SS CHW 41s

R7 P2 Donn Johnson Hanson, Tommy SP ATL 30s

R7 P3 Brent Grooms McCutchen, Andrew OF PIT 8s

R7 P4 David DiDonato Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL 29s

R7 P5 Lindy Hinkelman Cabrera, Asdrubal SS, 2B CLE 11s

R7 P6 Rick Thomas Cantu, Jorge 1B, 3B FLA 14s

R7 P7 Stephen Jupinka Lopez, Jose 2B SEA 48s

R7 P8 Ken Magner Kershaw, Clayton SP LA 8s

R7 P9 Artie Rastelli Drew, Stephen SS ARI 39s

R7 P10 Nolan/Stephenson Quentin, Carlos OF CHW 36s

R7 P11 Shawn Childs Kubel, Jason OF MIN 15s

R7 P12 Robert Jurney Doumit, Ryan C PIT 27s

R7 P13 Mark Srebro Burnett, A.J. SP NYY 5s

R7 P14 Eddie Gillis Nolasco, Ricky SP FLA 10s

R7 P15 Ken Norred Rodriguez, Francisco RP NYM 9s

R8 P1 Ken Norred Uggla, Dan 2B FLA 20s

R8 P2 Eddie Gillis Butler, Billy 1B KC 13s

R8 P3 Mark Srebro Suzuki, Kurt C OAK 5s

R8 P4 Robert Jurney Hamels, Cole SP PHI 14s

R8 P5 Shawn Childs Rios, Alex OF CHW 4s

R8 P6 Nolan/Stephenson Span, Denard OF MIN 1m 1s

R8 P7 Artie Rastelli Morgan, Nyjer OF WAS 30s

R8 P8 Ken Magner Ludwick, Ryan OF STL 57s

R8 P9 Stephen Jupinka Wilson, Brian RP SF 42s

R8 P10 Rick Thomas Ibanez, Raul OF PHI 5s

R8 P11 Lindy Hinkelman Jimenez, Ubaldo SP COL 19s

R8 P12 David DiDonato Bell, Heath RP SD 52s

R8 P13 Brent Grooms Lackey, John SP ANA 8s

R8 P14 Donn Johnson Bruce, Jay OF CIN 28s

R8 P15 Terry Haney Soria, Joakim RP KC 47s

R9 P1 Terry Haney Jones, Garrett OF, 1B PIT 27s

R9 P2 Donn Johnson Damon, Johnny OF NYY 46s

R9 P3 Brent Grooms Hart, Corey OF MIL 15s

R9 P4 David DiDonato Wieters, Matt C BAL 1m 4s

R9 P5 Lindy Hinkelman Billingsley, Chad SP LA 10s

R9 P6 Rick Thomas Bailey, Andrew RP OAK 11s

R9 P7 Stephen Jupinka Webb, Brandon SP ARI 18s

R9 P8 Ken Magner Marmol, Carlos RP CHC 14s

R9 P9 Artie Rastelli Stewart, Ian 3B, 2B COL 6s

R9 P10 Nolan/Stephenson Posada, Jorge C NYY 29s

R9 P11 Shawn Childs Garza, Matt SP TB 39s

R9 P12 Robert Jurney Gonzalez, Carlos OF COL 25s

R9 P13 Mark Srebro Weaver, Jered SP ANA 8s

R9 P14 Eddie Gillis Fuentes, Brian RP ANA 1m 9s

R9 P15 Ken Norred Furcal, Rafael SS LA 10s

R10 P1 Ken Norred Valverde, Jose RP HOU 20s

R10 P2 Eddie Gillis Young, Michael 3B TEX 32s

R10 P3 Mark Srebro Street, Huston RP COL 5s

R10 P4 Robert Jurney Escobar, Yunel SS ATL 28s

R10 P5 Shawn Childs Martin, Russell C LA 3s

R10 P6 Nolan/Stephenson Cordero, Francisco RP CIN 13s

R10 P7 Artie Rastelli Rodriguez, Wandy SP HOU 17s

R10 P8 Ken Magner Coghlan, Chris OF FLA 1m

R10 P9 Stephen Jupinka Montero, Miguel C ARI 24s

R10 P10 Rick Thomas Davis, Rajai OF OAK 7s

R10 P11 Lindy Hinkelman Jones, Chipper 3B ATL 49s

R10 P12 David DiDonato Jurrjens, Jair SP ATL 20s

R10 P13 Brent Grooms Cuddyer, Michael OF, 1B MIN 40s

R10 P14 Donn Johnson Soriano, Rafael RP ATL 1m 7s

R10 P15 Terry Haney Napoli, Mike C ANA 14s

R11 P1 Terry Haney Baker, Scott SP MIN 9s

R11 P2 Donn Johnson Shields, James SP TB 6s

R11 P3 Brent Grooms Aardsma, David RP SEA 47s

R11 P4 David DiDonato Kendrick, Howie 2B ANA 33s

R11 P5 Lindy Hinkelman Weeks, Rickie 2B MIL 16s

R11 P6 Rick Thomas Dempster, Ryan SP CHC 9s

R11 P7 Stephen Jupinka Oswalt, Roy SP HOU 34s

R11 P8 Ken Magner Buchholz, Clay SP BOS 1m 21s

R11 P9 Artie Rastelli Scherzer, Max RP ARI 16s

R11 P10 Nolan/Stephenson Danks, John SP CHW 10s

R11 P11 Shawn Childs Jackson, Edwin SP DET 5s

R11 P12 Robert Jurney Ortiz, David DH BOS 1m 8s

R11 P13 Mark Srebro Kazmir, Scott SP ANA 3s

R11 P14 Eddie Gillis Hawpe, Brad OF COL 17s

R11 P15 Ken Norred Guerrero, Vladimir DH ANA 12s

R12 P1 Ken Norred Peralta, Jhonny 3B, SS CLE 56s

R12 P2 Eddie Gillis Franklin, Ryan RP STL 52s

R12 P3 Mark Srebro Andrus, Elvis SS TEX 24s

R12 P4 Robert Jurney Francisco, Frank RP TEX 6s

R12 P5 Shawn Childs Soto, Geovany C CHC 4s

R12 P6 Nolan/Stephenson Chamberlain, Joba RP NYY 9s

R12 P7 Artie Rastelli Jenks, Bobby RP CHW 46s

R12 P8 Ken Magner Konerko, Paul 1B CHW 11s

R12 P9 Stephen Jupinka Loney, James 1B LA 57s

R12 P10 Rick Thomas Tejada, Miguel SS HOU 3s

R12 P11 Lindy Hinkelman Wolf, Randy SP LA 54s

R12 P12 David DiDonato Lidge, Brad RP PHI 1m

R12 P13 Brent Grooms Davis, Chris 1B TEX 12s

R12 P14 Donn Johnson Reimold, Nolan OF BAL 42s

R12 P15 Terry Haney Hoffman, Trevor RP MIL 14s

bjoak · Post by **bjoak** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:19 am

Originally posted by Schwks:

Finally had the chance to look through the draft results. Some interesting picks even at this early juncture: Beltran 3, Hunter top 5, Beckham 5, Bartlett 6, my biggest question mark Cantu 7, Bruce and his 220 avg in 8, Webb with bum sh in 9, I know Homer Bailey looked good for 3-4 starts in Sept, but 13th?, Maybin who showed nothing in Fla or AAA 15th rd?

Hey these guys are the upper crust of the NFBC...so Im probably missing the obvious. One would think they are good because they catch both the obvious and the less-than-obvious. Nobody said this was easy.

Not that I disagree with you on some of the players you called them out on.

TOXIC ASSETS · Post by **TOXIC ASSETS** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:47 pm

This group alone has won close to $1 million just from the NFBC.

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That is pretty impressive.

Is this league being played as a regular league? Or was it for print in the magazine only?

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:19 pm

Originally posted by TOXIC ASSETS:

This group alone has won close to $1 million just from the NFBC.

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That is pretty impressive.

Is this league being played as a regular league? Or was it for print in the magazine only? print only

crazytown · Post by **crazytown** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:18 am

Any thoughts on Mauer at pick 7?

Quahogs · Post by **Quahogs** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:22 am

An excellent choice Dan !

Edwards Kings · Post by **Edwards Kings** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:58 am

Very interesting. I like to break drafts in to thirds, so looking at the first 10 rounds exclusively, the average mix was seven offensive players with three pitchers. Twelve of the fifteen teams went that route. The average appeared to be two SP, one CL, two CM, three OF, 0 – 1 C, and 1 – 2 MI. There was a lot of commonality in the mix, but certain strategies still stuck out.

Two teams had four pitchers in the Top 10 and two other teams opted not to draft a closer in the first 10 (though both had one by the end of the 12th). BTW, third place finisher in the Rookie of the Year sweepstakes Tommy Hanson went way higher than Happ. Take that, Phillies!

The fact that Hanson did not win ROY makes as much sense to me as President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his work during the first twelve days of his Administration.

Catchers, after the early Three M’s run (Mauer 1st, Martinez 2nd, McCann 3rd), did not generate as much positional moxi as I thought it would. Only one team opted for two catchers in the Top 10 and six teams did not draft a catcher in the Top 10 at all. One team must think OF is thin as they drafted five in their first 10 picks (though it looks like it could be as much a value draft move as two of the OFers were former 1st Rounders not drafted in the 1st Round this year), while one person locked up his UT spot by picking four CM in the Top 10. MI looks like a wait and see proposition as it looks like no team drafted more than two and eight drafted only one.

Accepting of course certain FA will jump ship, the NYY lead all teams with picks with nine (three pitchers and six batters). Five teams (ANA, ATL, BOS, LAD, and PHL) had eight players chosen. San Diego is not generating much early interest as only Heath Bell and Adrian Gonzalez were picked in the first ten rounds. Eight other MLB teams had three players chosen (CLE, DET, KC, OAK, PIT, SEA, TOR, WAS). Only one team had three SP chosen in the first ten rounds (ATL thank you very much) and TEN teams had no SP taken in the first ten rounds (BAL, CHC, CIN, CLE, MIN, OAK, SD---they miss you Jake Peavey--,TEX, WAS). Which 15 MLB teams have closers not worthy or closer-situations unresolved this early such that no one picked a reliever from them? ARI, BAL, CHW, CLE, DET, FLA, MIL, PHL, PIT, SEA, STL, TB, TEX, TOR, and of course WAS.

Two other teams besides the Yanks had six batters taken (PHI and TB). Likewise, two other teams besides SD had only one batter taken (KC in Butler and SF in Sandoval). Those three teams also were the only ones not to have at least one OF taken from their roster.

One draft does not a trend make and much will change by March, but still it is interesting how each year we consummate prognosticators change ever so dramatically who we draft where. If you are looking for bargains in Rounds 11 through 20, several “have-not” teams are already settling to the bottom of the Fantasy barrel. Anyway, just avoiding a ton of work today so I thought a little content might be nice, even if it is the intellectual equivalent of an “Archie” comic.

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crazytown · Post by **crazytown** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:12 am

Regarding Mauer, I was thinking more of the position he plays and especially new stadium, outdoors in Minn., and no artificial turf. I guess Piazza was the last catcher taken in the 1st round.

More comments please. And Q, any insight from you would be appreciated.

What about Mauer late 1st and Martinez early 2nd. Any thoughts there. Or am I stealing ideas and posting them?

Quahogs · Post by **Quahogs** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:42 am

Originally posted by crazytown.gov:

Regarding Mauer, I was thinking more of the position he plays and especially new stadium, outdoors in Minn., and no artificial turf. I guess Piazza was the last catcher taken in the 1st round.

More comments please. And Q, any insight from you would be appreciated.

What about Mauer late 1st and Martinez early 2nd. Any thoughts there. Or am I stealing ideas and posting them? No artificial turf s/b a plus for where he's picked. That dome turf surely did him no favors for his back and knees.

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Schwks · Post by **Schwks** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:27 am

There can not be any question that Mauer is first rounder next year. Did anybody dominate a position as he did in 09? His two question marks are his health as an injury prone c and the sustainability of the power. With the latter concern, even if he drops back to 20 ish HR, you are still getting a dominant player. With the former...there is no such thing as a risk free investment in this game.

Edwards Kings · Post by **Edwards Kings** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:33 am

Russell Martin was picked in the first round (15th) by one team in 2008, though his ADP was lower by a couple of rounds.

The last time three catchers project to go nearly this early was 2007 when the same three were picked in the same order (Mauer, Martinez, and McCann) at ADP #34, #45, and #55 respectively. Martinez came through (78 R, 25 HR, 114 RBI, and a .301 BA) OK but the other two disappointed, given their high slot. That year, the next catcher was taken in the 9th.

I predict the same thing this year. Two of the three will produce OK for a catcher, but not produce to their draft slot.

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