Captain Hook wrote:Greg - why Castro over Strasburg in the 3rd round?
Yeah, I should have gone with pure value there in Strasburg. I knew that one of the three pitchers would be there in the 3rd round because this group just doesn't take pitchers. I had my mind made up not to take a pitcher in the Top 3, but in hindsight I really should have. I beat myself up all night for not taking Strasburg. I saw Felix and all those other good pitchers still coming back to me and just decided to grab some speed at SS in Castro and then grab a SP in the 4th round. But I agree, I would have liked this team a whole lot better with Strasburg rather than Weaver.
Hell, I'm second-guessing a lot of my picks. I took Sale over Greinke. I waited too long on closers and stupidly took Carlos Gomez in a panic mode when I don't even like him. I went really young later on with Wil Myers, Jedd Gyorko, Bruce Rondon, Shelby Miller and Manny Machado. I don't know, it's a bit of a crapshoot here. We'll see:
C - Wilin Rosario
C - AJ Pierzynski
1B - Joey Votto
2B - Neil Walker
SS - Starlin Castro
3B - Manny Machado
MI - Daniel Murphy
CI - Michael Young
U - Wil Myers (Lonnie Chisenhal)
OF - Josh Hamilton
OF - Yoenis Cespedes
OF - Shane Victorino
OF - Josh Willingham
OF - Carlos Gomez
P - Jered Weaver
P - Chris Sale
P - Johnny Cueto
P - Doug Fister
P - Jarrod Parker
P - Wade Wiley
P - Jim Johnson
P - Grant Balfour
Reserves: Jedd Gyorko, Darin Ruf, Bruce Rondon, Wily Peralta
