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[Chest Rockwell]

Originally posted by Spyhunter:

quote:Originally posted by God Our Team Sucks:

Okay Here's my team -- picked 13th:



1B Mark Teixeira

2B Ray Durham

SS Jason Bartlett

3B Ryan Zimmerman

COR Conor Jackson

MID Troy Tulowitzki

OF Matt Holliday

OF Taveras (Col)

OF Nick Markakis

OF Coco Crisp

OF David Dellucci

CA AJ Pierzinski

CA Josh Bard

UT BJ Upton



SP Roy Oswalt

SP Dan Haren

SP Erik Bedard

SP Rich Hill

SP Greg Maddux

SP Ricky Nolasco

RP Joe Nathan

RP Akinori Otsuka

RP Fernando Cabrera



Bench Hit: Casey Kotchman, Cliff Floyd, Adam Lind

Bench Pit: Phil Hughes, John Danks, Meche, Rauch



Hey Marty good to see you at the draft! Probably one of the best team I think I have seen. If Durham somehow repeats, you will be in great shape. You have speed, SP, and even a great closer. And a good closer in waiting. You seem a few homers short to me, but overall well balanced and nicely done



Spy [/QUOTE]I agree I like that team a lot- your middle infield is horrible but that can be fixed in FAAB or at least brought to average which is all you really need with the rest of that solid core . I like the prospect of Tulowitski to exceed expectations more than Durham putting together another 06 or Bartlett stepping forward another step. You may have to change your screen name.

[God Our Team Sucks]

SluggoJD:



I don't think you made any mistakes early, which is probably more important than making "great" picks. Sizemore has only scratched the surface, and Thome adds a lot of power for a fifth round pick. Victor Martinez playing some 1B may give him more AB that almost every other catcher, and he's got a great pct at a tough position to get that.



I really liked where you got Overbay, Pettitte, Tim Hudson, and Scott Shields. I also like Geoff Jenkins -- he's one of the most hard-nosed players in the game, and he just murders RHPs. You can alternate him and Dellucci based on who's going to face more RHPs that week.



Smoltz and Harang are great names at the top of your rotation, but I like where you got Pettitte, Lilly, and Tim Hudson in the second half of your draft, and if Prior makes it back, you'll be in very good shape. It shows just how many potentially good pitchers are there if you can just be patient!



Freel is potentially a great steals guy, but injury prone. I think you'll be looking for speed and a closer in the pool -- the closer may be easier to find...



Overall, a very interesting team with a good strategy.

[Chest Rockwell]

Originally posted by SluggoJD:

Mission Impossible IV, League 6, #15...our goals were: one good catcher and no bums, one top closer, no shortage of HRs, RBIs, runs, and a good enough SP staff to contend. Scrapped previous strategy of relying on other people's projections, and worked hard for months...hopefully it paid off...



1. Berkman (1B/OF)

2. Sizemore (OF)

3. V Martinez (C/1B)

4. Nathan (closer)

5. Thome (U)

6. Smoltz (SP)

7. Harang (SP)

8. Cuddyer (OF)

9. C Young (OF)

10. Beltre (3B)

11. Freel (OF)

12. Overbay (CI)

13. Burke (2B/OF)

14. Pettitte (SP)

15. Weathers (closer, oh well)

16. Lilly (SP)

17. Kendall (C)

18. Hudson (SP)

19. Bartlett (SS)

20. Shields (RLVR)

21. Suppan (SP)

22. Jenkins (OF)

23. Betancourt (MI)



24. Prior

25. Delucci

26. McCarthy

27. Zobrist

28. Norton

29. Loaiza

30. Reed Johnson (in the 30th)



John Here is what I hate only 2b is Burke and he is also crucial to your stolen base mix. Oh yeah by the way Burke is my only 2b and I will need him a lot for steals help.

[Chest Rockwell]

Originally posted by weber7777:

1st x drafting in nfbc..from 14 spot.. like the offense, defense ??



c. kendall

c. shopput

1B Nick Swisher

2B Wigginton

3B Zimmerman

SS Visziano

m Crosby (have back up)

C Mora

OF Carlos Lee

OF Jermaine Dye

OF Vernon Wells

OF Magglio Ordonez

OF Edmonds or Preston Wilson whoever starts.

DH Gomes

P Schilling

P Bonser

P Ponson

P Wright

P can't remember.lol

P Putz

P Chris Ray

P Gagne (have his backup)

P Baez



i know i have to work on starters, but thats the easiest thing to get during the season.. tough to pick up offense.. let me know. I try to comment only on the ones I like after the season starts b/c constructive criticism does not help for about 364 more days. BUT why would you draft 3 closers with so many holes in the starting pitching, there are reconstruction projects in starting pitching every year in the NFBC, there are no ground up construction projects in FAAB.



Also did you go Wells and C Lee at 14 and 17?

[SluggoJD]

LOL Chest, I guess we're rooting for each other.

[KJ Duke]

Main event team from the #6 slot in Vegas/5...



C - B McCann

C - R Martin

1B- T Helton

3B- S Rolen

CI- L Overbay

2B- T Iguchi

SS- J Rollins

MI- B Hall

OF- B Abreu

OF- M Cuddyer

OF- M Alou

OF- C Blake

OF- J Kubel

DH- J Gomes

Bench- Luis Gonzalez, Juan Encarnacion, Adam Kennedy, Ryan Braun



SP- Felix Hernandez

SP- Javier Vazquez

SP- Greg Maddux

SP- Boof Bonser

SP- Tim Hudson

SP- Clay Hendrey

SP- Zach Duke

CL- Francisco Cordero

CL- Ryan Dempster

Bench - Dustin Hermanson, Wade Miller, Micah Owings



Didn't take my second starting pitcher 'til round 14, but I think my staff can at least be be solid with a mix of bounce-back vets and some young guys that hopefully have learned to pitch.

[Snord35]

Here is my Team CHI 4 Pick 5...Bad Pitching and low SB's

Round - Player HR-SB....W/SV-K

C: (11) R. Hernandez 20-0

C: (18) R. Paulino 5-0

1B: (14) C. Jackson 20-0

3B: (1) A. Rodriguez 40-20

CI: (13) A. Beltre 25-5

2B: (6) R. Weeks 15-25

SS: (8) E. Renteria 10-15

MI: (12) S. Drew 15-5

UTIL: (15) J. Crede 25-0

OF: (2) C. Lee 35-10

OF: (3) A. Jones 45-5

OF: (10) E. Byrnes 20-20

OF: (19) E. Murton 20-10???

OF: (22) J. Kubel 15-5

Totals of 310 HR, SB's 120

Bench: Garko, Lind, Mo Pena

R=8, HR=14, RBI=14, SB=5, Avg=8 Total 49 pts



SP: (5) J. Peavy 12-15 200

SP: (9) M. Cain 12-14 200

SP: (16) J. Contreras 11-13 150

SP: (17) T. Hudson 10-12 125

SP: (20) M. Garza 8-14 100-175

SP: (21) M. Buehrle 10-15 125

SP: (23) G. Meche 8-10 125

CL: (4) H. Street 40 75

CL: (7) B. Jenks 40 75

Bench: M. Lindstrom, B. Colon, C. Lee, Al Reyes

Totals Wins 77-99 (6 total for both closers) K's 1075-1150

Wins=8, SV=12, K=10, ERA=8, Whip=8

Total Pts=46

Team pts=97 or 3rd-4th place



I like my upside for pitching on my bench Lee and Colon can fill in for Meche and someone else that fails like Garza, Hudson, or Buerhle. Also could, key word "could" have a 3rd closer to help lock up a top 3 place in points for saves.

[rmaysey]

Vegas 6, drafting 5th.



We already know the ugly at Catcher, as we inexplicably wrote down Piazza, and forgot about him. I hope that error doesn't cost us.



P J. Santana

P. J. Peavy

P. R. Harden

P. A. Reyes

P. A. Loewen

P. G. Meche

P. J. Valverde

P. S. McClung

P. J. Broxton

P. B. Howry

P. Tankersly

P. Otsuka



C Montero

C. J. Buck

1B M. Jacobs

2b J. Lugo

3b A. Gordon

SS E. Renteria

MI S. Drew

CI E. Chavez

UT BJ Upton

OF Abreu

OF Sheffield

OF Markakis

OF J. Damon

OF Sosa



Bench:



A. Marte

R. Garko

M. Kemp

Willy Mo Pena

[freddiezee]

KJ, who did you take in rd. 1?

[MGBMARTY]

Hey God



Good to see you too. Not toobad Love your starting pitching. Middle infield is so-so Need Durham to stay healthy. Closers you need another 1 since I have Gagne can not look at Atsuka as full closer but again saves are just 1 category Good Luck





Marty

[Andy Tu La Daddy]

Originally posted by bjoak:

quote:Originally posted by Andy Tu La Daddy:

Pick 10 Tampa 2



C Molina

C Montero

1B Morneau

2B Uggla

SS F Lopez

3B D Wright

MI Derosa

CI Blalock

OF C Lee

OF Franceour

OF Rowand

OF B Giles

OF Griffey Jr.

DH Sosa, Gathright, P Wilson, Nixon



P F Hernandez

P B Myers

P C Hamels

P C Schilling

P C Capuano

P B Bonser

P T Gorzelanny or R Nolasco

P BJ Ryan

P E Gagne It all depends on which Molina is hiding behind door #1. [/QUOTE]

[Andy Tu La Daddy]

Oops, Bengie was my Molina of Choice

[robotur]

New to NFBC. is this team dead money.

soriano

bay

atkins

hall

matsui

felix hernandez

hamels

adrian gonzalez

valverde

johjima

wickman

thomas

pettitte

freddy sanchez

fredy garcia

kearns

upton

winn

loweren

punto

jaime shields

timlin - worst pick of the draft

barjas

sweeney

jenkins

kip wells

capps

kelley johnson

shawn hill

trot nixon.

any feedback would be appreciated

[Spyhunter]

Originally posted by robotur:

New to NFBC. is this team dead money.

soriano

bay

atkins

hall

matsui

felix hernandez

hamels

adrian gonzalez

valverde

johjima

wickman

thomas

pettitte

freddy sanchez

fredy garcia

kearns

upton

winn

loweren

punto

jaime shields

timlin - worst pick of the draft

barjas

sweeney

jenkins

kip wells

capps

kelley johnson

shawn hill

trot nixon.

any feedback would be appreciated Robotur, I think you started great. I think similar to me in my first year, you petered out a bit in the mid rounds, but you have a solid core of players and could do well. I like the Kelly Johnson at the end and you are missing a big speed guy, but maybe you can grab someone like alex sanchez. You will also want to reinforce your closers...



Welcome to the NFBC and good luck!

[Spyhunter]

Hi all,



ok, so everyone else has posted their main event teams, here is RT and mine. We picked #3 in NY 1



The huge gap we obviously have is the 2nd closer. I am hoping we get someone through FAAB. Also, we are going to be closely watching for breakouts on SS, and Catcher (though, isn't everyone looking for closers and catchers?). Our draft had a huge run on closers and SP early. We just weren't willing to spend the high level pick required to get the second superstud closer.



P Ryan, B.J.

P Papelbon, Jon

P Beckett, Josh

P Bush, David

P Davis, Doug

P Wang, Chien-Ming

P Capuano, Chris

P Gonzalez, Mike

P Duke, Zach



Bench

P Prior, Mark

P Bray, Bill

P Miller, Adam



C Navarro, Dioner

C Schneider, Brian

1B Pujols, Albert

2B Phillips, Brandon

3B Glaus, Troy

SS Eckstein, David

1B/3B Crede, Joe

2B/SS Cantu, Jorge

OF Wells, Vernon

OF Abreu, Bob

OF Matsui, Hideki

OF Rowand, Aaron

OF Podsednik, Scott

UTIL Gomes, Jonny / or Guillen / or Baker



Bench:

Baker, Jeff

Pena, Wily Mo

Guillen, Jose



[ March 19, 2007, 09:34 AM: Message edited by: Spyhunter ]

[Spyhunter]

Originally posted by KJ Duke:

Main event team from the #6 slot in Vegas/5...



C - B McCann

C - R Martin

1B- T Helton

3B- S Rolen

CI- L Overbay

2B- T Iguchi

SS- J Rollins

MI- B Hall

OF- B Abreu

OF- M Cuddyer

OF- M Alou

OF- C Blake

OF- J Kubel

DH- J Gomes

Bench- Luis Gonzalez, Juan Encarnacion, Adam Kennedy, Ryan Braun



SP- Felix Hernandez

SP- Javier Vazquez

SP- Greg Maddux

SP- Boof Bonser

SP- Tim Hudson

SP- Clay Hendrey

SP- Zach Duke

CL- Francisco Cordero

CL- Ryan Dempster

Bench - Dustin Hermanson, Wade Miller, Micah Owings



Didn't take my second starting pitcher 'til round 14, but I think my staff can at least be be solid with a mix of bounce-back vets and some young guys that hopefully have learned to pitch. Hi KJ,

I like most of the offense, obviously things petered out on the Outfield. Depending on Gomes, you may have a slight power outtage. I think you have enough core SPs to find the right mix there - one or two of those bounce back or prospects will be good and you can build from there



Good luck bud!

Spy

[Quahogs]

Originally posted by KJ Duke:

Main event team from the #6 slot in Vegas/5...



C - B McCann

C - R Martin

1B- T Helton

3B- S Rolen

CI- L Overbay

2B- T Iguchi

SS- J Rollins

MI- B Hall

OF- B Abreu

OF- M Cuddyer

OF- M Alou

OF- C Blake

OF- J Kubel

DH- J Gomes

Bench- Luis Gonzalez, Juan Encarnacion, Adam Kennedy, Ryan Braun



SP- Felix Hernandez

SP- Javier Vazquez

SP- Greg Maddux

SP- Boof Bonser

SP- Tim Hudson

SP- Clay Hendrey

SP- Zach Duke

CL- Francisco Cordero

CL- Ryan Dempster

Bench - Dustin Hermanson, Wade Miller, Micah Owings



Didn't take my second starting pitcher 'til round 14, but I think my staff can at least be be solid with a mix of bounce-back vets and some young guys that hopefully have learned to pitch. GREAT mi and C which will compensate for possible OF issues.. alou(inj) blake(underperf) gomes(doesnt return to '05 2nd half). But bench OF's are good stopgaps until you find a SB guy on waivers. It looks like you're falling a bit short of sb projections. It looks like you'll be ERA challenged and after watching Zach Duke pitch like Zach Braff you'll bouce your namesake in a hurry !

Very nice Hermanson nab.



Q

[puddle of nud]

P Ryan, B.J.

P Papelbon, Jon

P Beckett, Josh

P Bush, David

P Davis, Doug

P Wang, Chien-Ming

P Capuano, Chris

P Gonzalez, Mike

P Duke, Zach



Bench

P Prior, Mark

P Bray, Bill

P Miller, Adam



C Navarro, Dioner

C Schneider, Brian

1B Pujols, Albert

2B Phillips, Brandon

3B Glaus, Troy

SS Eckstein, David

1B/3B Crede, Joe

2B/SS Cantu, Jorge

OF Wells, Vernon

OF Abreu, Bob

OF Matsui, Hideki

OF Rowand, Aaron

OF Podsednik, Scott

UTIL Gomes, Jonny / or Guillen / or Baker



Bench:

Baker, Jeff

Pena, Wily Mo

Guillen, Jose



Spy-nice squad, I like your offense a lot. Pujols at 3 must have been sweet. Not huge on Glaus and Phillips but they do serve a purpose. Can B Phillips repeat last yrs success? Have questions about Gomes 2. Staff has potential if Wang repeats and Beckett pitches well. Doug Davis could hurt you, while paplebon and Capuano are solid.



good luck

[Tampa Munchers]

Fire Away. I picked from the 14 hole



C Estrada

C Napoli

1B Sexson

2B Weeks

SS Jeter

3B M Cabrera

MI Peralta

CI C Figgins

UTIL F Thomas

OF Markakis

OF Cameron

OF Monroe

OF C Duncan

OF N Cruz/E Reed



P C.C. Sabathia

P Schilling

P Wang

P Bonser

P D Davis

P Maddux

P Sowers

P Nathan

P Saito



Reserve P's Carmona, Donnelly, S Hill, Lindstrom, Pavano

[puddle of nud]

nice blend of power and speed....Staff has a few question marks but should be a contender

[ToyCannon]

LV League 10, Pick 1

1st-Pujols

2nd - Kendrick

SS - B Hall

3b - Iwamura

MI - Bartlett

CI - UPton/Punto/Kuozmanoff(Utility first two weeks then hopefully 3b)

C - Barajas

C - Montero

OF - A Jones

OF - J Bay

OF - C Crisp

OF - B Giles

OF - Quentin/DeJesus



SP - Sheets / Haren / Bush / Escobar / Snell / N Robinson



RP - Valverde / S Torres / Orvella



Colon/Kotchman/Hermanson



Like my outfield, weak MI/COR spots and very weak catching. Hope my starting infield and outfield can make up for Bartlett/catching and risky 3b/Cor slots. If Sheets stays healthy my starting pitching should be solid but if he goes down my team will be in trouble. Missed the 1st run on closers, so I got 2nd tier stuff. I did get Billy Hall with the last pick of the 4th round and when I went around the room after the draft it looked like that was the latest he went so I guess I was very lucky to get him. When Billy leads the Brewers to the NL Pennant and gets some top 10 MVP votes I'll be a happy camper. When viewing the sports book betting action on the over/under wins for a team I thought the Brewers at 81 was one of the better bets. I'm missing a few end game players because I haven't looked at the team since I left the draft room and had focused all my time on March Madness. It is possible that N Robinson is not even on my team. Vegas is the place to be during March Madness. Pac 10 with 3 in the sweet 16. Wisonsin fans chanting "shoot him like a horse" at the Hilton Sport Book when the UNLV player when down made it all the more sweet when they were taken out by the Running Rebels.

[sranaghan]

Tampa Munchers if Sabathia goes down you could be really hurtin for k's with wan, maddux, sowers, etc....

[Jim Young]

Glad to meet several of you at the draft! Gecko, your solid in my book, although we will go at it this year!



C - R. Hernandez

C - Navarro

1B - N. Johnson

2B - Cano

SS - Renteria

3B - Tracy

MI - Uggla

CI - Connor JAckson

OF - Crawford

OF - Bay

OF - Andrew Jones

OF - Milton Bradley

OF - Scott Podsednik

Util - Frank Thomas

P - R. Halladay

P - Kazmir

P - Harrang

P - Capuano

P - Sowers

P - Buerhle

P - Jenks

P - Duchsherer

P - Tankersly



Bench - Matt Kemp, Greg Miller, Mike MacDougal (i forget the rest, this is off the top of my head)



The only thing I am a little worried about is saves. I missed the boat on this one, but I think I may be okay, especially if Huston Street gets hurt

[SoxFan]

Glad to meet several of you at the draft! Gecko, your solid in my book, although we will go at it this year!



C - R. Hernandez

C - Navarro

1B - N. Johnson

2B - Cano

SS - Renteria

3B - Tracy

MI - Uggla

CI - Connor JAckson

OF - Crawford

OF - Bay

OF - Andrew Jones

OF - Milton Bradley

OF - Scott Podsednik

Util - Frank Thomas

P - R. Halladay

P - Kazmir

P - Harrang

P - Capuano

P - Sowers

P - Buerhle

P - Jenks

P - Duchsherer

P - Tankersly



Bench - Matt Kemp, Greg Miller, Mike MacDougal (i forget the rest, this is off the top of my head)



The only thing I am a little worried about is saves. I missed the boat on this one, but I think I may be okay, especially if Huston Street gets hurt Corners are weak, especially with Nick Johnson out for quite awhile. Other than that, offense is good. Obviously, saves are a weakness unless you can pickup a closer or if Tankersley or Duch. comes through. Otherwise pretty good overall.

[freddiezee]

jim young....what pick did you have?