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Here are the first two rounds of the draft we held last night. Definitely was a fun and interesting draft. Feel free to discuss



Alex Rodriguez (3B)

Albert Pujols (1B)

Vladimir Guerrero (OF)

Mark Teixeira (1B)

Johan Santana (P)

Derrek Lee (1B)

Carl Crawford (OF)

David Wright (3B)

Miguel Cabrera (OF,3B)

Michael Young (SS)

Jason Bay (OF)

Bobby Abreu (OF)

Manny Ramirez (OF)

Ichiro Suzuki (OF)

David Ortiz (DH)



Chone Figgins (OF,3B,2B)

Chase Utley (2B)

Carlos Beltran (OF)

Juan Pierre (OF)

Todd Helton (1B)

Jimmy Rollins (SS)

Jose Reyes (SS)

Derek Jeter (SS)

Pedro Martinez (P)

Miguel Tejada (SS)

Travis Hafner (DH)

Alfonso Soriano (2B)

Jake Peavy (P)

Scott Podsednik (OF)

Rafael Furcal (SS)

No Ben Sheets? Hmmm...

Sheets went at 4-8 which I thought was very good value when I drafted him

Suprised at Miggy going WELL before the other Miggy.



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Check out speed and ss!

Originally posted by Dak:

Check out speed and ss! I was shocked at how quickly speed flew off the table. It has happened in all of the mocks for the nfbc style so far.



Great draft guys I really enjoyed it. Look forward to playing this league out for the 500 nfbc clams on the line.

Originally posted by Captain Hook:

Sheets went at 4-8 which I thought was very good value when I drafted him Perry I liked your draft I thought you had some good fortune in who slid to you a couple of times. That good fortion is for nothing if you do not take advantage of it- you did well done.



I had more luck in the middle rounds than usual myself.

Rounds 3 & 4



Lance Berkman

Andruw Jones

Carlos Lee

Grady Sizemore

Paul Konerko

Aramis Ramirez

Roy Oswalt

Marcus Giles

Hank Blalock

Adam Dunn

Gary Sheffield

Chris Carpenter

Hideki Matsui

Victor Martinez

Mark Prior



Richie Sexson

Eric Chavez

Johnny Damon

Carlos Delgado

Julio Lugo

Jeff Kent

Ryan Howard

Ben Sheets

Troy Glaus

Roy Halladay

Mariano Rivera

Barry Bonds

Joe Mauer

Brad Lidge

Morgan Ensberg

i think it's safe to say that my team made out the best, except for the one time i couldn't make a selection (hermanson).

IM sorry gordon , but i like the eddie gillis team. [ welcome to the jungle ]. My close calls, Going dunn over sheffield, why , biggest reason age.If dunn can get that avg up , say 270 .I was able to target 3 of the pitchers i wanted.

DAN HAREN RD 9

SCOTT KAZMIR 10

CHRIS CAPUANO 14

Was a lot of fun.

A few thoughts of last evening's draft.



1, Speed goes very quickly. Unlike a good wine, speed went far before its time.



2. Closers were not distributed too evenly.

One team has four closers

Four teams have three closers

Six teams have two closers

Two teams have two closers

Two teams have no closers

My guess is that six of the drafted closers will not be their team's closer come the main event's draft and then two of those guys will be changed by April 10th.



3. From what I can tell after a quick glance at the downloaded rosters, one team is using a modified closer/middle man strategy. They have some starters but not enough to be competitive in wins and Ks. My advice is that if you want to do an oddball strategy, go all the way or not at all. It's not like you can realistically change strategies after the draft.

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

i think it's safe to say that my team made out the best, except for the one time i couldn't make a selection (hermanson). Care to make a wager?



Your call on anything up to a free NFBC entry next year. My team vs. yours.

Originally posted by UFS:

Care to make a wager?



Your call on anything up to a free NFBC entry next year. My team vs. yours. i wasn't planning on playing out the season. sorry

Originally posted by Chest Rockwell:

I was shocked at how quickly speed flew off the table. as i've said many times before, some folks want to make "competitive" picks to skew mag readers judgement and give them a possible edge in the main event.

Gordon, i love the trash talk, but always an excuse not to put up or shut up! take UFS on...



Anyway,

Personally when i looked at draft i was a bit surprised on where tejada and soriano fell to, though i understand the soriano the concerns around ballpark. Also was surprised to see Sheff fall as well. Speed did go fast, perhaps too fast imho.



Is Grady sizemore this year's Corey Patterson? we will all see....



Spy

Originally posted by Spyhunter:

Gordon, i love the trash talk, but always an excuse not to put up or shut up! take UFS on...i'm not sure what you mean? i've finshed higher than zaleski in every main event we've participated (2004 NFFC; 2005 NFBC; 2005 NFFC)

What was this draft? A satellite league or for a Mag? Where can I see all of it?

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by UFS:

Care to make a wager?



Your call on anything up to a free NFBC entry next year. My team vs. yours. i wasn't planning on playing out the season. sorry [/QUOTE]Why sign up if you were not going to play out the season?

Originally posted by Kimo:

Why sign up if you were not going to play out the season? why not?



[ January 29, 2006, 12:35 PM: Message edited by: Gordon Gekko ]

Originally posted by Vander:

What was this draft? A satellite league or for a Mag? Where can I see all of it? you'll see it in the next fantasy sports magazine



[ January 29, 2006, 12:35 PM: Message edited by: Gordon Gekko ]

Thanks

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Chest Rockwell:

I was shocked at how quickly speed flew off the table. as i've said many times before, some folks want to make "competitive" picks to skew mag readers judgement and give them a possible edge in the main event. [/QUOTE]So the Magazine pays you $100k and you pay them back by not giving your best. How pathetic.



[ January 29, 2006, 01:46 PM: Message edited by: UFS ]

Originally posted by UFS:

So the Magazine pays you $100k and you pay them back by not giving your best. How pathetic. pathetic would be a word i'd use to describe your main event teams.



i'm not the only person who didn't select their sleepers. for someone like you, it wouldn't matter. no one is paying attention to who you draft.

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by UFS:

So the Magazine pays you $100k and you pay them back by not giving your best. How pathetic. pathetic would be a word i'd use to describe your main event teams.



i'm not the only person who didn't select their sleepers. for someone like you, it wouldn't matter. no one is paying attention to who you draft. [/QUOTE]Greg, when you print the magazine, please place an asterisk next to this team name. Thanks.

Srebro is the Freddie Mitchell of fantasy baseball talks a lot but never performs and always does even worse when the pressure is on.



[ January 29, 2006, 02:39 PM: Message edited by: Chest Rockwell ]