1. Kinsler 2B - Took him over Cano. Hoping Kinsler can bump that BA up this year. If it happens, he could be a top 3 player
2. Pedroia 2B - Didn't want to fill up MI slot so soon, but needed some plus BA to offset Kinsler
3. Lawrie 3B - Wilcard. I know he's hurt now and will probably not have the green light as much. With 3b so weak, decided to take a shot. Was hoping Zimmerman or Sandoval would have slipped, but they didn't.
4. Wieters C - When Posey went a few picks b4 me in the 4th, I thought a catcher run may be starting. It didn't. M.Montero went the end of round 6. If only I could have switched my 4th and 6th round picks, I could have had d.Price and Montero instead of Darvish and Wieters.
5. A.Jones OF - Was hoping for Choo Choo bird, however he went right before me.
6. Darvish SP - Wildcard. Don't know much about him except his numbers in Japan looked pretty good.
7. Aybar SS - Kept a balanced team with getting a little bit more speed. Was surprised he was still on the board seeing how Dee Gordon went in the early 6th.
{8th round was supposed to be the round to select my first closer}
8. B.Butler U - I knew I was going to get my hands dirty on the bating average end later in the draft, so decided to get nice batting avg/he guy. I don't like that my utility spot is filled so early, and it did come back to bite me later in the draft.
9. Pineda SP - Needed a #2SP and went with the best remaining on my board
10. Goldschmidt 1B - Wildcard. Could be good power source. Could be part-time player.
11. R.Roberts 2B/3B- Wasn't exactly sure what to do here. In retrospect, I probably should have taken the top OF on my board.
12. D.Holland SP - Up to this point, I only had 2 pitchers on my roster. As my 12th round pick was coming up, I told myself, I have to go closer 100%. When it got to me, I saw there were a few closers left and I decided to push them one more round. So, it made sense to go SP, and it was a coin flip between him and Scherzer. Maybe took him a round early, but because I was running short on pitching had to make a stand.
13. S.Marshall RP - Saw the news that Madson was DOA.
14. Liriano SP - Wildcard. He's had good spring numbers before only to then disappoint once the season starts. Honestly wouldn't surprise me if he's pretty good this year or pretty shitty.
15. Cain OF - As it got closer to my pick, I noticed the 3 teams picking after me already had 2, 3, 3 closers respectively. I decided to push my 2nd closer one more round. With only one OF on my roster, I decided to take one here. Got someone I don't know a lot about other than he's having a nice spring. Hoping to catch lightening in a bottle.
16. M.Capps RP - 2nd closer. And in the 16th round! BANG!
17. Presley OF - When I picked in the 16th round, there were 5 or 6 OFers that i liked. I hoped one would make it back to me in the 17th. Unfortunately, they all got taken. Went with Presley for some sb.
18. J.Nicasio SP - When it got to this point, I had a pool of 4 or 5 SP I liked (Floyd, Niese, Buehrle,). Didn't really matter which one, just needed to get my #5SP
19. A.J. Pierzynski C - 2nd catcher. should get decent counting stats with hurting BA
20. Niese SP - I almost took him in the 18th round, so I was happy he lasted another 2 rounds. I thought for sure Ray Murphy from BBHQ was going to take him 1 pick b4 me, but he passed.
21. Quentin OF - Should provide a nice power bat when he returns from injury (hopefully I don't have to carry him for 2 months though).
22. Bauer SP - Wildcard. Everything I know tells me not to trust a 21 year old pitcher, but I knew someone drafting after me had a hardon for him, so if I was going to get him, this was the round.
23. Wiggington 1B/3B/OF - Most of the quality guys were gone, so I had to settle on him. Should be decent until Howard comes back.
Hope you enjoyed the write-up
I'll be in a Chicago-pizza coma at this time next week
