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My draft, NY 7, pos. 3. I welcome your feedback.



1-V. Guerrero, OF

2-M. Giles, 2B

3-R. Halladay, SP

4-Fr. Rodriguez, RP

5-M. Rivera, RP

6-N. Garciaparra, 3B, SS

7-J. Giambi, 1B

8-E. Renteria, SS

9-Z. Duke, SP

10-J. Francoeur, OF

11-J. Bonderman, SP

12-Br. Clark, OF

13-L. Overbay, 1B

14-C. Guillen, SS

15-D. Roberts, OF

16-R. Zimmerman, 3B

17-A. Rios, OF

18-An. Reyes, SP

19-M. Morris, SP

20-T. Bowyer, RP

21-A. Marte, 3B

22-Be. Williams, OF

23-J. Vidro, 2B

24-A. Eaton, SP

25-D. Miller, C

26-P. Maholm, SP

27-An. Hernandez, 2B

28-C. Everett, OF, DH

29-M. Batista, SP

30-M. Matheny, C

Positives: You got the saves category pretty well covered with 2 guys who could get 40 apiece. I like Alex Rios as a 5th OFer.



Negatives: Took Nomar too early. You're rotation needs some help. I like Bonderman, but as a 3 or 4. As a #2 guy, you're putting alot on his shoulders. where are you gonna get your power numbers? Guerrero is the only lock for 30+ Hrs. Giambi is 50/50 to get there, then who else?

Originally posted by Rey:

Positives: You got the saves category pretty well covered with 2 guys who could get 40 apiece. I like Alex Rios as a 5th OFer.



Negatives: Took Nomar too early. You're rotation needs some help. I like Bonderman, but as a 3 or 4. As a #2 guy, you're putting alot on his shoulders. where are you gonna get your power numbers? Guerrero is the only lock for 30+ Hrs. Giambi is 50/50 to get there, then who else? gotta agree with rey. also, taking s.shields mighta made sense in the 19th round (one round before i took him)

Thanks guys. I agree with you about the question marks in the power department. I am banking on Giambi and Francouer to join Vlad in the 30+ HR club (Francoeur may be a bit of a stretch). I also look for solid rebounds from Nomar, Giles and Renteria.



I am a little bit more optimistic about my pitching. I count a little more on Zach Duke as my #2 over Bonderman. Duke may not pile on the wins, but I hope for a solid sophmore campaign and marginal improvement from Bonderman.



I was going to take Shields if he snaked back to me 5 picks after GG. I was high on Anthony Reyes who I selected in round 18 and viewed Morris as a safe pick for 14+ wins in round 19.



[ March 19, 2006, 11:02 PM: Message edited by: msamuels ]

Originally posted by msamuels:

Thanks guys. I agree with you about the question marks in the power department.



I was going to take Shields if he snaked back to me 5 picks after GG. I was high on Anthony Reyes who I selected in round 18 and viewed Morris as a safe pick for 14+ wins in round 19. sorry about shields, but his value was just too high to let him slip any further in the draft.



btw, it was a pleasure meeting you at the draft.

Giles in the second scares me. You will enjoy D Roberts in the spot you drafted him. 40 bags is not out of the question for him

Here is my team for comparison. I drafted in the 3rd slot as well (in NY4).



C - Javy Lopez

C - Johnny Estrada

1 - Prince Fielder

2 - Marcus Giles

S - Juan Uribe

3 - Aramis Ramirez

M - Billy Hall

C - Garrett Atkins

O - Vladimir Guerrero

O - Lance Berkman

O - Rocco Baldelli

O - Reggie Sanders

O - Joey Gathright

U - Phil Nevin



P - Dontrelle Willis

P - Tim Hudson

P - John Lackey

P - Odalis Perez

P - Jon Papelbon

P - Justin Verlander

P - Paul Maholm

P - B.J. Ryan

P - Trevor Hoffman



B - Fernando Rodney

B - Dan Wheeler

B - Eric Byrnes

B - Chris Burke

B - Craig Hansen

B - Rich Hill

B - Jeff Bagwell

hey guys it was a pleasure meeting and drafting with everyone from NY League #7 as well..what do you think of our draft? Thanks.



C - Jason Kendall

C - Jason Larue

1B - Derek Lee

2B - Brian Roberts

3B - Brandon Inge

SS - Derek Jeter

MI - Julio Lugo

CI - Todd Helton

OF - Randy Winn

OF - Shawn Green

OF - Mike Cameron

OF - Reggie Sanders

OF - Garrett Anderson

UT - Mark Kotsay



P - Dontrelle Willis

P - Mark Beurhle

P - Kelvim Escobar

P - Freddy Garcia

P - Kevin Millwood

P - Brad Radke

P - Kris Benson

P - Brad Lidge

P - Tom Gordon



Bench - Brandon Mccarthey

Bench - Kenny Rogers

Bench - Casey Blake

Bench - Mark Grudzeliak

Bench - Bill Muellar

Bench - Dan Wheeler

Bench - Arthur Rhodes

Originally posted by Jarobi:

Here is my team for comparison. I drafted in the 3rd slot as well (in NY4).



C - Javy Lopez

C - Johnny Estrada

1 - Prince Fielder

2 - Marcus Giles

S - Juan Uribe

3 - Aramis Ramirez

M - Billy Hall

C - Garrett Atkins

O - Vladimir Guerrero

O - Lance Berkman

O - Rocco Baldelli

O - Reggie Sanders

O - Joey Gathright

U - Phil Nevin



P - Dontrelle Willis

P - Tim Hudson

P - John Lackey

P - Odalis Perez

P - Jon Papelbon

P - Justin Verlander

P - Paul Maholm

P - B.J. Ryan

P - Trevor Hoffman



B - Fernando Rodney

B - Dan Wheeler

B - Eric Byrnes

B - Chris Burke

B - Craig Hansen

B - Rich Hill

B - Jeff Bagwell Here is my lineup:

C D. Miller

C M. Matheny

1B J. Giambi

2B M. Giles

SS E. Renteria

3B R. Zimmerman

OF V. Guerrero

OF J. Francoeur

OF Br. Clark

OF D. Roberts

OF A. Rios

MI N. Garciaparra

CI L. Overbay

U C. Everett



P R. Halladay

P Z. Duke

P J. Bonderman

P M. Morris

P A. Eaton

P P. Maholm

P M. Batista

P M. Rivera

P Fr. Rodriguez



B T. Bowyer

B An Reyes

B C. Guillen

B Be. Williams

B A. Marte

B J. Vidro

B An. Hernandez



Jarobi, in comparing our teams, I would give you a clear edge at Cs and 3B. I have an edge at 1B and SS. 2B, MI, CI, are a wash. I would also give you an advantage at OF with Berkman v. Francouer. I would take my SP and RP, but your top 3 starters and RP are very solid. My bench has some more upside potential.



Let's hope our common players, V. Guerrero, M. Giles and P. Maholm have great seasons.

Rfitz..nice start with Arod, Helton, Furcal and Pedro....lacking a little in saves and not sure on the depth of your staff but if you make the right FA pickups you should be in decent shape..

Thoughts appreciated! (Note Cabrera will start in the OF and Ellis as the UTIL). The 4th and 5th OF spots are split between 6 guys depending on whether SB's or HR's are needed more. I know a 2nd closer is needed, but I just wasn't going to join in on the Closer run just for a mediocre 2nd - they were all going off the board 3 rounds earlier than liberal expectations.



1 10 Miguel Cabrera

2 21 Jimmy Rollins

3 40 Pedro Martinez

4 51 Richie Sexson

5 70 Rickie Weeks

6 81 Eric Chavez

7 100 Jose Valverde

8 111 Edgar Renteria

9 130 John Lackey

10 141 Josh Willingham

11 160 Javier Vazquez

12 171 Chris Young

13 190 Lyle Overbay

14 201 Mark Ellis

15 220 Moises Alou

16 231 David DeJesus

17 250 Ryan Madson

18 261 Odalis Perez

19 280 Jeff DaVanon

20 291 Jake Westbrook

21 310 Anthony Reyes

22 321 Jason Kubel

23 340 Victor Diaz

24 351 Rondell White

25 370 Tom Glavine

26 381 Brett Tomko

27 400 Ryan Langerhans

28 411 Fernando Rodney

29 430 Nook Logan

30 441 Gerald Laird



[ March 20, 2006, 10:17 AM: Message edited by: nydownunder ]

I drafted in NY in the infamous NY 2 with the super loud moderator. Anyway, came away with:



C Joe Mauer

C Josh Willingham

1B Casey Kotchman

2B Alfonso Soriano

SS Johnny Peralta

3B David Wright

MI JJ Hardy

CI Melvin Mora

U Connor Jackson

OF Brad Wilkerson

OF Reggie Sanders

OF Austin Kearns

OF Corey Patterson

OF Shannon Stewart

P Felix Hernandez

P John Patterson

P Scott Kazmir

P Jason Vargas

P Casey Fossum

P Scott Shields

P Keith Foulke

P Brian Fuentes



R Joey Devine

R F. Cabrera

R Craig Hansen

R Gil Meche

R Brett Tomko

R Eric Byrnes

R Chris Aguila

First time participant here looking for feedback on draft. I drafted in NY/6 with 7th pick. Good luck to everyone!



C- J.Posada

C- J.Estrada

1B- D.Lee

2B- T.Iguchi

SS- E.Renteria

3B- A.Boone

MI- A.Everett

CI- J.Morneau

UT- R.Chruch

SP- R.Harden

SP- F.Hernandez

SP- J.Schmidt

SP- Z.Duke

SP- R.Madson

SP- S.Baker

SP- R.Lopez

CL- M.Rivera

CL- C.Ray

B- J.Papelbon

B- S.Drew

B- B.Wood

B- A.Marte

B- V.Padilla

B- B.Anderson (CHI)

B- J.Verlander

Ooops, forgot my Outfielders:

OF- I.Suzuki

OF- L.Berkman

OF- A.Kearns

OF- A.Rios

OF- J.Burnitz

edelman24 - points all well taken. the one thing with the first pick is once you go 28 players come off the board (in a hurry). really have to think it out where you want to go with a player.



i am hopeful, that as in year's past, there will be many a pitcher who comes out of nowhere that makes a valuable add to the roster.



we'll see!

Hey Baseball nut.



I like your team a lot, especially your offense.



Harden and King Felix is a nice 1-2 with good upside on Schmidt.



Solid start to relief.



I am sure I will be seeing your name at the top of the league.



Fightin' Amish Pick 2 NY League 6

Hey Fitzy,



I also like what you did in the one hole.



Unfortunately you stole a few of my picks .



You have great balance, steady players that will produce coupled with a few upside targets in Fielder, Drew and Duffy.



You and I will fighting for pitching with FAAB.



best of luck rest of way and hopefully see you in the money.

Big Fish - I didn't see your team. What does it look like?



Pitching is so tricky. I will definitely be hunting the FA's.



Good luck to you!

Hey Fitz,

Here it is.



C-LaRue

C- Valentin

1B - Pujols

2B - Polanco

SS - O. Cabrera

3B - B. Mueller

CI - D. Johnson

MI - D. Eckstein

OF - C. Lee

OF - J. Pierre

OF - A. Huff

OF - B. Giles

OF - H. Matsui





I will move Huff to 3B once he qualifies and put Kotchman as UTIL. That will help the appearance of my infield which looks like a team of small ball with exception of Fat Albert and Dan Johnson. I may also play Castillo as MI for extra power if I dont need the SB's in place of Eckstein.



SP - Beckett

SP - Escobar

SP - Contreras

SP - Bedard

SP - Loaiza

RP - J. Nathan

RP - C. Orvella

RP - D. Weathers

RP - M. Timlin



Bench - Eaton, A. Reyes, S. Olsen, J. Rincon



I like my offense a lot. Not so positive about my pitching. I felt like I didn't reach at all during the draft except on 2 occassions, most notably Beckett in the 7th round and Granderson in the 13th round. However, Granderson I am more comfortable with because he will earn his keep in the end at 13. Beckett, not the staff ace I wanted or needed. Escobar also question marks.



The only consolation about the pitching dillema is with the exception of a few SP studs, many came with their fair share of risk this year. Should be interesting.



Let me know your thoughts.

UTIL: Granderson

I like Granderson's potential. He went 11.2 in our league. I was prepared to take him at 11.3

BigFish - I like Granderson. Any leadoff hitter that can go 20/20 is not a bad player to have and he has some talent behind him.



Also like Beckett and Escobar. Beckett could win 18 games and Escobar could have a sub 3.7 era with good K's.

Drafted #1 in league 4 (NYC). How did I do ?



C P LoDuca

C T Hall

1B J Thome

3B A-Rod

CR C Koskie

2B A Kennedy

SS J Peralta

MI O Cabrara

OF C Lee

OF J Heredia

OF W Mo Pena

OF M Ordonez

OF C Duffy

DH F Thomas



SP Carpenter

SP J Beckett

SP M Prior

SP E Bedard

SP E Santana

RP B Jenks

RP B Wickman

RP J Borowski



Bench J Michaels

Bench R Church

Bench J Spivey

Bench C Pena

Bench J Suppan

Bench V Padilla

Bench L Hawkins