2015 NFBC Early Draft Results

[Greg Ambrosius]

We already have three Draft Champions Leagues competing right now as the 2015 NFBC season is well underway. The grand prize in the NFBC Draft Champions Leagues this year is $25,000 as we expect another record season for that contest. The best way to whet your appetites for these leagues is to show early draft results, so that's what we'll do here.

We won't show any team names for any of these drafts, but from here through the end of March we'll post draft results of our online leagues. We'll only show the first 6 rounds, but once you sign up for a 2015 NFBC team you'll have access to the Average Draft Position lists. Those will start generating results once we have at least five finished leagues in any of the contests. Enjoy the ADPs because they are a good road map to get your draft planning started.

Okay, let's get things rolling. Here's a look at one of the first DCs of the season:

NFBC Draft Champions League
Round 1:
1 1 Mike Trout CF
1 2 Giancarlo Stanton RF
1 3 Miguel Cabrera 1B
1 4 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
1 5 Clayton Kershaw SP
1 6 Andrew McCutchen CF
1 7 Carlos Gomez CF
1 8 Jose Abreu 1B
1 9 Troy Tulowitzki SS
1 10 Edwin Encarnacion 1B
1 11 Jose Bautista RF
1 12 Felix Hernandez SP
1 13 Jose Altuve 2B
1 14 Anthony Rendon 3B
1 15 Adam Jones CF

Round 2:
2 1 Michael Brantley LF
2 2 Anthony Rizzo 1B
2 3 Nelson Cruz LF
2 4 Chris Sale SP
2 5 Madison Bumgarner SP
2 6 Adrian Beltre 3B
2 7 Buster Posey C
2 8 Todd Frazier 3B
2 9 Ian Desmond SS
2 10 Ryan Braun RF
2 11 Jacoby Ellsbury CF
2 12 Hanley Ramirez SS
2 13 Matt Kemp CF
2 14 Corey Kluber SP
2 15 Justin Upton LF

Round 3:
3 1 Freddie Freeman 1B
3 2 Robinson Cano 2B
3 3 George Springer RF
3 4 David Price SP
3 5 Johnny Cueto SP
3 6 Charlie Blackmon CF
3 7 Stephen Strasburg SP
3 8 Jon Lester SP
3 9 Bryce Harper LF
3 10 Yu Darvish SP
3 11 Victor Martinez DH
3 12 Max Scherzer SP
3 13 Carlos Gonzalez LF
3 14 Yasiel Puig RF
3 15 Josh Donaldson 3B

Round 4:
4 1 Billy Hamilton CF
4 2 Aroldis Chapman MR
4 3 Adrian Gonzalez 1B
4 4 Dee Gordon 2B
4 5 Corey Dickerson CF
4 6 Starling Marte LF
4 7 Matt Harvey SP
4 8 Hunter Pence RF
4 9 Craig Kimbrel MR
4 10 Nolan Arenado 3B
4 11 Albert Pujols 1B
4 12 Yoenis Cespedes LF
4 13 Kyle Seager 3B
4 14 Adam Wainwright SP
4 15 Jose Reyes SS

Round 5:
5 1 Zack Greinke SP
5 2 Carlos Santana 1B
5 3 Jordan Zimmermann SP
5 4 Jason Kipnis 2B
5 5 Evan Longoria 3B
5 6 Devin Mesoraco C
5 7 Cole Hamels SP
5 8 Greg Holland MR
5 9 Prince Fielder 1B
5 10 Dustin Pedroia 2B
5 11 Kenley Jansen MR
5 12 David Robertson MR
5 13 Chris Davis 1B V
5 14 Christian Yelich LF
5 15 Ian Kinsler 2B

Round 6:
6 1 Julio Teheran SP
6 2 Brian Dozier 2B
6 3 Danny Santana CF
6 4 Jeff Samardzija SP
6 5 Jonathan Lucroy C
6 6 Gerrit Cole SP
6 7 David Wright 3B
6 8 Alexei Ramirez SS
6 9 Alex Cobb SP
6 10 Matt Adams 1B
6 11 Jason Heyward RF
6 12 Jay Bruce RF
6 13 Joey Votto 1B
6 14 David Ortiz DH
6 15 Sonny Gray SP

Thoughts?

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here's another early Draft Champions League:

NFBC Draft Champions League
Round 1:
1 1 Mike Trout CF
1 2 Andrew McCutchen CF
1 3 Giancarlo Stanton RF
1 4 Miguel Cabrera 1B
1 5 Clayton Kershaw SP
1 6 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
1 7 Carlos Gomez CF
1 8 Jose Abreu 1B
1 9 Edwin Encarnacion 1B
1 10 Felix Hernandez SP
1 11 Anthony Rendon 3B
1 12 Ian Desmond SS
1 13 Jose Bautista RF
1 14 Jose Altuve 2B
1 15 Troy Tulowitzki SS

Round 2:
2 1 Anthony Rizzo 1B
2 2 Stephen Strasburg SP
2 3 Adam Jones CF
2 4 Justin Upton LF
2 5 Nelson Cruz LF
2 6 Chris Sale SP
2 7 Robinson Cano 2B
2 8 Jacoby Ellsbury CF
2 9 Bryce Harper LF
2 10 Adrian Beltre 3B
2 11 Ryan Braun RF
2 12 Freddie Freeman 1B
2 13 Michael Brantley LF
2 14 Corey Dickerson CF
2 15 Matt Kemp CF

Round 3:
3 1 Corey Kluber SP
3 2 Buster Posey C
3 3 Josh Donaldson 3B
3 4 Madison Bumgarner SP
3 5 Carlos Gonzalez LF
3 6 Hanley Ramirez SS
3 7 Evan Longoria 3B
3 8 Max Scherzer SP
3 9 Victor Martinez DH
3 10 David Price SP
3 11 George Springer RF
3 12 Starling Marte LF
3 13 Yasiel Puig RF
3 14 Craig Kimbrel MR
3 15 Dee Gordon 2B

Round 4:
4 1 Matt Harvey SP
4 2 Albert Pujols 1B
4 3 Yu Darvish SP
4 4 Kyle Seager 3B
4 5 Billy Hamilton CF
4 6 Ian Kinsler 2B
4 7 Johnny Cueto SP
4 8 Hunter Pence RF
4 9 Zack Greinke SP
4 10 Adam Wainwright SP
4 11 Aroldis Chapman MR
4 12 Jose Reyes SS
4 13 Jeff Samardzija SP
4 14 Todd Frazier 3B
4 15 Adrian Gonzalez 1B

Round 5:
5 1 Greg Holland MR
5 2 Yoenis Cespedes LF
5 3 Joey Votto 1B
5 4 Nolan Arenado 3B
5 5 Kenley Jansen MR
5 6 Matt Holliday LF
5 7 Carlos Santana 1B
5 8 Cole Hamels SP
5 9 Brian Dozier 2B
5 10 Mookie Betts CF
5 11 David Ortiz DH
5 12 Jordan Zimmermann SP
5 13 Jon Lester SP
5 14 Brian McCann C
5 15 Kris Bryant 3B

Round 6:
6 1 Prince Fielder 1B
6 2 Christian Yelich LF
6 3 Jason Kipnis 2B
6 4 Jonathan Lucroy C
6 5 Javier Baez 2B
6 6 Jayson Werth RF
6 7 Chris Davis 1B
6 8 Dustin Pedroia 2B
6 9 David Robertson MR
6 10 Gerrit Cole SP
6 11 Jason Heyward RF
6 12 Charlie Blackmon CF
6 13 Kennys Vargas 1B
6 14 Julio Teheran SP
6 15 Devin Mesoraco C

Thoughts?

[Bronx Yankees]

Have to say I like the variability of these early contests before folks start getting influenced - or overly influenced - by ADP. For instance, looking at the two draft results posted so far, I see Todd Frazier comes off the board at 2.8 (23rd) in one draft and 4.14 (59th) in another. Not saying one's right or wrong; I just find the differences interesting.

Mike

[BK METS]

Have to say I like the variability of these early contests before folks start getting influenced - or overly influenced - by ADP. For instance, looking at the two draft results posted so far, I see Todd Frazier comes off the board at 2.8 (23rd) in one draft and 4.14 (59th) in another. Not saying one's right or wrong; I just find the differences interesting.

Mike

Agreed. Drafters are actually taking guys they want instead of what ADP tells them. Imagine that.

[Greg Ambrosius]

We have four Draft Champions Leagues going on now, so let's look at some more draft results. Jump into one of these DC leagues when you're ready and make your picks before everyone learns the ADPs. Good luck all.

Here's the latest result from an earlier DC:

NFBC Draft Champions League
Round 1:
1 1 Mike Trout CF
1 2 Clayton Kershaw SP
1 3 Miguel Cabrera 1B
1 4 Andrew McCutchen CF
1 5 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
1 6 Giancarlo Stanton RF
1 7 Jose Abreu 1B
1 8 Carlos Gomez CF
1 9 Jose Bautista RF
1 10 Anthony Rendon 3B
1 11 Adam Jones CF
1 12 Jose Altuve 2B
1 13 Edwin Encarnacion 1B
1 14 Michael Brantley LF
1 15 Felix Hernandez SP

Round 2:
2 1 Adam Wainwright SP
2 2 Troy Tulowitzki SS
2 3 Jacoby Ellsbury CF
2 4 Anthony Rizzo 1B
2 5 Buster Posey C
2 6 Ian Desmond SS
2 7 Hanley Ramirez SS
2 8 Robinson Cano 2B
2 9 Chris Sale SP
2 10 Adrian Beltre 3B
2 11 Carlos Gonzalez LF
2 12 Todd Frazier 3B
2 13 Justin Upton LF
2 14 Madison Bumgarner SP
2 15 Max Scherzer SP

Round 3:
3 1 Stephen Strasburg SP
3 2 Victor Martinez DH
3 3 David Price SP
3 4 Dee Gordon 2B
3 5 Ryan Braun RF
3 6 Freddie Freeman 1B
3 7 Corey Kluber SP
3 8 Bryce Harper LF
3 9 Johnny Cueto SP
3 10 Matt Kemp CF
3 11 Albert Pujols 1B
3 12 George Springer RF
3 13 Billy Hamilton CF
3 14 Ian Kinsler 2B
3 15 Zack Greinke SP

Round 4:
4 1 Yu Darvish SP
4 2 Josh Donaldson 3B
4 3 Corey Dickerson CF
4 4 Nolan Arenado 3B
4 5 Yasiel Puig RF
4 6 Adrian Gonzalez 1B
4 7 Charlie Blackmon CF
4 8 Prince Fielder 1B
4 9 Aroldis Chapman MR
4 10 Craig Kimbrel MR
4 11 Jose Reyes SS
4 12 Jordan Zimmermann SP
4 13 Starling Marte LF
4 14 Evan Longoria 3B
4 15 Jonathan Lucroy C

Round 5:
5 1 Hunter Pence RF
5 2 Nelson Cruz LF
5 3 Greg Holland MR
5 4 Kenley Jansen MR
5 5 Jon Lester SP
5 6 Cole Hamels SP
5 7 Jeff Samardzija SP
5 8 Carlos Santana 1B
5 9 Yoenis Cespedes LF
5 10 Matt Harvey SP
5 11 Kyle Seager 3B
5 12 Brian Dozier 2B
5 13 Chris Davis 1B
5 14 Devin Mesoraco C
5 15 Julio Teheran SP

Round 6:
6 1 Alex Cobb SP
6 2 Joey Votto 1B
6 3 Sonny Gray SP
6 4 Alexei Ramirez SS
6 5 Christian Yelich LF
6 6 Jason Kipnis 2B
6 7 James Shields SP
6 8 David Wright 3B
6 9 Gerrit Cole SP
6 10 Jason Heyward RF
6 11 Sean Doolittle MR
6 12 David Robertson MR
6 13 Eric Hosmer 1B
6 14 David Ortiz DH
6 15 Mark Trumbo LF

Thoughts?

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here's one more to chew on:

NFBC Draft Champions League
Round 1:
1 1 Mike Trout CF
1 2 Miguel Cabrera 1B
1 3 Giancarlo Stanton RF
1 4 Andrew McCutchen CF
1 5 Clayton Kershaw SP
1 6 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
1 7 Jose Abreu 1B
1 8 Carlos Gomez CF
1 9 Felix Hernandez SP
1 10 Jose Bautista RF
1 11 Edwin Encarnacion 1B
1 12 Jose Altuve 2B
1 13 Adam Jones CF
1 14 Anthony Rendon 3B
1 15 Anthony Rizzo 1B

Round 2:
2 1 Ian Desmond SS
2 2 Michael Brantley LF
2 3 Chris Sale SP
2 4 Troy Tulowitzki SS
2 5 Bryce Harper LF
2 6 Jacoby Ellsbury CF
2 7 Madison Bumgarner SP
2 8 Buster Posey C
2 9 Nelson Cruz LF
2 10 Stephen Strasburg SP
2 11 Robinson Cano 2B
2 12 Matt Kemp CF
2 13 Justin Upton LF
2 14 Ryan Braun RF
2 15 David Price SP

Round 3:
3 1 Max Scherzer SP
3 2 Hanley Ramirez SS
3 3 Ian Kinsler 2B
3 4 Todd Frazier 3B
3 5 Freddie Freeman 1B
3 6 Corey Kluber SP
3 7 Dee Gordon 2B
3 8 Billy Hamilton CF
3 9 Aroldis Chapman MR
3 10 Adrian Beltre 3B
3 11 Johnny Cueto SP
3 12 Corey Dickerson CF
3 13 Greg Holland MR
3 14 Josh Donaldson 3B
3 15 George Springer RF

Round 4:
4 1 Yasiel Puig RF
4 2 Charlie Blackmon CF
4 3 Kenley Jansen MR
4 4 Jon Lester SP
4 5 Craig Kimbrel MR
4 6 Albert Pujols 1B
4 7 Zack Greinke SP
4 8 Victor Martinez DH
4 9 Carlos Gonzalez LF
4 10 Starling Marte LF
4 11 Adam Wainwright SP
4 12 Adrian Gonzalez 1B
4 13 Nolan Arenado 3B
4 14 Yu Darvish SP
4 15 Kyle Seager 3B

Round 5:
5 1 Brian Dozier 2B
5 2 Evan Longoria 3B
5 3 Jose Reyes SS
5 4 Jordan Zimmermann SP
5 5 Cole Hamels SP
5 6 Carlos Santana 1B
5 7 Yoenis Cespedes LF
5 8 Prince Fielder 1B
5 9 Christian Yelich LF
5 10 Hunter Pence RF
5 11 Jason Kipnis 2B
5 12 Chris Davis 1B
5 13 Jonathan Lucroy C
5 14 Jeff Samardzija SP
5 15 Devin Mesoraco C

Round 6:
6 1 Jason Heyward RF
6 2 David Robertson MR
6 3 Kole Calhoun RF
6 4 Mark Melancon MR
6 5 Danny Santana CF
6 6 Julio Teheran SP
6 7 Kolten Wong 2B
6 8 Jay Bruce RF
6 9 Matt Harvey SP
6 10 Matt Holliday LF
6 11 Joey Votto 1B
6 12 Neil Walker 2B
6 13 Sonny Gray SP
6 14 Dustin Pedroia 2B
6 15 Alexei Ramirez SS

Thoughts?

[Edwards Kings]

Here is the ADP's for the first six rounds of three drafts (we can never get enough ADP early):

LN FN DFT 1 DFT 2 DFT 3 ADP
Trout Mike 1 1 1 1.0
Kershaw Clayton 5 5 2 4.0
Cabrera Miguel 3 4 3 3.3
McCutchen Andrew 6 2 4 4.0
Goldschmidt Paul 4 6 5 5.0
Stanton Giancarlo 2 3 6 3.7
Abreu Jose 8 8 7 7.7
Gomez Carlos 7 7 8 7.3
Bautista Jose 11 13 9 11.0
Rendon Anthony 14 11 10 11.7
Jones Adam 15 18 11 14.7
Altuve Jose 13 14 12 13.0
Encarnacion Edwin 10 9 13 10.7
Brantley Michael 16 28 14 19.3
Hernandez Felix 12 10 15 12.3
Wainwright Adam 59 55 16 43.3
Tulowitzki Troy 9 15 17 13.7
Ellsbury Jacoby 26 23 18 22.3
Rizzo Anthony 17 16 19 17.3
Posey Buster 22 32 20 24.7
Desmond Ian 24 12 21 19.0
Ramirez Hanley 27 36 22 28.3
Cano Robinson 32 22 23 25.7
Sale Chris 19 21 24 21.3
Beltre Adrian 21 25 25 23.7
Gonzalez Carlos 43 35 26 34.7
Frazier Todd 23 59 27 36.3
Upton Justin 30 19 28 25.7
Bumgarner Madison 20 34 29 27.7
Scherzer Max 42 38 30 36.7
Strasburg Stephen 37 17 31 28.3
Martinez Victor 41 39 32 37.3
Price David 34 40 33 35.7
Gordon Dee 49 45 34 42.7
Braun Ryan 25 26 35 28.7
Freeman Freddie 31 27 36 31.3
Kluber Corey 29 31 37 32.3
Harper Bryce 39 24 38 33.7
Cueto Johnny 35 52 39 42.0
Kemp Matt 28 30 40 32.7
Pujols Albert 56 47 41 48.0
Springer George 33 41 42 38.7
Hamilton Billy 46 50 43 46.3
Kinsler Ian 75 51 44 56.7
Greinke Zack 61 54 45 53.3
Darvish Yu 40 48 46 44.7
Donaldson Josh 45 33 47 41.7
Dickerson Corey 50 29 48 42.3
Arenado Nolan 55 64 49 56.0
Puig Yasiel 44 43 50 45.7
Gonzalez Adrian 48 60 51 53.0
Blackmon Charlie 36 87 52 58.3
Fielder Prince 69 76 53 66.0
Chapman Aroldis 47 56 54 52.3
Kimbrel Craig 54 44 55 51.0
Reyes Jose 60 57 56 57.7
Zimmermann Jordan 63 72 57 64.0
Marte Starling 51 42 58 50.3
Longoria Evan 65 37 59 53.7
Lucroy Jonathan 80 79 60 73.0
Pence Hunter 53 53 61 55.7
Cruz Nelson 18 20 62 33.3
Holland Greg 68 61 63 64.0
Jansen Kenley 71 65 64 66.7
Lester Jon 38 73 65 58.7
Hamels Cole 67 68 66 67.0
Samardzija Jeff 79 58 67 68.0
Santana Carlos 62 67 68 65.7
Cespedes Yoenis 57 62 69 62.7
Harvey Matt 52 46 70 56.0
Seager Kyle 58 49 71 59.3
Dozier Brian 77 69 72 72.7
Davis Chris 73 82 73 76.0
Mesoraco Devin 66 90 74 76.7
Teheran Julio 76 89 75 80.0
Votto Joey 88 63 77 76.0
Yelich Christian 74 77 80 77.0
Kipnis Jason 64 78 81 74.3
Cole Gerrit 81 85 84 83.3
Heyward Jason 86 86 85 85.7
Robertson David 72 84 87 81.0
Ortiz David 89 71 89 83.0
Cobb Alex 84 - 76 80.0
Gray Sonny 90 - 78 84.0
Ramirez Alexei 83 - 79 81.0
Wright David 82 - 83 82.5
Pedroia Dustin 70 83 - 76.5
Shields James - - 82 82.0
Doolittle Sean - - 86 86.0
Hosmer Eric - - 88 88.0
Trumbo Mark - - 90 90.0
Holliday Matt - 66 - 66.0
Betts Mookie - 70 - 70.0
McCann Brian - 74 - 74.0
Bryant Kris - 75 - 75.0
Baez Javier - 80 - 80.0
Werth Jayson - 81 - 81.0
Vargas Kennys - 88 - 88.0
Santana Danny 78 - - 78.0
Adams Matt 85 - - 85.0
Bruce Jay 87 - - 87.0

FYI: 82 ballplayers were picked in all three drafts, 5 in just two, and 14 in just one.

Dustin Pedroia went 70th, 83rd, and not in the sixth round. Guess those reports about how good he was feeling didn't reasonate.

David Wright picked in the sixth round of two, not picked in the first six rounds of the other. The mighty have truly fallen.

Charlie Blackmon was picked 36th, 87th, 52nd. Mr. Consistency.

Nelson Cruz went 18, 20, and 62. That's what a report saying the Mariners are even THINKING about you will do for your rep.

[Bronx Yankees]

We have four Draft Champions Leagues going on now, so let's look at some more draft results. Jump into one of these DC leagues when you're ready and make your picks before everyone learns the ADPs. Good luck all.

Here's the latest result from an earlier DC:

NFBC Draft Champions League
Round 1:
1 1 Mike Trout CF
1 2 Clayton Kershaw SP
1 3 Miguel Cabrera 1B
1 4 Andrew McCutchen CF
1 5 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
1 6 Giancarlo Stanton RF
1 7 Jose Abreu 1B
1 8 Carlos Gomez CF
1 9 Jose Bautista RF
1 10 Anthony Rendon 3B
1 11 Adam Jones CF
1 12 Jose Altuve 2B
1 13 Edwin Encarnacion 1B
1 14 Michael Brantley LF
1 15 Felix Hernandez SP

Round 2:
2 1 Adam Wainwright SP
2 2 Troy Tulowitzki SS
2 3 Jacoby Ellsbury CF
2 4 Anthony Rizzo 1B
2 5 Buster Posey C
2 6 Ian Desmond SS
2 7 Hanley Ramirez SS
2 8 Robinson Cano 2B
2 9 Chris Sale SP
2 10 Adrian Beltre 3B
2 11 Carlos Gonzalez LF
2 12 Todd Frazier 3B
2 13 Justin Upton LF
2 14 Madison Bumgarner SP
2 15 Max Scherzer SP

Round 3:
3 1 Stephen Strasburg SP
3 2 Victor Martinez DH
3 3 David Price SP
3 4 Dee Gordon 2B
3 5 Ryan Braun RF
3 6 Freddie Freeman 1B
3 7 Corey Kluber SP
3 8 Bryce Harper LF
3 9 Johnny Cueto SP
3 10 Matt Kemp CF
3 11 Albert Pujols 1B
3 12 George Springer RF
3 13 Billy Hamilton CF
3 14 Ian Kinsler 2B
3 15 Zack Greinke SP

Round 4:
4 1 Yu Darvish SP
4 2 Josh Donaldson 3B
4 3 Corey Dickerson CF
4 4 Nolan Arenado 3B
4 5 Yasiel Puig RF
4 6 Adrian Gonzalez 1B
4 7 Charlie Blackmon CF
4 8 Prince Fielder 1B
4 9 Aroldis Chapman MR
4 10 Craig Kimbrel MR
4 11 Jose Reyes SS
4 12 Jordan Zimmermann SP
4 13 Starling Marte LF
4 14 Evan Longoria 3B
4 15 Jonathan Lucroy C

Round 5:
5 1 Hunter Pence RF
5 2 Nelson Cruz LF
5 3 Greg Holland MR
5 4 Kenley Jansen MR
5 5 Jon Lester SP
5 6 Cole Hamels SP
5 7 Jeff Samardzija SP
5 8 Carlos Santana 1B
5 9 Yoenis Cespedes LF
5 10 Matt Harvey SP
5 11 Kyle Seager 3B
5 12 Brian Dozier 2B
5 13 Chris Davis 1B
5 14 Devin Mesoraco C
5 15 Julio Teheran SP

Round 6:
6 1 Alex Cobb SP
6 2 Joey Votto 1B
6 3 Sonny Gray SP
6 4 Alexei Ramirez SS
6 5 Christian Yelich LF
6 6 Jason Kipnis 2B
6 7 James Shields SP
6 8 David Wright 3B
6 9 Gerrit Cole SP
6 10 Jason Heyward RF
6 11 Sean Doolittle MR
6 12 David Robertson MR
6 13 Eric Hosmer 1B
6 14 David Ortiz DH
6 15 Mark Trumbo LF

Thoughts?

Well, I notice that the owner in the 15-hole went SP, SP, SP, SP, SP, and SP. I'd be curious to know if that type of strategy ever won an NFBC league. Can't see it myself (at all), but it would be interesting to know how this team did at the end of the year (and what it tried to do to compete in the other six categories).

Mike

[BK METS]

We have four Draft Champions Leagues going on now, so let's look at some more draft results. Jump into one of these DC leagues when you're ready and make your picks before everyone learns the ADPs. Good luck all.

Here's the latest result from an earlier DC:

NFBC Draft Champions League
Round 1:
1 1 Mike Trout CF
1 2 Clayton Kershaw SP
1 3 Miguel Cabrera 1B
1 4 Andrew McCutchen CF
1 5 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
1 6 Giancarlo Stanton RF
1 7 Jose Abreu 1B
1 8 Carlos Gomez CF
1 9 Jose Bautista RF
1 10 Anthony Rendon 3B
1 11 Adam Jones CF
1 12 Jose Altuve 2B
1 13 Edwin Encarnacion 1B
1 14 Michael Brantley LF
1 15 Felix Hernandez SP

Round 2:
2 1 Adam Wainwright SP
2 2 Troy Tulowitzki SS
2 3 Jacoby Ellsbury CF
2 4 Anthony Rizzo 1B
2 5 Buster Posey C
2 6 Ian Desmond SS
2 7 Hanley Ramirez SS
2 8 Robinson Cano 2B
2 9 Chris Sale SP
2 10 Adrian Beltre 3B
2 11 Carlos Gonzalez LF
2 12 Todd Frazier 3B
2 13 Justin Upton LF
2 14 Madison Bumgarner SP
2 15 Max Scherzer SP

Round 3:
3 1 Stephen Strasburg SP
3 2 Victor Martinez DH
3 3 David Price SP
3 4 Dee Gordon 2B
3 5 Ryan Braun RF
3 6 Freddie Freeman 1B
3 7 Corey Kluber SP
3 8 Bryce Harper LF
3 9 Johnny Cueto SP
3 10 Matt Kemp CF
3 11 Albert Pujols 1B
3 12 George Springer RF
3 13 Billy Hamilton CF
3 14 Ian Kinsler 2B
3 15 Zack Greinke SP

Round 4:
4 1 Yu Darvish SP
4 2 Josh Donaldson 3B
4 3 Corey Dickerson CF
4 4 Nolan Arenado 3B
4 5 Yasiel Puig RF
4 6 Adrian Gonzalez 1B
4 7 Charlie Blackmon CF
4 8 Prince Fielder 1B
4 9 Aroldis Chapman MR
4 10 Craig Kimbrel MR
4 11 Jose Reyes SS
4 12 Jordan Zimmermann SP
4 13 Starling Marte LF
4 14 Evan Longoria 3B
4 15 Jonathan Lucroy C

Round 5:
5 1 Hunter Pence RF
5 2 Nelson Cruz LF
5 3 Greg Holland MR
5 4 Kenley Jansen MR
5 5 Jon Lester SP
5 6 Cole Hamels SP
5 7 Jeff Samardzija SP
5 8 Carlos Santana 1B
5 9 Yoenis Cespedes LF
5 10 Matt Harvey SP
5 11 Kyle Seager 3B
5 12 Brian Dozier 2B
5 13 Chris Davis 1B
5 14 Devin Mesoraco C
5 15 Julio Teheran SP

Round 6:
6 1 Alex Cobb SP
6 2 Joey Votto 1B
6 3 Sonny Gray SP
6 4 Alexei Ramirez SS
6 5 Christian Yelich LF
6 6 Jason Kipnis 2B
6 7 James Shields SP
6 8 David Wright 3B
6 9 Gerrit Cole SP
6 10 Jason Heyward RF
6 11 Sean Doolittle MR
6 12 David Robertson MR
6 13 Eric Hosmer 1B
6 14 David Ortiz DH
6 15 Mark Trumbo LF

Thoughts?

Well, I notice that the owner in the 15-hole went SP, SP, SP, SP, SP, and SP. I'd be curious to know if that type of strategy ever won an NFBC league. Can't see it myself (at all), but it would be interesting to know how this team did at the end of the year (and what it tried to do to compete in the other six categories).

Mike

Chris King won an NFBC main event title this past year and he started his draft with 9 straight SPs. So it definitely can be done.

[Bronx Yankees]

Wow! Nine straight SPs and he won a Main Event league? Incredible. Gutsy, too, putting up that type of cash with such an extreme drafting strategy. The rest of his draft and/or FAAB purchases must have been stellar. I wouldn't have thought it could be done; shows how much I know.

Mike

[Gekko]

he drafted kershaw, cruz and stubbs too name a few.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Let's get another set of draft results in your hands to keep the fun rolling:

NFBC Draft Champions League
Round 1:
1 1 Mike Trout CF
1 2 Andrew McCutchen CF
1 3 Miguel Cabrera 1B
1 4 Giancarlo Stanton RF
1 5 Clayton Kershaw SP
1 6 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
1 7 Jose Abreu 1B
1 8 Carlos Gomez CF
1 9 Felix Hernandez SP
1 10 Jose Altuve 2B
1 11 Jose Bautista RF
1 12 Buster Posey C
1 13 Edwin Encarnacion 1B
1 14 Adam Jones CF
1 15 Ian Desmond SS

Round 2:
2 1 Troy Tulowitzki SS
2 2 Michael Brantley LF
2 3 Ryan Braun RF
2 4 Anthony Rizzo 1B
2 5 Anthony Rendon 3B
2 6 Jacoby Ellsbury CF
2 7 Chris Sale SP
2 8 Josh Donaldson 3B
2 9 Dee Gordon 2B
2 10 Hanley Ramirez SS
2 11 Corey Kluber SP
2 12 Carlos Gonzalez LF
2 13 Robinson Cano 2B
2 14 Todd Frazier 3B
2 15 Max Scherzer SP

Round 3:
3 1 Matt Kemp CF
3 2 George Springer RF
3 3 Stephen Strasburg SP
3 4 Madison Bumgarner SP
3 5 David Price SP
3 6 Yasiel Puig RF
3 7 Bryce Harper LF
3 8 Freddie Freeman 1B
3 9 Aroldis Chapman MR
3 10 Starling Marte LF
3 11 Justin Upton LF
3 12 Victor Martinez DH
3 13 Yu Darvish SP
3 14 Adrian Beltre 3B
3 15 Billy Hamilton CF

Round 4:
4 1 Nelson Cruz LF
4 2 Albert Pujols 1B
4 3 Adam Wainwright SP
4 4 Craig Kimbrel MR
4 5 Jose Reyes SS
4 6 Johnny Cueto SP
4 7 Zack Greinke SP
4 8 Corey Dickerson CF
4 9 Brian Dozier 2B
4 10 Jon Lester SP
4 11 Evan Longoria 3B
4 12 Greg Holland MR
4 13 Jonathan Lucroy C
4 14 Charlie Blackmon CF
4 15 Kyle Seager 3B

Round 5:
5 1 Adrian Gonzalez 1B
5 2 Devin Mesoraco C
5 3 Hunter Pence RF
5 4 Kenley Jansen MR
5 5 Prince Fielder 1B
5 6 Jordan Zimmermann SP
5 7 Joey Votto 1B
5 8 Jason Kipnis 2B
5 9 Christian Yelich LF
5 10 Ben Revere CF
5 11 Nolan Arenado 3B
5 12 Cole Hamels SP
5 13 Julio Teheran SP
5 14 Yoenis Cespedes LF
5 15 Sonny Gray SP

Round 6:
6 1 Jason Heyward RF
6 2 Jeff Samardzija SP
6 3 Dustin Pedroia 2B
6 4 Hisashi Iwakuma SP
6 5 Matt Harvey SP
6 6 Chris Davis 1B
6 7 Kolten Wong 2B
6 8 Brian McCann C
6 9 Carlos Santana 1B
6 10 Ian Kinsler 2B
6 11 Mark Trumbo LF
6 12 Rusney Castillo CF
6 13 David Wright 3B
6 14 J.D. Martinez LF
6 15 Alex Cobb SP

Thoughts?

[Greg Ambrosius]

Let's get back to some draft results as we close out another good week:

NFBC Draft Champions League
Round 1:
1 1 Mike Trout CF
1 2 Clayton Kershaw SP
1 3 Miguel Cabrera 1B
1 4 Andrew McCutchen CF
1 5 Giancarlo Stanton RF
1 6 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
1 7 Jose Abreu 1B
1 8 Carlos Gomez CF
1 9 Felix Hernandez SP
1 10 Jose Altuve 2B
1 11 Adam Jones CF
1 12 Justin Upton LF
1 13 Edwin Encarnacion 1B
1 14 Chris Sale SP
1 15 Corey Kluber SP

Round 2:
2 1 Max Scherzer SP
2 2 Stephen Strasburg SP
2 3 Madison Bumgarner SP
2 4 Michael Brantley LF
2 5 Jose Bautista RF
2 6 David Price SP
2 7 Anthony Rizzo 1B
2 8 Jacoby Ellsbury CF
2 9 Anthony Rendon 3B
2 10 Matt Kemp CF
2 11 Troy Tulowitzki SS
2 12 Ian Desmond SS
2 13 Buster Posey C
2 14 Ryan Braun RF
2 15 Josh Donaldson 3B

Round 3:
3 1 Hanley Ramirez SS
3 2 Robinson Cano 2B
3 3 Victor Martinez DH
3 4 Adrian Beltre 3B
3 5 Yu Darvish SP
3 6 Bryce Harper LF
3 7 Todd Frazier 3B
3 8 George Springer RF
3 9 Starling Marte LF
3 10 Zack Greinke SP
3 11 Adam Wainwright SP
3 12 Freddie Freeman 1B
3 13 Carlos Gonzalez LF
3 14 Cole Hamels SP
3 15 Jon Lester SP

Round 4:
4 1 Yasiel Puig RF
4 2 Dee Gordon 2B
4 3 Aroldis Chapman MR
4 4 Johnny Cueto SP
4 5 Jose Reyes SS
4 6 Jordan Zimmermann SP
4 7 Nolan Arenado 3B
4 8 Albert Pujols 1B
4 9 Billy Hamilton CF
4 10 Craig Kimbrel MR
4 11 Evan Longoria 3B
4 12 Matt Harvey SP
4 13 Ian Kinsler 2B
4 14 Adrian Gonzalez 1B
4 15 Hunter Pence RF

Round 5:
5 1 Prince Fielder 1B
5 2 Greg Holland MR
5 3 Nelson Cruz LF
5 4 Corey Dickerson CF
5 5 Charlie Blackmon CF
5 6 Yoenis Cespedes LF
5 7 Julio Teheran SP
5 8 Kenley Jansen MR
5 9 Mark Melancon MR
5 10 David Robertson MR
5 11 Jeff Samardzija SP
5 12 Sean Doolittle MR
5 13 Chris Davis 1B
5 14 Hisashi Iwakuma SP
5 15 Kyle Seager 3B

Round 6:
6 1 Cody Allen MR
6 2 Jonathan Lucroy C
6 3 Sonny Gray SP
6 4 Carlos Santana 1B
6 5 Brian Dozier 2B
6 6 Joey Votto 1B
6 7 Jason Heyward RF
6 8 David Wright 3B
6 9 Alex Cobb SP
6 10 Dustin Pedroia 2B
6 11 David Ortiz DH
6 12 Jake Arrieta SP
6 13 Alexei Ramirez SS
6 14 Tyson Ross SP
6 15 Jason Kipnis 2B

Thoughts?

[Vander]

Thanks for posting these Greg I, for 1 look forward to them every year.

[Vander]

I do hate the punting strategies. The all pitching team punting hr's and rbi going only for R's, sb's, and ba. I understand why they do it and acknowledge their right to do so. It just aggravates me and seems to circumvent the spirit of the contest. JMHO.

[Deadheadz]

I do hate the punting strategies. The all pitching team punting hr's and rbi going only for R's, sb's, and ba. I understand why they do it and acknowledge their right to do so. It just aggravates me and seems to circumvent the spirit of the contest. JMHO.

Are you saying the spirit of the contest is that everyone use the same strategy and let luck and, to a lesser extent, research be the deciding factors?

My view is that we must all be paying enough attention during the draft to be able to see such a strategy developing and adjust accordingly so as to not be defenseless against it.

Seems like without varying strategies we could all just auto draft.

[Bama]

I do hate the punting strategies. The all pitching team punting hr's and rbi going only for R's, sb's, and ba. I understand why they do it and acknowledge their right to do so. It just aggravates me and seems to circumvent the spirit of the contest. JMHO.

Are you saying the spirit of the contest is that everyone use the same strategy and let luck and, to a lesser extent, research be the deciding factors?

My view is that we must all be paying enough attention during the draft to be able to see such a strategy developing and adjust accordingly so as to not be defenseless against it.

Seems like without varying strategies we could all just auto draft.

I agree 100 percent. If deadheadz or anyone wants to throw away money on some stupid strategy then why do we need to make rules against this. By making him and the whole league conform to a certain way of drafting turns it into more of a luck fest and hurts the more skillful players. If you just want to get lucky stop playing fantasy baseball and go to football only. THe rules we have put in place already have made it too cookie cutter and taken away from the skill .

I guess we would need to just let the fucking computer pick everyone's team off some pre ranked list to make some of the sore losers happy.

[joshguy]

How many of these punting categories teams actually win? Some of course, but I would bet a "traditional" way of building a team has a better chance of winning the league.

[Vander]

As I stated I'm for trying to make the best team using all catagories as I believe the game was intended in the first place. I've played against many punting players and as I said they are intitled to employ any strategy with in the rules. It's pretty easy to spot this stuff real early and you can adjust accordingly when necessary. My personal opinion is I don't care for it. Others disagree, ok. Sorry I started this off course argument on this thread. I just noticed team 15, as has become usual, going in this direction. Oddly, and I have been in leagues like this, more than 1 team are trying the same strategy screwing each other. That I kind of enjoy. BTW my lists never look like the pat ones that others may use. If you are using these no wonder you need to try something else. That's all I will say on the matter. I'd like to try to hand this thread back to it's intended purpose and not venture into any side tracks. Draft as bizarre as you want. It's a free country. Let me know when 1 of these wins the $125,000. Those guys all seem to be picking the usual guys as you seem to think. Funny how somebody like Jupincka or Hinkleman or Morgan seems to get "lucky" year after year.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Let's start the week off with another set of draft results from our Draft Champions Leagues. Enjoy all:

NFBC Draft Champions League
Round 1:
1 1 Mike Trout CF
1 2 Giancarlo Stanton RF
1 3 Miguel Cabrera 1B
1 4 Clayton Kershaw SP
1 5 Andrew McCutchen CF
1 6 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
1 7 Jose Abreu 1B
1 8 Felix Hernandez SP
1 9 Carlos Gomez CF
1 10 Jose Bautista RF
1 11 Edwin Encarnacion 1B
1 12 Troy Tulowitzki SS
1 13 Anthony Rendon 3B
1 14 Jose Altuve 2B
1 15 Anthony Rizzo 1B

Round 2:
2 1 Michael Brantley LF
2 2 Buster Posey C
2 3 Hanley Ramirez SS
2 4 Josh Donaldson 3B
2 5 Adam Jones CF
2 6 Ian Desmond SS
2 7 Jacoby Ellsbury CF
2 8 Madison Bumgarner SP
2 9 Chris Sale SP
2 10 Yasiel Puig RF
2 11 Corey Kluber SP
2 12 Adrian Beltre 3B
2 13 Dee Gordon 2B
2 14 Ryan Braun RF
2 15 Bryce Harper LF

Round 3:
3 1 Freddie Freeman 1B
3 2 Stephen Strasburg SP
3 3 Billy Hamilton CF
3 4 Justin Upton LF
3 5 Robinson Cano 2B
3 6 Carlos Gonzalez LF
3 7 Victor Martinez DH
3 8 Matt Kemp CF
3 9 George Springer RF
3 10 Johnny Cueto SP
3 11 David Price SP
3 12 Max Scherzer SP
3 13 Todd Frazier 3B
3 14 Jose Reyes SS
3 15 Corey Dickerson CF

Round 4:
4 1 Craig Kimbrel MR
4 2 Adrian Gonzalez 1B
4 3 Greg Holland MR
4 4 Charlie Blackmon CF
4 5 Evan Longoria 3B
4 6 Nelson Cruz LF
4 7 Albert Pujols 1B
4 8 Nolan Arenado 3B
4 9 Adam Wainwright SP
4 10 Aroldis Chapman MR
4 11 Hunter Pence RF
4 12 Yu Darvish SP
4 13 Jon Lester SP
4 14 Starling Marte LF
4 15 Kenley Jansen MR

Round 5:
5 1 Christian Yelich LF
5 2 Brian Dozier 2B
5 3 Zack Greinke SP
5 4 Ian Kinsler 2B
5 5 Jordan Zimmermann SP
5 6 Cole Hamels SP
5 7 Dustin Pedroia 2B
5 8 Kyle Seager 3B
5 9 Prince Fielder 1B
5 10 Joey Votto 1B
5 11 Jason Kipnis 2B
5 12 Jonathan Lucroy C
5 13 Mark Trumbo LF
5 14 David Ortiz DH
5 15 Matt Harvey SP

Round 6:
6 1 Javier Baez 2B
6 2 Yoenis Cespedes LF
6 3 Carlos Santana 1B
6 4 James Shields SP
6 5 Jay Bruce RF
6 6 Matt Holliday LF
6 7 Julio Teheran SP
6 8 Mark Melancon MR
6 9 Alexei Ramirez SS
6 10 Jason Heyward RF
6 11 Chris Davis 1B
6 12 David Wright 3B
6 13 Devin Mesoraco C
6 14 Josh Harrison 3B
6 15 David Robertson MR

Thoughts?

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here's one more:

NFBC Draft Champions League
Round 1:
1 1 Mike Trout CF
1 2 Giancarlo Stanton RF
1 3 Miguel Cabrera 1B
1 4 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
1 5 Clayton Kershaw SP
1 6 Andrew McCutchen CF
1 7 Jose Abreu 1B
1 8 Jose Altuve 2B
1 9 Jose Bautista RF
1 10 Carlos Gomez CF
1 11 Anthony Rendon 3B
1 12 Edwin Encarnacion 1B
1 13 Felix Hernandez SP
1 14 Troy Tulowitzki SS
1 15 Adam Jones CF

Round 2:
2 1 Anthony Rizzo 1B
2 2 Jacoby Ellsbury CF
2 3 Ryan Braun RF
2 4 Buster Posey C
2 5 Michael Brantley LF
2 6 Robinson Cano 2B
2 7 Chris Sale SP
2 8 Ian Desmond SS
2 9 David Price SP
2 10 Josh Donaldson 3B
2 11 Matt Kemp CF
2 12 Madison Bumgarner SP
2 13 Max Scherzer SP
2 14 Stephen Strasburg SP
2 15 Hanley Ramirez SS

Round 3:
3 1 Bryce Harper LF
3 2 Justin Upton LF
3 3 Freddie Freeman 1B
3 4 Aroldis Chapman MR
3 5 Victor Martinez DH
3 6 Starling Marte LF
3 7 Corey Kluber SP
3 8 Johnny Cueto SP
3 9 Adrian Beltre 3B
3 10 Adam Wainwright SP
3 11 Yasiel Puig RF
3 12 Yu Darvish SP
3 13 Adrian Gonzalez 1B
3 14 Craig Kimbrel MR
3 15 George Springer RF

Round 4:
4 1 Corey Dickerson CF
4 2 Zack Greinke SP
4 3 Dee Gordon 2B
4 4 Albert Pujols 1B
4 5 Todd Frazier 3B
4 6 Ian Kinsler 2B
4 7 Cole Hamels SP
4 8 Evan Longoria 3B
4 9 Billy Hamilton CF
4 10 Kyle Seager 3B
4 11 Jose Reyes SS
4 12 Charlie Blackmon CF
4 13 Jonathan Lucroy C
4 14 Carlos Gonzalez LF
4 15 Jon Lester SP

Round 5:
5 1 Julio Teheran SP
5 2 Hunter Pence RF
5 3 Christian Yelich LF
5 4 Nelson Cruz LF
5 5 Jordan Zimmermann SP
5 6 Yoenis Cespedes LF
5 7 Greg Holland MR
5 8 Matt Harvey SP
5 9 Kenley Jansen MR
5 10 Josh Harrison 3B
5 11 Brian Dozier 2B
5 12 Prince Fielder 1B
5 13 Jeff Samardzija SP
5 14 Joey Votto 1B
5 15 Chris Davis 1B

Round 6:
6 1 Nolan Arenado 3B
6 2 Jason Kipnis 2B
6 3 Kole Calhoun RF
6 4 Dustin Pedroia 2B
6 5 Alexei Ramirez SS
6 6 Carlos Santana 1B
6 7 Sonny Gray SP
6 8 Javier Baez 2B
6 9 David Robertson MR
6 10 Mark Melancon MR
6 11 Matt Holliday LF
6 12 Kolten Wong 2B
6 13 Devin Mesoraco C
6 14 Jason Heyward RF
6 15 Matt Adams 1B

Thoughts?

[Greg Ambrosius]

Since it's the week of the MLB Winter Meetings, let's warm your hearts with another set of draft results. Enjoy:

NFBC Draft Champions League
Round 1:
1 1 Mike Trout CF
1 2 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
1 3 Clayton Kershaw SP
1 4 Giancarlo Stanton RF
1 5 Andrew McCutchen CF
1 6 Jose Abreu 1B
1 7 Carlos Gomez CF
1 8 Miguel Cabrera 1B
1 9 Jose Altuve 2B
1 10 Felix Hernandez SP
1 11 Josh Donaldson 3B
1 12 Jose Bautista RF
1 13 Anthony Rendon 3B
1 14 Michael Brantley LF
1 15 Edwin Encarnacion 1B

Round 2:
2 1 Buster Posey C
2 2 Victor Martinez DH
2 3 Troy Tulowitzki SS
2 4 Todd Frazier 3B
2 5 Anthony Rizzo 1B
2 6 Chris Sale SP
2 7 Madison Bumgarner SP
2 8 Ian Desmond SS
2 9 Adam Jones CF
2 10 Adrian Beltre 3B
2 11 Robinson Cano 2B
2 12 Yasiel Puig RF
2 13 Jacoby Ellsbury CF
2 14 Freddie Freeman 1B
2 15 Hanley Ramirez SS

Round 3:
3 1 Stephen Strasburg SP
3 2 Justin Upton LF
3 3 David Price SP
3 4 Max Scherzer SP
3 5 Corey Kluber SP
3 6 Adam Wainwright SP
3 7 Ryan Braun RF
3 8 Ian Kinsler 2B
3 9 Jon Lester SP
3 10 Matt Kemp CF
3 11 Yoenis Cespedes LF
3 12 Dee Gordon 2B
3 13 Bryce Harper LF
3 14 Starling Marte LF
3 15 George Springer RF

Round 4:
4 1 Yu Darvish SP
4 2 Zack Greinke SP
4 3 Carlos Gonzalez LF
4 4 Johnny Cueto SP
4 5 Jose Reyes SS
4 6 Billy Hamilton CF
4 7 Cole Hamels SP
4 8 Kyle Seager 3B
4 9 Albert Pujols 1B
4 10 Craig Kimbrel MR
4 11 Aroldis Chapman MR
4 12 Evan Longoria 3B
4 13 Adrian Gonzalez 1B
4 14 Corey Dickerson CF
4 15 Hunter Pence RF

Round 5:
5 1 Nolan Arenado 3B
5 2 Jordan Zimmermann SP
5 3 Jonathan Lucroy C
5 4 Mark Trumbo LF
5 5 Nelson Cruz LF
5 6 Devin Mesoraco C
5 7 Jeff Samardzija SP
5 8 Brian Dozier 2B
5 9 Kenley Jansen MR
5 10 Prince Fielder 1B
5 11 Kole Calhoun RF
5 12 Carlos Santana 1B
5 13 Greg Holland MR
5 14 Matt Harvey SP
5 15 Jason Kipnis 2B

Round 6:
6 1 Christian Yelich LF
6 2 Hisashi Iwakuma SP
6 3 Joey Votto 1B
6 4 Yan Gomes C
6 5 Julio Teheran SP
6 6 Chris Davis 1B
6 7 Charlie Blackmon CF
6 8 James Shields SP
6 9 David Robertson MR
6 10 Jay Bruce RF
6 11 Gio Gonzalez SP
6 12 Masahiro Tanaka SP
6 13 Kolten Wong 2B
6 14 Matt Holliday LF
6 15 Sonny Gray SP

Thoughts?

[Edwards Kings]

So who will it be...who will be the one (probably the first and last) NOT to take Mike Trout first this year?

[Bronx Yankees]

Since it's the week of the MLB Winter Meetings, let's warm your hearts with another set of draft results. Enjoy:

NFBC Draft Champions League
Round 1:
1 1 Mike Trout CF
1 2 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
1 3 Clayton Kershaw SP
1 4 Giancarlo Stanton RF
1 5 Andrew McCutchen CF
1 6 Jose Abreu 1B
1 7 Carlos Gomez CF
1 8 Miguel Cabrera 1B
1 9 Jose Altuve 2B
1 10 Felix Hernandez SP
1 11 Josh Donaldson 3B
1 12 Jose Bautista RF
1 13 Anthony Rendon 3B
1 14 Michael Brantley LF
1 15 Edwin Encarnacion 1B

Thoughts?

It's been quite some time since I saw Miggy go at 1.8 or below. That seems like a risk worth taking!

I grabbed Donaldson at 2.10 in a recent draft and wondered if I was reaching, but I like player, I like the move to Toronto, and I really don't like the 3B pool in general this year. But, 1.11? Seems a bit too rich for my blood. We'll see.

Mike

[Greg Ambrosius]

I just took some time to look at our first 9 NFBC drafts and tweeted out these facts:

** Clayton Kershaw has been a Top 5 pick in each of our first 10 @thenfbc drafts this year. He was picked 2nd (2 times), 3rd, 4th and 5th (6).

** Dee Gordon's ADP in @thenfbc before his trade to Marlins was 39, going as high as 24 and as low as 49. Should be fun to watch his value now.

** Billy Hamilton has gone after Dee Gordon in 8 of our first 9 @thenfbc drafts, usually about 7 picks after Dee. Hamilton's ADP is 46.

** Despite hitting just .273-13-32 with 2 SBs last year, NFBC owners still love Bryce Harper. His ADP is 33 ranging from pick 20 to 43.

** Matt Harvey should be back on Opening Day and could be a fantasy bargain. His ADP in @thenfbc is 67 with low of 46 and a high of 84.

** Head scratcher: Jose Fernandez won't be back until after the All-Star break, yet NFBC owners are taking him in the Top 200. ADP is 210.

** Two first basemen who have dropped 3-4 rounds since last year are Prince Fielder and Joey Votto. Both now in the 60-75 range in @thenfbc. Fielder's ADP last year was 14 and this year it's 66. Votto's ADP last year was 18 and now it's 76. Bargains or busts? Your call.