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Pos Name Team Pick

C Kurt Suzuki OAK R21 P7 Comment

C John Buck KC R24 P9 Comment

1B Ryan Garko CLE R13 P7 Comment

1B Mike Jacobs FLA R17 P7 Comment

2B Ian Kinsler TEX R5 P7 Comment

2B Mark DeRosa CHC R25 P7 Comment

2B Mark Grudzielanek KC R28 P9 Comment

SS Khalil Greene SD R11 P7 Comment

3B Aramis Ramirez CHC R3 P7 Comment

OF Matt Holliday COL R1 P7 Comment

OF Vladimir Guerrero ANA R2 P9 Comment

OF Corey Hart MIL R4 P9 Comment

OF Willy Taveras COL R8 P9 Comment

OF Milton Bradley TEX R16 P9 Comment

OF Luke Scott BAL R20 P9 Comment

OF Brian Giles SD R26 P9 Comment

OF Scott Hairston SD R29 P7 Comment

OF Dan Ortmeier SF R30 P9 Comment

SP Roy Oswalt HOU R6 P9 Comment

SP Chris Young SD R7 P7 Comment

SP Ben Sheets MIL R9 P7 Comment

SP Bronson Arroyo CIN R15 P7 Comment

SP Scott Baker MIN R18 P9 Comment

SP Kevin Slowey MIN R19 P7 Comment

SP David Bush MIL R22 P9 Comment

SP Homer Bailey CIN R27 P7 Comment

RP Huston Street OAK R10 P9 Comment

RP Brad Lidge PHI R12 P9 Comment

RP Troy Percival TB R14 P9 Comment

RP Justin Duchscherer OAK R23 P7 Comment

OA I like it. Sheets is very important to your success. SB are gonna be a problem. But you are not so far away form getting decent points there. so I'm sure you were planning on concentrating on that in-season. Grudz is a little redundant for your squad, a corner guy would have been a little better, but that late maybe there wasn't anybody. Solid.

I agree that steals could be shaky, and you will most likely have to have another "Judy" there, so along with Taveras, that will kill your power.



Sheets is a big part of your starters being successful.



Hudson in the 10th and Hart in the mid 4th are absolute steals.



Get some stolen bases somehow (without comprimising power), and keep Sheets healthy and I think you have a shot.

I like this team.



Concerns

--steals, as mentioned earlier

--Carrying 9 OF and very little injury cover in the IF (2B excepted)



But the format is set up so that everyone has holes somewhere (think about it: after 300 players come off the board, everybody still needs to draft at least three guys to play the opening week...). I think you have balance and you should be sniffing around the top of the standings all year long.

I think you did a really nice job. Big power in the first 4/5 rounds, solid pitching, still got 3 closers, and good last 10 picks. Manage it correctly and you are right at the top.

Thanks for the feedback, I'm a newbie here so it helps.

2B Mark DeRosa CHC R25 P7 Comment

2B Mark Grudzielanek KC R28 P9 Comment

OF Brian Giles SD R26 P9 Comment



I would probably avoid guys like this and go for some more younger players with potential upside.



And I'm totally against waiting on catchers. The two you have will be serviceable, but I would get at least one WAAAAY earlier than you did.

One of my first drafts here, just wanted to know if there were any opinions out there on how I did.. I know that I'll struggle a bit in average to start, and also in K's.. But I think other than that, it should be alright



R5 P14 C Joe Mauer, MIN

R15 P14 C Jason Varitek, BOS

R1 P14 1B Prince Fielder, MIL

R17 P14 1B Richie Sexson, SEA

R2 P2 2B Brandon Phillips, CIN

R16 P2 SS Stephen Drew, ARI

R20 P2 SS Alex Gonzalez, CIN

R9 P14 3B Mike Lowell, BOS

R23 P14 3B Pedro Feliz, PHI

R27 P14 3B Brandon Inge, DET

R3 P14 OF Adam Dunn, CIN

R7 P14 OF Jeff Francoeur, ATL

R11 P14 OF Kosuke Fukudome, CHC

R12 P2 OF Pat Burrell, PHI

R19 P14 OF Cameron Maybin, FLA

R26 P2 OF Jacque Jones, DET

R30 P2 OF Jim Edmonds, SD

R8 P2 DH Gary Sheffield, DET

R4 P2 SP Josh Beckett, BOS

R10 P2 SP Chien-Ming Wang, NYY

R14 P2 SP Dontrelle Willis, DET

R18 P2 SP Mark Buehrle, CHW

R22 P2 SP Jon Garland, ANA

R24 P2 SP Jason Schmidt, LA

R25 P14 SP Miguel Batista, SEA

R28 P2 SP John Patterson, WAS

R29 P14 SP Brandon Backe, HOU

R6 P2 RP Takashi Saito, LA

R13 P14 RP Brandon Lyon, ARI

R21 P14 RP Tom Gordon, PHI

Originally posted by Likewhat17:

One of my first drafts here, just wanted to know if there were any opinions out there on how I did.. I know that I'll struggle a bit in average to start, and also in K's.. But I think other than that, it should be alright



R5 P14 C Joe Mauer, MIN

R15 P14 C Jason Varitek, BOS

R1 P14 1B Prince Fielder, MIL

R17 P14 1B Richie Sexson, SEA

R2 P2 2B Brandon Phillips, CIN

R16 P2 SS Stephen Drew, ARI

R20 P2 SS Alex Gonzalez, CIN

R9 P14 3B Mike Lowell, BOS

R23 P14 3B Pedro Feliz, PHI

R27 P14 3B Brandon Inge, DET

R3 P14 OF Adam Dunn, CIN

R7 P14 OF Jeff Francoeur, ATL

R11 P14 OF Kosuke Fukudome, CHC

R12 P2 OF Pat Burrell, PHI

R19 P14 OF Cameron Maybin, FLA

R26 P2 OF Jacque Jones, DET

R30 P2 OF Jim Edmonds, SD

R8 P2 DH Gary Sheffield, DET

R4 P2 SP Josh Beckett, BOS

R10 P2 SP Chien-Ming Wang, NYY

R14 P2 SP Dontrelle Willis, DET

R18 P2 SP Mark Buehrle, CHW

R22 P2 SP Jon Garland, ANA

R24 P2 SP Jason Schmidt, LA

R25 P14 SP Miguel Batista, SEA

R28 P2 SP John Patterson, WAS

R29 P14 SP Brandon Backe, HOU

R6 P2 RP Takashi Saito, LA

R13 P14 RP Brandon Lyon, ARI

R21 P14 RP Tom Gordon, PHI Varitek, Sexson, Dunn, Burrell, and Maybin could ALL hit under .250. To say BA will struggle is a huge understatement. You also seem to be a little light in SB's.



With the exception of wins, I think you will struggle in most pitching categories also.



Without seeing the other teams, I think you will have problems in at least 6 categories (5 points or less).



It is your first draft and if you have more, you can rectify these mistakes, as I can't see this team being better than average at best.

As of now.. I have run offensive projections for the entire league, and here is what I came up with.. My team will get..

Average(276.089)- 4

Runs(1124.5)- 10

HR(327)- 15

RBI(1172.8)- 15

SB(119.9)- 3



Which would put me overall as the 5th best offense in my league... Assuming a couple of pickups during the season can help my average and speed, I should be ok



[ March 01, 2008, 01:13 PM: Message edited by: Likewhat17 ]

Originally posted by Likewhat17:

As of now.. I have run offensive projections for the entire league, and here is what I came up with.. My team will get..

Average(276.089)- 4

Runs(1124.5)- 10

HR(327)- 15

RBI(1172.8)- 15

SB(119.9)- 3



Which would put me overall as the 5th best offense in my league... Assuming a couple of pickups during the season can help my average and speed, I should be ok You don't have a chance to cash in that league. What a **** poor team

There is no way that team sniffs .279 in avg....

those are good power numbers, but it is too hard to improve that average and their seems to be zero chance of improving SB, so 47 pts projected on offense but the pitching might not get 27 pts, very short on K's, ERA and WHIP cannot be fixed. Going to struggle alot with this team

Originally posted by Bobby J:

those are good power numbers, but it is too hard to improve that average and their seems to be zero chance of improving SB, so 47 pts projected on offense but the pitching might not get 27 pts, very short on K's, ERA and WHIP cannot be fixed. Going to struggle alot with this team and he is also gonna lose alot of money with this team

I hate piling it on, but you would have a helluva pitching staff if it was 2002.



You really do need your team to exceed expectations. There's very little upside represented.