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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:39 am

I don't want to give away too much information from our early Slow Drafts, but I do want to start generating some interest in baseball and thus early results are the best way to do that. Let's whet your appetites a little bit with a few Slow Draft early round results. Here's what we have:



Currently we have five NFBC pay Slow Drafts going on, ranging from $150 per team to $375 per team. These all started in mid-December after the Winter Meetings and all are past Round 11 after a week of drafting. Here are the first six rounds from one of the leagues randomly picked and I'll add the others shortly. I think even for those owners who are competing now it will be fun to see where players went in other leagues that were conducted at the same time. I won't go any deeper than six rounds because the people who paid for these leagues deserve to keep later round information confidential.



But here you go. Enjoy:



Round 1:

1. Albert Pujols

2. Hanley Ramirez

3. Troy Tulowitzki

4. Miguel Cabrera

5. Carlos Gonzalez

6. Robinson Cano

7. Evan Longoria

8. Ryan Braun

9. Joey Votto

10. Alex Rodriguez

11. Carl Crawford

12. David Wright

13. Roy Halladay

14. Adrian Gonzalez

15. Ryan Howard



Round 2:

16. Chase Utley

17. Joe Mauer

18. Mark Teixeira

19. Josh Hamilton

20. Matt Holliday

21. Jose Reyes

22. Dustin Pedroia

23. Prince Fielder

24. Matt Kemp

25. Nelson Cruz

26. Kevin Youkilis

27. Ryan Zimmerman

28. Victor Martinez

29. Tim Lincecum

30. Ian Kinsler



Round 3:

31. Felix Hernandez

32. Justin Upton

33. Alex Rios

34. Andrew McCutchen

35. Buster Posey

36. Jason Heyward

37. Brian McCann

38. Brandon Phillips

39. Jimmy Rollins

40. Adam Wainwright

41. Adam Dunn

42. Shin-Soo Choo

43. Jacoby Ellsbury

44. Jayson Werth

45. Adrian Beltre



Round 4:

46. Dan Uggla

47. Cliff Lee

48. Andre Ethier

49. CC Sabathia

50. Jose Bautista

51. Justin Morneau

52. Jon Lester

53. Alexei Ramirez

54. Hunter Pence

55. Mark Reynolds

56. Ichiro Suzuki

57. Elvis Andrus

58. Rickie Weeks

59. Ubaldo Jimenez

60. Clayton Kershaw



Round 5:

61. Tommy Hanson

62. Mike Stanton

63. Josh Johnson

64. Justin Verlander

65. Zack Greinke

66. Cole Hamels

67. Derek Jeter

68. Jered Weaver

69. Kendry Morales

70. Chone Figgins

71. B.J. Upton

72. Carlos Santana

73. Michael Young

74. Shane Victorino

75. Jay Bruce



Round 6:

76. Heath Bell

77. Dan Haren

78. David Price

79. Brian Wilson

80. Mat Latos

81. Matt Cain

82. Francisco Liriano

83. Aramis Ramirez

84. Yovani Gallardo

85. Billy Butler

86. Desmond Jennings

87. Carlos Marmol

88. Paul Konerko

89. Pedro Alvarez

90. Colby Rasmus



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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:49 am

Here's one more to compare to:



Round 1:

1. Albert Pujols

2. Miguel Cabrera

3. Hanley Ramirez

4. Troy Tulowitzki

5. Carlos Gonzalez

6. Ryan Braun

7. Joey Votto

8. Carl Crawford

9. Evan Longoria

10. Alex Rodriguez

11. Adrian Gonzalez

12. Roy Halladay

13. Robinson Cano

14. David Wright

15. Ryan Howard



Round 2:

16. Josh Hamilton

17. Matt Holliday

18. Nelson Cruz

19. Chase Utley

20. Ryan Zimmerman

21. Jose Reyes

22. Mark Teixeira

23. Kevin Youkilis

24. Joe Mauer

25. Prince Fielder

26. Matt Kemp

27. Andrew McCutchen

28. Dustin Pedroia

29. Tim Lincecum

30. Ian Kinsler



Round 3:

31. Jimmy Rollins

32. Felix Hernandez

33. Alex Rios

34. Victor Martinez

35. Brandon Phillips

36. Jacoby Ellsbury

37. Justin Upton

38. Buster Posey

39. Jason Heyward

40. Ichiro Suzuki

41. Shin-Soo Choo

42. Jon Lester

43. Brian McCann

44. Adan Wainwright

45. CC Sabathia



Round 4:

46. Cliff Lee

47. Dan Uggla

48. Jose Bautista

49. Rickie Weeks

50. Clayton Kershaw

51. Adam Dunn

52. Justin Morneau

53. Derek Jeter

54. Ubaldo Jimenez

55. Justin Verlander

56. Alexei Ramirez

57. Jayson Werth

58. Jered Weaver

59. David Price

60. Mat Latos



Round 5:

61. B.J. Upton

62. Michael Young

63. Aramis Ramirez

64. Shane Victorino

65. Billy Butler

66. Hunter Pence

67. Adrian Beltre

68. Paul Konerko

69. Dan Haren

70. Jay Bruce

71. Kendry Morales

72. Andre Ethier

73. Josh Johnson

74. Chris Young

75. Michael Bourn



Round 6:

76. Mark Reynolds

77. Cole Hamels

78. Mike Stanton

79. Corey Hart

80. Matt Cain

81. Juan Pierre

82. Stephen Drew

83. Brian Wilson

84. Zack Greinke

85. Tommy Hanson

86. Yovani Gallardo

87. Martin Prado

88. Curtis Granderson

89. Pedro Alvarez

90. Heath Bell



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Post by Schwks » Thu Dec 23, 2010 6:40 am

Greg,



Thanks for this appetite whetting. It looks to me that things start to get a bit wonky in the latter half of the 4th rd. I think I took Alexei in the 8th rd of the Main last year, and though maybe his final numbers justified (barely) such a pick, I see nothing in his numbers, either peripheral or otherwise, that would justify bumping him up four rounds.



The picks from ther eon out seem like the gambling starts early this year.



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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:53 am

Okay, here's one more for the holidays. Merry Christmas everyone!!



Round 1:

1. Albert Pujols

2. Miguel Cabrera

3. Hanley Ramirez

4. Carl Crawford

5. Troy Tulowitzki

6. Carlos Gonzalez

7. Evan Longoria

8. Ryan Braun

9. Robinson Cano

10. Joey Votto

11. Alex Rodriguez

12. David Wright

13. Roy Halladay

14. Josh Hamilton

15. Ryan Howard



Round 2:

16. Jose Reyes

17. Joe Mauer

18. Adrian Gonzalez

19. Matt Holliday

20. Chase Utley

21. Mark Teixeira

22. Victor Martinez

23. Matt Kemp

24. Nelson Cruz

25. Prince Fielder

26. Tim Lincecum

27. Justin Upton

28. Felix Hernandez

29. Dustin Pedroia

30. Ryan Zimmerman



Round 3:

31. Buster Posey

32. Andrew McCutchen

33. Shin-Soo Choo

34. Adam Dunn

35. Cliff Lee

36. Jayson Werth

37. Kevin Youkilis

38. Ian Kinsler

39. Jimmy Rollins

40. Adam Wainwright

41. Alex Rios

42. Jason Heyward

43. Dan Uggla

44. Ichiro Suzuki

45. Hunter Pence



Round 4:

46. Jon Lester

47. Rickie Weeks

48. CC Sabathia

49. Brandon Phillips

50. Josh Johnson

51. Justin Morneau

52. Brian McCann

53. Alexei Ramirez

54. Clayton Kershaw

55. Kendry Morales

56. Jose Bautista

57. Justin Verlander

58. Martin Prado

59. Paul Konerko

60. Andre Ethier



Round 5:

61. Ubaldo Jimenez

62. Adrian Beltre

63. Delmon Young

64. B.J. Upton

65. Carlos Santana

66. Cole Hamels

67. Elvis Andrus

68. Shane Victorino

69. Brian Wilson

70. Derek Jeter

71. Mike Stanton

72. Jacoby Ellsbury

73. Chris Young

74. Jay Bruce

75. Drew Stubbs



Round 6:

76. Jered Weaver

77. Clay Buchholz

78. Juan Pierre

79. Billy Butler

80. Dan Haren

81. Francisco Liriano

82. Zack Greinke

83. Matt Cain

84. Mark Reynolds

85. Casey McGahee

86. Michael Young

87. Nick Markakis

88. David Price

89. Chris Carpenter

90. Yovani Gallardo



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Post by KJ Duke » Thu Dec 23, 2010 8:07 am

Risky picks by round:



1st rd

Adrian Gonzalez.

Was there a reason (his back) the Padres sold now rather than in July?



2nd rd

Ian Kinsler

A full season of playing time would be nice.



3rd rd

Buster Posey

Catcher with half a good season under his belt.



4th rd

Jose Bautista

Career year is over, back to normal.



5th rd

Delmon Young

Decent BA, mediocre power, minimal steals and inconsistent ... in the 5th round?



6th rd

Pedro Alvarez

Hard to produce in PIT, probably a year too soon at this price.



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Post by Son of Jack Bauer » Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:15 am

Greg:



Thanks for posting these three slow drafts.



Gonzo's draft positions were 14, 11 and 18, respectively. Assuming his stock has been going up, I further assumed the probable order of the drafts posted were second, third and first (I may be completely wrong, but humor me).



Considering the first draft and the third draft, I observed the following notable movement in the top 35 group:



Votto - 10 to 7

Crawford - 4 to 8 (a little odd?)

Gonzo - 18 to 11

Cano - 9 to 13

Cruz - 24 to 18

Zimmeman - 30 to 20 (Werth factor?)

Reyes - 16 to 21

Youk - 37 to 23 (Gonzo/Crawford factor?)

Mauer - 17 to 24

McCutch - 32 to 27

Kinsler - 38 to 30

Rollins - 39 to 31

Rios - 41 to 33

VMart - 22 to 34

Phillips - 49 to 35



It's way to early to draw any conclusions. Just having a little fun waiting for the baseball drafts to start.



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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:11 am

I'm not going to give away any of the draft dates or any other info, but honestly these first five drafts all started close to each other, so no off-season news really happened between one draft or another. This just shows how different people's opinions are of these top guys and even the first round has swings one way or another. If anything, these results show how much fun this season is going to be and depending on who is in your league the players you want could drop to you or they could go a lot earlier than you expected. It's going to be a crazy good year.
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Post by 751542 » Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:35 pm

Originally posted by KJ Duke:

Risky picks by round:



1st rd

Adrian Gonzalez.

Was there a reason (his back) the Padres sold now rather than in July?



2nd rd

Ian Kinsler

A full season of playing time would be nice.



3rd rd

Buster Posey

Catcher with half a good season under his belt.



4th rd

Jose Bautista

Career year is over, back to normal.



5th rd

Delmon Young

Decent BA, mediocre power, minimal steals and inconsistent ... in the 5th round?



6th rd

Pedro Alvarez

Hard to produce in PIT, probably a year too soon at this price. i know who kj likes!!!
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Post by KJ Duke » Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:47 pm

You think I'm employing the 'ol gekko mis-direction? :D

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Post by DOUGHBOYS » Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:28 pm

Just me, but I don't think the Gonzalez injury had anything to do with the timing of the trade.

And, I'm sure when the physical was taken that the Sox checked out the back well.

The Red Sox and Padres have been working on this trade a long time. San Diego doesn't get more at the deadline when teams KNOW he has to be moved.
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Post by ToddZ » Fri Dec 24, 2010 5:14 am

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

Just me, but I don't think the Gonzalez injury had anything to do with the timing of the trade.

And, I'm sure when the physical was taken that the Sox checked out the back well.

The Red Sox and Padres have been working on this trade a long time. San Diego doesn't get more at the deadline when teams KNOW he has to be moved. And it gets Casey Kelly and the others into their system for the spring, which is rather important and could hasten their development, or at least hasten the transition getting each side to know each other better, even considering Hoyer's familiarity with the Boston system.



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Post by Edwards Kings » Mon Dec 27, 2010 1:26 am

Originally posted by KJ Duke:

Risky picks by round:



6th rd

Pedro Alvarez

Hard to produce in PIT, probably a year too soon at this price. Kevin,



You should draft Alvarez AND Reynolds, of course after starting a pre-draft campaign to have strike-outs a batting as well as pitching category!



Alvarez struck out 68 times in 242 AAA at-bats and 119 times in 347 MLB at-bats. He is an intriguing pick, but I see a major BA drain (and if you did not need another reason to avoid who ever hits high in the Pirate line-up, those K's are gonna leave a lot of ducks on the pond) here and the sixth round is placing too much premium on promise.
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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:08 am

Okay, with three more Slow Drafts starting up today and another draft for tomorrow, it's time to start getting serious about Draft Day. Here's one more Slow Draft result that started in mid-December. Enjoy:



Round 1:

1. Albert Pujols

2. Hanley Ramirez

3. Carlos Gonzalez

4. Joey Votto

5. Miguel Cabrera

6. Troy Tulowitzki

7. Ryan Braun

8. Robinson Cano

9. Carl Crawford

10. Evan Longoria

11. Josh Hamilton

12. Roy Halladay

13. Chase Utley

14. Alex Rodriguez

15. David Wright



Round 2:

16. Adrian Gonzalez

17. Tim Lincecum

18. Matt Kemp

19. Matt Holliday

20. Mark Teixeira

21. Ryan Howard

22. Prince Fielder

23. Joe Mauer

24. Ryan Zimmerman

25. Kevin Youkilis

26. Nelson Cruz

27. Andrew McCutchen

28. Jose Reyes

29. Dustin Pedroia

30. Ian Kinsler



Round 3:

31. Victor Martinez

32. Brandon Phillips

33. Buster Posey

34. Cliff Lee

35. Shin-Soo Choo

36. Dan Uggla

37. Ichiro Suzuki

38. Justin Morneau

39. Alexei Ramirez

40. Felix Hernandez

41. Adam Dunn

42. Kendry Morales

43. Adam Wainwright

44. Justin Upton

45. CC Sabathia



Round 4:

46. Jered Weaver

47. Ubaldo Jimenez

48. Jayson Werth

49. Brian McCann

50. Jon Lester

51. Alex Rios

52. Jason Heyward

53. Clayton Kershaw

54. Justin Verlander

55. David Price

56. Josh Johnson

57. Jose Bautista

58. Jimmy Rollins

59. B.J. Upton

60. Cole Hamels



Round 5:

61. Brian Wilson

62. Andre Ethier

63. Francisco Liriano

64. Adrian Beltre

65. Dan Haren

66. Shane Victorino

67. Paul Konerko

68. Mike Stanton

69. Heath Bell

70. Derek Jeter

71. Hunter Pence

72. Chris Young

73. Jacoby Ellsbury

74. Jay Bruce

75. Carlos Santana



Round 6:

76. Roy Oswalt

77. Chris Carpenter

78. Zack Greinke

79. Matt Cain

80. Tommy Hanson

81. Matt Latos

82. Rickie Weeks

83. Carlos Marmol

84. Yovani Gallardo

85. Drew Stubbs

86. Joakim Soria

87. Max Scherzer

88. Mariano Rivera

89. Mark Reynolds

90. Clay Buchholz



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Post by Ryan C » Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:57 pm

Yeah - I have a thought. I thought I would bump this back up to the Top of the boards so we can talk some baseball along with all the less exciting and worrisome news.



Time to start talking about this again.



I think you can add Z Greinke's name to the list of players who are moving up draft boards. He just went 4th rd, Pick 52 in a 15 team league using NFBC rules I am drafting in. He was the 10th SP off the board and I think it is safe to say that more than one owner will come to the draft table with Zach rounding out their Top 10.
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Post by LONG GONE » Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:11 am

Does anyone worry about Z Greinke mental stability? If he is going in the 4th round, I'll be cooking up something different. I would consider him in the first part of the 6th.

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Post by JohnP » Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:37 am

Originally posted by LONG GONE:

Does anyone worry about Z Greinke mental stability? If he is going in the 4th round, I'll be cooking up something different. I would consider him in the first part of the 6th. Maybe in NY but not in Milwaukee. Perfect fit in my opinion.

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Post by Raskol » Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:41 am

4th round is a bit early for Greinke for me, but I don't see him having comfort issues in MIL. If he's prone to bratwurst & beer related issues, then maybe. :D
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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:54 am

Originally posted by Ryan C:

Yeah - I have a thought. I thought I would bump this back up to the Top of the boards so we can talk some baseball along with all the less exciting and worrisome news.



Time to start talking about this again.



I think you can add Z Greinke's name to the list of players who are moving up draft boards. He just went 4th rd, Pick 52 in a 15 team league using NFBC rules I am drafting in. He was the 10th SP off the board and I think it is safe to say that more than one owner will come to the draft table with Zach rounding out their Top 10. Agreed. We have a new round of results to look at and I'll do that this afternoon. Get ready for some more results and keep on going Slow Draft leagues. We're going to make this work.
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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:21 am

Okay, let's get back to looking at the current NFBC Slow Draft results and start talking about risers and fallers over the last few weeks. Here's a look at the first six rounds of a current pay league draft:



Round 1:

1. Albert Pujols

2. Troy Tulowitzki

3. Carlos Gonzalez

4. Hanley Ramirez

5. Miguel Cabrera

6. Carl Crawford

7. Evan Longoria

8. Adrian Gonzalez

9. Ryan Braun

10. Joey Votto

11. Josh Hamilton

12. Roy Halladay

13. Robinson Cano

14. David Wright

15. Alex Rodriguez



Round 2:

16. Chase Utley

17. Mark Teixeira

18. Jose Reyes

19. Kevin Youkilis

20. Ryan Howard

21. Prince Fielder

22. Joe Mauer

23. Matt Holliday

24. Dustin Pedroia

25. Ryan Zimmerman

26. Matt Kemp

27. Tim Lincecum

28. Felix Hernandez

29. Nelson Cruz

30. Andrew McCutchen



Round 3:

31. Adam Wainwright

32. Alex Rios

33. Dan Uggla

34. Victor Martinez

35. Ian Kinsler

36. Adam Dunn

37. Justin Upton

38. Shin-Soo Choo

39. Jimmy Rollins

40. Cliff Lee

41. Buster Posey

42. Jon Lester

43. Brian McCann

44. Rickie Weeks

45. Brandon Phillips



Round 4:

46. CC Sabathia

47. Justin Verlander

48. Kendry Morales

49. Adrian Beltre

50. Jason Heyward

51. B.J. Upton

52. Justin Morneau

53. Clayton Kershaw

54. Andre Ethier

55. Jayson Werth

56. Cole Hamels

57. Curtis Granderson

58. Jose Bautista

59. Zack Greinke

60. Drew Stubbs



Round 5:

61. Shane Victorino

62. Paul Konerko

63. Ichiro Suzuki

64. Jay Bruce

65. Derek Jeter

66. Alexei Ramirez

67. Jacoby Ellsbury

68. Elvis Andrus

69. Aaron Hill

70. Ubaldo Jimenez

71. Mike Stanton

72. Brian Roberts

73. Chris Carpenter

74. Corey Hart

75. Hunter Pence



Round 6:

76. Josh Johnson

77. Jered Weaver

78. Matt Cain

79. Francisco Liriano

80. Dan Haren

81. Chone Figgins

82. David Price

83. Mat Latos

84. Yovani Gallardo

85. Tommy Hanson

86. Chris Young

87. Billy Butler

88. Roy Oswalt

89. Michael Young

90. Heath Bell.



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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:42 am

Here's another pay Slow Draft league being held right now:



Round 1:

1. Albert Pujols

2. Miguel Cabrera

3. Hanley Ramirez

4. Carlos Gonzalez

5. Troy Tulowitzki

6. Joey Votto

7. Ryan Braun

8. Carl Crawford

9. Robinson Cano

10. Adrian Gonzalez

11. Evan Longoria

12. Alex Rodriguez

13. David Wright

14. Mark Teixeira

15. Chase Utley



Round 2:

16. Matt Holliday

17. Ryan Howard

18. Kevin Youkilis

19. Josh Hamilton

20. Roy Halladay

21. Prince Fielder

22. Matt Kemp

23. Ryan Zimmerman

24. Dustin Pedroia

25. Jose Reyes

26. Joe Mauer

27. Adam Wainwright

28. Nelson Cruz

29. Tim Lincecum

30. Felix Hernandez



Round 3:

31. Victor Martinez

32. Andrew McCutchen

33. Shin-Soo Choo

34. Jose Bautista

35. Alex Rios

36. Justin Upton

37. Adam Dunn

38. CC Sabathia

39. Cliff Lee

40. Jacoby Ellsbury

41. Ian Kinsler

42. Jon Lester

43. Jimmy Rollins

44. Buster Posey

45. Kendry Morales



Round 4:

46. Dan Haren

47. Jason Heyward

48. B.J. Upton

49. Clayton Kershaw

50. Justin Verlander

51. David Price

52. Justin Morneau

53. Brandon Phillips

54. Ubaldo Jimenez

55. Josh Johnson

56. Mike Stanton

57. Adrian Beltre

58. Dan Uggla

59. Brian McCann

60. Jayson Werth



Round 5:

61. Zack Greinke

62. Rickie Weeks

63. Cole Hamels

64. Jered Weaver

65. Mat Latos

66. Yovani Gallardo

67. Ichiro Suzuki

68. Roy Oswalt

69. Alexei Ramirez

70. Drew Stubbs

71. Derek Jeter

72. Andre Ethier

73. Tommy Hanson

74. Francisco Liriano

75. Hunter Pence



Round 6:

76. Michael Young

77. Elvis Andrus

78. Jay Bruce

79. Paul Konerko

80. Corey Hart

81. Matt Cain

82. Chris Young

83. Billy Butler

84. Mark Reynolds

85. Colby Rasmus

86. Aramis Ramirez

87. Carlos Marmol

88. Chris Carpenter

89. Heath Bell

90. Pedro Alvarez



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Post by Edwards Kings » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:50 am

This whole thread has been very interesting. Never do I recall the first round being in such flux. Just about anybody (save six or seven guys) could be available all the way through the first two-thirds of the second round.



Picks in the first round that would make me sweat (not the good kind):



Carlos Gonzalez - break-out year and world class talent, but is only 25. Not a prototypical power type, though could grow into it. Not the best at taking a pitch or guessing right, but hits a lot of line drives. A year falling back to the pack would not hurt his long term prospects a bit and could easily do just that. A year early to me to be top five. See below.



Ryan Braun - two solid years of declining FB rates and increased GB rates. Only 27 so not the direction you expect a hitter to take as he matures. Still putting up numbers and that is what it is all about, but what is hurt?



Robinson Cano - What a year he had! But no speed and add that to solid contact rate with GB tendencies and you could just as easily see 2008 rather than 2010. Would that be good enough for his premium?



Troy Tulowitzki - What a year he had in one month! Not exactly a LD hitter (In September had a whopping 8% LD rate) nor a great FB hitter (four of the six months FB rate below 40%) nor that healthy for a 26 year old.



While these are not exactly gamble picks, I think there is too much splash and not enough fish. Give me Pujols (duh!), Cabrera, Votto (sure, he will not steal so much next year), Crawford, or Longoria (a 25 year old whose skills are trending the RIGHT way).
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Post by Gekko » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:56 am

Jason Heyward is one player who could easily return first round numbers that you can currently draft in the 4th round.

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Post by Raskol » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:05 pm

Originally posted by Gekko:

Jason Heyward is one player who could easily return first round numbers that you can currently draft in the 4th round. Others think the same way:



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Post by Gekko » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:08 pm

Originally posted by Raskol:

quote:Originally posted by Gekko:

Jason Heyward is one player who could easily return first round numbers that you can currently draft in the 4th round. Others think the same way:



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[/QUOTE]WOW!!!! those are out of this world good.

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Some NFBC Slow Draft Early Results

Post by The Franchise » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:14 pm

Originally posted by Gekko:

Jason Heyward is one player who could easily return first round numbers that you can currently draft in the 4th round. I will see your "Heyward" and raise you "Bruce"
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