2011 Message Board Draft

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:31 am

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

Emory is up. Let's give him an hour more, he is usually a daily guy here.

After that, Russ, Neil, and Glenn-rev your engines! I'm emailing Russell now. Time to get this draft MOVIN'!!

Navel Lint · Post by **Navel Lint** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:51 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

Emory is up. Let's give him an hour more, he is usually a daily guy here.

After that, Russ, Neil, and Glenn-rev your engines! I'm emailing Russell now. Time to get this draft MOVIN'!!

[/QUOTE]Yikes!!! I've been waitin' a week to make this pick

I'll go with Hunter Pence. Not sure he's worth the wait, but there it is..........

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:16 am

Originally posted by Navel Lint:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

Emory is up. Let's give him an hour more, he is usually a daily guy here.

After that, Russ, Neil, and Glenn-rev your engines! I'm emailing Russell now. Time to get this draft MOVIN'!!

[/QUOTE]Yikes!!! I've been waitin' a week to make this pick

I'll go with Hunter Pence. Not sure he's worth the wait, but there it is.......... [/QUOTE]I'm emailing Neal now. Awesome, let's keep it cruisin'. Wow, what a wild second round. Does anyone like their picks?

Asumijet · Post by **Asumijet** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:40 am

Wow... the pickings seem a bit thin at this point. I'll go with Brandon Phillips 2nd Base- Reds.

headhunters · Post by **headhunters** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:08 pm

i like mine- but that is today. i can tell you this draft is way off course at this point from the pay draft.

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:11 pm

WAY!

Head 2 Head · Post by **Head 2 Head** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:24 pm

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

First Round

1.1 Albert Pujols- Glennerationx

1.2. Carlos Gonzalez- Asumijet

1.3. Miguel Cabrera- Navel Lint

1.4. Hanley Ramirez- Raskol

1.5. Joey Votto- BEF

1.6. Troy Tulowitzki- headhunters

1.7. Evan Longoria- Schwks

1.8. Carl Crawford- Lawrence Liebman

1.9. Alex Rodriquez- Don M

1.10. Ryan Braun- DOUGHBOYS

1.11. Josh Hamilton- Catch

1.12. Roy Halladay- Head2Head

1.13. Robinson Cano- Emalbright

1.14. Chase Utley- Toddz

1.15. Ryan Howard- Greg

Round 2-

2.1 David Wright- Greg

2.2 Jose Reyes- Toddz

2.3 Matt Holliday- Emalbright

2.4 Mark Teixeira- Head2Head

2.5 Tim Lincecum- Catch

2.6 Matt Kemp- DOUGHBOYS

2.7 Prince Fielder- Don M

2.8 Adrian Gonzalez- Lawrence Liebman

2.9 Ryan Zimmerman- Schwks

2.10 Joe Mauer- headhunters

2.11 Chin-Soo Choo- BEF

2.12 CC Sabathia- Rascols

2.13 Hunter Pence- Navel Lint

2.14 Brandon Phillips- Asumijet

2.15 Dustin Pedroia - GlennerationX

3.1 Felix Hernandez - GlennerationX

[ October 12, 2010, 09:45 PM: Message edited by: Head 2 Head ]

Glenneration X · Post by **Glenneration X** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:34 pm

Yup, already looking thin.

Well at the turn, I'll grab Dustin Pedroia & King Felix.

Glenn

Asumijet · Post by **Asumijet** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:56 pm

A. McCutchen Of PIT

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:11 am

1.1 Albert Pujols- Glennerationx

1.2 Carlos Gonzalez- Asumijet

1.3 Miguel Cabrera- Navel Lint

1.4 Hanley Ramirez- Raskol

1.5 Joey Votto- BEF

1.6 Troy Tulowitzki- headhunters

1.7 Evan Longoria- Schwks

1.8 Carl Crawford- Lawrence Liebman

1.9 Alex Rodriquez- Don M

1.10 Ryan Braun- DOUGHBOYS

1.11 Josh Hamilton- Catch

1.12 Roy Halladay- Head2Head

1.13 Robinson Cano - emalbright

1.14 Chase Utley - ToddZ

1.15 Ryan Howard - GregA

Second Round

2.1 David Wright - GregA

2.2 Jose Reyes - ToddZ

2.3 Matt Holiday - emalbright

2.4 Mark Teixeira- Head2Head

2.5 Tim Lincecum- Catch

2.6 Matt Kemp- DOUGHBOYS

2.7 Prince Fielder- Don M

2.8 Adrian Gonzalez- Lawrence Liebman

2.9 Ryan Zimmerman- Schwks

2.10 Joe Mauer- headhunters

2.11 Chin-Sin Choo- BEF

2.12 CC Sabathia- Rascols

2.13 Hunter Pence- Navel Lint

2.14 Brandon Phillips- Asumijet

2.15 Dustin Pedroia- Glennerationx

ROUND THREE

3.1 Felix Hernandez- Glennerationx

3.2 Andrew McCutchen- Asumijet

Navel Lint · Post by **Navel Lint** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:46 am

Ian Kinsler goes next at 3.3

Raskol · Post by **Raskol** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:03 am

At 3.4, I will take The Yook, Kevin Youkilis.

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:53 am

1.1 Albert Pujols- Glennerationx

1.2 Carlos Gonzalez- Asumijet

1.3 Miguel Cabrera- Navel Lint

1.4 Hanley Ramirez- Raskol

1.5 Joey Votto- BEF

1.6 Troy Tulowitzki- headhunters

1.7 Evan Longoria- Schwks

1.8 Carl Crawford- Lawrence Liebman

1.9 Alex Rodriquez- Don M

1.10 Ryan Braun- DOUGHBOYS

1.11 Josh Hamilton- Catch

1.12 Roy Halladay- Head2Head

1.13 Robinson Cano - emalbright

1.14 Chase Utley - ToddZ

1.15 Ryan Howard - GregA

Second Round

2.1 David Wright - GregA

2.2 Jose Reyes - ToddZ

2.3 Matt Holiday - emalbright

2.4 Mark Teixeira- Head2Head

2.5 Tim Lincecum- Catch

2.6 Matt Kemp- DOUGHBOYS

2.7 Prince Fielder- Don M

2.8 Adrian Gonzalez- Lawrence Liebman

2.9 Ryan Zimmerman- Schwks

2.10 Joe Mauer- headhunters

2.11 Chin-Sin Choo- BEF

2.12 CC Sabathia- Rascols

2.13 Hunter Pence- Navel Lint

2.14 Brandon Phillips- Asumijet

2.15 Dustin Pedroia- Glennerationx

ROUND THREE

3.1 Felix Hernandez- Glennerationx

3.2 Andrew McCutchen- Asumijet

3.3 Ian Kinsler- Navel Lint

3.4 Kevin Youkilis- Rascol

BEF · Post by **BEF** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:23 am

Is it crazy to pick a guy with 4 months in the bigs early in the 3rd round? Yup.

But what if he's now the second best hitting catcher in baseball? What if you know darned well he won't make it back to you at the end of the 4th? Does it matter that VMart and McCann were going in the 3rd round last year?

Discussion/opinions welcome...

Glad this is an early mock and not the real thing, not sure if I'd otherwise have the guts to pull this trigger:

3.5: Buster Posey

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:31 am

Posey was taken at 3.8 in the pay draft.

After VMart, but before McCann.

Every year there seems to be a top four or five catchers.

It looks like it's no different for next year.

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:50 am

1.1 Albert Pujols- Glennerationx

1.2 Carlos Gonzalez- Asumijet

1.3 Miguel Cabrera- Navel Lint

1.4 Hanley Ramirez- Raskol

1.5 Joey Votto- BEF

1.6 Troy Tulowitzki- headhunters

1.7 Evan Longoria- Schwks

1.8 Carl Crawford- Lawrence Liebman

1.9 Alex Rodriquez- Don M

1.10 Ryan Braun- DOUGHBOYS

1.11 Josh Hamilton- Catch

1.12 Roy Halladay- Head2Head

1.13 Robinson Cano - emalbright

1.14 Chase Utley - ToddZ

1.15 Ryan Howard - GregA

Second Round

2.1 David Wright - GregA

2.2 Jose Reyes - ToddZ

2.3 Matt Holiday - emalbright

2.4 Mark Teixeira- Head2Head

2.5 Tim Lincecum- Catch

2.6 Matt Kemp- DOUGHBOYS

2.7 Prince Fielder- Don M

2.8 Adrian Gonzalez- Lawrence Liebman

2.9 Ryan Zimmerman- Schwks

2.10 Joe Mauer- headhunters

2.11 Chin-Sin Choo- BEF

2.12 CC Sabathia- Raskol

2.13 Hunter Pence- Navel Lint

2.14 Brandon Phillips- Asumijet

2.15 Dustin Pedroia- Glennerationx

ROUND THREE

3.1 Felix Hernandez- Glennerationx

3.2 Andrew McCutchen- Asumijet

3.3 Ian Kinsler- Navel Lint

3.4 Kevin Youkilis- Raskol

3.5 Buster Posey- BEF

Schwks · Post by **Schwks** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:55 am

1. Ballpark amongst the worst

2. Supporting cast...not great...if he really turns into a stud...he will never see a pitch

3. Short resume (please ask Pablo Sandoval owners)

4. He is a catcher and thus will get less abs and greater odds for injuries

5. He is a catcher and their numbers wear down over a season

6. Buster's body type lends itself to being worn down in C position

ALl of that said he probably will go in 3-4th rd so if you love him, you have to grab him

BEF · Post by **BEF** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:39 am

Originally posted by Schwks:

1. Ballpark amongst the worst

2. Supporting cast...not great...if he really turns into a stud...he will never see a pitch

3. Short resume (please ask Pablo Sandoval owners)

4. He is a catcher and thus will get less abs and greater odds for injuries

5. He is a catcher and their numbers wear down over a season

6. Buster's body type lends itself to being worn down in C position

ALl of that said he probably will go in 3-4th rd so if you love him, you have to grab him Excellent analysis. I like the comment about Sandoval although I'd contend that Posey is simply a better athlete with obviously better conditioning, which should help offset some of the fatigue. But the fact that he's only been successful for two-thirds of one season is the part that scares me.

Main reason for picking him is that I like to take at least one of the top catchers, and I didn't think he, McCann or VMart would make it back to the late 4th.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:44 am

I like the debates and analysis of the picks. Good job Brian. I hope all of us do a little of that with each pick. What the heck. I think the second and third round is definitely up for grabs and all of us feel a little suspect when making some of these choices. Discussing them can only help all of us, which is what this early draft is all about.

Good stuff and keep the commentaries coming, whether they are good or bad. We're all trying to figure this last season out and trying to make some sense of the season ahead. Crazy, crazy already and it's just the early part of Round 3. Keep the picks coming. I may have some surprises at the turn!

headhunters · Post by **headhunters** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:52 am

victor martinez- take that big guy. of course posey could play in a hitters park like texas and an easy position like outfield or second base. that is why cruz, hamilton and kinsler are never hurt. or 3rd base like chipper and aramis ramirez or in a hitters park and 1st base like yooooouuuuk!

Schwks · Post by **Schwks** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:26 am

Speaking of Cruz...Nelson Cruz

Schwks · Post by **Schwks** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:33 am

Mike, I actually think V Mart is the better pick for the third round then Posey.

1. He actually plays 1st and DH, which gives him both rest and more abs then a typical catcher

2. While I dont think you have huge potential for a breakout type year, I think his good numbers are relatively assured (relative being operative word)

3. He is routinely surrounded by good hitters and good table setters

4. Plays in good hitters' park

headhunters · Post by **headhunters** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:40 am

go check your main event league. what round did mccann go? plays in pitchers park in nl with a pretty poor lineup. how did the guy do that drafted him?

Schwks · Post by **Schwks** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:46 am

Mike, I hope that a lot of players studying that draft think that McAnn was a significant part of the reason that he did so well....because I do not see it that way. Doug

Navel Lint · Post by **Navel Lint** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 9:02 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

I think the second and third round is definitely up for grabs and all of us feel a little suspect when making some of these choices. Discussing them can only help all of us, which is what this early draft is all about.

My first three picks;

1.3 Miguel Cabrera; .310ba/ 30+hr/ 100+rbi are about as close to a lock as you could get. If he had Prince Albert’s “speed”, it would be a coin flip for number 1.

2.13 Hunter Pence; Maybe early for this guy, but three straight 25hr seasons with double digit steals and back to back .282 average say second round to me. He’s not a superstar, but you won’t be looking back in October saying “that pick killed me”.

3.3 Ian Kinsler; Has only played 120+ games once. Older than M Cabrera and Pence

. Here is my big upside/risk pick at a middle infield position.