Scenarios
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 10:28 am
Lets play 'scenario's.
Some come up during the course of every draft. Absolutely none of them involve the first round.
Why everybody wants to talk about the first round is over my head. It's the building block. Some take the stable player. Some take the pie in the sky player. No matter, there is very little 'strategy' involved with the first round.
Scenario 1-
You are in the 22nd round of your draft. You feel very good about it. You feel as if you've hit your marks on both the pitching and hitting sides. Your starting lineup is full, except for a middle infielder. On the pitching side, you have your two Closers, and need one more Starter to complete your pitching staff.
You have Brad Miller and Anibal Sanchez qued up. You really want both of them. You've stated to yourself that there is a large dropoff in talent between Miller and the next MI and Anibal and the next starter.
BUT, you notice that Victor Martinez has slipped down as well.
VMart doesn't fit at all with your plans, but you are reckoning that he could do a lot more offensive damage than Brad Miller.
Who do you take?
Scenario 2-
You are in the fifth round. Drafting 15th, you took Mookie Betts and AJ Pollock on the first turn.
On the second turn, Cespedes and Syndergaard are taken.
You feel confident with your start in power/speed with Syndergaard as your ace.
Now what are you looking for?
Positionally, you have three outfielders.
You queue has Lucroy, Pujols, Kipnis, Seager, Bogaerts, Carlos Gomez, Kimbrel, and Danny Salazar as the best at each position.
What pair do you take?
Scenario 3-
36th round. You only have two catchers. Miguel Montero and Nick Hundley.
You've talked yourself into addressing this need.
The 'safest' catcher left is Jarrod Saltalablahblah, backup for the Tigers.
Do you draft Saltalablahblah or are you content with settling for David Ross and Murphy, backups for Montero and Hundley later?
Some come up during the course of every draft. Absolutely none of them involve the first round.
Why everybody wants to talk about the first round is over my head. It's the building block. Some take the stable player. Some take the pie in the sky player. No matter, there is very little 'strategy' involved with the first round.
Scenario 1-
You are in the 22nd round of your draft. You feel very good about it. You feel as if you've hit your marks on both the pitching and hitting sides. Your starting lineup is full, except for a middle infielder. On the pitching side, you have your two Closers, and need one more Starter to complete your pitching staff.
You have Brad Miller and Anibal Sanchez qued up. You really want both of them. You've stated to yourself that there is a large dropoff in talent between Miller and the next MI and Anibal and the next starter.
BUT, you notice that Victor Martinez has slipped down as well.
VMart doesn't fit at all with your plans, but you are reckoning that he could do a lot more offensive damage than Brad Miller.
Who do you take?
Scenario 2-
You are in the fifth round. Drafting 15th, you took Mookie Betts and AJ Pollock on the first turn.
On the second turn, Cespedes and Syndergaard are taken.
You feel confident with your start in power/speed with Syndergaard as your ace.
Now what are you looking for?
Positionally, you have three outfielders.
You queue has Lucroy, Pujols, Kipnis, Seager, Bogaerts, Carlos Gomez, Kimbrel, and Danny Salazar as the best at each position.
What pair do you take?
Scenario 3-
36th round. You only have two catchers. Miguel Montero and Nick Hundley.
You've talked yourself into addressing this need.
The 'safest' catcher left is Jarrod Saltalablahblah, backup for the Tigers.
Do you draft Saltalablahblah or are you content with settling for David Ross and Murphy, backups for Montero and Hundley later?