Wednesday Chat Has Begun

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:38 am

Originally posted by viper:

nothing from mockdraftcentral yet.

I just e-mailed Jason so I'll let you know what he says.

pancho11 · Post by **pancho11** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:40 am

Cain, Schilling, F Hernandez

what order would you draft them

and btw scarlett johannson is ridiculous

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:41 am

Hernandez

Schilling

Cain

And Scarlett is ... WOW

viper · Post by **viper** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:42 am

Thoughts on Alfonzo Soriano. Think he will be traded again or play in the outfield - assuming Vidro is healthy? In my lists, he has dropped like a rock. Then I watched long fly balls barely reach the warning track at RFK last year.

viper · Post by **viper** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:44 am

In the Magazine League, will there be a single FAAB period right before the seson begins? My guess is that a lot of FAAB bucks will be bid on closers that first week.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:45 am

Tough one with Soriano. He's a very talented guy in my opinion but that's not a friendly park for his power. Plus there's the issue of whether he'll play the OF or not. I've seen him fall in some drafts already. If he did in mine, I'd probably pounce because that's the kind of talent that can overcome what looks to be a bad situation. I do think he should be good for plenty of SBs no matter what.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:46 am

Originally posted by viper:

In the Magazine League, will there be a single FAAB period right before the seson begins? My guess is that a lot of FAAB bucks will be bid on closers that first week. The first FAAB period will be the week before the season begins. We'll do that with the satellite leagues as well.

GOD Loves You · Post by **GOD Loves You** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:47 am

Not sure if this will get answered....

On average in the NFBC, how many closers are usually drafted by each team. I am not in the main, only a satellite and this is my first year so I am curious.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:49 am

I'm not sure what the answer is to the closer question to be honest. Maybe some of the folks here could step up and share what they remember from their leagues.

viper · Post by **viper** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:51 am

My experience is that most teams shoot for two closers at the draft.

Realize that during the season, the turnover rate is high. Of the 30 presumed closers last March, 15 are still closers with the same team. Two are closers on different teams. That leaves 13 closers who are new from last March's lists.

[ January 25, 2006, 01:51 PM: Message edited by: viper ]

pancho11 · Post by **pancho11** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:52 am

wow ---

i absolutely love cain this year

what i saw of him was phenomenal

i just have very little feeling for where he will go:

my best guess is rd 12 ish but i feel he can go anywhere from 9-16

GOD Loves You · Post by **GOD Loves You** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:54 am

Thanks Viper, I have usually gone against the norm in regards to this..3-5 but was curious as to what others do.

It's nice to have those closers who can come in 3+ nights a week and get you almost 3k's each outing. A lot of times they can be more valuable than the 4th or 5th starting pitcher on a team.

viper · Post by **viper** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:56 am

too many closers means too few actual starts. Starts is where you get wins and strikeouts

[ January 25, 2006, 01:57 PM: Message edited by: viper ]

pancho11 · Post by **pancho11** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:58 am

Will this be the year my mets finally topple the braves in the nl east

ill believe it when i see it personally but i have a lot of built up pessimism from being disappointed so many times

Dak · Post by **Dak** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:58 am

In recent mock - 3 teams drafted 3 closers (or presumed closers), 9 drafted 2 closers, 2 drafted 1 closer, and 1 did not draft a closer or potential closer.

GOD Loves You · Post by **GOD Loves You** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:00 am

Originally posted by Dak:

In recent mock - 3 teams drafted 3 closers (or presumed closers), 9 drafted 2 closers, 2 drafted 1 closer, and 1 did not draft a closer or potential closer. Interesting....well everyone have a great day...gotta pick son up from school

Joe Sambito · Post by **Joe Sambito** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:00 am

Taking 3-5 closers who give you 3 k's a night, will certainly cost you 3-5 picks out of your top ten. Ergo, your offense will suffer. But give it a shot. Nothing wrong with relievers...

viper · Post by **viper** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:00 am

as I recall, the overall champion in the first season did not draft a closer. He ended up with two however and got a reasonable number of saves. Would have liked to know how much FAAB he spent on them.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:03 am

Just head from Jason at Mock Draft Central. He'll be sending out the invites to the draft tomorrow night shortly.

pancho11 · Post by **pancho11** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:04 am

WIll the satellite lgs be using the same draft position format as the main event?

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:27 am

Yup, the satellites will be using KDS drafting.

Dak · Post by **Dak** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:30 am

Tom,

Checked out Mock Draft Central for Mag II League. Looks ok 'cept the time and date are wrong - States "1-27-06, 8pm est". Should it not be - 1-26-06, 7pm est?

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:32 am

It is 7 p.m. ET. I e-mailed Jason to make sure that is correct on the site. Thanks Dak for the heads up.

Plymouth · Post by **Plymouth** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:37 am

I don't think it is so much how many closers you have but how many saves you get, so quality counts. Look at last years stats in the different leagues and you will get a feel for how many saves you might need to end up where you want to in saves. Some folks like to be at the top, others are happy with the middle numbers and a few just write off the category.

viper · Post by **viper** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:38 am

tomorrow at 7