Draft

Snord35 · Post by **Snord35** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:19 am

Here is the team I got in Chi. #2 pick 15

C-- Mauer, Myers

CI- Durazo, Blake, LaRoche

MI- Nomar, Furcal, Durham

OF- Bonds, Crawford, G. Anderson, Geurt, Bigbie, Nix

Bench Jason Lane, Rickie Weeks, Cuddyer

SP- Colon, Nomo, Pineiro, Buehrle, Jer. Williams, Wakfield, Bri Anderson, Ramon Ortiz, Zack Greinke

CL- Hoffman, Nathan, Chad Cordero

I feel I have a solid all around team, was very happy with Nomar and Bonds at 15 and 16. I do have some holes, my Closers are not the best, and my CI is weak. Overall I have good speed and avg. HR and RBI could be better. I like my SP's should be ok in wins and K's. Don't know why I took Weeks when I did but he could pay off in July if I still have him. Again overall a good team I feel I should be in the top 5, but I'm an Injury away from falling to the middle of the pack.

Our draft was really odd, a lot of guys went 5 rounds too early. C, and Cl were also taken very early. Also one team didn't take any SP's and didn't take a RP till round 11 or 12, Ended up with one opening day closer in Baez, Marte and Urbina were the next best for getting saves. Another team has the all DL OF with Paterson, Griffey, Drew, and Juan Gone, also has a lot of young arms, Beckett, Willis, Jackson, and Lee.

Ace Rothstein · Post by **Ace Rothstein** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:21 am

Walter sczobak . . . sorry if I spelt your name wrong, I think if Burrell has the year he had 2 years ago your OF is the best Ive seen, and Quahogs . . .the TO guys thats right, my partner and I were saying we thought your team was the most balanced after looking at the board. I really cannot believe how many teams look solid up and down . . . the team that wins is the team that stays healthy assuming they make waiver pick ups that support there holes . . .I wish there was trading . . .just a question for those of you who have Halladay . . .would you trade us Doc for pineiro and posada??? . . .just curiosity, thnaks

nnoy · Post by **nnoy** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:34 am

Originally posted by mastering the flow:

correction to the last post. i am team #14. Team 14? Are you the guys that had time expire on them six different times or the ones that called out about 15 names at the end of the draft of guys that had been taken 4-5 rounds before?

What stats are you using to claim your team is better than mine? I’ve run projections based on last season, USA Today, Shandler, and about every other resource I can find. You must be using your own crack smoking projections if you think your sorry team is top-5 in the league. Renteria with pick 14? Piazza in the 3rd round? Tools like you are the reason I got Giambi in the 5th round. You had no clue what you were doing.

As far as my personal appearance goes: take a look around you bud, this is a group of geeks. We understand the statistics behind baseball, we aren’t the ones ever going to play the game. Your insult of my personal appearance likely correlates with your general intelligence and education level (my bad your are from the education state: Kentucky.)

I KNOW how good my team is based on the statistics. I’m not making claims that it is God’s gift to this league; it’s a good team that needs a few less breaks than some of the weaker teams to win this thing. ANYONE that looks at how our draft went and the fact that Giambi fell to me in the 5th has to question the level of the other players in the room (like yourself with your Piazza and Lee picks over him.)

b.rudd48 · Post by **b.rudd48** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:59 am

I am also with team 14 in Chi. League 2. We had a great time at the draft, and met some nice people in our league. The draft moved along at a very nice pace, quicker than we expected.

nnoy-

Time never expired on us, and it was not us who called out 15 times someone who had been taken much earlier. If you think Giambi is that much better than Lee, congratulations. We happen to think Lee will put up similar #'s in HR, RBI, and avg, 15 more SB's, a few less runs, and is much less of an injury risk. I don't regret that pick at all. The only pick that I do regret is taking Fullmer at the end of the 7th. I'm pretty sure we could have gotten him the next time around (or later), and we missed out on a couple of closers, and settled for Looper as our #2.

Piazza with pick #44 is not a bad pick, by the way. We wanted Piazza or Lopez there, but didn't really expect them to make it back to us.

There really is not that much depth at catcher(you of all people should know), and we wanted to get 2 good ones, and we think we did. Can't wait for the season to start. Josh Bard rules!

Harlem Hangover · Post by **Harlem Hangover** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:24 am

Hey guys... i'm in NY league#2, had the 5th pick.. overall i was pleased with my squad.. i think i have decent balance, but unfortunately my team will not be spectacular in any area, so i'm going to need a whole lot of help to be in the hunt:

C: myers, schneider (have castro gets eligible)

1B: Durazo

2B: Durham

SS: Kaz Matsui

3B: E Chavez

CI: R Simon

MI: B roberts/P reese

OF: Vlade

OF: V Wells

OF: G Jenkins

OF: C Everett

OF: J Guillen

SP: Colon,Morris,Contreras, Padilla, Burnett, Carpenter

RP: Benitiez, Looper, A Lopez, F Rodney

others.. farnsworth, c bradford, and 2 others i cant remember

Good luck to all

Parnelli · Post by **Parnelli** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:52 am

I picked #11 in Chicago draft #2.The draft was a blast.We had a lot of fun/good guys in our league and I can't wait to get the season started....

I think team #10 and #12 will be good because they kept taking my players.....lol

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 10:10 am

Originally posted by On the DL NY#1:

From what I've been reading, however, I shouldn't expect to get a rundown of your draft Saturday. We have a winner!

Karch Adonis · Post by **Karch Adonis** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 10:29 am

Originally posted by On the DL NY#1:

Gekko,

What does your team look like heading into Opening Day? Oh, dreadful mistake. Kind of like Chamberlian talking to ****** ...

Karch Adonis · Post by **Karch Adonis** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 10:32 am

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by On the DL NY#1:

Gekko,

What does your team look like heading into Opening Day? I haven't seen many other teams, but I'd put it in the top 20% right off the bat. We got the players we wanted, so we're happy. I'll know more when I see all the other teams. Thanks for your question. [/QUOTE]"On the DL NY#1" hangs one over the plate and "Gekko" goes yard!

(Dang sensitive BBS censored my Neville Chamberlian blast!)

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 10:47 am

Originally posted by Snord35:

C-- Mauer, Myers

CI- Durazo, Blake, LaRoche

MI- Nomar, Furcal, Durham

OF- Bonds, Crawford, G. Anderson, Geurt, Bigbie, Nix

Bench Jason Lane, Rickie Weeks, Cuddyer

SP- Colon, Nomo, Pineiro, Buehrle, Jer. Williams, Wakfield, Bri Anderson, Ramon Ortiz, Zack Greinke

CL- Hoffman, Nathan, Chad CorderoPicking at the 15 spot is tough. You have too many part-timers. I see a middle of the pack to below average finish for you. Better do good on free agent pick-ups.

nnoy · Post by **nnoy** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 10:51 am

Originally posted by 4Perps:

quote:Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by On the DL NY#1:

Gekko,

What does your team look like heading into Opening Day? I haven't seen many other teams, but I'd put it in the top 20% right off the bat. We got the players we wanted, so we're happy. I'll know more when I see all the other teams. Thanks for your question. [/QUOTE]"On the DL NY#1" hangs one over the plate and "Gekko" goes yard!

(Dang sensitive BBS censored my Neville Chamberlian blast!) [/QUOTE]I seriously doubt that the “Geeko” would have gotten your WWII reference anyway. Although the person you compared him to likely had plenty in common with him.

nnoy · Post by **nnoy** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 10:59 am

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by On the DL NY#1:

From what I've been reading, however, I shouldn't expect to get a rundown of your draft Saturday. We have a winner! [/QUOTE]The entire Geeko saga would be far more entertaining if he had the rocks to share a little about HIS “perfect” draft. Instead the Geeko simply sits back and fires away. Do you not have a pair under that skirt you wear?

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:00 am

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

nnoy, I guess you're taking out your draft day anger on me. I'm not sure why? I simply called out some of your misses (and you even acknowledged some of them). You are the one who posted your line-up on the message board. Did you only want people to post if they had something good to say? Maybe your ego needs it? nnoy speaks volumes with continued silence...

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:04 am

Originally posted by nnoy:

The entire Geeko saga would be far more entertaining if he had the rocks to share a little about HIS “perfect” draft. It's entertaining for me!

nnoy · Post by **nnoy** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:06 am

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

nnoy, I guess you're taking out your draft day anger on me. I'm not sure why? I simply called out some of your misses (and you even acknowledged some of them). You are the one who posted your line-up on the message board. Did you only want people to post if they had something good to say? Maybe your ego needs it? nnoy speaks volumes with continued silence... [/QUOTE]Geeko your ego has been stroked once again (probably like something else you stroke every night), I’ll offer my responses to you in the Geeko forum.

Piggy · Post by **Piggy** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:32 am

Here is team Piggy, I picked 15th in da league #1 Vegaz draft..I think I held my own for picking 15th...

Oliva

Schneider

Thome

B.Boone

Crede

Jeter

Konerko

Spivey

A.Jonez

Baldelli

J.Guillen

M.Byrd

Reed Johnson

A.Guiel

Colon

Webb

Padilla

Garcia

Cliff Lee

Jeremi Gonzalez

Rodney

Nathan

Baez

Bench: Higgenson, P.Feliz, D.Patterson, Jason Davis, Colby Lewis, J.Gobble

ITIS · Post by **ITIS** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 12:10 pm

So here it is, team #10 in Vegas league 5:

C: V Martinez

C: Mauer

1b: Delgado

2b: Rivas

SS: Nomar

3b: Lowell

MI: Clayton or Alex Gonzo(Chi)

CI: Glaus

OF: Crawford

OF: Carlos Lee

OF: Burrell

OF: D. Young

OF: Biggio

Ut: Nix, Juan Rivera, Wigginton

P: Millwood

P: Lowe

P: W Williams

P: D-train Willis

P: Russ Ortiz

P: Mike Hampton

P: Oliver Perez

P: Izzy

P: Joe Borowski

reserve Ps: Park, Jenks, Durbin

not a lot of choices in pitching lineup, but nice starters IMO and 2 solid closers, and the offense has 4 strong stat lines with BA looking a little low.

[ March 22, 2004, 06:12 PM: Message edited by: ITIS ]

kgrady · Post by **kgrady** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 12:38 pm

Jeffgoeke asks ...

** the (one) minute time limit separates the men from the girls I think. You had to be prepared. ... Wanted to know if teams with just 1 owner struggled at all. With 2 guys, we felt like we were hummin' along tracking all that was going on. ... **

I drafted 10th in NYC #2 league. I did not find being a solo-owner to be a problem, although it sure would have been had I not been well-prepared. I had spreadsheets by position which allowed me to cross players off the lists as they were drafted. I can see where having a partner could help in terms of keeping track of such things, but you also have to confer on selections, which can take some valuable time. Admittedly, there were times when I felt a bit rushed in terms of making a selection, but I don't believe that I was any more impacted by time constraints than anyone else in our league's draft.

Kevin

[ March 22, 2004, 06:50 PM: Message edited by: kgrady ]

kgrady · Post by **kgrady** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 12:48 pm

Drafted 10th in NYC #2. I think I have a pretty good team except for a miserable bullpen. That's going to take some waiver-wire work to be sure. Good balance on offense. Starters are solid although not spectacular. (Not sure of which round I took each player since there were plenty of other things more important to keep track of at the time.)

C - Ramon Hernandez

C - Michael Barrett

1B - Sean Casey

3B - Scott Rolen

CI - Morgan Ensberg

2B - Michael Young

SS - Miguel Tejada

MI - Luis Rivas

OF - Brian Giles

OF - Lance Berkman

OF - Randy Winn

OF - Jay Gibbons

OF - Jason Bay

U - Darin Erstad

P - Johan Santana

P - Freddy Garcia

P - Al Leiter

P - Tim Wakefield

P - Mark Redman

P - Steve Traschel

P - Kris Benson

P - Curtis Leskanic

P - Shigetoshi Hasegawa

Reserves

SS - Jack Wilson

OF - Eli Marrero (catcher at some point?)

OF - Aaron Rowand

P - Edwin Jackson

P - Jason Jennings

P - Lance Carter

Kevin

[ March 22, 2004, 07:01 PM: Message edited by: kgrady ]

chimpat · Post by **chimpat** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 1:54 pm

Our team "Tyree & Lysol", drafted in the popular NY #1 league. We had the #8 pick overall, right between "Legend 7" and "On the DL NY#1".

First off, this group was well run and most the managers were well prepared. Legend definitely snagged a few of our picks, but I know we got a few of the DLs also....just the way it goes. Both these guys were excellent to draft next to, and clearly knew what they were doing....I enjoyed drafting in this group and talking on the side with the managers.

As for our team, my co-manager Sully and I think that we did pretty well overall....here were the results:

C: Kendall, Estrada

1B: Texeira

2B: Kent

SS: Tejada

3B: Hillenbrand

MI: Ellis

CI: Ibanez

OF: G.Anderson, Damon, A.Sanchez, Gerut, Kotsay

U: Mench

SP: Halladay

SP: Colon

SP: Piniero

SP: Brett Myers

SP: Trachsel

SP: Edwin Jackson

SP: Brandon Claussen

RP: Billy Wagner

RP: Braden Looper

BENCH: Adam Laroche, Josh Fogg, Justin Morneau, Mark Grudzilanek, Eric Munson and Grant Roberts.

seefer · Post by **seefer** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:03 pm

Chicago league 1, pick #3:

C- Piazza, Moeller

1b- Bagwell

2b- Durham

SS- K. Green

3b- Koskie

CI- Beltre

MI- A. Kennedy

Of- Beltran

Of- S. Green

Of- Podsednik

Of- Bernie Baseball

Of- D. Roberts

Util- Rondell White (until Trot Nix is ready)

P- Gagne

P- B. Wagner

P- Riske

P- C. Zambrano

P- Peavy

P- B. Kim

P- B. Lawrence

P- Edwin Jax

P- Suppan

Bench- T. Nixon, Brandon Larson, Juan Rivera, Royce Clayton, W. Alvarez, Ryan Franklin

Draft was a blast and well run. May the season be a healthy one.

SoonerC · Post by **SoonerC** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:44 pm

Had the 10th pick in Vegas League #1. I wish I had Wagner backing up Graves but all in all I'm pretty happy with the balance.

C V Martinez

C M Barrett

1B Choi

2B M Young

SS M Cabrera

3B V Castilla

MI A Miles

CI B Larson

OF M Ramirez

OF C Patterson

OF M Bradley

OF L Matos (until J Bay is ready)

UT D Young

P T Hudson

P R Oswalt

P T Hoffman

P D Graves

P M Hampton

P T Redding

P CC Sabathia

P R Franklin

P G Balfour (sorry Helling owners, if there are any)

Bench: J Bay, F Sanchez, C Pena, B Kim, S Schoeneweiss, & J Crane (roll of the dice for sure). Let the games begin.

MGBMARTY · Post by **MGBMARTY** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 10:16 pm

I had 6th pick in League 3 in New York First 5 picks were Prior Sosa Ichiro Blalock Pudge Little surprised that Vlad and Helton went 7th and 8th Arod Soriano Pujols Pedro Beltran prior to Prior

scottalp · Post by **scottalp** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 2:12 pm

Originally posted by :

how do u think i did i had pick 13 i went for pitching avg speed and runs scored and hoped to fall in the middle with homers i took alot of guy who may hit 20 each i figure i should be near the top of wins,whip,k's,era ,and in the middle or top in saves if craine or lidge take over the closer jobs and i have tons of avg,speed and runs scored and hope i fall in the middle in homers and rbi's

c-charles johnson,victor martinez

1b-kevin millar,paul konerko

3b-tony batista,wes helms

2b-jose vidro,luis castillo

ss-khalil greene,bj upton

of-podsednick,bradley,lofton,gerut,guiel

pedro,halladay,oswalt,piniero,galvine,eaton,seo

farnsworth,lidge, foulke

reserves--kata,jesse crain,cust,and jenks I think you have an excellent starting staff. I do not see where you think the high BA is coming from with guys like batista, c. johnson, and Konerko dragging it down.

scottalp · Post by **scottalp** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 2:34 pm

Originally posted by Goggles Pisano:

Hi Everybody

I was the 13th Pick in NY league 3. I think I'm the first guy from this league to post their roster as of yet. I like my team and it was impossible to get a top 4 starter in my draft because Prior, Pedro, Schlling, Wood were all drafted before it even got to pick 13!! Tell me what you think. I'll give you a list by position rather than the order I drafted in because I don't totally remember.

c= Piazza, Miller (note I have Castro on the bench)

1b= Palmeiro

2nd= Luis Castillo

ss= Jose Valentin

3b= Corey Koskie

OF= Bonds, Magglio, Luis Gonzalez, Dye,

Brian Jordan

1/3= Shea Hillenbrand

ss/2n= Marlon Anderson

Util= Edgar Martinez

Starters= Colon, Miller, Ortiz, Willis, Redding,

Ishii

Closers= Smoltz, Hoffman

Bench= Biddle, Ramon Castro, Randall Simon,

Ken Harvey, Alex Gonzalez(cubs),

Farnsworth Your team looks very solid. Have to hope all of you starters have good years as they all have a good upside.