Things I saw on Draft Day

Tampa Munchers · Post by **Tampa Munchers** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:41 am

Fire Away. I picked from the 14 hole

C Estrada

C Napoli

1B Sexson

2B Weeks

SS Jeter

3B M Cabrera

MI Peralta

CI C Figgins

UTIL F Thomas

OF Markakis

OF Cameron

OF Monroe

OF C Duncan

OF N Cruz/E Reed

P C.C. Sabathia

P Schilling

P Wang

P Bonser

P D Davis

P Maddux

P Sowers

P Nathan

P Saito

Reserve P's Carmona, Donnelly, S Hill, Lindstrom, Pavano

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Dirt Dogs · Post by **Dirt Dogs** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:49 am

8th pick:

C- Varitek

C- Zaun

1B- Fielder

2B- Lugo

SS- Renteria

3B- Beltre

MI- Betancourt

CI- Jacobs

OF- Holliday

OF- Pierre

OF- Markakis

OF- Quentin

OF- Guillen

U- Ortiz

SP- Bonderman

SP- Myers

SP- Olsen

SP- Eaton

SP- Robertson

SP- Sowers

SP- Wakefield

CL- Cordero

CL- Dempster

Dirt Dogs · Post by **Dirt Dogs** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:50 am

8th pick:

C- Varitek

C- Zaun

1B- Fielder

2B- Lugo

SS- Renteria

3B- Beltre

MI- Betancourt

CI- Jacobs

OF- Holliday

OF- Pierre

OF- Markakis

OF- Quentin

OF- Guillen

U- Ortiz

SP- Bonderman

SP- Myers

SP- Olsen

SP- Eaton

SP- Robertson

SP- Sowers

SP- Wakefield

CL- Cordero

CL- Dempster

Red Sox Nation · Post by **Red Sox Nation** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:23 am

Originally posted by Dirt Dogs:

8th pick:

C- Varitek

C- Zaun

1B- Fielder

2B- Lugo

SS- Renteria

3B- Beltre

MI- Betancourt

CI- Jacobs

OF- Holliday

OF- Pierre

OF- Markakis

OF- Quentin

OF- Guillen

U- Ortiz

SP- Bonderman

SP- Myers

SP- Olsen

SP- Eaton

SP- Robertson

SP- Sowers

SP- Wakefield

CL- Cordero

CL- Dempster Dirt Dogs: Nice team I really like the pitching staff. Myers-Olsen are high on my list. Didn't you have the 8th pick? How did you get Holliday??

Spyhunter · Post by **Spyhunter** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:48 am

Nice job Dirt Dogs, one of the best teams I have seen

Spy

RichV · Post by **RichV** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:28 am

Yes, every draft has it's oddities, but none so stark as LV lg8, where JOHAN fell to the 21st pick. Thought this would be the main topic of conversation by now, Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet

sranaghan · Post by **sranaghan** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:55 am

if guillen gets hurt like always and if ortiz sees any drop in hr production that dirt dogs team is really looking for power if you ask me and dempster is really shaky.....

Spyhunter · Post by **Spyhunter** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:58 am

Originally posted by RichV:

Yes, every draft has it's oddities, but none so stark as LV lg8, where JOHAN fell to the 21st pick. Thought this would be the main topic of conversation by now, Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet I agree, people were surprised when Pujolis fell to #3 where we picked him up obviously but to see Johan go to 21 was a real shock. I do think Tejeda in the 1st round in our league was also a big surprise...

Spy

ALL-IN JD · Post by **ALL-IN JD** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:00 am

I hear that Spy, im sure you were giddy. I "reached" for Utley at six and I almost fell off my chair when I was able to draft his infield partner, Jimmy Rollins, with the 25th pick.

Spyhunter · Post by **Spyhunter** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:11 am

I did do a little cheer. I would have LOVED to get Rollins on the back side, nice pickup.

Quahogs · Post by **Quahogs** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:12 am

Originally posted by fireballs:

I hear that Spy, im sure you were giddy. I "reached" for Utley at six and I almost fell off my chair when I was able to draft his infield partner, Jimmy Rollins, with the 25th pick. more amazing was Hall where u got him. 3 Leagues with 3 middle picks and I didnt come close to Hauling him in in the 4th.

Q

ALL-IN JD · Post by **ALL-IN JD** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:17 am

I was stunned Q myself. I had a false sense of security going into the Ultimate on sunday but those hopes were dashed as he went 4th pick in the 3rd round. Utlet, Rollins and Hall is definitely the sickest MI I ever drafted in 23 years!

Dirt Dogs · Post by **Dirt Dogs** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:25 am

Originally posted by sranaghan:

if guillen gets hurt like always and if ortiz sees any drop in hr production that dirt dogs team is really looking for power if you ask me and dempster is really shaky..... I agree with Guillen but to say that my '5TH' OF going down is going to really hurt my team is silly. And to think that Papi is going to decrease production i guess you havent seen the upward swing over each of the past 4 years.

Oh yeah and Holliday,Beltre,Jacobs,Markakis,Fielder are scrubs that cant hit the long ball.

Oh wait 15 each from V-tek and Zaun and maybe 15 each from Lugo and Renteria and Quentin........

Sorry but I lost count of HR. whats your team look like.

sranaghan · Post by **sranaghan** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:39 am

I live in boston so sort of understand ortiz..thanks for the help though...you have a lot of guys that could put hrs but maybe not...a guy like holliday I dont see putting up more hrs....zaun could be platooning and varitek isnt much anymore...I see it every night....I agree on renteria and quentin but I cant see ortiz hitting more than 52......id say high 40's more than likely....you will definitely be looking for power if one of those of's starts to slump...trust me...

sranaghan · Post by **sranaghan** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:39 am

I live in boston so sort of understand ortiz..thanks for the help though...you have a lot of guys that could put hrs but maybe not...a guy like holliday I dont see putting up more hrs....zaun could be platooning and varitek isnt much anymore...I see it every night....I agree on renteria and quentin but I cant see ortiz hitting more than 52......id say high 40's more than likely....you will definitely be looking for power if one of those of's starts to slump...trust me...

sranaghan · Post by **sranaghan** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:40 am

markakis I dont see putting up big power numbers either and beltre is key for you....

sranaghan · Post by **sranaghan** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:42 am

also, your last 4 pitchers could be getting bombed...eaton in that little park...wakefield is sort of a time bomb...sowers will pitch well but not what you need in that group.....bonderman and myers are good but olsen I had last year hurts your whip...he will be good....

sranaghan · Post by **sranaghan** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:44 am

id rather have my staff without question:

Carpenter

Schilling

Wang

Verlander

Rogers

Randy Johnson (huge gamble and kind of stupid I know)

Billy Wagner

Justin Duscherer

Jason Isringhausen

Injury concerns I know but its a great core to build around...mine is not a contending team but neither is yours as someone said...hahahaha

sranaghan · Post by **sranaghan** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:48 am

if either johnson or isringhausen can stay healthy we will be very solid to build around our staff....all on world series contending teams our pitchers with the exception of Johnson and mayb dusherer.....street will get hurt again is my guess but so will isringhausen....I think johnson will produce this year...

sranaghan · Post by **sranaghan** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:49 am

granted our offense is very average but the point is you could very well have power concerns...

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:55 am

Seven posts in a row by the same person. Is this the online version of talking to yourself?

Dirt Dogs · Post by **Dirt Dogs** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:03 pm

Where is your offense?

I would have to disagree on your starting pitching being better than mine. having kenny rogers and randy johnson dont exactly let you sleep at night when they are pitching on those late west coast games.

and saying Holliday is not going to improve on his HR is absolutely ludacris. Based on your pitchers you appear to be one of those owners that like the old and declining guys instead of the up and coming guys that can only get better.

I'm from Boston (Boston Dirt Dogs) so i like the honest critism but hey, lets play some ball and see what happens. thats the beauty of fantasy baseball. Everyone loves there teams right now!

Good luck!

V-Tek Capt.

Dirt Dogs · Post by **Dirt Dogs** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:05 pm

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

Seven posts in a row by the same person. Is this the online version of talking to yourself? Funny!

Doughboys I played you in LV2 last year (RedSox Nation) how did your draft work out?

Red Sox Nation · Post by **Red Sox Nation** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:30 pm

Originally posted by sranaghan:

id rather have my staff without question:

Carpenter

Schilling

Wang

Verlander

Rogers

Randy Johnson (huge gamble and kind of stupid I know)

Billy Wagner

Justin Duscherer

Jason Isringhausen

Injury concerns I know but its a great core to build around...mine is not a contending team but neither is yours as someone said...hahahaha This pitching is good but not great. You have 3 starters 40 and over. Wang and Rogers will get you 160K's COMBINED. Here is an update on Izzy for you. I can see a lot of DL tags on your roster come June 1st. I hope your offense is good!

Jason Isringhausen (RHP, STL)

This could be the feel good story of the spring. Aging closer with arthritic hip gets new lease on his baseball life and saves the Cardinals bullpen. That kind of sentiment is great for the movies but not on draft day. There is enough uncertainty during the draft without wondering if he can stay healthy the entire season. Just six months ago, there was talk he might need an artificial hip in the future, that’s how bad his left hip was in September. Look for your saves from a less risky alternative.

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:03 pm

Originally posted by Dirt Dogs:

quote:Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

Seven posts in a row by the same person. Is this the online version of talking to yourself? Funny!

Doughboys I played you in LV2 last year (RedSox Nation) how did your draft work out? [/QUOTE]It must have worked out well, I'm tied for first.