How good could you be with 10 minutes?

bjoak · Post by **bjoak** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:26 pm

I'm just thinking there are about 3 picks I could have done much better on if I really had a long time to consider them. If there were no time limit in which to make your selections, would you make much better and/or much different picks? How many of your selections would have been different? Does time matter?

Edwards Kings · Post by **Edwards Kings** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:17 am

More time would probably change two or three picks for me tops. For example my good friend and draft neighbor Chad Silverstein threw me a loop by picking Coco Crisp just before I was and I ended up picking Freddy Sanchez at least one if not two rounds early. I shouldn't get rattled with all the prep I do, but more time would allow me to take a breath. More time for picks is not something I would seriously consider, though.

sranaghan · Post by **sranaghan** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:51 am

I think this is a decent idea. I was in the draft that went in 4 hours and felt like the timing was a little too quick. I could see adding another 30 seconds. It would make it long but you really need it more in the later rounds is my feeling....

bjoak · Post by **bjoak** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:24 am

Oh, I don't know that I would make it longer. I'm just curious about how much the time factor affects others. I was thinking that I could have improved my draft by 3 picks with more time, but then wondered how much better others would get. It seems like that is probably about right for most.

Cooperstown · Post by **Cooperstown** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:24 pm

I had 1 pick that would have benefitted from an extra minute or two. It was pick 5. I first thought McCann might make it. Nope, went in the 3rd.

After I took my closer in the 4th I started setting my sights on a power corner man and as my pick got close was counting on either Zimmerman or Fielder. I added a 3rd choice of Cano just in case. The 3 picks before me were Cano, Zimmerman and Fielder. And they went fast too.

There was no other infielder worthy of a 5th round pick. And certainly no C either. Just as I picked up my OF sheet the moderator's alarm of "15 seconds left" caused some panic to set in. Then I heard a voice coming from the Delmon Young entry, "you want me on your team, you need me on your team". So with seconds left, I took Delmon in the 5th.

The OF's taken after him include Baldelli, Rios, Sheffield, Hunter, Taveras, and Cameron. Should I have taken any of these over Delmon? I had issues with each one of them.

If I had that extra minute I probably would have taken Rios, sore shoulder or not.

Hey, how about 1 time out per drafter?