CreativeSports.com Magazine Draft Tonight

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:20 am

Believe it or not, the baseball officially starts for most of us industry writers tonight with the first magazine draft of the off-season. This is a 15-team, 23-round draft for CreativeSports.com. I'm involved and have the third pick. Lawr, I don't even have any Cheat Sheets ready yet. Sheesh!!

I'll post the first few rounds here tonight if I survive. I have no hope!! This league doesn't get played out, but Lord Zola will let us know if his team is the best or not at season's end. If it's not, then this never happened!!!

Look for some results tomorrow to nibble on. Doughboys, thanks for the preliminary Cheat Sheets. I'll let you know if they helped me or not. Meantime, Tom is running three basketball drafts today and tomorrow. Which season is it again? I'm confused suddenly.

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:53 pm

Post your team, Greg.

I'll use some players for your mock team.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:40 am

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

Post your team, Greg.

I'll use some players for your mock team. Man, there's no offense in this year's draft!!!

I'm not kidding. Like halfway through there were only starting pitchers worth taking. It was amazing and everyone said the same thing. Today when we host our Fanball Magazine Draft, I'm going for offense, offense, offense early on.

My team sucks. Wait for the magazine to come out before killing me!!!

Here are the first six rounds for folks to nibble on.

R1 P1 Peter Kreutzer Pujols, Albert 1B STL 3m 55s

R1 P2 Brian Walton Ramirez, Hanley SS FLA 14s

R1 P3 Greg Ambrosius Rodriguez, Alex 3B NYY 8s

R1 P4 Doug Dennis Crawford, Carl OF TB 9s

R1 P5 Lawr Michaels Utley, Chase 2B PHI 13s

R1 P6 Todd Zola Braun, Ryan OF MIL 16s

R1 P7 Jason Collette Kemp, Matt OF LA 15s

R1 P8 Scott White Mauer, Joe C MIN 19s

R1 P9 Gene McCaffrey Cabrera, Miguel 1B DET 9s

R1 P10 Geoffrey Stein Teixeira, Mark 1B NYY 6s

R1 P11 Brendan Roberts Ellsbury, Jacoby OF BOS 21s

R1 P12 David Gonos Fielder, Prince 1B MIL 23s

R1 P13 Alex Cushing Wright, David 3B NYM 1m 8s

R1 P14 Brandon Funston Upton, Justin OF ARI 32s

R1 P15 Chris Liss Howard, Ryan 1B PHI 6s

R2 P1 Chris Liss Lincecum, Tim SP SF 3s

R2 P2 Brandon Funston Longoria, Evan 3B TB 9s

R2 P3 Alex Cushing Kinsler, Ian 2B TEX 32s

R2 P4 David Gonos Reyes, Jose SS NYM 8s

R2 P5 Brendan Roberts Reynolds, Mark 3B, 1B ARI 50s

R2 P6 Geoffrey Stein Rollins, Jimmy SS PHI 13s

R2 P7 Gene McCaffrey Sizemore, Grady OF CLE 5s

R2 P8 Scott White Tulowitzki, Troy SS COL 21s

R2 P9 Jason Collette Votto, Joey 1B CIN 15s

R2 P10 Todd Zola Holliday, Matt OF STL 29s

R2 P11 Lawr Michaels Sabathia, CC SP NYY 7s

R2 P12 Doug Dennis Martinez, Victor C, 1B BOS 7s

R2 P13 Greg Ambrosius Bay, Jason OF BOS 33s

R2 P14 Brian Walton Zimmerman, Ryan 3B WAS 40s

R2 P15 Peter Kreutzer Suzuki, Ichiro OF SEA 9s

R3 P1 Peter Kreutzer Greinke, Zack SP KC 9s

R3 P2 Brian Walton Morneau, Justin 1B MIN 11s

R3 P3 Greg Ambrosius Phillips, Brandon 2B CIN 31s

R3 P4 Doug Dennis Youkilis, Kevin 1B, 3B BOS 6s

R3 P5 Lawr Michaels McCann, Brian C ATL 32s

R3 P6 Todd Zola Roberts, Brian 2B BAL 1m 5s

R3 P7 Jason Collette Cano, Robinson 2B NYY 7s

R3 P8 Scott White Sandoval, Pablo 3B, 1B SF 1m 12s

R3 P9 Gene McCaffrey Pedroia, Dustin 2B BOS 7s

R3 P10 Geoffrey Stein Werth, Jayson OF PHI 53s

R3 P11 Brendan Roberts Hernandez, Felix SP SEA 22s

R3 P12 David Gonos Ramirez, Manny OF LA 29s

R3 P13 Alex Cushing Markakis, Nick OF BAL 1m 9s

R3 P14 Brandon Funston Jeter, Derek SS NYY 4s

R3 P15 Chris Liss Upton, B.J. OF TB 40s

R4 P1 Chris Liss Hamilton, Josh OF TEX 3s

R4 P2 Brandon Funston Lind, Adam OF TOR 56s

R4 P3 Alex Cushing Hill, Aaron 2B TOR 1m 9s

R4 P4 David Gonos Haren, Dan SP ARI 34s

R4 P5 Brendan Roberts Halladay, Roy SP TOR 11s

R4 P6 Geoffrey Stein Santana, Johan SP NYM 7s

R4 P7 Gene McCaffrey Gonzalez, Adrian 1B SD 7s

R4 P8 Scott White Zobrist, Ben 2B, OF TB 15s

R4 P9 Jason Collette Vazquez, Javier SP ATL 10s

R4 P10 Todd Zola Morales, Kendry 1B ANA 35s

R4 P11 Lawr Michaels Papelbon, Jonathan RP BOS 11s

R4 P12 Doug Dennis Berkman, Lance 1B HOU 13s

R4 P13 Greg Ambrosius Verlander, Justin SP DET 41s

R4 P14 Brian Walton Beltran, Carlos OF NYM 16s

R4 P15 Peter Kreutzer Pence, Hunter OF HOU 38s

R5 P1 Peter Kreutzer Ramirez, Aramis 3B CHC 33s

R5 P2 Brian Walton Carpenter, Chris SP STL 17s

R5 P3 Greg Ambrosius Dunn, Adam OF, 1B WAS 12s

R5 P4 Doug Dennis Figgins, Chone 3B ANA 28s

R5 P5 Lawr Michaels Kubel, Jason OF MIN 7s

R5 P6 Todd Zola Lee, Carlos OF HOU 1m 2s

R5 P7 Jason Collette Choo, Shin-Soo OF CLE 7s

R5 P8 Scott White Victorino, Shane OF PHI 1m 3s

R5 P9 Gene McCaffrey Granderson, Curtis OF DET 13s

R5 P10 Geoffrey Stein Ethier, Andre OF LA 1m

R5 P11 Brendan Roberts Cruz, Nelson OF TEX 29s

R5 P12 David Gonos Jones, Adam OF BAL 8s

R5 P13 Alex Cushing Quentin, Carlos OF CHW 3m 8s

R5 P14 Brandon Funston Wieters, Matt C BAL

R5 P15 Chris Liss Abreu, Bobby OF ANA 1m 58s

R6 P1 Chris Liss Ramirez, Alexei SS CHW 29s

R6 P2 Brandon Funston Broxton, Jonathan RP LA 49s

R6 P3 Alex Cushing Rios, Alex OF CHW 59s

R6 P4 David Gonos Lee, Cliff SP PHI 8s

R6 P5 Brendan Roberts Nathan, Joe RP MIN 23s

R6 P6 Geoffrey Stein Butler, Billy 1B KC 7s

R6 P7 Gene McCaffrey McLouth, Nate OF ATL 5s

R6 P8 Scott White Bourn, Michael OF HOU 22s

R6 P9 Jason Collette Lester, Jon SP BOS 10s

R6 P10 Todd Zola Pena, Carlos 1B TB 1m 42s

R6 P11 Lawr Michaels Cuddyer, Michael OF, 1B MIN

R6 P12 Doug Dennis Uggla, Dan 2B FLA 24s

R6 P13 Greg Ambrosius McCutchen, Andrew OF PIT 13s

R6 P14 Brian Walton Ibanez, Raul OF PHI 21s

R6 P15 Peter Kreutzer Drew, Stephen SS ARI 40s

R7 P1 Peter Kreutzer Beckham, Gordon 3B CHW 1m 3s

R7 P2 Brian Walton Stewart, Ian 3B, 2B COL 10s

R7 P3 Greg Ambrosius Wainwright, Adam SP STL 23s

R7 P4 Doug Dennis Bartlett, Jason SS TB 4s

R7 P5 Lawr Michaels Cain, Matt SP SF 9s

R7 P6 Todd Zola Johnson, Josh SP FLA 5s

R7 P7 Jason Collette Young, Michael 3B TEX 29s

R7 P8 Scott White Lee, Derrek 1B CHC 10s

R7 P9 Gene McCaffrey Beckett, Josh SP BOS 7s

R7 P10 Geoffrey Stein Peavy, Jake SP CHW 33s

R7 P11 Brendan Roberts Hunter, Torii OF ANA 30s

R7 P12 David Gonos Rodriguez, Francisco RP NYM 9s

R7 P13 Alex Cushing Rivera, Mariano RP NYY 31s

R7 P14 Brandon Funston Kendrick, Howie 2B ANA 49s

R7 P15 Chris Liss Soriano, Alfonso OF CHC 57s

R8 P1 Chris Liss Andrus, Elvis SS TEX 39s

R8 P2 Brandon Funston Davis, Chris 1B TEX 38s

R8 P3 Alex Cushing Hawpe, Brad OF COL 53s

R8 P4 David Gonos Lopez, Jose 2B SEA 7s

R8 P5 Brendan Roberts Posada, Jorge C NYY 11s

R8 P6 Geoffrey Stein Soria, Joakim RP KC 38s

R8 P7 Gene McCaffrey Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL 8s

R8 P8 Scott White Hanson, Tommy RP ATL 11s

R8 P9 Jason Collette Bailey, Andrew RP OAK 9s

R8 P10 Todd Zola Furcal, Rafael SS LA 1m

R8 P11 Lawr Michaels Cabrera, Asdrubal SS, 2B CLE 14s

R8 P12 Doug Dennis Escobar, Yunel SS ATL 3s

R8 P13 Greg Ambrosius Bell, Heath RP SD 55s

R8 P14 Brian Walton Jimenez, Ubaldo SP COL 10s

R8 P15 Peter Kreutzer Hudson, Orlando 2B LA 19s

R9 P1 Peter Kreutzer Span, Denard OF MIN 11s

R9 P2 Brian Walton Street, Huston RP COL 7s

R9 P3 Greg Ambrosius Suzuki, Kurt C OAK 50s

R9 P4 Doug Dennis Gonzalez, Carlos OF COL 4s

R9 P5 Lawr Michaels Billingsley, Chad SP LA 49s

R9 P6 Todd Zola Jones, Chipper 3B ATL 3s

R9 P7 Jason Collette Rodriguez, Wandy SP HOU 41s

R9 P8 Scott White Fuentes, Brian RP ANA 37s

R9 P9 Gene McCaffrey Jurrjens, Jair SP ATL 7s

R9 P10 Geoffrey Stein Morgan, Nyjer OF WAS 11s

R9 P11 Brendan Roberts Damon, Johnny OF NYY 18s

R9 P12 David Gonos Martin, Russell C LA 10s

R9 P13 Alex Cushing Valverde, Jose RP HOU 32s

R9 P14 Brandon Funston Kershaw, Clayton SP LA 5s

R9 P15 Chris Liss Soto, Geovany C CHC 3s

R10 P1 Chris Liss Wilson, Brian RP SF 10s

R10 P2 Brandon Funston Hamels, Cole SP PHI 55s

R10 P3 Alex Cushing Lackey, John SP ANA 1m 7s

R10 P4 David Gonos Bruce, Jay OF CIN 10s

R10 P5 Brendan Roberts Tejada, Miguel SS HOU 36s

R10 P6 Geoffrey Stein Marmol, Carlos RP CHC 16s

R10 P7 Gene McCaffrey Rivera, Juan OF ANA 6s

R10 P8 Scott White Aardsma, David RP BOS 54s

R10 P9 Jason Collette Rasmus, Colby OF STL 23s

R10 P10 Todd Zola Cordero, Francisco RP CIN 7s

R10 P11 Lawr Michaels LaRoche, Adam 1B ATL 8s

R10 P12 Doug Dennis Hart, Corey OF MIL 6s

R10 P13 Greg Ambrosius Burnett, A.J. SP NYY 1m

R10 P14 Brian Walton Montero, Miguel C ARI 15s

R10 P15 Peter Kreutzer Scherzer, Max RP ARI 17s

[ November 03, 2009, 09:31 AM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:43 am

This was 15 teams, 23 rounds, fill your starting lineup in 23 rounds. I'd sure hate to do this for money this early in the off-season, but here goes my team:

C - Kurt Suzuki

C - Ramon Hernandez (there are no second catchers!!)

1B - Adam Dunn

2B - Brandon Phillips

SS - Jhonny Peralta

3B - Alex Rodriguez

MI - Luis Castillo

CI - Russell Branyan

UT - Jason Heyward

OF - Jason Bay

OF - Andrew McCutchen

OF - Vernon Wells

OF - Chase Headley

OF - David DeJesus

P - Justin Verlander

P - Adam Wainwright

P - A.J. Burnett

P - Randy Wolf

P - Carlos Zambrano (dumb pick)

P - Rick Porcello

P - Jarrod Washburn

RP - Heath Bell

RP - Brad Lidge

Go ahead, cut it apart!

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:03 am

Greg – I agree with you. The second tier of catchers looks to be ugly this year. Plays into my strategy of obtaining quality ones.

As for your team, Avg looks to be a killer. What SP were still on the board when you took Zambrano?

Post more rounds (at least 12) so we can see who you passed on to take some of your players. It will give us a better perspective to assess your draft, i.e. I can’t tell if V.Wells is a good pick or not. It would be based on what round you got him in and who you passed on to secure his services.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:33 am

Originally posted by Gekko:

Greg – I agree with you. The second tier of catchers looks to be ugly this year. Plays into my strategy of obtaining quality ones.

As for your team, Avg looks to be a killer. What SP were still on the board when you took Zambrano?

Post more rounds (at least 12) so we can see who you passed on to take some of your players. It will give us a better perspective to assess your draft, i.e. I can’t tell if V.Wells is a good pick or not. It would be based on what round you got him in and who you passed on to secure his services. I listed through Round 10 now. These aren't my results, so I shouldn't post more than that.

Trust me, this is as much an exercise in learning for all of us as it is for those watching the results. I'm still working on all of my projections and rankings too. I was dumbfounded in the middle rounds to see how thin catchers and even outfielders were. It will force me to change strategies going forward.

We have our draft this afternoon and Tom and I will gladly post results after that. It's time to get some mocks going and digest the results, good and bad. We're all allowed a longer learning curve in November, right? Enjoy.