Help Out With the NFBC's Player Default List

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:23 am

Tom and I are now creating the player default list for our NFBC draft software and doing our best to make it somewhat realistic for the early drafts. By taking the time to do this, it should speed up the earlier drafts because folks won't have to look too far for the top players. It might even help some unprepared owners in the early rounds.

Anyway, take a look at our Top 30 and let me know what you think. At the very least, it's a good topic of conversation about the early rounds and gets us all back to talking about current players. I'm not sure I can keep reading that thread about 1908 pitchers!!

Let's talk about 2012 pitchers and hitters.

Anyway, here's what I have for the Top 30 of the player default list. I'm open for suggestions and will tweak my list accordingly. Then I'll add a few more rounds. My biggest dilemma is where to put Ryan Howard. Where would you put him? And what about Adam Wainwright? Top 100? I think I have him at 83 and Howard outside the Top 100. Any thoughts are welcome:

NFBC Player Default List:

Rank NAME TEAM POS

1 Matt Kemp LAD CF

2 Albert Pujols StL 1B

3 Ryan Braun Mil LF

4 Jacoby Ellsbury Bos CF

5 Troy Tulowitzki Col SS

6 Miguel Cabrera Det 1B

7 Robinson Cano NYY 2B

8 Adrian Gonzalez Bos 1B

9 Curtis Granderson NYY CF

10 Joey Votto Cin 1B

11 Prince Fielder Mil 1B

12 Jose Bautista Tor RF

13 Justin Upton Ari RF

14 Evan Longoria TB 3B

15 Carlos Gonzalez Col LF

16 Clayton Kershaw LAD SP

17 Dustin Pedroia Bos 2B

18 Hanley Ramirez Fla SS

19 Roy Halladay Phi SP

20 David Wright NYM 3B

21 Andrew McCutchen Pit CF

22 Jose Reyes NYM SS

23 Ian Kinsler Tex 2B

24 Justin Verlander Det SP

25 Mark Teixeira NYY 1B

26 Josh Hamilton Tex LF

27 Tim Lincecum SF SP

28 Cliff Lee Phi SP

29 Victor Martinez Det DH

30 Mike Stanton Fla RF

Thoughts?