MLB Open Draft Day
We had our draft earlier today for the first annual TCR MLB Open League. The rules are simple enough:
H2H weekly play
No trades
Set your lineups weekly
Point system (Single = 1, Double = 2, Triple = 3, Home Run = 4, Run = 1, RBI = 1, Walk = 1, Stolen Base = 2, Caught Stealing = -1 )
Draft entire Pitching Staff, not individual pitchers (basically Wins, K's, ERA and WHIP are counted)
That's the basics, so let's see how we drafted.
It's a twelve team league and here's the owners/teams that joined, by draft order (please correct me if I'm wrong on the usernames).
Marfa Polecats - Belive he goes as "Henry" around here
Whole Camels
- formerly Wrigley's Believe it or Not, now John Beasley
Kill the Goat
- I'll go with "Q"
Hendry's Okonomi Buffet - I believe that's DCTom, but might go as Tom K.
(too many Tom's around here)
The Christian Coalition - Ruz
Nippon-Hamilton Fighters - The Joe
WISCGRAD'S TEAM - naturally, Wiscgrad
For Seeking Heat - Matt of America
Kerry Wood's Hot Tub - believe he goes by "OmarLittle" around here
Karl Hungus' Logjammers - Dr. Aaron B.
PEDia Lights - cubswinthepennant (my vote for best team name)
The Cub Reporter - myself
So let's see how it went (click on the image for a larger version).
Here's my draft with comments. I wasn't pleased with the last pick in the draft, but the two picks in a row is nice.
Round | Player | Comments |
---|---|---|
1 | Ryan Howard (1B, PHI) | "For Seeking Heat" started off early grabbing my players, by taking Utley. |
2 | Grady Sizemore (OF, CLE) | Have him in another keeper league, makes life easier for me |
3 | Alex Rios (OF, TOR) | Feel he's a guy ready to take the leap to super-stardom this year |
4 | Chicago Cubs (P, CHC) | Bit of a reach, but team should be good and always up there in K's. |
5 | Chipper Jones (3B, ATL) | Was hoping for Aramis or Garrett Atkins (FSH strikes again), but happy to "settle" on Chipper. |
6 | Nick Swisher (1B, OF, CWS) | Multiple position eligibility and the park should be friendlier. |
7 | Aaron Hill (2B, TOR) | Was thinking Orlando Hudson would fall here, but Ruz grabbed him earlier |
8 | Rafael Furcal (SS, LAD) | Meh, guess he can't be worse than he was last year. |
9 | Jason Bay (OF, PIT) | Was hoping for Salty from Texas, but FSH struck again. Bay should rebound, but he's a bench player at the moment. |
10 | Alex Gordon (1B, 3B, KC) | Multiple positions and counting on him to take a huge step forward this year |
11 | Howie Kendrick (2B, LAA) | Amazed he fell this far... |
12 | Josh Hamilton (OF, TEX) | Lefties usually feast at the Ballpark or whatever it's called these days. |
13 | Dioner Navarro (C, TB) | Counting that Joe Sheehan will be right about his breakout players for 2008 |
14 | Scott Rolen (3B, TOR) | Guess you can't have enough third basemen |
15 | David Eckstein (SS, TOR) | needed a backup SS and Eck was the last one left who might get regular playing time. |
So there you have it, how did I do? Shortstop and catcher are my big worries, but should have enough depth around the rest of the diamond. We're filling up a second league and it might be full (big lowitzki is running commish on that one), but drop me a line if you're interested.
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