Owner: Jeff Weseloh
Draft Pick Order: 1st Overall
Top Ten Rounds Evaluation (ADP Round)*
1 – Albert Pujols (1)
2 – Aramis Ramirez (3)
3 – Carlos Beltran (3)
4 – Lance Berkman (Kept)
5 – Johnny Damon (6)
6 – Daisuke Matsuzaka (6)
7 – Garrett Atkins (6)
8 – Ian Kinsler (8)
9 – Erik Bedard (13)
10 – Aaron Harang (14)
Thoughts:
And you were doing so well until you got to rounds nine and ten...
I hate the Damon pick, but that is more of my opinion of him getting old, regressing and sucking that is influencing that.
The Bedard and Harang picks I take issue with. Aside from them being overvalued, neither of them pitch in situations that really make me feel good about them. Harang pitches in a sandbox that sees routine fly balls turn into 500 foot home runs. He saw a huge dip in his strikeouts last year and has pitched almost 900 innings in the last four seasons. There is a lot to not like about Harang without the whole ninth round status attached to him.
Bedard pitches for a terrible team, it’s as simple as that. He had injury issues last year and has never pitched over 200 innings in a season. Additionally, he really only has one good season in his career (2007) which happened to coincide with his one good strikeout season. Bedard would have made more sense as an overdraft in round 12, maybe 11.
I love the Beltran pick. It is striking to me how Beltran had the third highest fantasy point total last season, but everyone decided to let him slide to the third round. But, hey, at least Joel got Liriano three rounds too high!
Best (and Worst) Mid to Late Round Picks
Best:
David DeJesus. Because at round 21, he is projected to score more points than Adam Keller’s catcher, first baseman, left fielder and right fielder (not combined) and is only three points short of his kept second baseman Dan Uggla. Normally this would be a compliment, but actually it is more of slam on Adam’s “stacked” fantasy team. (Boom! Roasted again!)
In all seriousness, I like the Chris Carpenter and Travis Snider picks. But I don’t have anything to say about them other than the obvious so I’m going to leave that there.
Worst:
I can’t decide between Johnny Damon, Erik Bedard or Aaron Harang… Let’s just go all three! But, hey, at least two-thirds of your outfield and half of your infield isn’t projected to score fewer fantasy points than someone else’s 21st round pick like someone else I know…
Starting Positional Breakdown
C – John Baker: My early thoughts are he sucks. Those will probably reflect my latter thoughts as well.
1B – Lance Berkman: You know, looking back on the draft, keeping Berkman for a 4th rounder seems stupid since you probably could have drafted him in the 20th round the way pitching was going. None the less you have a solid first baseman.
2B – Ian Kinsler: If he stays healthy and Utley does not, you have the number one second baseman in fantasy.
3B – Aramis Ramirez: One of the better third basemen in a shallow third base class.
SS – Michael Young: Young’s transition to third base gives me concern as to his fantasy value this season and in seasons to come.
LF – Johnny Damon: Already discussed my disgusting thoughts on him.
CF – Carlos Beltran: Him too.
RF – Jermaine Dye: He’s the wildcard for you this year. If he stays healthy and does not regress too much, he could be the key piece to put you over the top into the playoffs.
UT – Albert Pujols: I hate the Cardinals, but Pujols still holds the number spot in the greatest home runs I’ve ever seen live in person or on TV. That was insane.
SP1 – Zack Greinke: Worst case scenario he’s an above average guy for you. Best case: He wins the Cy Young.
SP2 – Daisuke Matsuzaka: Most overrated and overvalued fantasy pitcher in this league, period.
SP3 – Erik Bedard: Yeah…
FLEX – Justin Duchscherer: That’s not good either…
RP – Francisco Cordero: Well this is going downhill fast.
RP – Brandon Morrow: When your best reliever is a starter, that’s not good.
RP – Joel Hanrahan: Say “Hanrahan” five times fast. Not possible without saying "hand" at least twice. Note: I have no idea who this guy is.
General Thoughts:
This was not a bad draft. I don’t think it will win you the league, but I don’t think it will lose it for you either. Being in the Losers Division is going to help you.
Sarcastic Statement:
Adam most definitely has your team beat just with his stacked outfield alone.
Final Statement
Carlos Beltran would have been a better third round keeper than AROD had AROD dropped to the third round.
*Average Draft Position by Round via ESPN’s Live and Mock Drafts as of March 14, adjusted for keepers.
In all seriousness, I like the Chris Carpenter and Travis Snider picks. But I don’t have anything to say about them other than the obvious so I’m going to leave that there.
Worst:
I can’t decide between Johnny Damon, Erik Bedard or Aaron Harang… Let’s just go all three! But, hey, at least two-thirds of your outfield and half of your infield isn’t projected to score fewer fantasy points than someone else’s 21st round pick like someone else I know…
Starting Positional Breakdown
C – John Baker: My early thoughts are he sucks. Those will probably reflect my latter thoughts as well.
1B – Lance Berkman: You know, looking back on the draft, keeping Berkman for a 4th rounder seems stupid since you probably could have drafted him in the 20th round the way pitching was going. None the less you have a solid first baseman.
2B – Ian Kinsler: If he stays healthy and Utley does not, you have the number one second baseman in fantasy.
3B – Aramis Ramirez: One of the better third basemen in a shallow third base class.
SS – Michael Young: Young’s transition to third base gives me concern as to his fantasy value this season and in seasons to come.
LF – Johnny Damon: Already discussed my disgusting thoughts on him.
CF – Carlos Beltran: Him too.
RF – Jermaine Dye: He’s the wildcard for you this year. If he stays healthy and does not regress too much, he could be the key piece to put you over the top into the playoffs.
UT – Albert Pujols: I hate the Cardinals, but Pujols still holds the number spot in the greatest home runs I’ve ever seen live in person or on TV. That was insane.
SP1 – Zack Greinke: Worst case scenario he’s an above average guy for you. Best case: He wins the Cy Young.
SP2 – Daisuke Matsuzaka: Most overrated and overvalued fantasy pitcher in this league, period.
SP3 – Erik Bedard: Yeah…
FLEX – Justin Duchscherer: That’s not good either…
RP – Francisco Cordero: Well this is going downhill fast.
RP – Brandon Morrow: When your best reliever is a starter, that’s not good.
RP – Joel Hanrahan: Say “Hanrahan” five times fast. Not possible without saying "hand" at least twice. Note: I have no idea who this guy is.
General Thoughts:
This was not a bad draft. I don’t think it will win you the league, but I don’t think it will lose it for you either. Being in the Losers Division is going to help you.
Sarcastic Statement:
Adam most definitely has your team beat just with his stacked outfield alone.
Final Statement
Carlos Beltran would have been a better third round keeper than AROD had AROD dropped to the third round.
*Average Draft Position by Round via ESPN’s Live and Mock Drafts as of March 14, adjusted for keepers.
1 comment:
This one wasnt near as much fun as the last one.
But Im sure there are some other fun ones coming!!!
Didnt someone draft Alex Gordon in the 3rd?
Andrew
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