My Yahoo F&F Team - Reach For Drew Stubbs Edition
You've already seen Chris Liss' team, here's my squad - drafting out of the first spot. Here are the full results.
Related: | 1. | (1) | Albert Pujols (StL - 1B) |
| 2. | (28) | Dustin Pedroia (Bos - 2B) |
| 3. | (29) | Andrew McCutchen (Pit - OF) |
| 4. | (56) | Justin Verlander (Det - P) |
| 5. | (57) | Drew Stubbs (Cin - OF) |
| 6. | (84) | Dan Haren (LAA - P) |
| 7. | (85) | Heath Bell (SD - P) |
| 8. | (112) | Casey McGehee (Mil - 3B) |
| 9. | (113) | Geovany Soto (ChC - C) |
| 10. | (140) | Jason Bay (NYM - OF) |
| 11. | (141) | Joel Hanrahan (Pit - P) |
| 12. | (168) | Howie Kendrick (LAA - 1B,2B) |
| 13. | (169) | Adam Jones (Bal - OF) |
| 14. | (196) | Ricky Romero (Tor - P) |
| 15. | (197) | Alcides Escobar (KC - SS) |
| 16. | (224) | Derrek Lee (Bal - 1B) |
| 17. | (225) | Matt LaPorta (Cle - 1B,OF) |
| 18. | (252) | Bud Norris (Hou - P) |
| 19. | (253) | Alexi Ogando (Tex - P) |
| 20. | (280) | Jhonny Peralta (Det - 3B,SS) |
| 21. | (281) | Brandon Belt (SF - 1B) |
| 22. | (308) | Sean Burnett (Was - P) |
| 23. | (309) | James McDonald (Pit - P) |
| 24. | (336) | Jonathon Niese (NYM - P) |
| 25. | (337) | Anibal Sánchez (Fla - P) |
Here's my take on the Stubbs pick. You've seen my rankings and projections for Stubbs, so while I'm following that projection, I might have considered waiting later if I hadn't been on the end of the draft. There's a lot better chance he makes it back to me in 10-14 picks than a full 26. I seriously contemplated taking two top starters there (paired with Verlander), but instead rolled the dice with my speed + power option.
If there's a regret, it's passing on Zack Greinke at 6.14 and going with Haren instead - I just couldn't pull the trigger because of the latest injury news. But with an innings-cap league, that shouldn't matter as much, and I regretted passing on him almost as soon as Andy Behrens took him at 7.3.
Once I got blocked from Jose Reyes in the second round, I resigned myself to waiting late on shortstops, so I was pretty happy to get Alcides Escobar late and back him up with Jhonny Peralta even later - especially with such a thin bench, Peralta's dual-eligibility helps.
In the past I've waited too long pitching, particularly closers, so I made sure that didn't happen this year with Bell and then again with Hanrahan. Had I passed on a closer in that second closer spot, things would have gotten awfully gnarly pretty quick.
Scott already mentioned that my team rates well in the draft tool standings function - of course, it should, as they're my projections and I used the draft tool extensively during the draft. Nonetheless, I'm happier with my team this year than I have been in recent years. It's a tough league and I'll have to do a better job of the day-to-day management to really do well.
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On: 3/23/2011 3:29:00 PM
On: 3/23/2011 4:37:00 PM
I remember you telling me when we did the auction for the magazine in December that you were high on Stanton, who you got pretty cheaply, and that by March "everyone would be." Seems to me you were right on. Did you actually anticipate that the industry would over-hype him, increasing his draft day price? How much of his draft day price is a product of industry hype?
On: 3/23/2011 4:54:00 PM
On: 3/23/2011 5:04:00 PM
On: 3/23/2011 5:20:00 PM
On: 3/23/2011 5:34:00 PM
Ditto for Stubbs at 57 - Why?? His career triple slash is .258/.328/.442, meaning his batting average and on-base skills are below replacement-level. I get that he's a tantalizing player who offers the (massively overrated) HR/SB holy grail, but his baseline bat skills are sub-par. Whoever got Granderson committed Grand Theft; Grandy has a better career triple slash, better ISO, better contact rate and better line up.
McGehee and Soto make sense, as those two can actually *hit* (even if they can't steal bases).
On: 3/23/2011 5:58:00 PM
Re: Laporta. It has to get better, right? He's hitting .174 with 8 hits and just 5 walks in 51 PAs this spring.
On: 3/24/2011 8:48:00 AM
I really liked Kendrick at the end of round 12, Bay in round 10, and Ogando in round 19. If Feliz starts for Texas then Ogando can deliver an awful lot of saves for a round 19 pick. And that is a round where gambling (risk taking) should be the goal.
On: 3/24/2011 9:11:00 AM
Haren, Soto, and Hanrahan look like really nice values.
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