The Draft: Part III

Moving right along. Here you can view: Part I, Part II.

This year we played with 8, with even further expanded rosters. I was 3rd pick for 29 rounds of bliss. Our league is 5x5 Roto, but instead of the conventional AVG, we play OBP (I suggest you all do the same), and an innings cap of 1650. (1650 works out to about 6 SPs and 5 RPs for the season).

Out positions: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, CI, MI, LF, CF, RF, OF, OF, Util, Util, SP, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL.

Round 11

1. Adam Wainwright (StL - SP) Storm VIII/S…

2. Adam Jones (Bal - CF) Clip Show

3. Michael Cuddyer (Col - 1B,2B,RF) Shooting Blanks

4. Drew Storen (Was - RP) DrunkDrafter

5. Dee Gordon (LAD - SS) Game Recogni…

6. Buster Posey (SF - C) Baghwan’s Ba…

7. Aramis Ramirez (Mil - 3B) Girls Don’t …

8. Shin-Soo Choo (Cle - RF) Uggies vs Yu…

My Pick: Cuddyer. Every year I make a pick in my real draft that I never made in any mock draft, Cuddyer was it this year. Moving to COL will do wonders for his value and I have my MI spot done. I had to do it.

Hero (Best) Pick: Wainwright. That’s who I was hoping for and almost took him with my previous pick. I think he returns to Ace level. Gordon would have probably been it if this was AVG. It looks like he’s going to lead the league in SBs.

Villain (Worst) Pick: Adam Jones. I am not a believer and especially not in OBP. Choo should have been taken.

Round 12

1. Matt Moore (TB - RP) Uggies vs Yu…

2. Derek Jeter (NYY - SS) Girls Don’t …

3. Heath Bell (Mia - RP) Baghwan’s Ba…

4. Brett Gardner (NYY - LF,CF) Game Recogni…

5. Mat Latos (Cin - SP) DrunkDrafter

6. Yu Darvish (Tex - SP) Shooting Blanks

7. Freddie Freeman (Atl - 1B) Clip Show

8. Ichiro Suzuki (Sea - RF) Storm VIII/S…

My Pick: Yu Darvish. I debated taking him last round when Wainwright was gone. It was a no brainer for me.

Hero Pick: Yu Darvish. I would have liked Gardner for myself, but I think Darvish is going to be an Ace. Getting him after his draft ranking should be a steal.

Villain Pick: Jeter. I think he will be serviceable, but at this spot he will have to be better than last year. I would have rather waited a few rounds for others.

Round 13

1. Jose Valverde (Det - RP) Storm VIII/S…

2. Josh Johnson (Mia - SP) Clip Show

3. J.J. Putz (Ari - RP) Shooting Blanks

4. Alexei Ramirez (CWS - SS) DrunkDrafter

5. Kendrys Morales (LAA - 1B,RF) Game Recogni…

6. Ryan Howard (Phi - 1B) Baghwan’s Ba…

7. Carlos Beltran (StL - RF) Girls Don’t …

8. Drew Stubbs (Cin - CF) Uggies vs Yu…

My Pick: JJ Putz. Wanted another elite closer with more uncertainties than usual this year, took the best available.

Hero Pick: Putz/Valverde. Closers (even first tier) have a hard time producing their draft value. Either of these guys should and are pretty safe in the year of Closer Chaos. Beltran is nice too, I was hoping for him at 14.

Villain Pick: Alexi Ramirez. I don’t think he deserved a similar draft pick last year, and not enough to keep it. Would have much rather had Aybar or even Bonafacio later.

Round 14

1. Shane Victorino (Phi - CF) Uggies vs Yu…

2. Joel Hanrahan (Pit - RP) Girls Don’t …

3. Joe Nathan (Tex - RP) Baghwan’s Ba…

4. Andre Ethier (LAD - RF) Game Recogni…

5. Brian Wilson (SF - RP) DrunkDrafter

6. Jordan Walden (LAA - RP) Shooting Blanks

7. Jemile Weeks (Oak - 2B) Clip Show

8. Billy Butler (KC - 1B) Storm VIII/S…

My Pick: Walden. Angels should win some games this year and I’m at the forefront. I remember reading somewhere that he should be this year’s JJ Putz, I’ll agree with that.

Hero Pick: Victorino. I would like to say Walden/Wilson similar to last round, but Victorino should have gone earlier. The Flyin Hawaiian is safe for under 10th round value even without Howard/Utley.

Villain Pick: Jemeile Weeks. I like him okay, but Richie Weeks was still on the board (and will be). Even if you are worried about injury prone Weeks, you would be better off with half the season Richie and a scrub.

Round 15

1. Andrew Bailey (Bos - RP) Storm VIII/S…

2. Sergio Santos (Tor - RP) Clip Show

3. Nick Swisher (NYY - 1B,RF) Shooting Blanks

4. Emilio Bonifacio (Mia - 3B,SS,LF,CF,RF) DrunkDrafter

5. Adam Dunn (CWS - 1B) Game Recogni…

6. Paul Goldschmidt (Ari - 1B) Baghwan’s Ba…

7. Coco Crisp (Oak - CF) Girls Don’t …

8. Daniel Hudson (Ari - SP) Uggies vs Yu…

My Pick: Nick Swisher. This is probably my pick of the draft for OBP. He is the OBP gem. You can bank on the 61 he turned in for value last year at least.

Hero Pick: Swisher. OBP stud, read above. Dunn should also be good there. Until this year he was a 3rd round draft pick, but you all know what happened. I was planning on reaching for Dunn in the next few rounds, but got beat to the punch.

Villain Pick: Crisp, I guess. Solid round throughout. Maybe Santos. Could end up being Dunn.