I hesitate to put this year since most of you think I am misguided in my thinking and strategy. But what the hell, I love talking about and discussing fantasy baseball. And besides I absolutely crush YPL rotos every year so that takes the sting out of you guys thinking I am misguided.
Tired of mocking I did a cheapo $20 YPL roto yesterday just to get the feel of a live draft. I will do some heftier YPLs in the next couple of weeks. As always closers flew off of the board fast and furiously. There were also 2 autodrafters in this draft. I was in the 3 hole and had my usual strategy of 2 hitters and 2 ace starters in the first 4 rounds and then see what falls. I was happyish with it but would have liked one more solid closer although the closer situation is murkier than ever this year and it looks like lots of committees and unproven guys so I am hoping the pool is fluid as it usually is.
Here goes:
1.
Arenado 3B(3) 3 is where you have to choose? I typically like a 5 tool guy here but he's just too good at the other 4 sans steals and I had a plan to address that.
2.
Verlander SP(22) Ace number 1
3.
Cole SP (27) Ace number 2
4.
Mondesi 2B/SS (46) Either a huge stretch or a huge steal. Not much track record but with what we have seen could be awesome. Wanted to pair a SB guy to address Arenado shortcoming. I think KC will run all day long and be fun to watch.
5.
Bellinger 1B/OF (51) Was thinking I would get Votto or Abreu here but he fell and I love the power speed combo plus 2 position eligibility.
6.
Ozuna OF (70)
7.
Rosario OF (75) With these 2 I got a couple of decent power/average guys and Rosario cab steal a few. I like both of them and would like to see Ozuna break out (again!).
8.
Yates RP (94) Like I said closer run was on at this point. Yates was 10th closer off the board and unlike most here this is a category I like to address aggressively.
9.
Knebel RP (99) Committee? maybe but I still think he gets the lions share plus Jeffries hurt a little and Hader too valuable in setup. Nothing better at the RP slot really better here and there is a major run.
10.
Anderson SS (118) Really was hoping Peraza would fall to me but went a couple before he got back to me. I do like Anderson as a solid 20/20 guy and I think his approach has gotten better and could up his average. As a White Sox fan I see this guy all the time and he has been steadily improving.
11.
Hendricks SP (123) Wanted a decent ratio type starter to compliment the aces. He is low K but solid ratio and should get some W's.
12.
Bradley RP (145) Is he the closer? Maybe probably? Who knows but he is a solid RP in any event. May also grab Holland of wire just in case?
13.
Grandal C (147) Catcher sucks but I like him and the move to MIL and he should show decent power and play. He is my target catcher this season. Realmuto went in 3rd!!!!!
14.
Pivetta SP (166) Everyone says he pitched much better than his numbers last season? We'll see
After my top 3 my SPs are generally a fluid situation.
15.
Moncada 2B 171) High upside post hype type guy. If he cuts down the K's could be an absolute steal with good power/speed combo. Plus will get 3B eligibility this year.
16.
DeJong SS (190) Seems to be going too late? Good power and good lineup for counting stats.
17.
Meadows OF (195) Small sample but looks solid. Big, strong. fast. Gonna get his chance and could easily be a 15/15 decent average guy.
18.
Braun 1B/OF (214) An injury waiting to happen? Claims he did some work offseason and hitting better than ever. If healthy could be a stud but generally a big if.
19.
Skaggs SP (219) Hearing lots of good things. We'll see.
20.
L. Guriel 2B/SS (238) Utility guy I like a lot, was tearing it up last year before hurt.
21.
Santana OF (243) Bounce back to 2017? He gets to play all the time and has a good power/speed combo.
22.
Hughes RP (262) If Inglasias gets put in the Hader type role he could get some SV's.
23.
Cishek RP (267) Probably just a good ratio setup guy but Cubs closer role could be very fluid with Morrow out who knows.
So that was my thought process. Hate away haters
I am mostly happy with the team but as always the draft is only step one there will be 100s of moves throughout the season.
Last edited by mrbaseball; 03-10-2019 at 12:18 PM.