So here is a WCOFB (fourteen team leagues) draft listing the first round of picks and who each of those teams got in the second round.
1.01 Miguel Cabrera, 1B, DET (2.14 Joe Mauer, C, MIN)
1.02 Hanley Ramirez, SS, FLA (2.13 Ian Kinsler, 2B, TEX)
1.03 Albert Pujols, 1B, STL …. (2.12 Adam Wainwright, P, STL)
1.04 Troy Tulowitzki, SS, COL (2.11 Dustin Pedroia, 2B, BOS)
1.05 Carlos Gonzalez, OF, COL (2.10 Matt Kemp, OF, LAD)
1.06 Carl Crawford, OF, BOS..(2.10 Felix Hernandez, P, STL)
1.07 Roy Halladay, P, PHL …..(2.08 Josh Hamilton, OF, TEX)
1.08 Joey Votto, 1B, CIN ……. (2.07 Kevin Youkilis, 1B, BOS)
1.09 Ryan Braun, OF, MLW … (2.06 Matt Holliday, OF, STL)
1.10 Robinson Cano, 2B, NYY (2.05 Ryan Howard, 1B, PHL)
1.11 Evan Longoria, 3B, TB …. (2.04 Prince Fielder, 1B, MLW)
1.12 David Wright, 3B, NYM..(2.03 Mark Teixeira, 1B, NYY)
1.13 Chase Utley, 2B, PHL …..(2.02 Ryan Zimmerman, 3B, WAS)
1.14 Adrian Gonzalez, 1B, BOS (2.01 Alex Rodriguez, 3B, NYY)
My observations on this draft (which I participated in – extra credit for guessing my draft spot before continuing) are:
a) While pitchers are more important in this contest than the NFBC or other mixed leagues, I am still not a fan or drafting a pitcher in the first or (early) second round as you are passing on an impact bat for your offense;
b) I would take Doc Halladay anywhere late in the second round and while I would prefer to draft King Felix early in the third round, I could see taking him at 2.12 or 2.13 if you think the team(s) behind you might do the same or take him with the first or second pick in the third round;
c) I think Mauer can be an impact player at catcher but you have to realize that absent a return to double digits in home runs and more than a handful of stolen bases, you are paying a VERY high premium for the empty BA boost;
d) I dislike the start of the roster construction of the two drafters who started the draft OF/OF. There are lots of outfielders who can significantly help your offense in multiple categories available later in drafts, but failing to get one of the top eight first basemen or top four third basemen or one of the few impact middle infielders when that WAS available means you are going to have problems both correcting that AND getting the starting pitchers you need later in the draft;
e) Some of you may think that Youkilis going in the second round is early but in addition to his pretty consistent numbers in four categories, remember that his shift to third base this year would allow that drafter who missed the top third basemen to take a flyer at 3B, draft another solid first basemen later in the draft and then move Youkilis to third base in Week 3;
f) I like the positional starts of the teams that were able to start by going 1B/3B, 2B/3B, SS/2B, 1B/2B and the aforementioned 1B/1B.
I won’t be doing any twelve team mixed leagues this year, but this one presented by our friends at KFFL is interesting not only for the ADP but because of the commentary by each industry participant about their choice.
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