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y2jake215

just finished a draft in another league, anybody have any thoughts? i can take criticism - i know i probably took zobie a little early. i just wanted a good power/speed combo at 2b and after him it was lookin miighty slim. would've taken raburn but he didn't have 2b eligibility in espn

4. troy tulowitzki
21. kevin youkilis
28. shin soo choo
45. alex rios
52. victor martinez
69. kendry morales
76. jered weaver
93. francisco liriano
100. ben zobrist
117. joe nathan
124. ted lilly
141. angel pagan
148. chris perez
165. ian stewart
172. andres torres
189. ryan dempster
196. hong chih-kuo
213. jonny venters
220. gio gonzalez
237. kila ka'aihue
244. evan meek
261. R.A. dickey
268. jed lowrie

edit: uh, damn. didn't realize morales' foot setback was THAT serious.

Schide

Without knowing exactly how the draft went and who was available when you made each pick and how scoring works and so forth, I just have a few general comments. Rios was probably taken a bit high, though look at ADP he's not that high. But I wouldn't have picked him there. Zobrist was probably a little high, yeah. I would never take that many relievers but if you do then that's cool. You stole Gio Gonzalez with that pick. I wouldn't say you have a ton of upside with that team either.

Adrenaline

IMO Tulo at #4 is kinda reaching. I know his ADP is up there but he's streaky and an injury risk

y2jake215

yeah, i agree with all that. i don't really like rios, i could've gotten the same player later with victorino (passed on him to take weaver). and about the upside, i didn't realize until now but you're right about that. it's the first time i've done a roto draft, and i think i focused way too much on getting well rounded guys. i probably passed on way too many people like adam dunn, who have big holes in one or two categories. i took a bunch of relievers because at first i went to get a few saves, realized there weren't any left, then decided to just try and reduce my team whip and era by taking good relievers. then had kind of a pressing relationship situation 3/4 of the way through and had to pick a bit more unfocusedly unfortunately

edit: and yeah, tulo is streaky, but in roto i figured it doesn't matter nearly as much. not as long as the stats are there in the end
edit 2: scoring is standard 5x5

zeeny

I drafted Joel Peralta, not Jhonny Peralta.;o)

JustinSane07

I'm kind of confused. How many bench slots do we have on each roster section?

Schide

It's not specific by section, it's just 5 total divided up however you want.

deadonthestreet

zeeny wrote: »

I drafted Joel Peralta, not Jhonny Peralta.;o)

fixed

y2jake215

deadonthestreet wrote: »

zeeny wrote: »

I drafted Joel Peralta, not Jhonny Peralta.;o)

fixed

uh, i didnt have ike davis or jj hardy, i had albert pujols and troy tulowitzki. oh, and 2001 pedro martinez, not brian matusz. its okay, they're easy mistakes to make

Qonas

Tulo at 4 sits fine with me. You're not really going to get production out of SS past him and Hanley, so if you get one of those two you can have numbers from every slot as opposed to a black hole at one of them.

My team's fine. Though looking at how far Arencibia fell, I probably should've backup catcher'd him.

Adrenaline

Tulo's fine, but I've never liked drafting for position scarcity (which is why I waited until the final round to draft a catcher)

Also, I don't think it's even close to worth it to have a backup catcher in a league where you only start one.

Zombie Hero

Looks like the Mike Minor gamble isn't starting out so well, with him starting in triple AAA. Also Morrow is starting on the DL.

Adrenaline

Arencibia is also hitting like .143 for the spring. Welp

zeeny

Tulo at 4 is excellent. Biggest steal of the draft will be my Jose Lopez pick. 80-25-100 with .290 baby. GUARANTEED.

y2jake215

i scooped lopez off of waivers to good results 2 years ago, then drafted him last year. after riding him for about 2 months i finally gave up. thank god i had martin prado. i just wonder about his playing time, it seems like they have 50 2b/3b types. hopefully he and ian stew win out, sorry wiggins

y2jake215

i know it's only one game but i'm feeling a lot better about taking stanton in the 5th round

Qonas

I'm feeling upset I may be losing out on having Stanton in a keeper league since no one wants to do it this year.

Cauld

My team has avoided serious injury so far. I'm pretty pleased with that.

y2jake215

let's just make this one a keeper. i drafted alllll young guys anyway

Adrenaline

Oh hell no

Qonas

Adrenaline wrote: »

Also, I don't think it's even close to worth it to have a backup catcher in a league where you only start one.

You say that, but for each of the past two years I've had my starting catcher go down to injury for a long time. That left me scrambling to find a replacement, battling against smart owners who usually had better waiver position than me. Having to play some third-string minor league call-up catcher, because you don't have a backup, is NOT. FUN.

JustinSane07

Aw yeah. Saltalamacchia slipped through the waiver wire to me.

Zombie Hero

More pitching problems out the gate as Brad Lidge opens the season on the DL. That makes a grand total of 3 pitchers on the DL, plus one pitcher stuck in AAA. Fine, fine drafting by myself.

When can i expect the yahoo league to display the DL so that i can get another player?

Cauld

Is Lidge officially on the DL, I think the problem is that most teams haven't actually put their players on the DL yet, since the season hasn't started. I wouldn't put it past yahoo to be slow about changing the status though.

Zombie Hero

I'd feel worse about Pavano putting up a 15.75 ERA outing if i had any chance of winning the pitching stats this week. Justin, how did you manage to land both king felix and Halladay?

JustinSane07

1st and 2nd round picks. I went pitching heavy on my draft.

Cauld

Longoria out for approx a week. Somehow I don't see it on yahoo.

y2jake215

yeah, they let me dangle in the wind a few days after matusz and longoria were already placed on the DL. still waiting on stanton... yay baseball

Zombie Hero

Holy shit, Brandon Beachy. Nice work.

Also, the Rangers need to stop stomping folks so that Feliz can actually net some saves.