Here is a summary of the fantasy baseball draft that Erik and I split this year. It is a $300 10-team league. Our draft plan was similar to the one I did in my auction league, where we would load up on SP who had RP eligibility.
As a whole, the league seemed to way overvalue pitching, which is why we went with hitting in most spots. We got to select our draft slot, and we drew the 6th selection of spots. We chose spot 6 when it came to us for 2 reasons, first to try to get Tulo or Kemp in the 1st round, and secondly, to be able to draft in the middle and control the draft better than you can on the bookends.
1st - Tulowitzki - Just as we had hoped. Halladay, Verlander and Kershaw all went top 5.
2nd - Kemp - Unreal that he made it to pick 15. Top 2 players overall on my draft board for this format.
3rd - Kinsler - We hoped to get him in the 2nd, and got him in the 3rd. Huge starting lineup so far.
4th - McCutchen - Wanted to get a pitcher here, but Hamels, Greinke, Price, Cain and Romero all went after we took Kinsler, so we figured to continue to take value and add to our hitting strength.
5th - CJ Wilson - Hate to have him as our staff anchor, but Gallardo, Shields, Lester and Kennedy just went off the board.
6th - Pence - We didn't like any pitchers on the board for this spot, so went with filling out a kickass OF.
7th - Hanson - Needed to shore up pitching, and Hanson has some big upside. We considered Matt Moore here as he has RP eligibility, but decided to wait until the 8th.
8th - Moore - The plan all along.
9th - A. Sanchez - More pitching. Have to get at least 5 solid starters.
10th - Scherzer - Wanted Beachy, but he went 2 picks before.
11th - Michael Young - We didn't have a 1B or 3B at this point, and Young being able to play both gives us some positional versatility. The plan is to try to get Dunn/Morales later on.
12th - Luebke - Another that has RP eligibility, which is huge. Targeted here the whole way. Feliz went a few picks before, and we had him targeted for the 14th round.
13th - Dunn - I wanted him pretty badly, and we needed a 1B.
14th - McCarthy - An underrated SP pitching in Oakland. Wins may be at a premium, but K's and QS's are abound.
15th - Morales - May have gone a bit earlier than we needed to, but we both wanted him.
16th - Gardner - A value pick. Didn't like the pitchers here, and he could fill in for injuries very well.
17th - Sale - RP eligibility again!!
18th - Marmol - We didn't want a closer, but we will need to start 1 in week 1 because our "RP's" aren't all getting week 1 starts. Hopefully he is lights out early and can be trade bait to one of the many who overvalue closers.
19th - A Chapman - If he wins a starter job, this is huge. He should be a starter in Cincy....otherwise he is waivers material.
20th - Volquez - A flier on a guy pitching in San Diego. 2 years removed from surgery, may be able to return to form.
21st - Ramos - Needed a C, as Wieters was our target but we missed. After the top few, we decided to gamble and be last one with a C.
22nd - Autodraft waste of a pick.
Overall lineup summary:
C - Ramos
1B - Dunn, Morales
2B - Kinsler
SS - Tulo
3B - Young
OF - Kemp, McCutchen, Pence, Gardner
SP - CJ Wilson, Hanson, A Sanchez, Scherzer, Mccarthy, Volquez
RP (who can double as SP's as well) - Moore, Luebke, Chapman, Sale
RP - Marmol
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