The 2014 Fantasy Baseball Drafts have Proceeded... and two games are played
The 2014 drafts are in the books. A
couple of games have even been played. So, here is who I drafted and the drama therein.
YAHOO Adho Muhka Svanasana
http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/27284/1
This was a second place team and it
brought some solid keepers. Four of the seven are Cardinals-- Wacha,
SP ($6), Rosenthal, RP ($6), Craig, 1B/OF ($11) and Carpenter, 2B/3B
($9). The remainder are Chris Sale, SP ($11), Wil Myers, OF ($6) and
Billy Hamilton, OF ($6).
The draft strategy assumed that Billy
Hamilton would take care of the steals, so power was prioritized.
Pujols, Trumbo, Beltran and Votto are the core of this power. Why
not Stanton, Cabrera, Bautista or Lawrie? My computer wasn't set up
with Flash, so I joined the draft ten players in. Though I would
have advanced the bidding on each of these players, it is probably
good to mix it up a bit and try out some new players.
The gambits? Javier Baez, SS @$1.
ZIPS projected him to lead SS in HR. Brad Miller will be SS so long
as Javier is hitting minor league HRs. I also went for Yordano
Ventura and his 100 mph fastball. He had been named Royals fifth
starter but had yet to receive the fantasy buzz that makes him 23%
drafted. Questionably, I left $30 on the table.
Results to date: 1st place, 100.5
pts based on 2 games. Ryu- W, Trumbo- HR
OTTONEU Yakking Muggers
This is a full keeper league, but I
dropped players prior to the draft to leave 17 roster positions open.
One of my league-mates wanted Brad Miller and gave me Ryan Zimmerman
and Jhonny Peralta and cash in exchange, so this is a league with
lots of activity. Heyward, Tanaka, Cespedes and Sandoval were my
highest dollar picks in the draft. I ended up with five closers since no one
would outbid $8 for them.
The draft strategy was to get a good
3B. I ended up with more than I need. Sandoval, Headley,
Middlebrooks and Asche were drafted. The trade for Zimmerman gave me
five. Middlebrooks and Asche are dropped.
Results: 2nd place, 59.7
pts. based on 2 games. Ryu- 38.8 pts
CBS Asakusabashi Asahi
Since Jurickson Profar-- $11 is injured
for three months, I threw him back as a keeper. This left some
strong position players-- Wil Myers, $15, Matt Carpenter-- $9,
Anthony Rizzo-- $11 and Giancarlo Stanton-- $21, f3. Pitching
protections were more speculative-- Taijuan Walker-- $6, Carlos
Martinez--$6.
My draft, as with the other leagues
tended to ignore stolen bases. Bautista-- $32, Pujols-- $29 and
Upton-- $25 were the top dollar picks. Starting pitchers were
Razzball influenced. Homer Bailey-- $16 was the only starter over
$10. Drafted relievers were all in Eno Sarris' tier 4. Nate Jones-- $11,
Fernando Rodney-- $8, John Axford-- $8. $80 pitching vs. $180
hitting is less pitching than in previous years reflecting the strong
crop of younger SPs.
The gambit? I threw out Javier Baez at
$3 as my last auction selection and was outbid. So, next time
around, I threw out Jurickson Profar at $1 and I ended up keeping the
keeper at a discount. In the ultra round, I drafted four
starting pitchers hoping for some 2-start options. These included
three Mets-- Gee, Colon and Wheeler. Then, out of loyalty or a
misplaced understanding of his talent level, I added Logan Morrison. The plan
was to draft Dee Gordon and his 3 hits already in the books with my last ultra pick. This
didn't work out. Damn Kelly, all to Hell!!! With no one on my draft list, I pulled out the
magazines and discovered Kelly Johnson as a MI eligible option to
start in place of Profar. Kelly then
told me I would be happy with him and his position eligibility. The
starting 3B for the Yankees as my MI? Seems like it shouldn't be a
problem.
posted by David Rasmussen at 3:16 PM
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