so how was your draft?

[abuck1220]

i'm fairly happy with mine. i screwed up taking burke in the 6th round. i like him as a sleeper, but that was way too early to pick him up. i'm happy w/ the 3b insurance i picked up with ensberg in the 7th. and i feel like i got three 1st round SP's in myers, bush and smoltz. my starting pitching is much better this year compared to last and my outfield is great, but my infield is probably below average. boy, did i get shut out on the minor leaguers...

[BigbadB]

I'm pleased with my draft.

 

With all the minor leaguers getting gobbled up while I still had many needs, I was happy to have landed Ellsbury.

 

Getting Pedro in the 8th after Ellsbury was really sweet. But, all of my pitching prospects were drafted before I could get to them.

 

I did screw up with Joe Saunders. I thought he was still rookie eligible and he's not, so I had to dump him. What's worse is that I got rid of a rookie to make room for Saunders. I wonder if Juan will give me a mulligan on that one.

[tadowdaddy]

Very satisfied that Burrell was there at 10. Very good infield, decent of, and decent, not great, pitching. Hopefully the 7 start rule helps with my pitching.

[Guest]

I'm pretty happy with my draft. I really wanted Jackson and Hall, though that meant that I left myself exposed a bit on pitching. With Elbert, Veal and Gomez, I think I picked up some solid minor leaguers to refill my ranks. Johnson and Wood are risky fliers, but ones I'm obviously pretty happy with.

 

I love my hitting and now I have pretty good depth just about everywhere on the field. My only real exposures on offense are Gordon not getting a job or Vic getting hurt. Everyone else has a very high quality backup. My pitching is depending an awful lot on injury recoveries and young pitchers, though. Could be my downfall this year. I'm hoping that between Oswalt, Unit, Verlander, Weaver, Billingsley, Garza and elder Weaver that I have enough healthy arms pitching in rotations to make it work out. Plus, I think Adam Miller's got a great shot at pitching in Cleveland before summer.

[tadowdaddy]

AJB, Volstead and Rasmus were a few of my other favorite picks. I really think I have one of the more solid infields in the entire league.

[Guest]

Didn't Kent retire? :D

[tadowdaddy]

Didn't Kent retire? :D

 

Well.. numbers wise, I still like him at 2b over many others. 2b is a pretty weak position, so any help from Kent will be appreciated. He'll still be > 90% of what is out there.

[Guest]

Didn't Kent retire? :D

 

Well.. numbers wise, I still like him at 2b over many others. 2b is a pretty weak position, so any help from Kent will be appreciated. He'll still be > 90% of what is out there.

I do like your IF. AJP is an above average catcher, Konerko is above average at 1B, Kent is good at 2B when on the field, ARam is fairly elite at 3B and Hanley will be above average to very good at SS.

 

I do prefer Victor, Albert, Rickie/Giles, Gordon and Hall/Tulo, though. :D

[tadowdaddy]

Didn't Kent retire? :D

 

Well.. numbers wise, I still like him at 2b over many others. 2b is a pretty weak position, so any help from Kent will be appreciated. He'll still be > 90% of what is out there.

I do like your IF. AJP is an above average catcher, Konerko is above average at 1B, Kent is good at 2B when on the field, ARam is fairly elite at 3B and Hanley will be above average to very good at SS.

 

I do prefer Victor, Albert, Rickie/Giles, Gordon and Hall/Tulo, though. :D

 

I have Barrett who is > AJP, who isn't on my team (I think Matt has him).

 

I have AJB though. :)

 

My top 3 in the staff aren't bad with Young, Wang, and AJB. We'll see if Colon decides to come back and have a decent year. My OF is average with Burrell, Mags, and Markakis, but not horrible.

[NCCubFan]

I liked my postseason trades better than my draft. I traded for some good keepers in Liriano (for next year and beyond), Webb, Ichiro, and Wells at the expense of sacrificing some early draft picks. Collectively, between my trades and draft I think I improved my team, plus I have some minor leaguers that should be stepping up (Marte, Garko).

[Guest]

Didn't Kent retire? :D

 

Well.. numbers wise, I still like him at 2b over many others. 2b is a pretty weak position, so any help from Kent will be appreciated. He'll still be > 90% of what is out there.

I do like your IF. AJP is an above average catcher, Konerko is above average at 1B, Kent is good at 2B when on the field, ARam is fairly elite at 3B and Hanley will be above average to very good at SS.

 

I do prefer Victor, Albert, Rickie/Giles, Gordon and Hall/Tulo, though. :D

 

I have Barrett who is > AJP, who isn't on my team (I think Matt has him).

 

I have AJB though. :)

 

My top 3 in the staff aren't bad with Young, Wang, and AJB. We'll see if Colon decides to come back and have a decent year. My OF is average with Burrell, Mags, and Markakis, but not horrible.

:oops: That makes your infield not only better, but significantly more likeable!

[BigbadB]

Barrett kicks AJP's ass. And hits him in the face.

[Quakers]

I thought I had a good draft. My two major goals were getting some pitching and a shortstop. Lopez was one of the best at short, I have solid, but not spectacular, starters. I picked up a few decent minor league pitching prospects.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I liked mine up until I had to go auto pilot.

[Chris]

I'm a fan of my team, but I'll give you an official verdict after the season ends.

[rawaction]

The draft didn't put my team over the top as I was hoping for. Really all the guys I was hoping would fall to my first pick at 25, didn't and that threw off my entire draft. I did get 1 of the minorleaguers I was hoping for (Gallardo).

[abuck1220]

i was somewhat surprised at how fast all the OF got gobbled up. i kinda wanted to take DK with my first pick (#3) and then get hawpe with #16. i'm glad i took drew first b/c there was plenty of pitching (much of which will likely be better than DK) to be had with my #16 and #17 picks and not much in the way of OF.

 

i ended up getting a better OF than hawpe (hopefully) and three starters (bush, myers and smoltz) who all have a good shot of being better than DK...of course w/o the three exemptions.