WTF Happened? Just drafted.

[onejayhawk]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot--aka WTF--is the name of the league.

List drafts are always surprising. This one has some obvious strength and some big holes.

20 team ROTO, 600 players drafted. R, RBI, TB, OBA, NSB, K, QS, ERA, WHIP, N(SV+HLD)

Blake Swihart Bos - C,1B,OF [cut - playing Austin Barnes]
Yandy Díaz TB - 1B,3B
Garrett Hampson Col - 2B,SS
David Fletcher LAA - 2B,3B
José Peraza Cin - SS
Scott Kingery Phi - 3B,SS,OF
Amed Rosario NYM - SS [traded for Cesar Hernandez]
Michael Conforto NYM - OF
Victor Robles Was - OF
Greg Allen Cle - OF
Nick Martini Oak - OF [IL]
Paul DeJong StL - SS
Tyler Naquin Cle - OF [cut for Raimel Tapia]

Jacob deGrom NYM - SP
Corey Kluber Cle - SP
Luis Severino NYY - SP [IL]
Jameson Taillon Pit - SP
Adam Ottavino NYY - RP
Sonny Gray Cin - SP,RP [traded]
Brandon Woodruff Mil - SP,RP
Luis Castillo Cin - SP [traded]
Derek Holland SF - SP,RP

Shohei Ohtani (Batter) LAA - Util [IL]
Peter Alonso NYM - 1B
Austin Barnes LAD - C,2B
Fernando Tatis Jr. SD - SS
Bo Bichette Tor - SS Bo [N/A reserve]
Forrest Whitley Hou - SP [cut for Eric Lauer]
Touki Toussaint Atl - SP [cut for Max Fried]
Dylan Bundy Bal - SP [cut for Adam Morgan]

Who is WW bait? Who is trade bait? I can stash one prospect as a N/A [Bo Bichette].

At first glance the best looking options on WW are Dustin Pedroia and Willie Calhoun. For RP the options are a bit better--Chaz Roe, Adam Conley, Trevor ?Rosenthal.

What do you think? Is it in the running?

[edit]Several transactions were made for RP. I have picked up Richard Rodriguez, Adam Morgan, Greg Holland, and Ty Buttrey.

J

[virgonomic]

That is a DEEP draft! Only 4 hitting cats listed. No HR?

Your 3 aces seem like overkill in that format. If there are indeed no HR that strategy makes sense. I still think you are weak in RBI though.

I really like your bench and Alonso and Tatis could be key contributors for you this year.

[onejayhawk]

Fixed. It was OBA. The league has TB instead of HR which makes for an interesting balance.

J

[Ken]

Fixed. It was OBA. The league has TB instead of HR which makes for an interesting balance.

J

Uh oh, if this is truly a 5x5 your team is in big trouble - you don't really have much of an offense. Where's the power source?

[Mithrandir]

Uh oh, if this is truly a 5x5 your team is in big trouble - you don't really have much of an offense. Where's the power source?

This. That offense is turrible.

[Gregg]

I agree with Ken and Mith.

No offense.

[Ken]

No offense.

I see what you did there...

[onejayhawk]

I agree with Ken and Mith.

No offense.

It was a computer draft from lists. Last year in the same league my SP was very weak. It looks like trading pitching for power is on the menu.

I see what you did there...

Hence the WTF in the title.

Which C should I cut?

J

[Gregg]

I see what you did there...

Thank you for noticing.

[Gregg]

It was a computer draft from lists. Last year in the same league my SP was very weak. It looks like trading pitching for power is on the menu.


Hence the WTF in the title.

J

Either you had a bad list or your computer hates you.

Who were your 2nd and 3rd picks?

[overkill94]

List draft? Never heard of it.

That's some killer pitching but like others have said, pretty crap offense. Unfortunately, with Severino ailing and Kluber being lit up in his last outing it might be hard to make a trade to improve your offense right now. I would wait until you don't have to sell low then flip one of those for a stud hitter.

[virgonomic]

Who were your 2nd and 3rd picks?

deGrom, Kluber, Severino have to be #1-3. Taillon could even be #4.

[onejayhawk]

List draft is the same as autodraft. BTW I picked #17 and #24, etc.

deGrom, Kluber, Severino have to be #1-3. Taillon could even be #4.

Correct. My first four picks were all SP. Last year, in the same league my second SP pick was round 10. Blake Snell turned out well, but that isn't guaranteed. I traded Manny Machado and Whit Merrifield for Justin Verlander and Christian Yelich. I hope to trade Degrom or Kluber the same way. I just hope the deals I have out don't grab both at once.

I did some analysis on Monster using Fangraph's projections. I am not last in any category, which surprises me. I am first in the league in projected K and NSB, plus top five in OBA and WHIP. QS is not projected, but I'll go out on a limb and project that as top five also. So, if I can get the TB and RBI up to average, I should be in the hunt.

J

[Gregg]

List draft is the same as autodraft. BTW I picked #17 and #24, etc.


Correct. My first four picks were all SP. Last year, in the same league my second SP pick was round 10. Blake Snell turned out well, but that isn't guaranteed. I traded Manny Machado and Whit Merrifield for Justin Verlander and Christian Yelich. I hope to trade Degrom or Kluber the same way. I just hope the deals I have out don't grab both at once.

I did some analysis on Monster using Fangraph's projections. I am not last in any category, which surprises me. I am first in the league in projected K and NSB, plus top five in OBA and WHIP. QS is not projected, but I'll go out on a limb and project that as top five also. So, if I can get the TB and RBI up to average, I should be in the hunt.

J

So part of the game is the team dictated by auto-draft and then let the trading begin?

[onejayhawk]

So part of the game is the team dictated by auto-draft and then let the trading begin?

Exactly. WW opens tomorrow. Off the top of my head, I know that Salvador Perez was drafted. For my team, Bundy is expendable and one of the catchers. I'll check back in tomorrow.

J