Official RJ Mock Draft Discussion Thread

[joncarlos]

Some questions

I guess with an early Bregman pick Astros are not being downgraded -
for either cheating past their abilities
or fear of injury after being plunked (look under Bagwell, Jeff)

How the heck do you use the chat function in fantrax?

Well it is ostensibly an OBP league (see above) and Bregman gets a ton of walks, plus now a ton of HBPs...

[Ken]

I am considering going all SP strategy in this Weekly Best Ball format with my thought being catching 2 start pitchers in my top 9 spots frequently.

Two questions:

1. Do you think it's a sound strategy in this format?

Yes, it's a very good strategy for that, in fact heavy starting pitching is the only strategy I've ever seen work in a points league. In a points league, starters truly have significantly more "value" than they would in roto. So if you are behind in starting pitching, I cannot imagine you'd be competitive.

[ThatRogue]

Walks is 1 point and SB is 3 points. Sort of evens out the top three?

Trout - 120 BB and 10 SB
Acuna - 60 BB and 30 SB
Yelich - 80 BB and 20 SB

But when you figure in the 10 extra HR from trout it puts it over the top for him in this type of format. That's why I'd take him first in a best ball.

Last year, Trout hit 4 more HR than Acuna. Acuna stole 26 more bases than Trout.

At one point I was leaning towards Yelich at #1 overall, but pulled back because of concerns about the knee injury, and whether that would limit his SBs. And, with that concern, this article put it over the top regarding selecting Acuna: https://www.mlb.com/news/ronald-acun...t-50-50-season. Umjewman reminded me that we've seen the peak from Yelich and Trout...whereas Acuna has room for even more growth.

[Pauly]

Vlad 24th overall...someone is quite a believer. That is 20+ pick earlier than his min pick in February NFBC Draft Champions... Care to justify?

[Ken]

Vlad 24th overall...someone is quite a believer. That is 20+ pick earlier than his min pick in February NFBC Draft Champions... Care to justify?

Is this a 3B only league?

[joncarlos]

I like Strasburg a lot more than most of the SPs around him. Not sure I can quantify why.

[Ken]

I like Strasburg a lot more than most of the SPs around him. Not sure I can quantify why.

Still in his prime, good team, high Ks, low whip, 22+ starts for the last 8 years
What's not to like?

[Hornsby]

Vlad 24th overall...someone is quite a believer. That is 20+ pick earlier than his min pick in February NFBC Draft Champions... Care to justify?

Why would I have to justify? This is the same guy who was anointed the best player of the next generation by most talent evaporators. The same guy who had a very good, not great, rookie season. But projections have him hitting close to .300 with a good OBP. You don't have to squint too hard to see a .300/35/100 season in there as soon as this year.

[madducks]

Why would I have to justify? This is the same guy who was anointed the best player of the next generation by most talent evaporators. The same guy who had a very good, not great, rookie season. But projections have him hitting close to .300 with a good OBP. You don't have to squint too hard to see a .300/35/100 season in there as soon as this year.

I don't trust talent evaporators.

[The Feral Slasher]

I don't trust talent evaporators.

It's really dry and cold here. I wish I had a good evaportor

[Hornsby]

I don't trust talent evaporators.

Ah, the joy of spellcheck, and not paying enough attention.

[ThatRogue]

Unfortunately, it seems like the talent has evaporated from many of my roto teams, throughout the years...

[ThatRogue]

FYI: Piney Boy is on the clock, and it expires in 15 minutes.

[revo]

And we have our first time out and autopick. *sigh*

Guys, in Fantrax:
Team ---> Notification Settings ---> Your Turn to Draft ----> Email ---> Click YES

[quoin]

From past experience, I've found the Fantrax notification system rather flaky. Sometimes I'd get an email, sometimes not. I know others have complained about this too.