Our League's alternative to our March 27 auction

[Judge Jude]

Curious why are you doing the gimmick? Wouldn't it be more fun to just do a normal draft rather than limiting yourself? Are others doing gimmicks?

1. because it occurred to me.
2. I find this is much more fun, because I don't have to do so much research on 250 players - I knock the field down to dozens. I'll enjoy doing the research in the week or two before opening day.
3. I don't know or care what anyone else in the league is doing.

finally, I have done one draft in my life. I'm not going to post here and ask for suggestions among a dozen or more players per round. that would be unreasonable.

having the small grouping of options makes it much more practical for posters to play along if they like - Round 2 was basically Albies or KMarte or Buehler, that's it.

now I have a foursome at most for Round 3. and so it goes.

and if I somehow won, I'd get an extra kick out of it.

[chancellor]

interesting.

of that group, remaining 1Bs are RIZZO, Goldschmidt, JBell, and Hoskins.
remaining 3Bs are Bryant, SUAREZ, Escobar, JTurner, Machado, Moose, BAnderson.

I can only take Rizzo or Suarez, of course.

I'd take Rizzo in that case. There's a slim, but outside chance Suarez slips to you due to his shoulder injury. But no way Rizzo does, IMO.

[Judge Jude]

you bring up a key point, really.

this is a league of owners age 55-77, and this exercise is a bit of a lark. not sure any of them are charting ADPs in a draft.

so if Suarez slid to me in Round 4, it's not because they are dumb, or lazy. they just aren't doing the kind of due diligence I'd otherwise expect. heck, neither am I.

[chancellor]

I think it's great and definitely get what you're doing.

[ThatRogue]

I'd take Rizzo in that case. There's a slim, but outside chance Suarez slips to you due to his shoulder injury. But no way Rizzo does, IMO.

I agree. If you get Rizzo at #27, that's awesome...but I can't envision him sliding all the way to #40. Getting Suarez at #40 after Rizzo at #27 would be a coup!

[Judge Jude]

I pick 29 and then 38, in this 11-team
just realized I can take JBell, too - so maybe Suarez here and JBell in Round 4

updating my "pool"

10+ units value pool (and some next men up)
C - Realmuto, Posey (Molina)
1B - Rizzo, JBell, Murphy, Votto, Kendrick, Belt (Cooper)
3B - Suarez, Castro, McMahon, Kendrick (Longoria)
2B (own Albies) - Castro, McMahon, Kendrick
SS - DeJong (Crawford)
OF - KMarte, Pham, CDickerson, Eaton, GPolanco, Nimmo, McCutchen, Dyson, Belt, Braun (Markakis, Franchy, Cooper, Fowler, Bruce, Pence, Naylor)
SP (own Scherzer) - Hendricks, Bumgarner (Marquez, CSmith, Lucchesi, PLopez, AWood, Samardzija, Cueto, Mahle, Leake)
RP - Neris (WSmith, DHudson, Watson, AMiller, Knebel, Stanek, Lorenzen)

[Judge Jude]

I pick 29 and then 38, in this 11-team
just realized I can take JBell, too - so maybe Suarez here and JBell in Round 4?

or I can take Rizzo here, if I like, in Round 3 (after taking Scherzer and Albies earlier)

[Erik]

Do your leaguemates know that you’re doing this strategy? If not, do you think any will catch on?

[chancellor]

Looking at your options, I'd roll the dice on Suarez and hope JBell falls to you.

[Judge Jude]

Do your leaguemates know that you’re doing this strategy? If not, do you think any will catch on?

they don't, and I doubt they'll catch on. we all tend to return to fishing in the same ponds generally, but no one will remember I had some player for 2 months back in 2016.

Am leaning Rizzo and gamble on Suarez in Round 4. only 8 picks before that, and Bryant, Machado, and Goldy are among the locks. Muncy is a 1B-2B-3B which will appeal, and Paddack may well go in that span.

not good if I miss on Suarez, though. hmm, Bell does seem similarly likely to be there in Round 4....

[Judge Jude]

ok I went Rizzo. have to wait 8 picks to pray for Suarez. so far Machado, Corbin, Bryant, and Darvish went in that 8-pick space. starting Round 4, and one team in there hasn't taken an SP yet. Paddack, Woodruff, and Bauer would go before he picks again so...

[Ken]

ok I went Rizzo. have to wait 8 picks to pray for Suarez. so far Machado, and Corbin went in that 8-pick space.

So if my math is correct you have 6 more picks to wait

[Judge Jude]

Suarez FTW!


picks just ahead of me were Machado, Corbin, Bryant, Darvish, Moustakas, Kingery (!!! Phillies fan and plays 3 positions but wtf), Hader, Woodruff.

now sit out 13 picks until 51st and then pick 60th. my options who will disappear before I pick are Pham, Realmuto, and maybe JBell too.
if so, HQ is in love with Eaton (21?), but I may need to reach instead for Neris (only good closer I can pick) and either Hendricks or Bumgarner (my only two good starting pitcher options left. remember, this is a 'pick-and-hold league' - no transactions or trades all season).

(I must say, it amuses me that I have just enough options to be competitive - but not so many that it's overly complicated.)

[Ken]

Kingery (!!! Phillies fan and plays 3 positions but wtf

Or maybe he's doing a bit like you.

Could be a coronavirus related draft. Corona = Crown -> Kingery.

[tinitoys]

And the delay of the season is helping Suarez a lot with his recovery