Best Pick of Round

[harmon]

15 Teams x 50 Players; 5 x 5 Draft and Hold; NFBC Redraft Style; BA not OBP

Which selection do you like best?

P Sonny Gray - CIN
P Max Fried - ATL
P Corbin Burnes - MIL
P Zach Plesac - CLE
P Kyle Hendricks - CHC
P Hyun Jin Ryu - TOR
OF Trent Grisham - SD
OF J.D. Martinez - BOS
OF Teoscar Hernandez - TOR
OF Michael Conforto - NYM
OF Charlie Blackmon - COL
2B Cavan Biggio - TOR
2B Keston Hiura - MIL
SS Javier Baez - CHC
1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - TOR

[Teenwolf]

If your league uses OBP I would probably go with Biggio, an OBP monster with 20/20 potential, likely to hit 1st or 2nd in a killer lineup. I could also see a case for taking Conforto in either BA or OBP for the added power he provides over Biggio and similar strong lineup, but Conforto also gets a slight edge hitting 3 or 4 slot for counting stats. Depends how much you covet the SB from Biggio.

[GwynnInTheHall]

Huria or vlad

[revo]

By "hold" do you mean keep? Or is this an NFBC style redraft?

[BigJonEmpire]

Grisham without any other context.

[harmon]

NFBC style redraft and BA not OBP.

[chancellor]

Given the value of SBs in the market, I'd go Biggio/Vlad/Conforto/CBurnes/Grisham/Hiura.

I'm dinging Hiura since I'm pretty sure his move to 1B is simply a way station to DH next year.

[revo]

Biggio or Hiura

[onejayhawk]

I'd lean to Biggio in a vacuum, but it's such a deep position. Baez might be my pick and Conforto has his points.

J

[Sour Masher]

I'd lean to Biggio in a vacuum, but it's such a deep position. Baez might be my pick and Conforto has his points.

J

You think 2b is a deep position?

[Ken]

You think 2b is a deep position?

It depends on what you are looking for. There are some sneaky plays at lower areas of 2b. Kolten Wong is the 29th 2B by ADP. I also like Starlin Castro at 33, Cesar Hernandez at 35, Kike at 40. It may not have a ton at the top but it seems like the later options are viable.

[Gregg]

You think 2b is a deep position?

I do think it is pretty deep. More so in NL only vs AL only.

[Sour Masher]

It depends on what you are looking for. There are some sneaky plays at lower areas of 2b. Kolten Wong is the 29th 2B by ADP. I also like Starlin Castro at 33, Cesar Hernandez at 35, Kike at 40. It may not have a ton at the top but it seems like the later options are viable.

True, but when deciding which player to take in a 15 team mixed league like this, it strikes me as odd that one would prefer a SS (Baez) to a 2b (Biggio) based on depth of the position. SS is deeper than 2b, especially in a 15 team mixed league.

[Ken]

True, but when deciding which player to take in a 15 team mixed league like this, it strikes me as odd that one would prefer a SS (Baez) to a 2b (Biggio) based on depth of the position. SS is deeper than 2b, especially in a 15 team mixed league.

I don't know.... there's a big chasm after Baez (adp ~70) down to adp ~120. The only SS in that area is Dansby Swanson. In that range at 2B you have potentially Lowe, Marte, McNeil, Muncy, Altuve, Moore, Moustakas.

I think we talk about depth in terms that are too general, in many cases there are areas in the curve that are problematic.

[Sour Masher]

I don't know.... there's a big chasm after Baez (adp ~70) down to adp ~120. The only SS in that area is Dansby Swanson. In that range at 2B you have potentially Lowe, Marte, McNeil, Muncy, Altuve, Moore, Moustakas.

I think we talk about depth in terms that are too general, in many cases there are areas in the curve that are problematic.

I hadn't checked SS adp much, cuz I am set at SS. I am surprised at how low Semien is. I prefer him to Moose. Correa is right there too, but I get what some might prefer Moose to Correa given the injury risk. Further down the SS list, I like Dejong at his ADP. As with Correa, health is a big issue for him, though.