Way Too Early Draft Results

[BuckyBuckner]

I did a draft in Arizona for FPAZ. It's a 12 team league, I believe standard categories, Best Ball league. Best Ball, if you don't know, optimizes your lineup to start the best players. It's a 46 round draft but we just did the first 23. Here's what I have:

C - SPerez
C -
1B - MOlsen
CI - Tellez
3B - GHenderson
2B - GTorres
MI - RMcMahon
SS - BWitt
OF - MHarris
OF - THernandez
OF - Stanton
OF - JMcCarthy
OF - JMeneses
UT - BNimmo

P - CBurnes
P - CRodon
P - TGlasnow
P - JLuzardo
P - LMcCullers
P - TrRogers
P - SGray
P - ADiaz
P - LHendricks

BN - RContreras

What do you folks think? I'll have the 3rd pick when we pick back up in January. What should I target? Catchers available aren't too exciting so I think I'll leave that alone for now.

[Sharky]

Thanks for sharing. Interesting format.

Like your offense. Am concerned that your pitching is a lock for injuries.

Would focus on best available for a while, with secondary focus on areas where you need some insurance (CI, OF) and then saves.

Good luck!!!

[Todd Zola]

Unless you're using different eligibilities, McMahon is 3B only for 2023, as is Henderson to start the season. This is fine in best ball, but it leaves you a MI short. I'd probably grab a MI or two early. Witt can also cover 3B/CI, so perhaps prioritize a SS, then get a 2B to cover Torres.

As for catcher, looking for a team where both guys are available, then double tapping them both is a way to attack the spot late.

[BuckyBuckner]

Unless you're using different eligibilities, McMahon is 3B only for 2023, as is Henderson to start the season. This is fine in best ball, but it leaves you a MI short. I'd probably grab a MI or two early. Witt can also cover 3B/CI, so perhaps prioritize a SS, then get a 2B to cover Torres.

As for catcher, looking for a team where both guys are available, then double tapping them both is a way to attack the spot late.

Thanks for pointing that out. I had a spreadsheet that was using last year's eligibility.

[BuckyBuckner]

Thanks for sharing. Interesting format.

Like your offense. Am concerned that your pitching is a lock for injuries.

Would focus on best available for a while, with secondary focus on areas where you need some insurance (CI, OF) and then saves.

Good luck!!!

Thanks for your thoughts. I went with a high risk, high reward for this draft. In this format, if a player sucks he doesn't play. Obviously, if he gets hurt and enough of them do, I'm sunk. Or I have an excellent pitching staff.

[chancellor]

I'd be looking hard at MI or OF unless a pitcher drops that you really like. Stanton is a mammoth hitter....and health risk, and both McCarthy and Meneses are rookies who saw part season service. McCarthy's speed probably will play well. But Meneses, especially, I have concerns about. I think that .370+ BABIP could be a mirage, and the correction might be nasty.