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  • Go Ahead Tear My Draft Down

    After taking a year off. Did my NL draft for 10 team 5x5 NL League. Inflation was high. Goldschmidt 48, Kershaw 46, Stanton 44, McCutchen 41, Gordon 37, Cespdese 37, Possey 35, Rosenthal 33, Strasburg 36 and Bumgardner 38. There was ton of money spent in the beginning then middle of the draft teams seemed like they laid off and then end of draft too much money on the table. I left $4. Did some good things other not so much. Here my team with * showing players I had as keepers.

    C Ramos $8*
    C Norris $10
    1B Belt $24
    3B Freese $1
    CI Reynolds $7
    2B Panik $14
    SS Reyes $9
    MI Suarez $19
    OF Fowler $18*
    OF Taylor $6 2017
    OF Polonco $12 2018
    OF C Gonzalez $33
    OF Tomas $15
    UT Gyroko $1

    P Wainwright $18*
    P Leake $5*
    P Nelson$1*
    P Familia $6 2017
    P Jeffress $3*
    P Teheran $14
    P Shield $13
    P Desclafani $12
    P Hudson $7

    Reserve draft in the order I selected

    1. Story SS $10 Farm
    2. Knebel P $8
    3. Alex Reyes $6
    4. Adam Warren P $5
    5. Reed $4
    6. Locke $3
    7. Simon $2
    8. Brett Phillips OF $2
    9. Hansel Robles P $1
    10. Nottingham C $1

    Thanks!

  • #2
    Obviously not what you want to hear but this is not a competitive team. I'd go straight into rebuild mode.

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    • #3
      I think your pitching staff is pretty good, but you have 5 or 6 guys on your offense who are not starters for their own teams. You'll have to swing some deals to improve the offense.

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      • #4
        Do you get to keep Story if he starts in the majors?

        The team has a lot of weak spots. You could make a run, as you have keeper talent to deal. But it's a lot of holes to plug given your league size. Your farm draft was excellent btw. But I hate some of the players you bought (Shields, Tomas, Gyorko, even CarGo is not a risk I like though his price was reasonable).

        You can ride it out a while, but I think you should look to grab the best keepers via trade as soon as they go on the market. Maybe even let owners know they should be in touch.

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        • #5
          Which brings the question should I activate Story? I can actually keep him on the Farm for the entire season and then bring him up next season with a yr one contract.

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          • #6
            I think you did quite well at auction ( CarGo salary compared to others you mentioned...your SP). But your keepers were weak. I'd be playing for 2017.

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            • #7
              I am thinking that I will end up building for next season. Pitching should be decent. I could fill Reyes spot with Story. I still have Freese, Reynolds and Gyroko spots as players who do not have full time positions. I would ride this into May and see how things are going then.

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              • #8
                If you're absolutely convinced you're not going to be competitive, I guess there's no reason to bring up Story. But the Rockies drafted Brendan Rodgers last year and I would assume he'll be their shortstop soon enough unless Story is amazing or Rodgers is really disappointing.
                In the best of times, our days are numbered, anyway. And it would be a crime against Nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly that it put off enjoying those things for which we were presumably designed in the first place, and which the gravest statesmen and the hoarsest politicians hope to make available to all men in the end: I mean the opportunity to do good work, to fall in love, to enjoy friends, to sit under trees, to read, to hit a ball and bounce the baby.

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                • #9
                  Love the reserve list, especially if a keeper league

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by FBP View Post
                    Love the reserve list, especially if a keeper league
                    Second this. Reserves are great.

                    Your hitting was probably starved by spending $39 on Teheran, Shields, and DeSclafini.
                    I'm just here for the baseball.

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                    • #11
                      Found out there is a rule in our Farm section which allows me to activate Story but if before he reaches the rookie minimum of 130 ABs I can place him back on the Farm and not lose a yr of eligibility. So I might as well activate him for now. Looking at this draft I screwed up on several counts and could have landed a couple of starters for offense. At this point my eye is on 2017.

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                      • #12
                        Perhaps this team could live off of prayer and hope. Read yesterday that Reynolds might get most of the starts over Paulsen. Tejada going on the DL paying the way for Gyorko. Story is the starting SS. Freese starting at 3B maybe for a month. Werth struck down by lighting Taylor named starter! Okay that one hasn't happen yet.

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