1st Pick in reserve draft..who to take?

[price]

AL only 12 team roto keeper 5x5 w/obp,s+h,Qs

Right now A.J. is who I would take, depending on my needs after the auction. Players taken in the reserve draft have a 3 yr contract (can be dropped after season) and salary of $15, but only $5 for the first year active. I have to be careful not to take a minor league guy who might not make an impact this year, because they not might make for a great keeper at $15. Top Minor league keepers usually start to be taken in the $10 rounds going down. A lot of left over active players from the draft are taken in the first few rounds along with impact minor leaguers that would help this year.

I kinda put the first few in order of what I think impact wise, but if you see I'm missing someone or should consider someone else, please let me know. If you could, I would appreciate ranking the top 5 in order or 10 if you can. I have the 1st, 11th and 13th picks in the first 2 rounds with 12 teams.

A.J. Reed*
Dalton Pompey
Tyler Skaggs
James Paxton
Drew Hutchinson
Tyler Duffy
Nick Tropeano
Erik Johnson
Matt Boyd
Jesse Hahn
Henry Owens
Mike Clevinger
T.J House
Jorge Mateo* (huge stolen base potential)
Max Kepler*
Mike Mahtook
Richie Schaffer
Jurickson Profar
Carlos Sanchez
Jon Singleton
Giovanni Urshela
Darrell Ceciliani
Kyle Zimmer*
Roenis Ellias
Wynton Bernard
shawn O'Malley
Chance Sisco*
Sam Travis*
Jorge Polanco
Trey Mancini*
Christian Walker
Mike Zunino
Steven Moya

Thanks for your input guys!

[chancellor]

Take AJ Reed and spike the football.

[Controller Jacobs]

The way is open for Reed to join the Astros in the first half. Top notch prospect, great situation.

[Hornsby]

Three for Reed, and it's not particularly close...

[Whitey]

I'm not sure I follow your salary explanation. You said players have a $15 salary but then talked about $10 rounds. Is $15 just for the first round?
Regardless of the rules, Reed is the obvious choice.

After that, it gets more challenging. I'd consider Pompey and Profar first among position players, though I'm not convinced either will have an impact this year. Might add James Loney to your list, depending on your rules.

I'd move injury risk Jesse Hahn way up your pitching list, which has plenty of interesting possibilities from Skaggs through Owens. I'd add the non-sexy Miguel Gonzalez to the group that could help this year, maybe Chi Chi too. I'd also be looking at prospect Jose Berrios early, if he's available.

[price]

I'm not sure I follow your salary explanation. You said players have a $15 salary but then talked about $10 rounds. Is $15 just for the first round?
Regardless of the rules, Reed is the obvious choice.

After that, it gets more challenging. I'd consider Pompey and Profar first among position players, though I'm not convinced either will have an impact this year. Might add James Loney to your list, depending on your rules.

I'd move injury risk Jesse Hahn way up your pitching list, which has plenty of interesting possibilities from Skaggs through Owens. I'd add the non-sexy Miguel Gonzalez to the group that could help this year, maybe Chi Chi too. I'd also be looking at prospect Jose Berrios early, if he's available.

Thanks to all who have replied. Good heads up for me on Looney and M.Gonzalez for this year. Barrios is kept on a team. M.Gonzalez was constantly near the top in quality starts the few years before last and we have QS's instead of wins. FYI our rnds go 1-2 $15, 3-6 $10, 7-10 $5 and 11-14 $2.

[wannabegriffey]

AL only 12 team roto keeper 5x5 w/obp,s+h,Qs

Right now A.J. is who I would take, depending on my needs after the auction. Players taken in the reserve draft have a 3 yr contract (can be dropped after season) and salary of $15, but only $5 for the first year active. I have to be careful not to take a minor league guy who might not make an impact this year, because they not might make for a great keeper at $15. Top Minor league keepers usually start to be taken in the $10 rounds going down. A lot of left over active players from the draft are taken in the first few rounds along with impact minor leaguers that would help this year.

I kinda put the first few in order of what I think impact wise, but if you see I'm missing someone or should consider someone else, please let me know. If you could, I would appreciate ranking the top 5 in order or 10 if you can. I have the 1st, 11th and 13th picks in the first 2 rounds with 12 teams.

A.J. Reed*
Dalton Pompey
Tyler Skaggs
James Paxton
Drew Hutchinson
Tyler Duffy
Nick Tropeano
Erik Johnson
Matt Boyd
Jesse Hahn
Henry Owens
Mike Clevinger
T.J House
Jorge Mateo* (huge stolen base potential)
Max Kepler*
Mike Mahtook
Richie Schaffer
Jurickson Profar
Carlos Sanchez
Jon Singleton
Giovanni Urshela
Darrell Ceciliani
Kyle Zimmer*
Roenis Ellias
Wynton Bernard
shawn O'Malley
Chance Sisco*
Sam Travis*
Jorge Polanco
Trey Mancini*
Christian Walker
Mike Zunino
Steven Moya

Thanks for your input guys!

Normally, I lean toward starting pitchers in the first couple of reserve round picks but you have two hitters I like to contribute this season: pompey and reed. I can't see how saunders finally stays healthy for 550 at bats but I guess anything is possible. And at $15 for 2017, reed is awfully expensive speculation material. Skaggs and Hahn are pretty good choices also.

Let us know who you end up getting !