To Didi or not to Didi

[onejayhawk]

Looking at the upcoming draft, this appears to be roughly the slate of available players. I would pick 7th or 8th.
Numbers are ADP from Fantrax

Carrasco,C 39
Andrus,E 59
Archer,C 60
Kimbrel,C 60
Segura,J 66
Chapman,A 84
Arrieta,J 91
Cain,L 96
Braun,R 100
Cabrera,M 101
Nunez,E 107
Stroman,M 110
Lester,J 114
Giles,K 115
Iglesias,R 116
Perez,S 118
Davis,W 121
Desmond,I 124
Colome,A 129
Seager,K 130
Gray,S 131
Eaton,A 133

Given that the top five will almost certainly be gone, would you give up the pick for Didi Gregorius? I have an option on Paul DeJong and we use MI.

J

[virgonomic]

Looking at the upcoming draft, this appears to be roughly the slate of available players. I would pick 7th or 8th.
Numbers are ADP from Fantrax

Carrasco,C 39
Andrus,E 59
Archer,C 60
Kimbrel,C 60
Segura,J 66
Chapman,A 84
Arrieta,J 91
Cain,L 96
Braun,R 100
Cabrera,M 101
Nunez,E 107
Stroman,M 110
Lester,J 114
Giles,K 115
Iglesias,R 116
Perez,S 118
Davis,W 121
Desmond,I 124
Colome,A 129
Seager,K 130
Gray,S 131
Eaton,A 133

Given that the top five will almost certainly be gone, would you give up the pick for Didi Gregorius? I have an option on Paul DeJong and we use MI.

J

I would, as I like Didi more than everyone outside the top 6. Didi's ADP is 96.5 but I prefer him to Arrieta (FA) and Cain (position).

[Ken]

To be clear are your options Didi vs DeJong and a pick? If so I take the DeJong side.

[onejayhawk]

To be clear are your options Didi vs DeJong and a pick? If so I take the DeJong side.

I get DeJong either way. The choice is Didi or a pick.

The board is what I anticipate based on possible keepers. For example, one guy has to choose between Carrasco and George Springer. The one he does not take will be the first player chosen. Another player has to choose between Yu and Archer. I went with the Fantrax ADP in the close cases.

Just looking at the list, I am leaning to throwing Didi back and taking my chances. Someone will take a flier on Miggy having one more big season or Eduardo Nunez is the answer at 3B, which will be thin. I have Matt Chapman for that role. We always get reaches and sliders. Chances are that Didi will be there when I pick. If not, Chapman and Chapman sounds like a respectable firm, no?

J

[cool hand]

Chances are that Didi will be there when I pick. If not, Chapman and Chapman sounds like a respectable firm, no?

J

I think this nails it. I'd roll the dice for sure - large chance that your consolation prize is the guy you're coughing up.

[onejayhawk]

OK I will plan on needing to pick up a MI at some point. Hey, I might get lucky and have Braun slide through. He's on my bounceback list, which gives me an idea for a thread.

J