Slow draft starting.

[onejayhawk]

16 team Roto. Here is the lineup I have so far. Three keepers, and options I will excersize. The numbers are the draft round that player costs.

For practical purposes, consider the top 100 players to be kept, and 20 of the next 50. I finished 3rd, so I pick 14th in heac round. For practical purposes think of my available picks as #105, #115, #135, #145, then not til #292, #308, etc.

1B Goldschmidt (10)
2B Cano K
3B Beltre K
SS JJ Hardy (11)
OF Ellsbury K
OF BJ Upton (4)
OF Trout (14)
Util Cuddyer (7)
SP Ogando (13)
RP Santos (12)
RP Hanrahan (16)

Reserves
Lorenzo Cain (14)
Randall Delgado (15)
Anthony Rizzo (17)

How would you attack the draft?

J

[Gregg]

I would grab 2 of the best starting pitchers available with your first two picks.

[onejayhawk]

I would grab 2 of the best starting pitchers available with your first two picks.

Any that you would target?

(I say that realizing that there is a good chance anyone you name is being kept. I also plan to offer the picks for SP as the picks come up.)

J

[Judge Jude]

Can you get Lilly, Beachy, or Buehrle?

[Gregg]

Any that you would target?

(I say that realizing that there is a good chance anyone you name is being kept. I also plan to offer the picks for SP as the picks come up.)

J

I would think you would have a good shot at Kennedy, Garza, Beachy, Romero, Holland.

[onejayhawk]

I would think you would have a good shot at Kennedy, Garza, Beachy, Romero, Holland.

Beachy, Holland and Romero I know off the top are kept. Garz is not. The top 4 teams had to throw useful players back. Buerle sits on WW every year. Lilly I will have to check.

J

[Gregg]

Beachy, Holland and Romero I know off the top are kept. Garz is not. The top 4 teams had to throw useful players back. Buerle sits on WW every year. Lilly I will have to check.

J

Wainwright, Carpenter, Pineda, Gio, Danks?

What is the status of Darvish in your league?

[Judge Jude]

Lilly would be a good play.

[onejayhawk]

Wainwright, Carpenter, Pineda, Gio, Danks?

What is the status of Darvish in your league?

Darvish is in the draft, but likely to go very quickly. The best SP in the draft is Grienke, and he will go top 2 picks. I pick 14th.

Wainwright is owned by our resident Cards fan. Carpenter is in the draft, but see part A. Gio and Pineda are owned. Danks in the draft.

In the draft, in ADP order and subject to late changes: Greinke, Josh Beckett, Darvish, Matt Garza, Neftali Feliz, Shaun Marcum, Johnny Cueto, Max Scherzer, Justin Masterson, Jaime Garcia, Danks, Wandy Rodriquez, Trevor Cahill, Jhoulys Chacin, Colby Lewis, Ryan Vogelsong, Vance Worley.

By the time we run out of those, I will not be picking for a while. Some names I hope slip through to the later stages: Worley, Edwin Jackson, Gavin Floyd, Scott Baker. Names I expect to see drafted before pick #300, ie before I get back in: Josh Collmenter, Henderson Alvarez, Jarrod Parker, Julio Teheran, Shelby Miller.

J

[Judge Jude]

Johnny Cueto, Max Scherzer, Wandy Rodriquez, maybe Vance Worley would be nice.

[Gregg]

Johnny Cueto, Max Scherzer, Wandy Rodriquez, maybe Vance Worley would be nice.

Yep, these would be pretty good. I still would try to get Garza.

[Judge Jude]

Garza, too, if available, sure.

[onejayhawk]

I an trying to land Romero in a deal involving Cuddyer. That may have to stay on hold til the draft starts.

[onejayhawk]

As I feared, Garza was pulled back, and, somehat surprisingly, Worley.

Here is the Yahoo rankings of available players. I pick 7th and 20th.

75 Mariano Rivera
78 Jonathan Papelbon
79 John Axford
90 Drew Storen
98 Drew Stubbs
100 Carlos Beltran
106 Heath Bell
110 J.J. Putz
117 Brian Wilson
118 Jayson Werth
127 Andrew Bailey
134 Jose Valverde
142 Joakim Soria
148 Martin Prado
152 Johnny Cueto
156 Peter Bourjos
157 Coco Crisp
159 Kenley Jansen
160 Huston Street

You might notice a theme at the top.
Here are just the SP. It has gotten thin.

152 Johnny Cueto
177 Max Scherzer
182 Ervin Santana
187 Neftali Feliz
198 Wandy Rodriguez

The guy with the first pick has already declared for Greinke.

J

[Gregg]

Do you think these will be taken pretty close to the order as posted? Looks like you might get a shot at Beckett?

What is the next tier?