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This league has been going over 20 years, always with an email draft. This year for various reasons we ran out of time so the commish decided we would - for the first time - draft live. Christ on a bike I'd actually forgotten that feeling (and sound!) of the ticking clock. And the laptop deciding to crash mid-draft. And all this between midnight and 1:30am because I'm in Ireland. But it was fun.
Here's the result. Anyone in bold was a keeper going in.
C Alejandro Kirk
C Keibert Ruiz
1B Matt Olson
3B Jose Ramirez
CI Alec Bohm
2B Marcus Semien
SS Xander Bogaerts
MI Tommy Edman
OF Adolis Garcia
OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr
OF Alex Kirilloff
OF Joey Gallo
OF Bryan De La Cruz
DH KeBryan Hayes
DH Cal Raleigh
SP Gerrit Cole
SP Triston McKenzie
SP Hunter Greene
RP David Bednar
RP Jason Adam
P Sonny Gray
P Kenta Maeda
P Michael Kopech
P Andrew Chafin
BENCH Brandon Hughes
BENCH Bryan Abreu
BENCH TJ Friedl
BENCH Ha Seong Kim
BENCH Mitch Garver
BENCH Jose Altuve
OF was an absolute wasteland very early. I'd usually go for solid and boring in my outfield but there was zero value last night hence rolling the dice on some guys and hoping there's a click. And hoping that Joey Gallo is a match made in heaven for the new shift rules.
I love catchers and hate scrabbling on the wire for 'em. Four is overkill, but that's what happens when your 2011 MacBook Air decides to kaput during the draft and award you Mitch Garver over Harrison Bader. Heck, I'll still take Garver - it weakens the pool for the rest.
With daily transactions I am a big fan of non-closers and the Franken-Ace. Abreu, Chafin, and Hughes are my starting three and we'll see who else pops up during the season for me to snap up.
Here's the result. Anyone in bold was a keeper going in.
C Alejandro Kirk
C Keibert Ruiz
1B Matt Olson
3B Jose Ramirez
CI Alec Bohm
2B Marcus Semien
SS Xander Bogaerts
MI Tommy Edman
OF Adolis Garcia
OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr
OF Alex Kirilloff
OF Joey Gallo
OF Bryan De La Cruz
DH KeBryan Hayes
DH Cal Raleigh
SP Gerrit Cole
SP Triston McKenzie
SP Hunter Greene
RP David Bednar
RP Jason Adam
P Sonny Gray
P Kenta Maeda
P Michael Kopech
P Andrew Chafin
BENCH Brandon Hughes
BENCH Bryan Abreu
BENCH TJ Friedl
BENCH Ha Seong Kim
BENCH Mitch Garver
BENCH Jose Altuve
OF was an absolute wasteland very early. I'd usually go for solid and boring in my outfield but there was zero value last night hence rolling the dice on some guys and hoping there's a click. And hoping that Joey Gallo is a match made in heaven for the new shift rules.
I love catchers and hate scrabbling on the wire for 'em. Four is overkill, but that's what happens when your 2011 MacBook Air decides to kaput during the draft and award you Mitch Garver over Harrison Bader. Heck, I'll still take Garver - it weakens the pool for the rest.
With daily transactions I am a big fan of non-closers and the Franken-Ace. Abreu, Chafin, and Hughes are my starting three and we'll see who else pops up during the season for me to snap up.
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