It's a slow draft coming

[ThatRogue]

Yahoo's rankings. What can I say?

Any particular players/pitchers you would target?

As noted above, Swanson, Marte, Carter, Teo, and Mullins don't excite me. I own Mullins and I'm throwing him back in and someone like Ian Happ will likely be available for my next pick. A SP would help but Verlander seems pricey and Bassitt is meh.

In other news, I am talking myself into using the # 21 pick on Alec Bohm's option. His stock has been slowly rising, I need a 1B, and the plus BA makes drafting Schwarber doable. A cherry is that he attended my Alma Mater.

Two quick questions:
1. You said you use OBA which I interpret as OBP. If so, why do you care about Bohm or Schwarber’s AVG?

2. In an OBP league, why do you believe Schwarber will still be available with the 9th pick?

I think you might be higher on Bohm than his value warrants. I like Schwarber, Marte, Swanson & Happ ahead of him…and would probably take Teo, Mullins, Muncy & Hoskins before him too.

With all those options available, I’d probably keep Iglesias and draft a player better than Bohm with your first pick. I would not be surprised if Bohm is still available with your second and probably third pick (#41 overall), and if not, the 41st player on your list is Hoskins who should outperform Bohm.

[The Feral Slasher]

Two quick questions:
1. You said you use OBA which I interpret as OBP. If so, why do you care about Bohm or Schwarber’s AVG?

2. In an OBP league, why do you believe Schwarber will still be available with the 9th pick?

I think you might be higher on Bohm than his value warrants. I like Schwarber, Marte, Swanson & Happ ahead of him…and would probably take Teo, Mullins, Muncy & Hoskins before him too.

With all those options available, I’d probably keep Iglesias and draft a player better than Bohm with your first pick. I would not be surprised if Bohm is still available with your second and probably third pick (#41 overall), and if not, the 41st player on your list is Hoskins who should outperform Bohm.

Some good points made here. I still am not sure Iglesias is a keeper, though that decision has apparently been made

[onejayhawk]

Unless something changes in the next five days, this is the keeper roster as it is in the format requested by the Commish.

In each case, the round indicates the cost of keeping the player, eg Jhoan Duran cost the pick in the 7th round. Since three keepers are mandatory (*), round 4 is the first round of the actual draft.

Bear in mind that this is 16 teams with OBA and holds.

Round 1*: Gerrit Cole NYY - SP (4)
Round 2*: Ronald Acuña Jr. ATL - OF (4)
Round 3*: Luis Robert Jr. CWS - OF (4)
Round 4:
Round 5:
Round 6:
Round 7: Jhoan Duran MIN - RP (7)
Round 8:
Round 9: Andrés Giménez CLE - 2B,SS (9)
Round 10`: Gunnar Henderson BAL - 3B,SS (10)
Round 11`: Gavin Williams CLE - SP (190)
Round 12`: Logan O'Hoppe LAA - C (209)
Round 13`: Elly De La Cruz CIN - 3B,SS (13)
Round 14`: Dylan Cease CWS - SP (14)
Round 15`:
Round 16`:
Round 17`:
Round 18: Pete Crow-Armstrong CHC - OF (18)
Round 19:
Round 20: Brandon Pfaadt ARI - SP (20)
Round 21:
Round 22:
Round 23: Jackson Merrill SD - SS (23)
Round 24:
Round 25:
Round 26: Wyatt Langford TEX - OF (26)

[Ken]

Why didn’t you keep Yamamoto

[onejayhawk]

Why didn’t you keep Yamamoto

I don't have him and someone else will keep him.

What I did not realize, because I didn't check, is that Yamamoto is one of the off-book picks. Mine is Langford.

Update: Keeper declarations have started. I'll post significant players released.

Our returning Champion brings back Freeman, Soto, Yordan, and the best SP in the league--Gausman, Castillo, and Lopez. For bargains, he has Nolan Jones in the 11th, Alzolay in the 15th, and Jackson H in the 22nd. He's had Soto for 7 seasons. Next year he finally has to pay retail.

I'm the second in case that was not clear.

Our third kept players he should have thrown back. I move up a pick in round 4 (the first actual round)

Our # 2 is holding things up. I inserted a guess based on my evaluations and his style.

[onejayhawk]

Back in the pool.

Top 200 players released during keeper declarations.

Kyle Schwarber 68
Dansby Swanson 100
Ketel Marte 113
Ian Happ 137
Cristian Javier 158

Raisel Iglesias 85
Cedric Mullins 128
Alec Bohm 141
Willy Adames 178
Ryan Mountcastle 197

Devin Williams 55
Gleyber Torres 84
Chris Bassitt 127
Jordan Montgomery 153
Eloy Jiménez 163
Steven Kwan 181
Lars Nootbaar 191

None

Will Smith 81
Carlos Correa 179

Jose Altuve 31
Kenley Jansen 174
J.D. Martinez 176

Willson Contreras 154

Max Muncy 143

Justin Verlander 115
Yu Darvish 185
Andrew Vaughn 209

None

J.T. Realmuto 71
Jose Berrios 202
Nolan Gorman 203

Teoscar Hernández 114
Carlos Rodón 189
Lourdes Gurriel 198

None

None

Keepers are declared.

In theory, we could start the draft now. In practice it will probably be Monday, though things are moving a quicker this year.

[onejayhawk]

Another contender posted his roster. As is typical for him, tons of SP.

He got Goldschmidt and Judge from me in separate transactions years ago. I'd the Goldschmidt deal again since flags fly forever. Giving up Judge as a prospect value is one of my true regrets.

C Murphy
1B Goldschmidt
2B
3B
SS
MI Donovan
CI
OF Judge
OF Tatis
OF
OF
UT

SP Skubal
SP Means
SP Perez
SP Peralta
RP Brash
RP Abreu
RP
P Liberatore
P Abbott
P

[onejayhawk]

We are getting close to the end of keeper designations.

Here is a look at how the first half of the draft looks for my team. Still coming Wyatt Langford and some prospects, but the commish hasn't posted that far yet. The OP should give you some idea of the value available in rounds 5 - 9. Inflation is significant early.

.

1.	(11)	Gerrit Cole (NYY - SP)
2.	(27)	Ronald Acuña (ATL - OF)
3.	(43)	Luis Robert (CWS - OF)
4.	(59)	Pick
5.	(75)	Pick
6.	(91)	Pick
7.	(107)	Jhoan Duran (MIN - RP)
8.	(123)	Andrés Giménez (CLE - 2B)
9.	(139)	Pick
10.	(155)	Gunnar Henderson (BAL - 3B,SS)
11.	(171)	Gavin Williams (CLE - SP)
12.	(193)	Logan O'Hoppe (BAL - 3B,SS)
13.	(209)	Elly De La Cruz (CIN - 3B,SS)
14.	(235)	Dylan Cease (CWS - SP)
15.	(251)	Pick

[The Feral Slasher]

We are getting close to the end of keeper designations.

Here is a look at how the first half of the draft looks for my team. Still coming Wyatt Langford and some prospects, but the commish hasn't posted that far yet. The OP should give you some idea of the value available in rounds 5 - 9. Inflation is significant early.

.

1.	(11)	Gerrit Cole (NYY - SP)
2.	(27)	Ronald Acuña (ATL - OF)
3.	(43)	Luis Robert (CWS - OF)
4.	(59)	Pick
5.	(75)	Pick
6.	(91)	Pick
7.	(107)	Jhoan Duran (MIN - RP)
8.	(123)	Andrés Giménez (CLE - 2B)
9.	(139)	Pick
10.	(155)	Gunnar Henderson (BAL - 3B,SS)
11.	(171)	Gavin Williams (CLE - SP)
12.	(193)	Logan O'Hoppe (BAL - 3B,SS)
13.	(209)	Elly De La Cruz (CIN - 3B,SS)
14.	(235)	Dylan Cease (CWS - SP)
15.	(251)	Pick

I'm not seeing it

[The Feral Slasher]

I love the title of this thread btw, I always read it in an old sailor voice. and I pronounce slow as schlow.

[madducks]

I love the title of this thread btw, I always read it in an old sailor voice. and I pronounce slow as schlow.

This reminds me of when my local league used to have our live draft in the private dining room of the local Ponderosa restaurant. It was at the back of the restaurant and had an exit door into the back alley. One of our league members worked as a cook there and always requested the day off and reserved the room for us for the third Sunday in March. He was a smoker and would frequently step out the back door to grab a quick smoke and would peek back in to check on the auction bidding. One year it was pretty cold and windy and someone bitched at him and said: "You're letting all the cold air in." And someone else said: "Yeah, it does feel like there's a draft in here."

[harmon]

This reminds me of when my local league used to have our live draft in the private dining room of the local Ponderosa restaurant. It was at the back of the restaurant and had an exit door into the back alley. One of our league members worked as a cook there and always requested the day off and reserved the room for us for the third Sunday in March. He was a smoker and would frequently step out the back door to grab a quick smoke and would peek back in to check on the auction bidding. One year it was pretty cold and windy and someone bitched at him and said: "You're letting all the cold air in." And someone else said: "Yeah, it does feel like there's a draft in here."

Good one, and the stakes were high.

[onejayhawk]

Back in the days of cards and dice, we would set the player card out on three big tables--IF, OF, and Pitching. You would have three minutes to pick up a card. Toward the end, you might have three people browsing.

One time I was browsing the OF and couldn't find one I liked, so I called the name of the pitcher I wanted. The guy in line after me literally had the card in his hand. Since he hadn't turned it in the Commish ruled my pick was valid.

Keepers are declared, so the list of available players will become official soon. I'll post the top several when I am coming up. The clear first pick is Altuve but it gets murky soon after.

228 players were kept. The list is too long to load.

[onejayhawk]

Here is a list of the available players from Yahoo's top 200.


72 Díaz, Edwin RP NYM
83 Smith, Will C LAD
85 Iglesias, Raisel RP ATL
99 Swanson, Dansby SS CHC
116 Verlander, Justin SP HOU
121 Phillips, Evan RP LAD
127 Mullins, Cedric OF BAL
128 Bassitt, Chris SP TOR
139 Happ, Ian OF CHC
145 Bohm, Alec 1B,3B PHI
150 Bieber, Shane SP CLE
151 Holmes, Clay RP NYY
153 Contreras, Willson C STL
157 Sale, Chris SP ATL
162 Jiménez, Eloy OF CWS
163 Hoskins, Rhys 1B MIL
165 Nimmo, Brandon OF NYM
168 Javier, Cristian SP HOU
169 Montgomery, Jordan SP STL
173 Jansen, Kenley RP BOS
174 Scott, Tanner RP MIA
176 Martinez, J.D. OF LAD
179 Adames, Willy SS MIL
180 Correa, Carlos SS MIN
183 Kwan, Steven OF CLE
186 Rodón, Carlos SP NYY
187 Darvish, Yu SP SD
188 Kimbrel, Craig RP BAL
189 Varsho, Daulton OF TOR
191 Ward, Taylor OF LAA
192 Nootbaar, Lars OF STL
193 Gorman, Nolan 2B,3B STL
194 Marte, Starling OF NYM
197 Mountcastle, Ryan 1B BAL
200 Gurriel Jr., Lourdes OF AZ

Thoughts on taking Schwarber if he falls to me?

[The Feral Slasher]

Here is a list of the available players from Yahoo's top 200.

32 Altuve, Jose 2B HOU
55 Williams, Devin RP MIL
70 Schwarber, Kyle OF PHI
72 Díaz, Edwin RP NYM
73 Realmuto, J.T. C PHI
83 Smith, Will C LAD
85 Iglesias, Raisel RP ATL
96 Torres, Gleyber 2B NYY
99 Swanson, Dansby SS CHC
102 Carter, Evan OF TEX
113 Marte, Ketel 2B AZ
115 Hernández, Teoscar OF LAD
116 Verlander, Justin SP HOU
121 Phillips, Evan RP LAD
127 Mullins, Cedric OF BAL
128 Bassitt, Chris SP TOR
139 Happ, Ian OF CHC
145 Bohm, Alec 1B,3B PHI
149 Muncy, Max 3B LAD
150 Bieber, Shane SP CLE
151 Holmes, Clay RP NYY
153 Contreras, Willson C STL
157 Sale, Chris SP ATL
162 Jiménez, Eloy OF CWS
163 Hoskins, Rhys 1B MIL
165 Nimmo, Brandon OF NYM
168 Javier, Cristian SP HOU
169 Montgomery, Jordan SP STL
173 Jansen, Kenley RP BOS
174 Scott, Tanner RP MIA
176 Martinez, J.D. OF LAD
179 Adames, Willy SS MIL
180 Correa, Carlos SS MIN
183 Kwan, Steven OF CLE
186 Rodón, Carlos SP NYY
187 Darvish, Yu SP SD
188 Kimbrel, Craig RP BAL
189 Varsho, Daulton OF TOR
191 Ward, Taylor OF LAA
192 Nootbaar, Lars OF STL
193 Gorman, Nolan 2B,3B STL
194 Marte, Starling OF NYM
197 Mountcastle, Ryan 1B BAL
200 Gurriel Jr., Lourdes OF AZ

Thoughts on taking Schwarber if he falls to me?

Do it