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    NL only position scarcity

    I was looking at the different positions for the draft and trying to work out a strategy. Here's what I see for position scarcity.

    1st - deep [there's Votto then a bunch of solid guys]
    2nd - very shallow [there's a huge talent drop-off after the first half-dozen -- I'm not going to be picking from the bottom of this barrel here]
    3rd - average [a nice mixture of high-end talent and solid guys but then falls off into oblivion after 10 spots or so]
    SS - deep [lots of depth here -- I'll probably be drafting the bottom rung players here]
    OF - shallow [after 35-40 players out it gets scary bad]
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    NL OF seems significantly more shallow than last year.

    One more Upton, but no Berkman, no Bourn, no Victorino, no Melky Cabrera, no Astros (don't laugh - Martinez and Maxwell aren't that bad and were better fantasy bets than their infield).

    I'm sure I'm missing some new NL outfielders and some departing NL outfielders, but it seems like there's a lot of fantasy talent drain there. As an added bonus for strategic planning, most people don't think of outfield as a potentially scarce position, so there might be some good OF values early in the auction.

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    • #3
      The only other additions I can think of offhand are Choo and Revere and Span.
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        nice thoughts, thanks...
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        • #5
          Continuing to compare this year's NL OF crop to last year's NL OF crop:

          Excellent additions, mjl!

          No Morse, no Stubbs, no Jason Bay (sounds like a stretch, but he did go for $13 in tout 2012), no Chris Young

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