I'd like to say that I had a strategy to bid on DL guys Glen but I'd be lying if I did. I was not as high on my keeper list as you, so I was willing to take some chances. And I did so in spades unfortunately. I already had Morrison as a keeper who is coming back who knows when, and probably nobody can say for sure what he'll give me when he does make it back. So drafting Hart, Hanley, McCann and D.Young in hindsight was probably a poor idea. They will all be back at some point however and with Gyorko in minors ready to replace one of them I do have hope of having a pretty good team in May. I just have to hope that I'm not to far behind in the counting categories by then that a good trade here or there will help propel me to the money spots. I do think there is good trade value in some of those guys though if it comes to that. I also drafted a few Pitchers that are going to start out on the DL as well, but I was able to cover up for most of that by drafting lot's of SP. As JC noted there is nothing on the waiver wire to help my injured hitting however.
Any way my strategy going into the draft was to get at value guys and bargains if available, especially on the hitting side and acquire as many AB's as possible. I thought there was plenty of that with pitchers but not tons elsewhere. Although I will say that if I had spent a little more wisely in the last quarter of the draft I think I had a shot to grab full time AB's at every position (counting DL'd guys of course). Which is something that would have been unbelievable after losing the Astros this year. I'm not overly aggressive by nature so spending in the 40's and 50's for star power has never been something I do, unless I feel my keeper list warrants it. Which I no longer did after losing a $6 Morse in the off season. I liked my keepers, no doubt, but guys like Segura, Rutledge, Laroche, Morrison and even Harper to a certain extent, do come with some question marks. Overall I think I have a shot which is really all I could ask for.
Any way my strategy going into the draft was to get at value guys and bargains if available, especially on the hitting side and acquire as many AB's as possible. I thought there was plenty of that with pitchers but not tons elsewhere. Although I will say that if I had spent a little more wisely in the last quarter of the draft I think I had a shot to grab full time AB's at every position (counting DL'd guys of course). Which is something that would have been unbelievable after losing the Astros this year. I'm not overly aggressive by nature so spending in the 40's and 50's for star power has never been something I do, unless I feel my keeper list warrants it. Which I no longer did after losing a $6 Morse in the off season. I liked my keepers, no doubt, but guys like Segura, Rutledge, Laroche, Morrison and even Harper to a certain extent, do come with some question marks. Overall I think I have a shot which is really all I could ask for.
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