Martins Maulers, A 2013 Fantasy Baseball Draft Diary

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Decided to bite the bullet and jump into Fantasy Baseball even earlier this year. I did a similar dynasty with my team last year and figured it'd be fun to keep track of again, and for anyone so inclined to follow along.

5x5, Slow draft (8 hours to pick), 50 rounds, no in season moves.

Last year I did this as more of a learning tool to prepare me for other drafts, I'm sure the learning aspect will still be there but I'm a bit more focused on actually winning the league this season. I'm the first team in the league so it likely wont fill up tonight but I should be looking at a Saturday start.

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M&M Boys baby. The dream isn't over yet!

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I said there's only 50 rounds dude.

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You watch your mouth.

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teee heee. In the LABR Mixed Mock Draft Mauer went in the 3rd and Morneau went in the 11th. I probably wont be targeting a Catcher that early.

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Damn, league has already filled 9/15 spots. If we get 15 by the end of the night we'll be starting tomorrow instead of Saturday. My juices are already flowing.

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Woo Hoo, league filled up in just a couple of hours. I will be starting my first draft of the year tomorrow at 5pm. Nice.

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I've got the 3rd overall pick which leaves me with one of the big 3. I could also go outside the box big time and grab one of the elite starting pitchers. Kemp is also a possibility. I'm probably over thinking it already.

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Draft is about to start and I'm already so nervous I might piddle myself. I'm not gonna overthink it though, whichever one of the big 3 falls to me I'm gonna take. I'd love it to be Miggy though.

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And Braun goes first.

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Would really love Trout to go 2nd. If Miggy goes second I'm probably gonna do something stupid. I said it last year and I'll say it again, I always overanalyze the worst case scenario and I'm a little worried about taking Trout so high given his slight 2nd half downswing last year and his mass gain.

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And Trout goes 2nd, giving me Miggy with the 3rd overall pick. Me like.

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And 14 guys are in the draft room, with one lone absentee sitting at the 4 spot. Heh.

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Round 01
Team #01- OF Ryan Braun
Team #02- OF Mike Trout
Team #03- 3B Miguel Cabrera
Team #04- 2B Robinson Cano
Team #05- OF Matt Kemp
Team #06- 1B Prince Fielder
Team #07- 1B Albert Pujols
Team #08- 1B Joey Votto
Team #09- OF Andrew McCutchen
Team #10- SP Justin Verlander
Team #11- OF Carlos Gonzalez
Team #12- SP Clayton Kershaw
Team #13- OF Giancarlo Stanton
Team #14- SP Stephen Strasburg
Team #15- OF Justin Upton

Everything went according to the LABR expert mock except for the 3 stud pitchers going off the board (none of them went until round 2 in the LABR). Waiting for that first guy outside of the top 28 to go.

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Round 02
Team #15- OF Jose Bautista
Team #14- 2B Dustin Pedroia
Team #13- 3B Adrian Beltre
Team #12- 3B Evan Longoria
Team #11- C Buster Posey
Team #10- SS Troy Tulowistski
Team #09- OF Bryce Harper
Team #08- OF Josh Hamilton
Team #07- 3B Hanley Ramirez
Team #06- SS Jose Reyes
Team #05- 1B Edwin Encarnacion
Team #04- 3B David Wright
Team #03- SP David Price
Team #02- OF Jacoby Ellsbury
Team #01- 2B Ian Kinsler

Was praying like a mother that one of Longoria, Posey, Tulo or Hamilton would fall back to me. Barring that I was perfectly happy nabbing Price here.

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No real surprises yet. Goldschmidt went early in the 2nd in the LABR but still hasn't been taken here yet and I'm not surprised.

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Round 03
Team #01- SP Felix Hernandez
Team #02- OF BJ Upton
Team #03- OF Jason Heyward
Team #04- OF Adam Jones
Team #05- 3B Ryan Zimmerman
Team #06- OF Yoenis Cespedes
Team #07- 3B Chase Headley
Team #08- SP Matt Cain
Team #09- SS Starling Castro
Team #10- 1B Paul Goldschmidt
Team #11- 1B Adrian Gonzalez
Team #12- 1B Billy Butler
Team #13- OF Curtis Granderson
Team #14- OF Jay Bruce
Team #15- 3B Aramis Ramirez

My hope here with the turn was that Heyward or Jones would be available when it got back to me at #3. They both were and I decided to go with Heyward. Surprised Headley went so early, especially that far ahead of Ramirez. Goldschmidt finally went.

Lee, Greinke, Zobrist, Craig and Holiday all went in the LABR 3rd round and got passed over here in favor of Butler, Ramirez, Zimmerman, Cain and Headley.

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6 spots left till it gets back to me in the 4th round. Gio, Greinke, Wainright, Weaver and Darvish are all out there, as is Mauer. My best scenario right now is that a couple of those guys AND Mauer are still available when it gets down to me so I can take Mauer and grab one of those guys on the way back in the 5th.

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Round 04
Team #15- 1B Allan Craig
Team #14- SP Cole Hamels
Team #13- 2B Ben Zobrist
Team #12- RP Craig Kimbrel
Team #11- SP Cliff Lee
Team #10- 2B Aaron Hill
Team #09- SP Zack Greinke
Team #08- SS Jimmy Rollins
Team #07- 2B Brandon Phillips
Team #06- OF Matt Holiday
Team #05- 2B Jason Kipinis
Team #04- SS Ian Desmond
Team #03- SP Gio Gonzalez
Team #02- 3B Brett Lawrie
Team #01- SP Madison Bumgarner

Kipinis & Rollins were the two biggest reaches of the draft so far, both going a full 2 rounds earlier than the LABR. I was ecstatic when Gio & Mauer were there at #3 and I decided to sweat it out over Mauer and grab Gio while I could. Mauer went with the first pick in Round 5 so bleh.

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Round 05
Team #01- C Joe Mauer
Team #02- SP Kris Medlen
Team #03- 2B Jose Altuve
Team #04- SP Yu Darvish
Team #05- SP Max Scherzer
Team #06- RP Jonathon Papelbon
Team #07- SP Jared Weaver
Team #08- SP Aroldis Chapman
Team #09- C Matt Wieters
Team #10- SP Adam Wainright
Team #11- 1B Freddie Freeman
Team #12- SP Chris Sale
Team #13- C Yadier Molina
Team #14- OF Michael Bourn
Team #15- OF Alex Rios

Very disappointed in Mauer being snatched up here. Looking back I'd have preferred Darvish & Mauer over Gio & Altuve, but who knows if Darvish would have been here when it got back to me. Anyhoo, no crying over spilled milk. If Altuve hits .290 with 30+ steals I'll be happy here.

Some reaches starting to occur now as Sale (LABR 7th), Medlen (LABR 8th) and Papelbon (LABR 9th) are all snatched in the 5th round here.

Andrus (LABR 4th) is still out there as well as Santana, Dickey, Sandoval, Martinez, Gordon, Jennings, Choo and Sabathia, who all went in the 5th in the LABR.

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Mauer is gonna hit 35 bombs this season. I can feel it in my loins.

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I never know if you're being serious or just trying to give me heartburn.

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Round 06
Team #15- OF Shin-Soo Choo
Team #14- OF Hunter Pence
Team #13- C Wilin Rosario
Team #12- C Carlos Santana
Team #11- OF Alex Gordon
Team #10- 3B Pablo Sandoval
Team #09- SP Roy Halladay
Team #08- 2B Rickie Weeks
Team #07- C Victor Martinez
Team #06- SP James Shields
Team #05- OF Austin Jackson
Team #04- OF Desmond Jennings
Team #03- SP R.A. Dickey
Team #02- RP Jason Motte
Team #01- SS Elvis Andrus

Having Dickey fall all the way through the 6th round surprised the hell out of me and even though I had intended on passing on pitching this time through I just couldn't resist grabbing him up when he fell to me.

My dilema now is that I want to grab Salvador Perez but I also do not, repeat, do not, want to let Pedro Alvarez slip through my fingers. I want him on my team like a fat kid wants cake. Like I want cake. He went in the middle of the 10th round in the LABR and I'm thinking I can grab him here at the end of round 8 but that long wait is gonna be murder on my nerves.

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Bit the bullet and grabbed Sal Perez early in the 7th. Will now wait on Alvarez. I do have Miggy already and none of the big bombing, 2nd tier 1B have been snatched up yet, so if worse comes to worse I think I can still find corner power in the 8th round.

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Nearing the end of round 7 right now. Glad it's a slow draft as I've had time to think about and it would be sort of reaching to grab Alvarez if there are better options out there. If it was a regular draft I'd probably still be all over him. Right now I've got my fingers crossed that Trumbo & LaRoche somehow make it back down to me.

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Big run on 1B in the 8th round. Rizzo, Hosmer, Konerko, Davis all swiped up which is fine with me. Would really love Trumbo to fall here as I'd prefer his OF/1B option.

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Round 08
Team #15- OF Martin Prado
Team #14- OF Brett Gardner
Team #13- 1B Eric Hosmer
Team #12- 1B Chris Davis
Team #11- 1B Anthony Rizzo
Team #10- 2B Chase Utley
Team #09- 1B Paul Konerko
Team #08- SP Jeff Samrdzija
Team #07- OF Carlos Beltran
Team #06- C Jonathon Lucroy
Team #05- SP Brandon Morrow
Team #04- 1B Mark Trumbo
Team #03- 1B Adam LaRoche
Team #02- 1B Ike Davis
Team #01- 1B Adam Dunn

Heh, 8 out of 15 picks are 1B, I guess you could describe that as a run. So effing miffed I missed out on Trumbo here. To make it worse, we waited all day, about 7 hours on one guy then when I'm ready to grab Trumbo he's swiped up right before my pick. I was happy with LaRoche though, considering I would have taken him before any of the other 1B that went except for Trumbo.

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As the 9th round started I was ready to jump on Asdrubal Cabrera to fill out my SS spot. Of course he was picked right before me coming back around. I thought and thought and thought and really contemplated Alcides Escobar to give me a very good, speed oriented MI with him and Altuve. In the end I broke down and grabbed Alvarez whom I didn't think would be there when it got back around to me.

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Round 09
Team #01- OF Nelson Cruz
Team #02- SS Asdrubal Cabrera
Team #03- 3B Pedro Alvarez
Team #04- UT David Ortiz
Team #05- 1B Ryan Howard
Team #06- C Jesus Montero
Team #07- RP Rafael Soriano
Team #08- SP Jake Peavy
Team #09- RP Sergio Romo
Team #10- OF Norichika Aoki
Team #11- RP Fernando Rodney
Team #12- RP Joe Nathan
Team #13- SP CJ Wilson
Team #14- 2B Neil Walker
Team #15- RP Mariano Rivera

As I said, I would have taken Cabrera had he not been picked right before me, but once that happened I just bit the bullet and grabbed Alvarez. He has so much power potential, and he started to come around at the end of last year, If he can hit 30+ homers and get around .260 I'm fine with it.

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Round 10
Team #15- RP Jim Johnson
Team #14- OF Michael Cuddyer
Team #13- 3B David Freese
Team #12- 2B Howie Kendrick
Team #11- 2B Danny Espinosa
Team #10- RP Tom Wilhelmsen
Team #09- OF Carl Crawford
Team #08- RP JJ Putz
Team #07- SP Dan Haren
Team #06- RP Greg Holland
Team #05- SP Jon Lester
Team #04- SP Tim Lincecum
Team #03- SP Ian Kennedy
Team #02- OF Josh Willingham
Team #01- SP Doug Fister

I'm not displeased with Kennedy here but it was not my plan. The plan watching the draft come back down was to go Willingham/Escobar. When it got to me though I just.....I dunno, I talked myself into Kennedy. Firstly he should have been gone before this, secondly I think he's more likely to be closer to 2011 than 2012 given his peripherals. I just got sucked in to having all those K's. Willingham went with the next pick naturally.

This was also the round we started to see a run on closers. My theory last year, and it worked well, was wait till everyone has two and grab who's left and bolster that with setup men on teams likely to replace or trade their closers. I'm in no rush.

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Round 11
Team #01- OF Ben Revere
Team #02- RP Glen Perkins
Team #03- SS Alcides Escobar
Team #04- SP Matt Harvey
Team #05- RP Chris Perez
Team #06- 3B Todd Frazier
Team #07- OF Jayson Werth
Team #08- RP Joel Hanrahan
Team #09- 2B Dan Uggla
Team #10- RP Addison Reed
Team #11- RP John Axford
Team #12- SS Erk Aybar
Team #13- RP Huston Street
Team #14- RP Casey Jansen
Team #15- RP Jason Grilli

I was more than fine with Escobar here. Hitting 2nd in that lineup should provide a nice avg with plenty of runs and steals. The reliever run continued here en mass.

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Round 12
Team #15- C AJ Pierzynski
Team #14- 1B Corey Hart
Team #13- OF Josh Reddick
Team #12- 3B Manny Machado
Team #11- SP Jonathon Niese
Team #10- C Ryano Doumit
Team #09- RP Grant Balfour
Team #08- OF Coco Crisp
Team #07- SS Derek Jeter
Team #06- OF Nick Markakis
Team #05- OF Adam Eaton
Team #04- OF Micheal Morse
Team #03- 1B Kendrys Morales
Team #02- 1B Justin Morneau
Team #01- SP Josh Johnson

I wanted 2 of the 3 of Ethier, Morales, Swisher in this next go around. I still have 4 outfield slots to fill but I think Morales has the most offensive potential of everyone on the board so I nabbed him. I was able to grab Swisher on the turn back so I'm pleased with how this round went.

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Round 13
Team #01- 3B Mike Moustakes
Team #02- SP Lance Lynn
Team #03- OF Nick Swisher
Team #04- C Alex Avila
Team #05- OF Andre Eithier
Team #06- OF Emilio Bonifacia
Team #07- C Brain McCann
Team #08- 3B Kyle Seager
Team #09- 1B Lance Berkman
Team #10- 1B Garrett Jones
Team #11- SP Brett Anderson
Team #12- OF Alfonso Soriano
Team #13- SP Anibal Sanchez
Team #14- OF Angel Pagan
Team #15- SS Alexi Ramirez

Looking back I'm not so in love with the Swisher pick. Maybe it's just not sexy enough for me. I dunno.

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Coming back down to me I clearly need to add a little more speed. A few players are on my radar. Carlos Ruiz is still out there, 25 game suspension or not he's worth taking at this late point. Been debating Evereth Cabrera all night. Can he hit enough to not drain my Avg? Carlos Quentin is another guy I'm trying to talk myself into. Still need pitching, starters and reliever. This is the first round where I'm not real sure about what I want to do.

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Round 14
Team #15- OF Tori Hunter
Team #14- OF Dexter Fowler
Team #13- SP Homer Bailey
Team #12- OF Alejandro De Aza
Team #11- SP Hiroki Kuroda
Team #10- OF Starling Marte
Team #09- OF Lorenzo Cain
Team #08- OF Ichiro Suzuki
Team #07- OF Dayan Viciedo
Team #06- OF Cameron Maybin
Team #05- SP Josh Beckett
Team #04- RP Rafael Betancourt
Team #03- OF Carlos Quentin
Team #02- 3B Jedd Gyorko
Team #01- SP Mike Minor

Quentin has to stay healthy one of these years right? I probably would have taken Viciedo if he hadn't been snatched. Big run on outfielders this round and a pretty big reach on Gyorko but if he wins the job he'll have nice flexibility, still a bit of a reach.

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Round 15
Team #01- OF Wil Meyers
Team #02- SP Jarrod Parker
Team #03- SS Everth Cabrera
Team #04- OF Jason Kubel
Team #05- SS Zack Cozart
Team #06- OF Juan Pierre
Team #07- 3B Kevin Youkilis
Team #08- OF Ryan Ludwick
Team #09- 3B Michael Young
Team #10- 3B Trevor Plouffe
Team #11- SP Ryan Vogelsong
Team #12- SP Trevor Cahill
Team #13- 2B Dustin Ackley
Team #14- SP Matt Garza
Team #15- SS Marco Scutaro

This might be where I start kicking myself. I thought I could wait another round for Myers, but I bet every other owner had him in their head around this point. I don't like having Alvarez & Cabrera draining my average but when it comes down to it I was salivating a bit at the idea of having maybe 120 steals in my 3 MI spots.

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Round 16
Team #15- RP Jonathon Broxton
Team #14- C Russell Martin
Team #13- SP Marco Estrada
Team #12- SS Omar Infante
Team #11- SS JJ Hardy
Team #10- SP AJ Burnett
Team #09- SS Jean Segura
Team #08- RP Bruce Rondon
Team #07- OF Delmon Young
Team #06- SS Stephen Drew
Team #05- OF Micheal Saunders
Team #04- RP Steve Cisheck
Team #03- C Carlos Ruiz
Team #02- RP Brandon League
Team #01- OF Cody Ross

Ruiz lasted way too long and I was fine pulling the trigger and wading through his 25 game suspension. If he and Perez combine for .300 or better I'll be very happy. On the other hand, as we'll see in the next round, this is probably where I should have gone after a closer. Hoping it all falls right can work up to a point but you have to know when to make your move and I fear I waited too long.

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Round 17
Team #01- RP Ernesto Frieri
Team #02- SP Jeremy Hellickson
Team #03- SP Jaime Garcia
Team #04- SS Anderlton Simmons
Team #05- RP Bobby Parnell
Team #06- 1B Chris Carter
Team #07- SP Matt Harrison
Team #08- 2B Daniel Murphy
Team #09- SP Ryan Dempster
Team #10- SP Wade Miley
Team #11- SP Tim Hudson
Team #12- C John Jaso
Team #13- RP Carlos Marmol
Team #14- SP Alexi Ogando
Team #15- OF Colby Rasmus

The honest to goodness idea here was to grab Frieri when it came back around. When that blew up in my face I decided to grab Garcia, who if he's healed is an absolute steal this low. On the other hand.......

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Round 18
Team #15- OF David Murphy
Team #14- SS Johnny Peralta
Team #13- OF Denard Span
Team #12- RP Kyuji Fujikiwawa
Team #11- SS Billy Hamilton
Team #10- RP Kenley Jansen
Team #09- SP Tommy Hanson
Team #08- SP Jin Hyu-Ryu
Team #07- SP Ryan Cook
Team #06- SP Tommy Milone
Team #05- C JP Arencebia
Team #04- 1B Brandon Moss
Team #03- SP Johan Santana
Team #02- 1B Brandon Belt
Team #01- 1B Yonder Alonso

Round 19
Team #01- OF Leonys Martin
Team #02- SP Jason Hammel
Team #03- SP Shelby Miller
Team #04- SP Alex Cobb
Team #05- SP AJ Griffin
Team #06- 1B Adam Lind
Team #07- OF Justin Ruggiano
Team #08- 3B Jeff Keppinger
Team #09- 2B Jurickson Profar
Team #10- SP Paul Maholm
Team #11- 3B Jordan Pacheco
Team #12- SP Derek Holland
Team #13- OF Tyler Colvin
Team #14- 1B Logan Morrison
Team #15- SP Kyle Lohse

I'll be honest, I was a little thrown off my game by the closer situation. It's been a while since I've been in this position in a draft and I was half in between wanting to draft set up men and doing save speculation on one of the guys from Detroit, Frank Francisco, Jose Vera etc.. But I still needed starters and again took an injury risk on Santana. I don't really feel worried about taking some risks on starters with my solid front 4.

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Round 20
Team #15- SP Wandy Rodriguez
Team #14- SP Clay Bucholz
Team #13- OF Darrin Mastroianni
Team #12- SP Wade Davis
Team #11- 3B Chris Nelson
Team #10- OF Matt Joyce
Team #09- OF Drew Stubbs
Team #08- OF Andy Dirks
Team #07- SP Andy Pettitte
Team #06- 2B Gordon Beckham
Team #05- 1B Matt Carpenter
Team #04- SP Mike Fiers
Team #03- OF Oscar Taveras
Team #02- OF Jon Jay
Team #01- RP Ryan Madson

Round 21
Team #01- C Jarrod Saltalamachia
Team #02- SS Jed Lowrie
Team #03- OF Will Venable
Team #04- 1B Justin Smoak
Team #05- OF Micheal Brantley
Team #06- 3B Mark Reynolds
Team #07- SP Willy Peralta
Team #08- C Wilson Ramos
Team #09- SP Shaun Marcum
Team #10- RP Vinnie Pestano
Team #11- SP Scott Baker
Team #12- 3B Lonnie Chisenhall
Team #13- SS Eduardo Nunez
Team #14- 3B Matt Dominguez
Team #15- SP Phil Hughes

The idea, as it got closer to me here, was to grab Taveras and Jon Jay. When Jay got snagged I was ok with going with the sneaky valuable Venable.

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Round 22
Team #15- SP Jason Vargas
Team #14- SP Ross Detwiller
Team #13- SP Ricky Romero
Team #12- OF Justin Maxwell
Team #11- OF Chris Young
Team #10- SP Erasmo Ramirez
Team #09- SP Chris Tillman
Team #08- RP Andrew Cashner
Team #07- 1B Mitch Moreland
Team #06- RP Trevor Rosenthal
Team #05- RP Sergio Santos
Team #04- C AJ Ellis
Team #03- RP Jose Veras
Team #02- C Chris Iannetta
Team #01- SS Yunel Escobar

Round 23
Team #01- SP James McDonald
Team #02- OF Peter Borjous
Team #03- RP Frank Francisco
Team #04- SP Edwin Jackson
Team #05- RP Hishasi Iwakuma
Team #06- SP Bud Norris
Team #07- RP Joquin Benoit
Team #08- SP Kyle Kendrick
Team #09- 2B Brian Roberts
Team #10- C Wellington Castillo
Team #11- C Tyler Flowers
Team #12- OF Aaron Hicks
Team #13- SP Brandon McCarthy
Team #14- C Rob Brantly
Team #15- SP Mark Beuhrle

This is the round where I close my eyes and pray that somehow I get 4-+ saves out of these two fellas. Nobody wanted Veras, that was clear. On the other hand we've all seen closers nobody wanted excel. The odds are slim, but these were the clearest two guys left in line for saves.

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Round 24
Team #15- SP Wei-Yin Chen
Team #14- C Jason Castro
Team #13- C Yasmani Grandal
Team #12- SP Gillon Dee
Team #11- SP Chris Capuano
Team #10- OF Domonic Brown
Team #09- SP Dylan Bundy
Team #08- C Devin Mesoraco
Team #07- SP Francisco Liriano
Team #06- SP Julio Tehran
Team #05- C Travis D'Arnaud
Team #04- 1B Gaby Sanchez
Team #03- 1B Chris Parmelee
Team #02- OF Nolan Reimold
Team #01- OF Rajai Davis

Round 25
Team #01- 3B Chris Johnson
Team #02- C Kurt Suzuki
Team #03- OF Jonny Gomes
Team #04- 2B Donovan Solano
Team #05- OF Jordany Valdespin
Team #06- 2B Maicer Itzuris
Team #07- SP Zack Wheeler
Team #08- OF Darrin Ruf
Team #09- OF Gerardo Parra
Team #10- SP Colby Lewis
Team #11- 2B Kelly Johnson
Team #12- SS Hiroyuki Nakajima
Team #13- SS Tyler Greene
Team #14- OF Juan Rivera
Team #15- 2B Darwin Barney

Looking back, I'm not sure why I didn't draft Davis. Not sure at all.

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Round 26
Team #15- SP Brett Myers
Team #14- SP Drew Smyly
Team #13- OF Lucas Duda
Team #12- SP Jeff Niemann
Team #11- OF Jeff Francoeur
Team #10- OF Franklin Guitierrez
Team #09- SP Trevor Bauer
Team #08- OF Gregor Blanco
Team #07- SS Dee Gordon
Team #06- 2B Eric Young Jr.
Team #05- SP Miguel Gonzalez
Team #04- RP Felix Doubront
Team #03- SP Vance Worley
Team #02- SP Brandon Beachy
Team #01- SP Ivan Nova

Don't know if I was surprised but seeing Gordon and Young both go here kind of cheesed me off cause I was wanting to add some backup speed at IF. As it was though I was happy with Worley here. Assuming his elbow is ok, he should be more than decent enough to plug in if needed.


Round 27
Team #01- 2B Logan Forsythe
Team #02- 3B Alex Rodriguez
Team #03- SP Cory Luebke
Team #04- SP Dan Straily
Team #05- C Nick Hundley
Team #06- SP Ubaldo Jiminez
Team #07- RP David Hernandez
Team #08- OF David DeJesus
Team #09- C Mike Zunino
Team #10- OF Nate McClouth
Team #11- 1B Mike Olt
Team #12- 1B Matt Adams
Team #13- 3B Alberto Callespo
Team #14- SP Ted Lilly
Team #15- SP Gavin Floyd

Added more pitching depth here with a lot of upside and a little risk. If Luebke is in form by mid season this is a steal. And it seems as if he may be back sooner rather than later.

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Round 28
Team #15- SP Ervin Santana
Team #14- RP Drew Storen
Team #13- SP Joe Blanton
Team #12- CF Jarrod Dyson
Team #11- SP Clayton Richard
Team #10- SP Bronson Arroyo
Team #09- 3B Nick Castellanos
Team #08- SP John Danks
Team #07- SP Scott Diamond
Team #06- SP Jake Westbrook
Team #05- SP Patrick Corbin
Team #04- 3B Josh Donaldson
Team #03- 2B Jemile Weeks
Team #02- RP Jose Valverde
Team #01- SP John Lackey

I was looking at Dyson and Westbrook but I was ok grabbing Weeks here.


Round 29
Team #01- SS Mike Aviles
Team #02- SP Scott Kazmir
Team #03- RP Luke Gregerson
Team #04- SP Edinson Volquez
Team #05- SS Pete Kozma
Team #06- SP Jeremy Guthrie
Team #07- 1B Brett Wallace
Team #08- 2B Daniel Descalso
Team #09- OF Jose Tabata
Team #10- SS Cliff Pennington
Team #11- 3B Nolan Arenado
Team #12- RP Robbie Ross
Team #13- SS Rueben Tejada
Team #14- RP Wilton Lopez
Team #15- 1B Carlos Pena

Starting my save hawking strategy by grabbing Gregerson here. Of course if anything happens to Street they'll probably go back to Thayer.

I was hoping Tabata would get back to me.

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Round 30
Team #15- SP Ricky Nolasco
Team #14- RP Sean Marshall
Team #13- SP Zach McCallister
Team #12- OF Fernando Martinez
Team #11- RP Andrew Bailey
Team #10- UT Travis Hafner
Team #09- SP Jose Quintana
Team #08- C Ryan Hannigan
Team #07- OF J.D. Martinez
Team #06- SP Rick Porcello
Team #05- OF Jason Bay
Team #04- OF Seth Smith
Team #03- RP Brian Wilson
Team #02- OF Brennan Boesch
Team #01- RP David Robertson

Stranger things have happened. It's not like there isn't a ton of closer turnover every year. Maybe he gets healthy and gets a job.

Round 31
Team #01- OF Nate Schierholtz
Team #02- 2B Kolten Wong
Team #03- SP Lucas Harrell
Team #04- RP Santiago Casilla
Team #05- RP Al Alburquerque
Team #06- 3B Juan Francisco
Team #07- OF Raul Ibanez
Team #08- SP Tyler Skaggs
Team #09- 3B Luis Cruz
Team #10- SP Micheal Wacha
Team #11- OF Chris Heisey
Team #12- C Ryan Lavarnway
Team #13- SP Justin Masterson
Team #14- SS Brandon Crawford
Team #15- 2B Mark Ellis

Almost took Alburquerque here. Hoped he would make it back but no dice.

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Round 32
Team #15- SP Jhoulys Chacin
Team #14- 3B Pedro Ciriaco
Team #13- OF Travis Snyder
Team #12- SS Nick Franklin
Team #11- SP Chris Archer
Team #10- OF Scott Hairston
Team #09- 3B Ryan Roberts
Team #08- SP Gerrit Cole
Team #07- 2B Chris Getz
Team #06- SP Jordan Lyles
Team #05- 3B Wilson Betemit
Team #04- RP Jeremy Affeldt
Team #03- SP Chad Billingsley
Team #02- SP Erik Bedard
Team #01- SP David Phelps

Almost went with Phelps. Billingsley is just too good to not be starting for someone this year. And if it happens to be for the Dodgers, it's an amazing steal for the 32nd round.

Round 33
Team #01- RP Carter Capps
Team #02- OF Brett Jackson
Team #03- C Eric Kratz
Team #04- SS Joaquin Arias
Team #05- OF Vernon Wells
Team #06- RP Junichi Tazawa
Team #07- C John Buck
Team #08- C Chris Stewart
Team #09- OF John Mayberry
Team #10- RP Ruby De La Rosa
Team #11- 3B Ian Stewart
Team #12- SP J.A. Happ
Team #13- RP Jake McGee
Team #14- RP J.J. Hoover
Team #15- SP Jorge De La Rosa

This was just me securing my Catcher spot if anything happens to Ruiz.

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Round 34
Team #15- SP Juan Niccasio
Team #14- OF Quintin Berry
Team #13- 1B James Loney
Team #12- RP Mark Melancon
Team #11- SS Willie Bloomquist
Team #10- SP Barry Zito
Team #09- OF Craig Gentry
Team #08- SP Danny Hultzen
Team #07- 2B Alexi Casilla
Team #06- SP Drew Pomeranz
Team #05- 2B Steve Lombardozzi
Team #04- OF Collin Cowgill
Team #03- SS Jamey Carroll
Team #02- SP Nathan Eovaldi
Team #01- C David Ross

"Please let Jamey Carroll fall to me." Words I never thought I'd utter. Really only want him for the flexibility and the semi regular at bats.

Round 35
Team #01- SP Kyle Gibson
Team #02- 2B Johnny Giavotella
Team #03- OF Yasiel Puig
Team #04- SP Jacob Turner
Team #05- RP Kelvin Herrera
Team #06- SP Jake Arrieta
Team #07- OF Christian Yelich
Team #08- SS Adeiny Hechavarria
Team #09- RP Heath Bell
Team #10- 3B Anthony Rendon
Team #11- RP Brandon Lyon
Team #12- 2B Alexi Amarista
Team #13- SP Bartolo Colon
Team #14- SS Clint Barmes
Team #15- SP Joe Saunders

I admit to not knowing much about Puig but if Crawford or Kemp go down, maybe he gets a shot.

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Round 36
Team #15- SP Jeff Karstens
Team #14- SS Rony Cedano
Team #13- SP John Lannan
Team #12- RP Joakim Soria
Team #11- 2B Jerry Hairston Jr.
Team #10- SS Alex Gonzalez
Team #09- SP Travis Woods
Team #08- C Francisco Cervelli
Team #07- RP Tyler Clippard
Team #06- RP AJ Ramos
Team #05- C Derekk Norris
Team #04- RP Shawn Camp
Team #03- OF Roger Bernadina
Team #02- OF Mike Carp
Team #01- C Kelly Shoppach

Wanted Travis Woods in this spot, really wanted him. Bernadina is fine though, especially if he gets AB's.

Round 37
Team #01- SP Chris Narveson
Team #02- SP Carlos Villanueva
Team #03- RP Koji Uehara
Team #04- C Hector Sanchez
Team #05- OF Kyle Blanks
Team #06- SP Jeff Francis
Team #07- SS Rafael Furcal
Team #08- OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis
Team #09- 1B Todd Helton
Team #10- OF Evan Gattis
Team #11- C Ramon Hernandez
Team #12- C Geovany Soto
Team #13- SP Kevin Correia
Team #14- CF Jackie Bradley
Team #15- SP Henderson Alvarez

Yeah, Bailey is probably next in line, but his numbers are insane. Purely speculative.

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Round 38
Team #15- SP Micheal Pineda
Team #14- SP Aaron Harang
Team #13- SP Mark Rogers
Team #12- RP Tony Cingrani
Team #11- SP Eric Stults
Team #10- OF Anthony Gose
Team #09- SP Jameson Taillon
Team #08- OF Marlon Byrd
Team #07- 3B Eric Chavez
Team #06- SP Tyler Thornburg
Team #05- RP Andrew Miller
Team #04- SS Sean Rodriguez
Team #03- 3B Scott Sizemore
Team #02- RP Johnny Venters
Team #01- 3B Placido Polanco

Round 39
Team #01- SP Jose Fernandez
Team #02- DH Luke Scott
Team #03- OF Skip Schumaker
Team #04- OF Francisco Peguero
Team #05- OF Rick Ankiel
Team #06- RP Brad Brach
Team #07- 3B Yan Gomes
Team #08- SP Kyle McPherson
Team #09- OF Chris Coghlan
Team #10- RP Mike Adams
Team #11- OF Andres Torres
Team #12- RP Francisco Rodriguez
Team #13- RP Pedro Strop
Team #14- SP Wade LeBlanc
Team #15- RP Darren O'Day

A couple of rounds where I was pretty much just covering my bases. Now whoever starts at 2nd for the A's will be on my team. If that's good or not, who can say. And Schumaker gives me two Dodger backup outfielders, not that I'd wish injury on anyone. Not that I'd wish injury on Matt Kemp.

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Round 40
Team #15- SP Daniel Hudson
Team #14- OF Mike Baxter
Team #13- RP Mitchell Boggs
Team #12- RP Sean Doolittle
Team #11- SP Jason Marquis
Team #10- SP Joe Kelly
Team #09- RP Matt Capps
Team #08- RP Matt Lindstrom
Team #07- RP Jared Burton
Team #06- 1B Hunter Morris
Team #05- RP Dale Thayer
Team #04- OF Jesus Guzman
Team #03- RP Octavio Dotel
Team #02- 2B Ryan Raburn
Team #01- 1B Ty Wigginton

What the hell right? Everyone else in the Tigers bullpen has been snatched up.

Round 41
Team #01- RP Jon Rauch
Team #02- SP Jeremy Bonderman
Team #03- 3B Greg Dobbs
Team #04- 2B Justin Turner
Team #05- OF Avisail Garcia
Team #06- SS Josh Harrison
Team #07- SS Xander Bogaerts
Team #08- SP Casey Kelly
Team #09- 2B Ryan Flaherty
Team #10- C Micheal McKenry
Team #11- SP Brian Matusz
Team #12- SP Jeff Locke
Team #13- SP Mike Leake
Team #14- SP Josh Collmenter
Team #15- RP Eric O'Flaherty

Pretty much just about position flexibility. That and the Marlins are old/young and awful, maybe he sneaks in another 300+ AB's.