The Very Early Pre Card Draft Chat

[Palmtana]

[quote:6fe5c31eb8="AeroDave10"].......I think HanRam will probably be a 3e12, and probably a 5R or 6R again......[/quote:6fe5c31eb8]

Likely so. At least the errors are down from the 20+ he's been getting the past 3 years. His fielding pct. also improved to .983 from the .960's but Mr. Richman will probably want to see more of the same next year before he bumps up his range. He did bat 60 pts. higher against LHP compared to last year but he mashed RHP. 23 HR vs. RHP and 1 vs. LHP.

[Mr Baseball World]

I will pick shortly......had made my decision on the way home but just got on and saw unc screwed that up so may be a few minutes.

[Mr Baseball World]

I expect to make the first blunder pick here.

[AeroDave10]

Congrats, BBW, I think you may have made the first blunder. Jeter was an excellent pick, while Kung Fu Panda .. well, let's just hope he's a 3 at 3B.

[kimkrichbaum2]

Blunder? KFP was high on my list. I think nobody is making any blunders. How am I going to dominate this league if everyone else is at least as smart as me?

Let's have some real blunders! Scott Feldman won a lot of games, What about some love for Manny? Travis Hafner had a great card (in 2006). Let's draft some of these guys in round 2! :D

[Mr Baseball World]

Home now and will pick soon

[Palmtana]

[quote:455ff89b5e="Mr. Baseball World"].........will pick soon[/quote:455ff89b5e]

Nice. D. Lee. Mega-OB vs. LHP. Mega-pop vs. RHP. Great D. You've got your corners covered now.

[visick]

Gentlemen...

I added a Players Taken by Position thread to help us keep track of our picks.

visick

[AeroDave10]

I'll be very curious to see what Zobrist's defensive ratings will be like ... His 2008 card pretty much limits him to DH, but 2009 may allow him to be decent at 2B and RF!

[kimkrichbaum2]

Well, I am quite excited, I got 3 of my top 9 choices.

For a while in round 1, everone was taking someone I really wanted, but then that stopped. and a couple of my favorites were skipped.

Both of my last two choices have a little bit of a twist to them. Zobrist has very few errors at 2nd, and I have heard he has the best defensive metrics of anyone at 2b. So I am assuming he will be a 2e6 or something like that, and he has the best OPS of all the 2b. (even a 3e6 would not be the end of the world) He could be 2008 Fontenot with power.

Youkillis is only one of a group of kickass 1b, with less plate appearances, but Youkillis plays 3b, and is not a bad defender there, and that might make him the top rated 3b.

My top 12 choices were

1. Pujols
1 Mauer (tie)
3. Han Ramirez
4. Linnecum
5. Greinke
6. Tulowitzxki
7. Utley
8. Zobrist
9. Youkillis
10. Fielder
11. Jeter
12. KFP

What I need to do soon is decide what type of stadium I am aiming for. Mauer is more of a pitcher's park guy, and Youkillis and Zobrist are hitters park guys, and I have one RH, one LH, and one SW.