The Very Early Pre Card Draft Chat

[schnoogens]

[quote:a5c5ea8de4="AeroDave10"]Anyone have thoughts on their best and worst draft picks?[/quote:a5c5ea8de4]

My worst: Adam Lind, round 2 (I was confused)
My best: Neftali Feliz, round 12 (IF he gets a card)

[Palmtana]

2.5 month bump. With the publication of the defensive ratings here are some things I noticed:


[u:7ef87953aa][b:7ef87953aa]East[/b:7ef87953aa][/u:7ef87953aa]

Ashleyjoe - Luis Castillo - 2B - 4; One of the most sought after cards in the 2004 and 2005 seasons continues his slide. 1's at the corners with Pujols and Zimmerman.


AeroDave10 - Aramis Ramirez (3B) drops to a 4 after having a 2 for the past couple of years. Michael Bourn gets a 1 in center.


uncle ny - Excellent middle defense with Cano advancing to a 2 at 2nd and Tulowitzki upgraded to a 1 at SS. Hunter (CF - 1) and Markakis (RF - 1) mean you better hit it to Seth Smith (LF - 4) or Mark Reynolds (3B - 4).


socalchiro - Three 1's. Hudson, Ichiro and Bartlett (along with Span in LF). Chris Coghlan (LF - 5) becomes a DH.



[u:7ef87953aa][b:7ef87953aa]Central[/b:7ef87953aa][/u:7ef87953aa]

Frank M - Kemp (CF) and Longoria (3B) upgraded to 1's. Asdrubal Cabrera gets a 2 at ss and 2nd. Braun with a 5 in LF.


Palmtana - 2’s all around except for Brian Roberts (2b - 3) and Rolen (3B - 1). Hanley a 2 and Roberts a 3.
Whooda thunk it.


Mr. Baseball World - Good overall defense. D. Lee and Beltran lose their 1's.


Schnoogens - Brandon Phillips (2B - 2); Michael Young (3B - 3); Miguel Tejada (SS - 4) all drop a rating, or 2 (in the case of Tejada), from last year.



[u:7ef87953aa][b:7ef87953aa]West[/b:7ef87953aa][/u:7ef87953aa]

litangel - Zobrist has a rating at every position including the litangel hoped for 2 at 2nd.


thisisray - Figgins (3B) and Nyjer Morgan (CF) upgraded to 1's. Miguel Cabrera (4) may find a spot at 1st this year after last years 5.


wockenfuss - Felipe Lopez gets a 3 at 2nd after last years 4.


Jack377 - A-Rod (3B - 3) drops 1 from last year while Damon (LF - 4) drops 2. Aaron Hill (2B - 1) and Erick Aybar (ss - 2) have the middle covered.


2 months to go!

[AeroDave10]

I'm hoping SOM has a change of heart on a few of these before they go to print ... If not, I guess there will be an active preseason :)

[Palmtana]

One of Hal's (the human one) right hand men said on the StratFanForum that the only change that will be made is Bobby Crosby going from a 3 to a 4.

[AeroDave10]

How does everyone feel about their teams NOW ? :?

[Palmtana]

If we picked a player who, as it turns out, we don't want do we have to put him on our draft card?

[AeroDave10]

My thought would be no, you don't have to put him on the card. Are there any strong objections?

[visick]

I kinda knew Hudson and Ichiro would get the 1. Bartlett and Span are nice surprises...

Well...I thought Howard was gonna DH but with his 3 @ 1B, I've got no choice but to DH Coghlan.

[visick]

[b:fc21caa412][size=18:fc21caa412]RULING[/size:fc21caa412][/b:fc21caa412]

Actually, you MUST put every player you drafted on your draft card.

You can do whatever you want during waivers including dropping your entire team. BUT, every drafted player must be on your drafted team.

visick

[FRANKMANSUETO]

Bump, with much anticipation. :D