[quote:fc37d3a800="the splinter"]Did i miss something?
Why/how did Albert slide to the 9 spot?[/quote:fc37d3a800]
As great as he is, he's still a 1st baseman. I'm surprised as great as they are as hitters, 3 1st basemen were taken in round one considering how many options are actually there. The 12th best 1st baseman is a heck of a lot closer to the upper echelon of that position than maybe the 4th or 5th best is to the two middle infield spots.
with Votto, Albert, Teixeira, Konerko, Howard, Dunn, Fielder, Huff, Gonzalez, Cabrera there are ALOT of 1bmen out there - could get a good one in the 5th - 6th round :)
Taking Mauer one spot ahead of me made my decision easier.
Position depth was the reason I passed on Albert but I think I made a mistake. I could have taken Pujols and gotten one of the elite 3B that I was afraid of missing out on.