NLD 42 - Are those guys still around?

There's been virtually no discussions how the draft has gone for everyone.

Joe won't let us talk about drafting players.

Weird draft for me. Top pitching went off the board quick so I stayed with hitters and was planning cheaper non* SP with good bullpen. Top R2's went fast so there went that plan. Decided to switch to *SP when Archer was available so we'll see how that work.

Warren is available if anyone is interested.

Gentlemen,

I just closed the draft with Mr. Uehara (I had to get someone with a closer rating, you know?) Since Goeddel never gets injured despite his 6 injury grade, why should Uehara?? I have 2 SS, 2 2B and 2 CF, so this most probably will be a platoon team, uh? Are we using DH by the way?

Worst D and best offense of any Big A team I can remember! Oh and closer ratings are overrated.

Jeep, thanks for setting things up. Guys, remember to check the last couple of rounds to make sure you don't take someone that another team drafted at the end. Let's fill it up soon so Semper has a LOT of time to make moves

There's been virtually no discussions how the draft has gone for everyone.

Hey, I did my part. I was beginning to think it was my own private blog!

Agree with Stoney, the SPs went REALLY fast. Although I was mad that Smokey took Brantley, he probably did me a favor as I got Degrom to anchor my rotation instead. Of course, I think I took Gordon WAAAY to early given where Panik, Altuve, and Kinsler went. Was anyone looking at Gordon when I took him?

There are some REALLY good bullpens out there.

Very interesting parks in the West: LH HRs with no singles, All singles with some RHHRs, some Singles with No HRs and, Singles with few HRs.

Joe won't let us talk about drafting players

Now, now, you can't talk about them before they are drafted, but afterwards it's fair game! But, you already knew that.

Interesting notes on cap (if my numbers are correct)

Big A can only get minimum players while GB is sitting with > 18 mil. That should be interesting.

Semper and Jeep aren't too far behind Big A, most everyone else is between 90 and 92.

I'm ready to load!

***Question- non-drafted players at the top 6 slots???*** I'm assuming that this is the case.

Re my draft:

I'm very happy with the draft. That doesn't mean I won't do some tinkering, though, but I am very happy.

I always find it challenging to try to win with a small ball team, but I obviously went the other way with this draft. Picking early in the draft is tempting for drafting big hitters, and I had a chance to draft Harper. I don't seem to get that chance often, so that really made me go the slugger route.

Having said that to myself, I tried to get as many ballpark homerun chances as I could, throughout my lineup. I wanted Miller, to get the HR chances, but leave myself flexibility on the L-R split issues. The only players that I was really targeting that I didn't get were Kris Bryant and Kyle Schwarber. I got Crawford and Schoop at the middle infield spots, which I'm very very happy with, given the objectives for the team.

I also thought that I would draft some extreme L balanced hitters. Paradoxically, it's always difficult to get R balanced hitting on an overall team basis. Harper and Ortiz were my first 2 picks (if I remember right). Then I went after the L balanced guys, so that it freed me up to draft a lot of extreme R balanced guys. In the end, I think my balance is fairly even, with the platoons factored in, so I am happy with that.

As for pitching, it clearly took a secondary role for me. I am going to try to reprise my strategy of a few NLD's back where I had almost all relatively low salaried starters. I drafted 3 relatively high priced relievers (sort of high priced, anyway), so my focus is going to be getting through 5 innings and then going to the pen.

I can't complain at all with the draft. It really worked out the way I planned it. Here goes with the slugfests!!!!!!

I'm in! - **Please confirm that my understanding is correct - that I autodraft the "free agent picks" in the top 6 slots on the autodraft "card"**.

I'm in! - **Please confirm that my understanding is correct - that I autodraft the "free agent picks" in the top 6 slots on the autodraft "card"**.

Look at the rules on the first post of the thread!

I'm in! - **Please confirm that my understanding is correct - that I autodraft the "free agent picks" in the top 6 slots on the autodraft "card"**.

Look at the rules on the first post of the thread!

Thanks!

My strategy was different from 90% of my NLD drafts. I loaded up on pitching first, because in a 100mil league it won't take long for the stud guys to be gone. My first three picks were for SPs. With strong starting pitching it enabled me to get by with a small-salaried pen. Therefore, I was still able to sorta load up on Hitting, too. I think my best picks hitting-wise were Miggy, Panik, JD Martinez (although Stanton was there for a long time surprisingly) and maybe Turner at 3B. Encarnacion might be overkill, but you know Miggy will be sidelined some so a DH that can slide into 1B with a 3 range and pop seemed a win win for me, although Edwin is a big underperformer this season. Note the OBP I have. I'm counting on 2 and 3 run homers, not solo shots. Funny Stoney mentioned Archer. I regret taking Lackey over Archer when I did, but I had already figured my teams salary at that point and Lackey fit. The plan at the beginning was to go with a Pitchers Park, but when a few slugglers landed on the team I switched gears. It was with the Encarnacion pick that my mindset changed to a more homer friendly park, although not as much so as Miller, Ctz Bank, etc. There we go, that pretty much puts everything out there.

My strategy was different from 90% of my NLD drafts. I loaded up on pitching first, because in a 100mil league it won't take long for the stud guys to be gone. My first three picks were for SPs. With strong starting pitching it enabled me to get by with a small-salaried pen. Therefore, I was still able to sorta load up on Hitting, too. I think my best picks hitting-wise were Miggy, Panik, JD Martinez (although Stanton was there for a long time surprisingly) and maybe Turner at 3B. Encarnacion might be overkill, but you know Miggy will be sidelined some so a DH that can slide into 1B with a 3 range and pop seemed a win win for me, although Edwin is a big underperformer this season. Note the OBP I have. I'm counting on 2 and 3 run homers, not solo shots. Funny Stoney mentioned Archer. I regret taking Lackey over Archer when I did, but I had already figured my teams salary at that point and Lackey fit. The plan at the beginning was to go with a Pitchers Park, but when a few slugglers landed on the team I switched gears. It was with the Encarnacion pick that my mindset changed to a more homer friendly park, although not as much so as Miller, Ctz Bank, etc. There we go, that pretty much puts everything out there.

I also like the strategy of a DH that covers a position occupied by an injury-prone player. Nice!