How much does the draft play into a teams success? What were the biggest blunders/steals in our draft last year? Lets take a look.
1st round
Worst Pick
The biggest surprise to me was Jimmy Rollins 5th overall in a dynasty league. Rollins was a year removed from his 30/40 MVP season. Rollins was also over 30 years old. Definite reach for Marv there.
Best Pick
In my opinion, it was Hanley Ramirez. Awfully tough to pass on Albert Pujols, but Hanley puts up numbers at SS that no one else in the league comes close to. Pujols is a beast, but 1b is the deepest position.
Closing Thought
Xtreme Dynasty ended up with 3 of the top 9 players drafted in the first round last year, only one of them Mark Texeira is 1st round material this year.
2nd round
Worst Pick
Alfonso Soriano was by far the worst pick in this round, possibly the entire draft. He did just come off a 30/20 season, but at the age of 33 in a dynasty setting he should have been taken much later.
Best Pick
It is tough to overlook Tim Lincecum, but Ryan Braun gets the nod here. 18th overall pretty crazy. Alfonso Soriano, BJ Upton (surprise surprise to Bruce) were both taking ahead of Braun.
Closing Thought
Two injury busts in this round were Josh Hamilton drafted by the KungFu Pandas & Brandon Webb drafted by Marv.
Round 3
Worst Pick
There really wasn't any bad players taking in this round, but Carlos Lee with the 1st pick in the 3rd round over A-rod & Prince Fielder. Crazy.
Best Pick
Best value goes to A-rod, but for dynasty Prince Fielder was the better pick. Fielder has 10 years on A-rod left in the tank.
Closing Thought
J-Fraud clearly missed the mark with "dynasty" taking Brian Roberts. Howard/Soriano/Roberts top 3 picks.
Round 4
Worst Pick
It is beat up on Marv day, because Dan Uggla definitely disappointed in 2009. Marv definitely had some bad luck with some guys last year. Even his golden boy Nick Markakis in round 3 didnt live up to the hype.
Best Pick
This is how unprepared I was last year. When Matt Kemp was drafted by KFP, I was like who the hell is Matt Kemp? It was my first year doing fantasy baseball, granted I know a lot more now, but still funny looking back at it.
Closing Thought
This round was pretty solid top to bottom, and Bruce had 3 Rays out of 4 when he got Carl Crawford. Would the trend continue?
Round 5
Worst Pick
Vladimir Guerrero was on the decline, and I think it was a reach grabbing him at the end of round 5. Chad Billingsley didnt live up to 5th round potential either, but at least in dynasty he could rebound.
Best Pick
Kind of obvious one with Felix Hernandez. Kudos for Jamie for solid prep and pulling the trigger at the right time with these picks.
Closing Thought
Aramis Ramirez to Marv in round 5. Another guy who missed most of the year. The fantasy gods were clearly not with him in '09.
Round 6
Worst Pick
Fransisco Liriano. Maybe he pulls it together this year, but man has he been a disappointment the last few years.
Best Pick
Joe Mauer by the Duffs was a great pick. Imagine Joe Mauer in the 6th round this year. Josh ended up with the best C/2B in the draft. Great pick
Closing Thought
Chris Davis was a stretch as well, but it seems that Jamie's "misses" all ended up getting traded. Good work by him.
Round 7
Worst Pick
Geovany Soto did not live up to his ROY season. Lucky Bill gives Soto another chance in 2010.
Best Pick
Derek Jeter might be old, but great value and he had one of his best years ever last year. Good pick by J-Fraud.
Closing Thought
Matt Wieters was drafted in this round by KFP who then traded him to Duffs at end of last year, who then got him back from Duffs this pre-season.
Round 8
Worst Pick
There were a lot of picks that didn't pan out this round, but BJ Ryan by J-Fraud was by far the worst. Ouch, just looking at it now.
Best Pick
Joey Votto by Kevin. I love Votto going forward. He missed a lot of time last year but I think he could crack top 5 in production for 1b this year.
Closing Thought
Jamie missed on the Jay Bruce pick last year, but was able to package him in a deal to Bruce for Carl Crawford. Good value trade.
Round 9
Worst Pick
Rich Harden by Beantown is my choice. Harden is a DL trip waiting to happen. He actually had the 2nd most innings pitched ever last year though. Not a fan, and his ERA/WHIP were bot great either.
Best Pick
Jon Lester by NCU is the best pick in this round. Young, strikeout guy pitching for a winner. Great pickup.
Closing Thought
Joba Chamberlain the hype was drafted in this round. Don't think he goes in top 15 rounds in new drafts.
Round 10
Worst Pick
Garrett Atkins was absolutely horrible last year. Duffs clearly missed on this one. He didn't last long on his roster either.
Best Pick
Troy Tulowitzki by Kevin was the best pick. Tulo started off slow, but he was on fire for the rest of the year. Clear choice for 2nd best SS in the game.
Closing Thought
There were some other guys that didn't pan out in this round too. The Marv curse with Dice K, and the Pandas with Corey Hart.
Round 11
Worst Pick
Aubrey Huff was a severe let down for me last year. I was actually rolling with him as my starting 1b for a while last year. YIKES !
Best Pick
There were a lot of good pitchers taking this round, but Marv struck gold with Justin Verlander. Verlander was one of the few guys who actually panned out in the early goings for Marv.
Closing Thought
Carlos Marmol was drafted this round. Marmol for Scutaro !! Man, was Bill not happy about that one. I thought it worked out well for Marc though.
Round 12
Worst Pick
JJ Hardy was so bad last year he was called down to the minors. The Brewers who were shopping him because Alcides Escobar was their future SS had no takers.
Best Pick
Two great NL West pitchers were drafted in this round, and No, not Max Scherzer although he was taken by Bill here. Clayton Kershaw is my top pick for long term by Little Honus Wagners. Honorable mention to Kevin for Matt Cain
Closing Thought
I thought Scherzer was a top 5 pitcher? LOL
Round 13
Worst Pick
Almost a tie between Matt Capps & Vernon Wells, but I'm giving it to Josh for taking Vernon Wells. I was even dumb enough to trade for Wells after the break waiting for him to get out of his funk. It never happened.
Best Pick
Josh Johnson was taking by Bill, Ryan Zimmerman by J-Fraud, but the best pick was Zack Greinke by Jamie. We all know how nasty Greinke was last year.
Closing Thought
Fantasy inexperience cost me on Greinke as I had him in my draft queue. I valued closers too much and took Valverde the round before. Ugggg
Round 14
Worst Pick
Chien-Ming Wang by J-Fraud ended up being the worst pick here. Wang was absolutely brutal last year.
Best Pick
This might be the best pick in the entire draft. Kevin drafted Justin Upton in the 14th round. Great value.
Closing Thought
Jayson Werth was also drafted this round. Funny how some players were drafted by a team, and then traded away during the year, and ended up back on their roster at the end of the year.
Round 15
Worst Pick
Gonna beat up on Cocco a little more as Lastings Milledge was definitely the worst of this group here.
Best Pick
Although Robbie Cano was a great steal in Round 15, Adam Wainwright was one of the best pitchers in baseball last year. I give the nod to Duffs with Wainwright
Closing Thought
Marv had a nice pick this late with Shin-Soo Choo
Round 16
Worst Pick
Goes to Duffs with Ben Sheets. Sheets was clearly picked to stash for 2010, but Josh ended up dropping him, so the pick made zero sense in the long run.
Best Pick
There were 4 great picks this round. Chris Carpenter to Marc, I drafted Tommy Hanson, Marv drafted Adam Jones but the best was probably Pablo Sandoval to the KungFu Pandas.
Closing Thoughts
This round even produced all-star Brad Hawpe, and Johnny Queto (as bill calls him) was one of the top pitchers in baseball in the early goings.
Round 17
Worst Pick
I get the worst pick in this round taking Willie Taveras. Taveras was projected by many to be the top steals getter in all of baseball, boy did he disappoint. He was terrible last year.
Best Pick
Derrek Lee by Beantown was a great pick. He was batting under .200 after the first month of the year and I believe Bill ended up cutting him. Boy was that a terrible move.
Closing Thoughts
Speaking of terrible, Jorge Cantu was drafted in this round by J-Fraud. Cocco flipped Cantu for John Lackey & Edwin Jackson. Great move
Round 18
Worst Pick
Marv drafted Derrick Turnbow according to draft log, but im pretty sure that was to take a minor leaguer that wasnt in yahoo universe, so Mike Aviles to Duffs is my worst pick.
Best Pick
I think Gavin Floyd was the best pick in this round by me. I am so high on Floyd. I will do my best to get him back this year.
Closing Thought
Johhny Damon was great value for Marc this late in the draft.
Round 19
Worst Pick
Nate Robertson by CT Crush was the worst pick of this round.
Best Pick
A couple of nice picks in this round. I drafted Miguel Tejada and then cut him like a dope after a slow start only to hit .313 last year, Duffs drafted Huston Street, but NCU draftin Jair Jurrjens was clearly the best pick.
Closing Thoughts
Billy Butler also was drafted as well, great pick by Bill this late.
Round 20
Worst Pick
Does All count? This was one of the worst rounds in the draft by far. If I had to choose one it would be Bill with Carlos Silva.
Best Pick
Bruce gets the nod with Netfali Feliz. This isn't even close.
Closing Thoughts
This was just a miserable round, Kevin did draft Erik Bedard here. Not a bad pick if he stayed healthy.
Round 21
Best Pick
Jered Weaver by Duffs narrowly beats out James Loney by Marc as top pick.
Round 22
Best Pick
Heath Bell was a great pick this late by Kevin. One of the top closers in baseball last year.
Round 23
Best Pick
Jose Lopez by NCU was the best pick, too bad he cut him after a shitty start. He ended up with more RBI's last year then Chase Utley.
Round 24
Best Pick
This rivals the Justin Upton pick just because of how late in the draft it came, but wow Adam Lind here was a steal. Great pick by Marc.
Round 25
Best Pick
Marc again gets top pick with getting Trevor Hoffman.
Round 26
Best Pick
I think Bengie Molina was top guy here. 20/80 out of a catcher this late good value pick by me.
Round 27
Best Pick
Ubaldo Jimenez by Marc is a close close 2nd to Wandy Rodriguez drafted by me.
So lets tally it up
Best Drafts by Round
Kevin,Jamie 5
Marc 4
Andrew,Josh & Sean 3
Cocco,Marv & Bill 1
Bruce 0
Worst Drafts by Round
Josh 6
Bill & Cocco 3
Sean & Marv 2
Marc,Kevin & Bruce 1
Jamie 0
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