One more mock draft
…and then I’m taking a break until the 411 Listener League draft on Thursday night.
Tonight I participated in the FantasyBaseballMafia.com mock draft, picking out of the #2 spot, and thanks to Tony in Jacksonville for inviting me. The complete draft results are here:
http://www.mockdraftcentral.com/draft.jsp?id=64944&view=all
And here are the projected standings:
http://www2.mockdraftcentral.com/drafts/64944/projections
For contrast, here are the projected standings using my projected stats (yes, which do account for Lackey missing 3-4 starts; I have him at 180.0 IP):
| RK | TEAM | PTS | AVG | R | HR | RBI | SB | ERA | W | SV | SO | WHIP |
| 1 | Schwartzstops | 87.0 | .2885 | 1162 | 299 | 1144 | 191 | 3.495 | 87 | 107 | 1061 | 1.246 |
| 2 | Matt Lutovsky — SN | 77.5 | .2826 | 1137 | 312 | 1196 | 90 | 3.598 | 98 | 101 | 1202 | 1.231 |
| 3 | Neighbor Steve | 73.5 | .2857 | 1171 | 313 | 1133 | 172 | 3.743 | 88 | 96 | 1072 | 1.252 |
| 4 | Evan Dickens (Wire Tap) | 70.0 | .2819 | 1100 | 285 | 1095 | 157 | 3.420 | 89 | 111 | 1129 | 1.244 |
| 5 | Chris From League 17 | 68.5 | .2797 | 1183 | 319 | 1166 | 174 | 3.869 | 86 | 95 | 1106 | 1.297 |
| 6 | Tony in Jacksonville | 65.5 | .2903 | 1183 | 284 | 1134 | 157 | 3.588 | 72 | 96 | 1016 | 1.253 |
| 7 | BillBender_SN | 65.0 | .2867 | 1158 | 276 | 1071 | 148 | 3.566 | 107 | 64 | 1210 | 1.251 |
| 8 | Darryl Houston Smith | 62.5 | .2862 | 1146 | 269 | 1095 | 169 | 3.313 | 85 | 89 | 992 | 1.208 |
| 9 | The Fantasy Man | 56.0 | .2798 | 1140 | 281 | 1043 | 216 | 3.702 | 100 | 68 | 1273 | 1.303 |
| 10 | Kid Cushing | 53.0 | .2872 | 1138 | 296 | 1147 | 156 | 3.736 | 80 | 87 | 1048 | 1.284 |
| 11 | Rocco… League 24 | 52.0 | .2907 | 1209 | 308 | 1168 | 116 | 3.991 | 74 | 49 | 946 | 1.333 |
| 12 | Chris in NorCal | 49.5 | .2846 | 1137 | 297 | 1124 | 144 | 3.642 | 81 | 86 | 1112 | 1.274 |
| RK | TEAM | PTS | AVG | R | HR | RBI | SB | ERA | W | SV | SO | WHIP |
| 1 | Schwartzstops | 87.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 |
| 2 | Matt Lutovsky — SN | 77.5 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 |
| 3 | Neighbor Steve | 73.5 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Evan Dickens (Wire Tap) | 70.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 |
| 5 | Chris From League 17 | 68.5 | 1.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 |
| 6 | Tony in Jacksonville | 65.5 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
| 7 | BillBender_SN | 65.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 |
| 8 | Darryl Houston Smith | 62.5 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| 9 | The Fantasy Man | 56.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 2.0 |
| 10 | Kid Cushing | 53.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 11 | Rocco… League 24 | 52.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 12 | Chris in NorCal | 49.5 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 |
What’s interesting about this isn’t necessarily the difference in the projected standings, which is to be expected since I’m sure my projected stats are those being used by the mdc.com system. And, clearly Matt L. and I had the best teams anyway. 
What’s clear about this is how much easier it is to build a great team in a 12-team league than it is in a 15-team league, which I found out the hard way in NFBC yesterday. So folks, please understand if I’m less than enthused about answering questions about 8-team or 10-team leagues… they are not really that challenging. But, I promise to try and be nice, you never know when it might be a new listener we’re trying to convert!
Hope everyone’s drafts are going well and good luck to those yet to come…
Cory
mlbtstufantasy411
Yeoman’s work Cory!
Cory… why did you go with Hanley at #2? I thought you were a fan of Reyes and thought he was the better fantasy player. What changed?
thanks…
bleacherbum
I am still stumped as to why Carl Crawford merits a late first round, early second round pick? I mean he sole 50 bags last year, but he has never hit over 18 homers, and it is not like he is spring chicken, he is around 27! Let us take a look at Juan Pierre taken 100 picks later… over eight rounds later. Comparing 2007 stats Pierre wins in Runs, about 10-12 doubles less, 11 homers less, 40 rbis less, but 14 more SB’s, and like 20 points on batting average. I know thats a lot of categories he loses in, but it is 8 rounds later. Why not grab a Braun or Vladdy with 2-3x more homers, decent amount of Sb’s in Braun, better averages in both, more RBI’s in both. Thanks for input!
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bleacherbum,
Less than five minutes after reading your post above, I saw this from today’s chat transcript in regards to Reyes versus Hanley:
“Cory: In general I would take Reyes because of his ability to win one whole category for you almost on his own. However, in a mock draft last night I took Hanley because I knew I was going to take 7 straight bats to start out and I wanted Hanley’s higher AVG and power more than the additional SB’s, which I knew I’d get with subsequent picks.”
Dave, thanks for covering me on that answer.
Teaaker, I think you are underestimating how valuable it is to have all of those stats combined into one package. And you say Crawford is “only 27″, which ignores the fact that he’s essentially improved every season and is now in the midst of his peak… it’s not unreasonable he could go 310/20/90/50 with 100+ runs, something like that. That’s a first-round pick.
–CS