Monday, October 29, 2012

1st Draft for 2013 Underway


Congrats to the Giants on a World Series Championship.  Now that baseball is over its time to start planning for next season.  So far I am more than planning. I am immersed in my first draft for 2013.
This will be a league set up for weekly line ups using a Roto 5x5 format. It will be a 2C league with standard positions that include 5OF, CI, MI and Utility. We will have a full pitching staff and 5 bench spots. The only caveat to this league will be no trades or FA pickups. It is strictly who you draft plays for the year.  This was originally going to be just an early mock draft but it quickly turned into a full blown league.
Due to this format teams will be unable to stream pitchers in and out of their line-ups. Because of this I decided to go SP heavy once the draft took off.  Originally I wanted to find some players with multi-position eligibility so I could have a little flexibility due to injuries. It was decided that a 20 game minimum would be in place to qualify for a position. That took players like Prado, Young, and Bonifacio down a notch in value from the previous year to their versatility.
With this format, staying healthy will be the biggest concern. So far we are about a third of the way through the draft. We are commenting on picks through Twitter if you would like to follow. The hash tag to follow is #FGDmock  . Some of the picks coming in are vastly different from last year’s draft. I called it a changing of the guard for 2013; at least for the few opening rounds. Here are the first 10 rounds of action to date.
Round 1
1)
Miguel Cabrera
3B
DET
Daniel Schwartz
2)
Ryan Braun
OF
MIL
Joel Hanard
3)
Mike Trout
OF
LAA
Cody Pfleiger
4)
Matt Kemp
OF
LAD
Greg Sullivan
5)
Giancarlo Stanton
OF
MIA
Mike Lester
6)
Albert Pujols
1B
LAA
Joshua Feiger
7)
Andrew McCutchen
OF
PIT
Brett Barton
8)
Prince Fielder
1B
DET
Scot Nesbihal
9)
Carlos Gonzalez
OF
COL
Scott Gilroy
10)
Buster Posey
C/1B
SF
Mark Rogovin
11)
Robinson Cano
2B
NYY
Yoram Batner
12)
Joey Votto
1B
CIN
Dan Kercher
Round 2
1)
Jason Heyward
OF
ATL
Dan Kercher
2)
Jose Bautista
OF
TOR
Yoram Batner
3)
Adrian Beltre
3B
TEX
Mark Rogovin
4)
Troy Tulowitzki
SS
COL
Scott Gilroy
5)
Adam Jones
OF
BAL
Scot Nesbihal
6)
Adrian Gonzalez
1B
LAD
Brett Barton
7)
Evan Longoria
3B
TB
Joshua Feiger
8)
Josh Hamilton
OF
TEX
Mike Lester
9)
Justin Verlander
SP
DET
Greg Sullivan
10)
Jose Reyes
SS
MIA
Cody Pfleiger
11)
David Wright
3B
NYM
Joel Hanard
12)
Clayton Kershaw
SP
LAD
Daniel Schwartz


Round 3
1)
Justin Upton
OF
ARI
Daniel Schwartz
2)
Ian Kinsler
2B
TEX
Joel Hanard
3)
Hanley Ramirez
3B/SS
LAD
Cody Pfleiger
4)
Dustin Pedroia
2B
BOS
Greg Sullivan
5)
Jay Bruce
OF
CIN
Mike Lester
6)
Stephen Strasburg
SP
WAS
Joshua Feiger
7)
Ryan Zimmerman
3B
WAS
Brett Barton
8)
Matt Holliday
OF
STL
Scot Nesbihal
9)
Billy Butler
1B
KC
Scott Gilroy
10)
Curtis Granderson
OF
NYY
Mark Rogovin
11)
Edwin Encarnacion
1B
TOR
Yoram Batner
12)
Starlin Castro
SS
CHC
Dan Kercher
Round 4
1)
Brett Lawrie
3B
TOR
Dan Kercher
2)
Bryce Harper
OF
WAS
Yoram Batner
3)
David Price
SP
TB
Mark Rogovin
4)
Cole Hamels
SP
PHI
Scott Gilroy
5)
Brian McCann
C
ATL
Scot Nesbihal
6)
Felix Hernandez
SP
SEA
Brett Barton
7)
Jacoby Ellsbury
OF
BOS
Joshua Feiger
8)
Ian Desmond
SS
WAS
Mike Lester
9)
Yadier Molina
C
STL
Greg Sullivan
10)
Jered Weaver
SP
LAA
Cody Pfleiger
11)
Elvis Andrus
SS
TEX
Joel Hanard
12)
Allen Craig
1B/OF
STL
Daniel Schwartz


Round 5
1)
Desmond Jennings
OF
TB
Daniel Schwartz
2)
Matt Wieters
C
BAL
Joel Hanard
3)
Alex Rios
OF
CHW
Cody Pfleiger
4)
Chase Headley
3B
SD
Greg Sullivan
5)
Carlos Santana
C/1B
CLE
Mike Lester
6)
Joe Mauer
C/1B
MIN
Joshua Feiger
7)
Victor Martinez
C
DET
Brett Barton
8)
Gio Gonzalez
SP
WAS
Scot Nesbihal
9)
BJ Upton
OF
TB
Scott Gilroy
10)
Yoenis Cespedes
OF
OAK
Mark Rogovin
11)
Craig Kimbrel
RP
ATL
Yoram Batner
12)
Jason Kipnis
2B
CLE
Dan Kercher
Round 6
1)
Austin Jackson
OF
DET
Dan Kercher
2)
Aroldis Chapman
RP
CIN
Yoram Batner
3)
Cliff Lee
SP
PHI
Mark Rogovin
4)
Ben Zobrist
2B/SS/OF
TB
Scott Gilroy
5)
Aramis Ramirez
3B
MIL
Scot Nesbihal
6)
CC Sabathia
SP
NYY
Brett Barton
7)
Adam Wainwright
SP
STL
Joshua Feiger
8)
Mark Teixeira
1B
NYY
Mike Lester
9)
Paul Goldschmidt
1B
ARI
Greg Sullivan
10)
Aaron Hill
2B
ARI
Cody Pfleiger
11)
Matt Cain
SP
SF
Joel Hanard
12)
Madison Bumgarner
SP
SF
Daniel Schwartz


Round 7
1)
Jimmy Rollins
SS
PHI
Daniel Schwartz
2)
Freddie Freeman
1B
ATL
Joel Hanard
3)
Adam LaRoche
1B
WAS
Cody Pfleiger
4)
Michael Bourn
OF
ATL
Greg Sullivan
5)
Matt Latos
SP
CIN
Mike Lester
6)
Pablo Sandoval
3B
SF
Joshua Feiger
7)
Zack Greinke
LAA
SP
Brett Barton
8)
Johnny Cueto
SP
CIN
Scot Nesbihal
9)
Matt Moore
SP
TB
Scott Gilroy
10)
Kendrys Morales
1B
LAA
Mark Rogovin
11)
Carlos Beltran
OF
STL
Yoram Batner
12)
R.A. Dickey
SP
NYM
Dan Kercher
Round 8
1)
Shin-Soo Choo
OF
CLE
Dan Kercher
2)
Corey Hart
1B/OF
MIL
Yoram Batner
3)
Jonathan Papelbon
RP
PHI
Mark Rogovin
4)
Alex Gordon
OF
KC
Scott Gilroy
5)
Brandon Phillips
2B
CIN
Scot Nesbihal
6)
Roy Halladay
SP
PHI
Brett Barton
7)
Yu Darvish
SP
TEX
Joshua Feiger
8)
Josh Reddick
OF
OAK
Mike Lester
9)
David Ortiz
Util
BOS
Greg Sullivan
10)
Ian Kennedy
SP
ARI
Cody Pfleiger
11)
Chris Sale
SP
CHW
Joel Hanard
12)
Anthony Rizzo
1B
CHC
Daniel Schwartz


Round 9

1)
Max Scherzer
SP
DET
Daniel Schwartz

2)
Josh Willingham
OF
MIN
Joel Hanard

3)
Eric Hosmer
1B
KC
Cody Pfleiger

4)
Kris Medlen
SP
ATL
Greg Sullivan

5)
Yovani Gallardo
SP
MIL
Mike Lester

6)
Ike Davis
1B
NYM
Joshua Feiger

7)
Ryan Howard
1B
PHI
Brett Barton

8)
Jason Kubel
OF
ARI
Scot Nesbihal

9)
Jason Motte
RP
STL
Scott Gilroy

10)
Jose Altuve
2B
HOU
Mark Rogovin

11)
James Shields
SP
TB
Yoram Batner

12)
David Freese
3B
STL
Dan Kercher

Round 10
1)
Miguel Montero
C
ARI
Dan Kercher
2)
Michael Morse
OF
WAS
Yoram Batner
3)
Norichika Aoki
OF
MIL
Mark Rogovin
4)
Jordan Zimmermann
SP
WAS
Scott Gilroy
5)
Jim Johnson
RP
BAL
Scot Nesbihal
6)
Adam Dunn
1B
CHW
Brett Barton
7)
Shane Victorino
OF
LAD
Joshua Feiger
8)
Danny Espinosa
2B/SS
WAS
Mike Lester
9)
Mark Trumbo
OF/1B
LAA
Greg Sullivan
10)
Joe Nathan
RP
TEX
Cody Pfleiger
11)
Paul Konerko
1B
CHW
Joel Hanard
12)
Kenley Jansen
RP
LAD
Daniel Schwartz