Our Baseball Draft, The Matrix VII
Written by Various Rotogods on March 21, 2007
Eager as we always are, the Rotogods' annual baseball draft took place as soon as unofficial official host Yahoo! opened up for the year. And not only did XachStalin spring for a PLUS league this year, but based on the success of a similar draft in basketball, we ran our draft over the course of eight days, from Feb. 15-22, on our message board.
Two reasons you might give a shit: It'll explain the number of in-draft trades, which also made the process a lot more fun, and the pre-spring training dates help explain why some of the picks are so laughable.
We may not be posting this in time to help you much for your draft, but given that we've long since passed on the idea of producing regular front-page content for a viable web site, the guess is that you weren't banking on us. And the payoff isn't as much in the mock-draft value of our draft anyway. It's in the always-hilarious analysis capsules, which we'll be posting soon.
We probably aren't going to do cool team-by-team breakdowns like last year, but our four keepers and 21 rounds are here for you live and in color. A couple things you might note: Our league, The Matrix, is a 7x5 -- a standard 5x5 plus hitters' Ks and Es -- which skews the values of players like Juan Pierre, Carlos Lee and Joe Crede (good) and Richie Sexson, Carlos Guillen and Ryan Howard (bad). We also only use two relievers, as opposed to roto's standard four, and we start specific outfield slots (LF, CF and RF), which partially explains why Timblerlake jumped on Delmon Young so early. The right field talent pool is rather shallow, at least in our format. Also, don't forget to add four rounds to our picks if you're comparing to a non-keeper league. Some of our crazy fourth-round reaches are really the equivalent of 8th-round picks.
Anyway, someone actually told me they missed The Rotogods, so we're back, if only briefly. We at least had to kick Worm's ancient Yankee-loving articles off the front. Please enjoy. And if you do find some of the picks (*cough* Nick Johnson) funny, don't worry. One of our own did too. The Fool, who is not co-managing with TiVo or participating in The Matrix in any way this year, took the time to clown us (or more specifically, El and Ape) in The Washington Times' Fantasy Baseblog.
We've made a million cuts and trades anyway (seriously, Junky has 26 add/drops, and games aren't for another 10 days), so a month-old draft might seem kind of funny to us too.
-- TiVo
Junky's analysis
Timberlake's analysis
Beagle's analysis
Ape's analysis (coming soon)
Father Time's analysis (coming soon)
Worm's numbers breakdown (we'll think about posting this shit)
See Post-draft rosters, with keepers, here
1.El Amin: Matt Holliday (LF)
2. Beagle: Juan Pierre (CF)
3. Fadda: Vernon Wells (CF)
4. Ricky: Bobby Abreu (RF)
5. Gerg: C.C. Sabathia (SP)
6. Worm: Joe Mauer (C)
7. Junky (from Frey, via Beagle): Jermaine Dye (RF)
8. TiVo: Michael Young (SS)
9: Ape: Daisuke Matsuzaka (SP)
10. Xach: Andruw Jones (CF)
11. Beagle (from Junky): John Lackey (P)
12. Timberlake: Francisco Rodriguez (RP)
1.Timberlake: Delmon Young (RF)
2. Junky: Mariano Rivera (RP)
3. Xach: Gary Sheffield (RF)
4. Ape: C. Schilling (SP)
5. Tivo: Hideki Matsui (LF/CF)
6. Frey: Billy Wagner (RP)
7. Worm: Todd Helton (1B)
8. Greg:Carlos Delgado (1B)
9: Ricky: JJ Putz (RP)
10. Fadda: Robinson Cano (2B)
11. Frey (from Beagle): Chone Figgins (3B, 2B, LF, CF)
12. El Amin: Brian Roberts (2B)
1.El Amin: Rocco Baldelli (CF)
2. Frey (from Beagle): Ryan Zimmerman (3B)
3. Fadda: Huston Street (RP)
4. Ricky: Brett Myers (SP)
5. Gerg: Rafael Furcal (SS)
6. Worm: Mike Mussina (SP)
7. Frey: Prince Fielder (1B)
8. TiVo: Jason Schmidt (SP)
9: Ape: Trevor Hoffman (RP)
10. Xach: Alex Rios (RF)
11. Beagle (from Junky): Cole Hamels (P)
12. Timberlake: Corey Patterson (CF)
1.Timberlake: Julio Lugo (3B/SS/2B)
2. Junky: Coco Crisp (CF)
3. Xach: Felix Hernandez (SP)
4. Ape: Jason Giambi (1B)
5. TiVo: Jim Thome (Util)
6. Junky (from Frey, via Beagle): Jeremy Bonderman
7. Worm: Randy Johnson (SP)
8. Greg: Justin Verlander (SP)
9: Ricky: Chipper Jones (3B)
10. Fadda: Adam LaRoche (1B)
11. Beagle: Bill Hall (SS, 3B)
12. El Amin: Aaron Harang (SP)
1.El Amin: Chris Ray (RP)
2. Beagle: Nick Swisher (1B, LF)
3. Fadda: Matt Cain (SP)
4. Ricky: Josh Barfield (2B)
5. Gerg: Freddie Sanchez (2B, 3B, SS)
6. Worm: Chris Young (SP)
7. Frey: Troy Glaus (SS, 3B)
8. TiVo: Magglio Ordonez (RF)
9: Ape: Kenji "Foster" Jojima (C)
10. Xach: Ryan Freel (2B,3B,LF,CF,RF)
11. Junky: Adrian Gonzalez (1B)
12. Timberlake: Erik Bedard (SP)
1.Frey (from Tlake): Francisco Cordero (RP)
2. Junky: Luis Castillo (2B)
3. Xach: Carlos Guillen (SS)
4. Ape: Frank Thomas (Util)
5. Tivo: Rich Harden (SP)
6. Frey: Dave Roberts (LF)
7. Worm: Barry Bonds (LF)
8. Greg: Bobby Jenks (RP)
9: Ricky: Jonathan Papelbon (SP)
10. Fadda: Chad Cordero (RP)
11. Beagle: Takashi Saito (RP)
12. El Amin: JD Drew (RF)
1. El Amin: Lyle Overbay (1B)
2. TiVo (from Beagle): Felipe Lopez (SS, is lined up to play 2B for Nats)
3. Fadda: Joe Crede (3B)
4. Ricky: Brad Lidge (RP)
5. Gerg: Tom Gordon (RP)
6. Worm: Raul Ibanez (LF)
7. Timberlake (from Frey): Howie Kendrick (1B/2B)
8. Beagle (from TiVo): Nomar Garciaparra (1B)
9: Ape: Brian Fuentes (RP)
10. Xach: Eric Gagne (RP)
11. Junky: Kelvim Escobar (SP)
12. Timberlake: Moises Alou (LF)
1.Timberlake: Dontrelle Willis (SP)
2. Junky: Tori Hunter (CF)
3. Xach: Eric Chavez (3B)
4. Ape: Ervin Santana (SP)
5. Junky (From TiVo): Scott Podsednik (LF)
6. Timberlake (from Frey): Josh Beckett (SP)
7. Worm: Jason Isringhausen (RP)
8. Greg: Willy Tavares (OF)
9: Ricky: Nick Markakis (CF)
10. Fadda: Andy Pettitte (SP)
11. Beagle: Barry Zito (SP)
12. El Amin: Chris Capuano (SP)
1. El Amin: Rich Hill (SP)
2. Beagle: Michael Cuddyer (1B, RF)
3. Fadda: Edgar Renteria (SS)
4. TiVo (from Ricky): A.J. Burnett (SP)
5. Gerg: Eric Byrnes (LF,CF,RF)
6. Worm: Armando Benitez (RP)
7. Timberlake (from Frey): Kenny Lofton (CF)
8. Beagle (from TiVo): Jeff Kent (2B)
9: Ape: Javy Vazquez (SP)
10. Xach: Scott Olsen (SP)
11. Ricky (From Junky, via TiVo): Conor Jackson (1B)
12. Timberlake: Joe Borowski (RP)
1. Frey (from TLake): Derek Lowe (SP)
2. Beagle (from Junky): Dave Bush (SP)
3. Xach: Mike Piazza (C)
4. Ape: Ray Durham
5. Junky (from TiVo via Ricky): Jose Valverde (RP)
6. Frey: Chuck James (SP)
7. Worm: Mike Lowell (3B)
8. Greg: Brad Penny (SP)
9: Ricky: Greg Maddux (SP)
10. Fadda: John Patterson (SP)
11. Ricky (from Beagle via Junky): Doug Davis (SP)
12. El Amin: Freddy Garcia (SP)
1.El Amin: Ramon Hernandez (C)
2. TiVo (from Beagle): Mark Teahen (3B/OF)
3. Fadda: Alex Gordon (3B)
4. TiVo (from Ricky): Bob Wickman (RP)
5. Gerg: Paul LoDuca (C)
6. Worm: Sean Casey (1B)
7. Frey: Kei Igawa (SP)
8. TiVo: Ivan Rodriguez (C/1B)
9: Ape: Chris Duncan (1B/LF/RF)
10. Xach: Todd Jones (CL)
11. Junky (From Junky, via TiVo): Chien Ming-Wang (SP)
12. Frey (from Tlake): Jeremy Sowers (SP)
1.Timberlake: Russell Martin (C)
2. TiVo (from Junky): Adrian Beltre (3B)
3. Xach: Roger Clemens (SP, comentator)
4. Ape: Brad Hawpe (RF)
5. Tivo: John Maine (SP)
6. Frey: Akinori Iwamura (3B)
7. Worm: Placido Polanco (2B)
8. Beagle (from Greg): Richie Sexson (1B)
9: Ricky: Jeff Franceour (OF)
10. Fadda: Orlando Cabrera (SS)
11. Gerg (From Beagle): Casey Blake (1b/RF)
12. El Amin: Nick Johnson (1B)
1. Junky (from)El Amin: A.J. Pierzynski (C)
2. Gerg (From Beagle): Jose Contreras (SP)
3. Fadda: Austin Kearns (RF)
4. Ricky: Ian Snell (SP)
5. Beagle (From Gerg): Michael Barrett (C)
6. Worm: Aubrey Huff (3B,RF)
7. Frey: Brian Giles (RF)
8. TiVo: Jorge Posada (C)
9: Ape: Anabel Sanchez (SP)
10. Xach: Josh Willingham (OF)
11. Ricky (from Junky): Ben Molina (C)
12. Timberlake: Brandon Phillips (2B)
1.Timberlake: Ted Lilly (SP)
2. El Amin (from Junky): Ryan Dempster (RP)
3. Xach: Adam Wainwright (SP/RP)
4. Ape: Josh Johnson (SP)
5. TiVo: Kerry Wood (SP/RP)
6. Junky (from Frey): Matt Garza (SP)
7. Worm: Kevin Millwood (SP)
8. Beagle (from Greg): Joel Pineiro (SP/RP)
9: TiVo (from Ricky, via Junky): Mark Buehrle (SP)
10. Fadda: Tim Hudson (SP)
11. Gerg (from Beagle): Gary Matthews Jr. (CF/RF)
12. El Amin: Ryan Shealy (1B)
1. El Amin: Solomon Torres (RP)
2. Gerg (from Beagle): Pedro Martinez (SP)
3. Fadda: Mark Prior (SP)
4. Ricky: Homer Bailey (SP)
5. Beagle (from Greg, via Beagle and Junky): Ian Kinsler (2B)
6. Worm: Seth McClung (SP,RP)
7. Frey: Jonathan Broxton (RP)
8. El Amin (from TiVo, via Junky): El Duque (SP)
9: Ape: Kevin Youkilis (1B)
10. Xach: Kenny Rogers (SP)
11. Frey (From Junky): Dan Wheeler (SP)
12. Timberlake: Pat Burrell (LF)
1.Timberlake: Tom Glavine (SP)
2. Frey (From Junky): Joel Zumaya (RP)
3. Xach: Hank Blalock (3B)
4. Ape: Francisco Liriano (SP/RP)
5. Junky (from TiVo, via Junky and Beagle): Shea Hillenbrand (1B/3B)
6. Frey: Boof Bonser (SP)
7. Worm: Jason Kendall (C)
8. Greg: Omar Vizquel (SS)
9: Ricky: Chad Tracy (3B)
10. Fadda: Octavio Dotel (RP)
11. Gerg (from Beagle): Cliff Lee (SP)
12. Junky (from El Amin, via Junky and Beagle): John Garland (SP)
1.El Amin: Stephen Drew (SS)
2. Beagle: Taylor Tankersley (RP)
3. Fadda: Jorge Cantu (2B)
4. Ricky: Chris B. Young (OF)
5. Gerg: Morgan Ensberg (3B)
6. Worm: Reed Johnson (LF,CF,RF)
7. Frey: Randy Winn (LF, CF, RF)
8. TiVo: Dan Uggla (2B)
9: Ape: Melvin Mora (3B)
10. Xach: Noah Lowry (SP)
11. Junky: Ken Griffey Jr. (CF)
12. Timberlake: Akinori Otsuka (RP)
1. Timberlake: Brandon McCarthy (SP)
2. Junky: Clay Hensley (SP)
3. Xach: Tom Gorzelanny (SP)
4. Ape: Jason Jennings (SP)
5. Tivo: Mike Hampton (SP)
6. Junky (from Frey): Andre Ethier (LF)
7. Worm: David Eckstein (SS)
8. Beagle (from Greg): Carlos Quentin (RF)
9: Ricky: Johnny Peralta (SS)
10. Fadda: Jeremy Hermida (CF, RF)
11. Beagle (from Junky from Beagle): Anthony Reyes (SP)
12. El Amin: Bartolo Colon (SP)
1. El Amin: Adam Dunn (LF)
2. Beagle: Daniel Cabrera (SP)
3. Junky (from Fadda): Luke Scott (LF/RF)
4. Ricky: Joe Blanton (SP)
5. Gerg: Endy Chavez (RF?)
6. Worm: David Weathers (RP)
7. Frey: Matt Murton (OF)
8. TiVo: B.J. Upton (Super-UTIL)
9: Ape: Jeff Francis (SP)
10. Xach: Chris Burke (2B, CF)
11. Fadda (from Junky): Nate Robertson (SP)
12. Timberlake: Troy Tulowitzki (SS)
1.Timberlake: Wily Mo Pena (OF)
2. Fadda (from Junky): Craig Monroe (LF, CF)
3. Xach: Rickie Weeks (2B)
4. Ape: Marcus Giles (2B)
5. Tivo: Jose Vidro (2B/1B/DH)
6. Frey: Brian Wilson (RP)
7. Worm: Rich Aurilia (1B,2B,3B,SS)
8. Greg: Kevin Mench (OF)
9: Ricky: Mike Jacobs (1B)
10. Junky (from Fadda): Vicente Padilla (SP)
11. Beagle: Chris Duffy (CF)
12. El Amin: Scott Thorman (1B)
1. El Amin: Jay Gibbons (RF)
2. Beagle: Woody Williams (SP)
3. Fadda: Milton Bradley (RF)
4. Ricky: Jacque Jones (RF)
5. Gerg: Zack Duke (SP)
6. Worm: Mark Loretta (1B,2B)
7. Frey: Jake Westbrook (SP)
8. TiVo: Dan Johnson (1B)
9: Ape: Mike Sweeney (DH)
10. Xach: Oliver Perez (SP)
11. Junky: David DeJesus (LF, CF)
12. Timberlake: Ricky Nolasco (SP/RP)
Well written article.
Posted by: Tama at October 29, 2008 01:26 PM