Not quite halfway

RedSox · Post by **RedSox** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:09 pm

through the draft, but I'm bored. Top 10 to follow. Here are the team results of the draft so far:

AZ - Vitters, Detwiler, Aumont, Withrow, Lotzkar, Ramirez, DeJesus
ATL - Fukudome, Mesoraco
BAL - Poreda, Revere
BOS - Donaldson, Gindl, Kobayashi, Tolisano
CHC -0-
CWS - Dominguez, Moskos, Jackson
CIN - Kuroda, Kozma
CLE - Mangini
COL -0-
DET - Wieters
FLA - Savery, Fairley
HOU - Moustakas, Bumgarner, Middlebrooks, Dent, Duffy
KC - Silverio
LAA -0-
LAD - Ahrens, Brown
MIL - Porcello, Zimmerman, Sublett
MIN - Weathers, Kulbacki, Griffith
NYM - Parker, Arrieta
NYY - Heyward, LaPorta, Main, Brackman
OAK - Beavan, Mortensen, Rike, Stanton
PHI - Frazier, Canham
PIT - Noonan, Schmidt
STL - Cecil, Lucroy
SD - Smoker, Moviel
SF - Teheran, McGeary, Ramirez, Kunz
SEA - Alderson, Lambo
TB - Price, Burgess, Mills, Hagadone, Almanzar, DeLeon, Lin
TEX -0-
TOR - Thomas
WAS - Simmons, Hicks

RedSox · Post by **RedSox** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:11 pm

My top 10 so far:

1. AZ - Numbers and ceiling.
2. NYY - Two of the best hitters available and two solid ceiling pitchers.
3. HOU - See AZ.
4. BOS - Immediate help, and some solid talent.
5. SF - High ceilings. Long wait.
6. OAK
7. CWS
8. MIL
9. ATL - Immediate help.
10. CIN/MIN/BAL depending on how you view immediate help vs. high ceiling.

Post 'em up.

Mariners · Post by **Mariners** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:53 pm

DevilRays wrote:My top 10 so far:

1. AZ - Numbers and ceiling.
2. NYY - Two of the best hitters available and two solid ceiling pitchers.
3. HOU - See AZ.
4. BOS - Immediate help, and some solid talent.
5. SF - High ceilings. Long wait.
6. OAK
7. CWS
8. MIL
9. ATL - Immediate help.
10. CIN/MIN/BAL depending on how you view immediate help vs. high ceiling.

Post 'em up.

Aren't you forgetting someone?

TB - Price, Burgess, Mills, Hagadone, Almanzar, DeLeon, Lin

Twins · Post by **Twins** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:56 pm

DevilRays wrote: 10. CIN/MIN/BAL depending on how you view immediate help vs. high ceiling.

Woohoo! The Orioles are almost not an afterthought!

RedSox · Post by **RedSox** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:43 pm

Jag - I'm okay with my draft. Didn't want to rate my own team.

BAL - Like the potential of your guys. Japanese players make the draft difficult to rate. How much extra value is there in getting a guy who sims as a #3 immediately or even a near MLB ready college reliever? Kind of depends on where your team is contention-wise. Thanks to the early Tabatation, I'm still a ways out.

All - The data's there. Post your 5s, 10s, whatever.

Nationals · Post by **Nationals** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:36 pm

My gut/off-the-cuff ranking:

1. Arizona
2. Tampa (really these two are interchangeable as I like Tampa's talent slightly more but Arizona's quantity wins out)
3. Yankees (it pains me to write that)
4. Boston (as much as I want to knock him for his delay...Kobayashi was a steal)
5. Houston
6. Oakland
7. Milwaukee
8. Cincinnati
9. San Francisco
10. White Sox

Royals · Post by **Royals** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:33 pm

Wow, modesty in an IBCer... Not a common thing.

Guardians · Post by **Guardians** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:24 pm

I'll take the easy route and just rank my top 6

TB - Price, Burgess, Mills, Hagadone, Almanzar, DeLeon, Lin
HOU - Moustakas, Bumgarner, Middlebrooks, Dent, Duffy
NYY - Heyward, LaPorta, Main, Brackman
AZ - Vitters, Detwiler, Aumont, Withrow, Lotzkar, Ramirez, DeJesus
NYM - Parker, Arrieta
SF - Teheran, McGeary, Ramirez, Kunz

I'm not 100% sure I would really rank myself ahead of NYY, but I also traded him the picks to be able to get Laporta and Brackman, so I would much prefer getting Fautino de los Santos over Laporta, and also getting Colt Willems and a later pick for the spot where Brackman was taken.

I personally can't deny that the team that got David Price has the #1 draft at this point. Burgess is a huge plus for that draft also.

Giants · Post by **Giants** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:24 am

I'm honored to make anyone's Top 10, especially since the first two picks I really wanted got swooped either two spots or one spot before mine.

In any case my top 10 would go

1. Tampa Bay (The best available player and all sorts of fun projection)
2. NYY (I mean that's just what JB does, also I really love Jason Heyward, I think he has superduperstar potential, and you have to count Tabata too)
3. Arizona (I think this is Jag's favorite time of year, him and JB are interchangable, both are pretty good at this).
4. Houston (Shawn's a bastard because now I have to root against Bumgarner on principle, but all in all I love the picks)
5. Boston (I believe Bren out-thought himself on Caleb Gindl that early, but otherwise a strong draft)
6. San Francisco (Teheran could be sick, but Nils with a top prospect? What's up with this?)
7. Cincinnati (I got burned last year by a Japanese middle of the rotation starter, but for a team in Nate's position the projection is probably worth the pick, I think Kozma is destined to be the next David Eckstein).
8. CWS (Good quantity, high ceilings, what's not to like)
9. Milwaukee (Porcello could be a rare ace, or he could flame out. if I were more certain about him I'd rate this draft higher)
10. NY Mets (Two strong pitchers with huge potential, can't argue with teh picks)

Royals · Post by **Royals** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:37 pm

I agree Gindl was a bit of a reach, but I thought it was unlikely he'd be available at #59 and I liked his potential.

BlueJays · Post by **BlueJays** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:34 pm

I'm shocked, thanks for the remarks everyone - considering I haven't been able to give this my full attention. Add Bourbon to my stable! And I have a couple guys on my board that look exciting.

Kuroda made a lot of sense for me. Gives me much needed and desired depth in the rotation. Mussina is now my #5. Pen is strong with Paps/Krod/Shields.. and I got some nice up and comin lefties in J. Sanchez, Thatcher. It really just strengthened everything. Its a gamble, but a good gamble I think...