tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785794903916196345.post7380774219618957950..comments2023-09-20T07:34:24.444-05:00Comments on The Waiver Wire: First Yahoo DraftUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785794903916196345.post-63320893113016445382009-03-03T17:10:00.000-05:002009-03-03T17:10:00.000-05:00no way dude. this might be the worst starting pit...no way dude. this might be the worst starting pitching I have ever seen. I would be very impressed if you were competitive in this league.<BR/>I do recognize that you won rotohog last year, and that def makes you the guru in my mind, but hey, I guess everyone can have a bad draft.<BR/><BR/>DTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785794903916196345.post-39292094739329047482009-03-03T12:08:00.000-05:002009-03-03T12:08:00.000-05:00Napoli may have been a bit of a reach (which I'm g...Napoli may have been a bit of a reach (which I'm glad to hear, since I'm targeting him and Iannetta), but he may chip in 5-10 steals as well as the great OBP and power. That's pretty unique among catchers in that price range (10th round or later).<BR/><BR/>If you prorate his stats last year to 120 games (with same rate of at bats) you get 31 HR, 11 SB. Not bad. I don't think he'll repeat it but he should be in the neighborhood.Goose Joakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13751086302948001875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785794903916196345.post-53924942986015145172009-03-03T08:53:00.000-05:002009-03-03T08:53:00.000-05:00Nice draft. How many teams were in this one? If ...Nice draft. How many teams were in this one? If it was 12 teams, some of those late pitchers you got were absolute thefts where you got them.<BR/><BR/>Not to nitpick a nice draft, but I thought the Mike Napoli pick was likely a reach. The OBP instead of BA helps him out and he'll out HR probably any C that was on the board at the time and give you a few steals. However, I don't know if the margin in those two categories between him and some other guys likely available is worth a 9th round pick. Also he won't contribute any more in the R+RBI than a lot of baseline catchers will.<BR/><BR/>Wasn't a "terrible" pick but I wonder if getting Sandoval a lot later made you think about who else was there for you in the 9th round.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785794903916196345.post-57390002290240031872009-03-03T08:01:00.000-05:002009-03-03T08:01:00.000-05:00Alex, I'd be pretty happy with that. Maybe a litt...Alex, I'd be pretty happy with that. Maybe a little short on speed, but probably enough brute force to compensate in other categories. A real offensive juggernaut. <BR/><BR/>The string of Davis-Cruz-Napoli-Giambi seems like a fun group of players to own. <BR/><BR/>I think your pitching is fine. You were able to get strikeout potential at a low cost (Myers, Kershaw) and insure it with Dempster and Slowey. None of these pitchers are rockstars but 1-2 of them should come through with flying colors, and as you say, the rest can come off the waiver wire. <BR/><BR/>Phil Hughes is kind of an interesting pick. I hardly hear anything about him these days.Goose Joakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13751086302948001875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785794903916196345.post-42374083309427993732009-03-03T06:39:00.000-05:002009-03-03T06:39:00.000-05:00Did you regret not pre-ranking all your players? ...Did you regret not pre-ranking all your players? I'm curious. I have opinions and feelings about each player - it seems to me to be a waste of time to go through the formality of pre-ranking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com