Internet Bragging Rights League, give thoughts

[DiamondDave]

OK

I am going to do this one a little different... I am not going to post my team and ask for thoughts..... This time I am going to post the draft results of all the teams. I would like to see which team people think is the best, and I would also like to see people try and guess which team is mine. I think some people (Bryan) may almost inherently know because of my drafting style and amount of time I have talked to them.... but let's take a crack at this...

The setup of the league:
10 teams
9x9 Roto scoring
Offensive categories: R, HR, RBI, SB, BB, K, TB, AVG, OPS
Pitching categories: IP, W, L, SV, BB, K, HLD, ERA, WHIP
NO LIMITS on # of games or innings for any player
Normal offensive starting lineup: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, Util
Pitching lineup: SP, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, RP, P
7 bench positions and 2 possible DL slots

Draft Results by team:

Team A
1. (1) Albert Pujols
2. (20) Joe Mauer
3. (21) Daisuke Matsuzaka
4. (40) Hanley Ramírez
5. (41) Mariano Rivera
6. (60) Johnny Damon
7. (61) Rocco Baldelli
8. (80) Chad Tracy
9. (81) Jered Weaver
10. (100) Bob Wickman
11. (101) Álex Ríos
12. (120) Julio Lugo
13. (121) Jason Schmidt
14. (140) Nick Markakis
15. (141) Scott Linebrink
16. (160) Cla Meredith
17. (161) Howie Kendrick
18. (180) Freddy Sánchez
19. (181) Tim Hudson
20. (200) Michael Cuddyer
21. (201) Derek Lowe
22. (220) Russell Martin
23. (221) Bartolo Colón
24. (240) Jonathan Broxton

Team B
1. (2) Johan Santana
2. (19) Travis Hafner
3. (22) Mark Teixeira
4. (39) Michael Young
5. (42) Víctor Martínez
6. (59) Jermaine Dye
7. (62) John Smoltz
8. (79) J.J. Putz
9. (82) Bobby Jenks
10. (99) Scott Rolen
11. (102) Chad Cordero
12. (119) Curt Schilling
13. (122) Chris Capuano
14. (139) Jeff Kent
15. (142) Magglio Ordóñez
16. (159) Corey Patterson
17. (162) Chien-Ming Wang
18. (179) Josh Barfield
19. (182) Mike Cameron
20. (199) Rich Hill
21. (202) Pat Burrell
22. (219) Coco Crisp
23. (222) Rafael Soriano
24. (239) Johnny Estrada

Team C
1. (3) Ryan Howard
2. (18) Jason Bay
3. (23) Jake Peavy
4. (38) Vernon Wells
5. (43) B.J. Ryan
6. (58) Aramis Ramírez
7. (63) Aaron Harang
8. (78) Tom Gordon
9. (83) Jim Thome
10. (98) Dontrelle Willis
11. (103) Juan Pierre
12. (118) A.J. Pierzynski
13. (123) Josh Beckett
14. (138) Barry Zito
15. (143) Aaron Heilman
16. (158) Édgar Rentería
17. (163) Javier Vázquez
18. (178) Andy Pettitte
19. (183) Jason Varitek
20. (198) Ian Kinsler
21. (203) Kenny Rogers
22. (218) Ian Snell
23. (223) Mark Mulder
24. (238) Jeremy Hermida

Team D
1. (4) José Reyes
2. (17) Vladimir Guerrero
3. (24) Chris Carpenter
4. (37) Matt Holliday
5. (44) Brandon Webb
6. (57) Garrett Atkins
7. (64) Brian McCann
8. (77) Ben Sheets
9. (84) Brad Lidge
10. (97) Francisco Cordero
11. (104) Eric Gagne
12. (117) Rickie Weeks
13. (124) Rich Harden
14. (137) Delmon Young
15. (144) Chipper Jones
16. (157) Prince Fielder
17. (164) Ervin Santana
18. (177) Brad Hawpe
19. (184) Dave Bush
20. (197) Stephen Drew
21. (204) Edwin Encarnación
22. (217) Salomón Torres
23. (224) Conor Jackson
24. (237) José Contreras

Team E
1. (5) David Ortiz
2. (16) Frank Thomas
3. (25) Derek Jeter
4. (36) Trevor Hoffman
5. (45) Huston Street
6. (56) Jorge Posada
7. (65) Mike Mussina
8. (76) Jason Isringhausen
9. (85) Raúl Ibañez
10. (96) Ryan Freel
11. (105) Ryan Zimmerman
12. (116) Barry Bonds
13. (125) Bronson Arroyo
14. (136) Tom Glavine
15. (145) Eric Byrnes
16. (156) Orlando Cabrera
17. (165) Dave Roberts
18. (176) Brandon Inge
19. (185) Nomar Garciaparra
20. (196) Josh Bard
21. (205) Vicente Padilla
22. (216) Mark Loretta
23. (225) Marcus Giles
24. (236) Pedro Feliz

Team F
1. (6) Manny Ramírez
2. (15) Roy Halladay
3. (26) Miguel Tejada
4. (35) Jeremy Bonderman
5. (46) Robinson Canó
6. (55) Torii Hunter
7. (66) Jonathan Papelbon
8. (75) Todd Helton
9. (86) Cole Hamels
10. (95) Joel Zumaya
11. (106) Anibal Sánchez
12. (115) Hank Blalock
13. (126) Jeff Francoeur
14. (135) Jason Giambi
15. (146) Todd Jones
16. (155) Scot Shields
17. (166) Gary Matthews Jr.
18. (175) Jason Kendall
19. (186) Adam Wainwright
20. (195) Paul Lo Duca
21. (206) Kyle Snyder
22. (215) Alex Gordon
23. (226) Scott Olsen
24. (235) Joel Piñeiro

Team G
1. (7) Alfonso Soriano
2. (14) Miguel Cabrera
3. (27) Lance Berkman
4. (34) Justin Morneau
5. (47) Jimmy Rollins
6. (54) Bobby Abreu
7. (67) Brian Roberts
8. (74) Hideki Matsui
9. (87) John Lackey
10. (94) Brett Myers
11. (107) C.C. Sabathia
12. (114) Justin Verlander
13. (127) Randy Johnson
14. (134) Brian Fuentes
15. (147) Iván Rodríguez
16. (154) Josh Johnson
17. (167) Octavio Dotel
18. (174) Richie Sexson
19. (187) Adrián Béltre
20. (194) Scott Podsednik
21. (207) Ray Durham
22. (214) Bobby Crosby
23. (227) Mark Prior
24. (234) Noah Lowry

Team H
1. (8) Álex Rodríguez
2. (13) Carlos Beltrán
3. (28) Carlos Lee
4. (33) Ichiro Suzuki
5. (48) Andruw Jones
6. (53) Rafael Furcal
7. (68) Paul Konerko
8. (73) Dan Uggla
9. (88) Félix Hernández
10. (93) Matt Cain
11. (108) Scott Kazmir
12. (113) Dan Haren
13. (128) Kenji Johjima
14. (133) Roger Clemens
15. (148) Armando Benítez
16. (153) José Valverde
17. (168) Mike González
18. (173) Felipe López
19. (188) Eric Chávez
20. (193) Tadahito Iguchi
21. (208) Nick Johnson
22. (213) Willy Taveras
23. (228) Kerry Wood
24. (233) Freddy García

Team I
1. (9) Chase Utley
2. (12) Francisco Rodríguez
3. (29) Derrek Lee
4. (32) Joe Nathan
5. (49) Billy Wagner
6. (52) Troy Glaus
7. (69) Michael Barrett
8. (72) Takashi Saito
9. (89) Carlos Guillén
10. (92) Gary Sheffield
11. (109) Rich Aurilia
12. (112) J.D. Drew
13. (129) Mike Piazza
14. (132) Kei Igawa
15. (149) Moisés Alou
16. (152) Chris Duncan
17. (169) Mike Lowell
18. (172) Brandon Phillips
19. (189) Joe Crede
20. (192) Dan Wheeler
21. (209) Andre Ethier
22. (212) Pat Neshek
23. (229) Luis González
24. (232) Justin Duchscherer

Team J
1. (10) Carl Crawford
2. (11) David Wright
3. (30) Grady Sizemore
4. (31) Roy Oswalt
5. (50) Carlos Zambrano
6. (51) Chone Figgins
7. (70) Carlos Delgado
8. (71) Bill Hall
9. (90) Ramón Hernández
10. (91) Chris Ray
11. (110) Chris Young
12. (111) Joe Borowski
13. (130) Adam Dunn
14. (131) Erik Bedard
15. (150) Nick Swisher
16. (151) Ryan Dempster
17. (170) John Patterson
18. (171) A.J. Burnett
19. (190) Adam LaRoche
20. (191) Scott Proctor
21. (210) Mark Teahen
22. (211) Pedro Martínez
23. (230) Zach Duke
24. (231) Daniel Cabrera

[DiamondDave]

And yes... this was a live draft. This group of people are from old baseballboards or the original Fanhome and it started off as just a league for bragging rights between the posting regulars. We've been doing it ever since. These people do talk a lot of baseball, and this is usually a competitive league, especially with it being a bit more detailed in scoring.

[BMW]

I knew immediately which team was yours, but that's just because we've had extensive talks about who to take around what part of the draft.

Team A got a couple players I just absolutely love in Pujols, Ramirez, Weaver, Rios, and Hudson, but I think they overpaid for quite a few players on their draft, Daisuke in particular.

Team B started out so strong and then filled out his roster with a lot of aging players.

Team C....I like Ian Kinsler and Dontrelle a lot. It seems there is a heavy trend of overpaying for players that aren't head and shoulders above their peers...Aramis Ramirez, Tom Gordon, Aaron Harang come to mind...

Team D is probably my favorite because they have a lot of players I would draft. I wonder about Gagne and Chipper Jones, and at first thought Cordero wasn't a hot pick, then I realized Tom Gordon went 2 full rounds ahead of him, quite a value at 10.

Team E might have had a better team had they let Yahoo or whatever autopick for them....

Team F is counting on a few key guys to carry the load offensively with Manny, Helton, Tejada, Cano and Giambi...the rest of the offense is lame and the pitching looks very hit or miss.

Team G is very solid, I really like this team, they are very solid and consistant in the front half of the draft, and to grab Crosby, Prior and Lowry at the end of the drat gives them a lot of potential.

Team H obviously went heavy hitting, I dont think he got the bargains that Team G did though. I don't like how his entire staff is young up and comers...you gotta have an ace, and Clemens and Wood don't count.

Team I is too old, and drafted guys too early....

Team J seems to have a lot of do-it-all kind of guys...I really love his drat with CC, Sizemore, Wright, Figgins, Hall, and to get Oswalt and Big Z as well...wow.

I would rank the winners
#1 Team J
#2 Team G
#3 Team D

and the Losers
#1 Team I
#2 Team E
#3 Team F

I'm not going to say which team I think is yours so others can have fun guessing, I wouldn't want to ruin the fun as the first reply!

[645]

Team A

Got some nice players and got some fine bargins but Reaching is a problem for him in some cases. He started off strong but his picking become averge the deeper it got into the draft.

Team B

Nice, First 12 Rounds was perfect. Team B know where every player should be drafted in the first half and got as much as he possably could get. For the secound half it was solid although he don't know too many of the hiden gems are down there.

Team C

This teams is a little bit all over the place. He made some good value Picks and some Reaches. A few star players and a few possable class B gems but a few injury prone players and some vets that might be good but more likely will disapoint you.

Team D

Simply, This guy has it together. He got the best guys he could get in the early rounds and he know all the best hiden gems in the late rounds.

Team E

Oh, Boy This team is so bad that I'm just going to skip it.

Team F

Some nice players, Some nice Gems, But Some so-so players. So an Average Team.

Team G

Too much risk with Injury Prone Players that may or may not be worth it anymore and alot of vets that will give you what they will give you without much hope of something more to make a diference.

Team H

Some Nice Bats in the early rounds and few pitchers in the middle rounds but an Averge Team in a whole.

Team I

Got 2 Nice Hitters to Start off with. Reached far too much for Closers. Took overrated hitters in the middle and finished off with not much at all.

Team J

Is alright, Got some good value but did take some players I rather not have but will be an alright team I guess.

[DiamondDave]

OK

We have 2 rundowns.... let's see how some others see the setup and outlook of this league

[DiamondDave]

hmmm... Prior just got dropped in this league too.... (I guess that tells you I am not the team who has it listed as picking Prior)...


Need to debate whether to take a flyer on him

[DiamondDave]

Well.. this is not getting as much participation as I had hoped...

[BMW]

If I were you I would take a flyer on him, you have some solid front end pitching and even though you do have one injury risk at SP already, if either of them turned out, or if both did, you would easily take 4 categories.

[DiamondDave]

I'm thinking of doing it.... putting him on DL as soon as possible, and re-picking up whomever I drop to get him

[BMW]

I would suggest dropping your 23rd round pick, and Prior or you 8th or 11th rounder will end up on the DL soon enough to where you can pick him up again.

[aCutb]

I'm going to take a wild guess and say you are team D.