Cafe Mock Draft 1 on Yahoo! Results

[Ender]

Well in general the projections downplay high upside players and overrate established aging players, so I wouldn't worry too much if one didn't like my team.

[AuburnTigers]

I am running another Mock Draft. Come get in on the action this time!

The mock draft will be held on Sunday February 25 @ 5:00PM Central time.

The league will be frozen for the entire season, meaning that no adds/drops or trades will be allowed.

Please show respect for the fellow cafe members and only sign up if you are sure that you can participate! No quitters

Here are the details:
Cafe Mock 2
-5x5 Roto
-Non Keeper
-14 teams
-2 C, 1 1B, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 SS, 1 MI, 1 CI, 4 OF, 2 U, 4 SP, 2 RP, 3 P
-4 bench spots

League ID #: 20034
Password: mock

Please name your team whatever your screen name is on the cafe

I will post the results on the cafe.

Go ahead and join anytime you would like

[LukeW9027]

WOW Reyes at 7? Great pick, no way he should escape the top 5

Yeah, it was a very nice value there. I'm not the biggest Reyes fan out there, but A guy who can do it all and steal 60 bags in a roto league is a very valuable asset and well worth a top 5 pick IMO.

By the way, I would like to thank Fantistics for my league championship.

[jfg]

I'll tell you one thing I learned from this draft: Don't play in a 14 team league this year. I've never done anything higher than 10 so I never knew if I was reaching or if I needed to jump. I missed out on two players I wanted (Fielder and Zimmerman) and went too high on Ryan and maybe Peavy. Then again, those players wouldn't have been there on the wraparound and I would have chosen players who had less value to me. You have to reach in a 14 team league.

By the way, I used PECOTA forecaster pretty much by the book while drafting. Obviously I filled positions, but I always went with the player PECOTA had highest. That info might help someone who's doing the same to know where they might get some players.

[Ender]

14 team leagues are the way to go. 12 team and especially 10 team leagues leave way too much talent on the FA list. If your league isn't drafting at least 350 people you simply have too much talent sitting around.

[J35J]

14 team leagues are the way to go. 12 team and especially 10 team leagues leave way too much talent on the FA list. If your league isn't drafting at least 350 people you simply have too much talent sitting around.

Agreed. While I'm ok with 12 teamers I do perfer 14-16 teamers the most!!

[jfg]

I was just saying I shouldn't. I am so used to 10 man drafts and that extra 8 picks in the middle of me really screwed me up. Most of my picks I felt I was either reaching or jumping the gun. The only pick I felt comfortable making was Soriano and some of my late round picks.

[Super Manny]

No matter what you guys (and that "projector") say, I walked away quite happy with my team. You might feel that I "reached" with the Carpenter and Manny picks, but I disagree and feel pretty good about them. For the most part, I drafted right in line with the Rotoworld Draft Guide rankings and projections, paying attention to tiers and position scarcity. I may have drafted a few guys that were stretches, but with the 13th pick, I had to because of the long delay after the order snaked back to me. I definitely feel that other picks were steals and real bargains, though.

C - Mike Piazza
1B - Richie Sexson
2B - Jeff Kent
SS - Felipe Lopez
3B - Hank Blalock
CI - Melvin Mora
MI - Bobby Crosby
OF - Manny Ramirez
OF - Rocco Baldelli
OF - JD Drew
OF - Chris Duffy
UTIL - Jonny Gomes
UTIL - Corey Hart
BN - Kevin Youkilis
BN - Andy Marte

SP - Chris Carpenter
SP - John Smoltz
SP - Ben Sheets
SP - AJ Burnett
SP - Clay Hensley
SP - Oliver Perez
RP Huston Street
RP - Jose Valverde
P - Joel Pineiro
BN - Hong-Chih Kuo

[CheeseBeger]

I joined up, should be fun.

[Djones]

I'm in.....still some spots left...