Was forced to miss draft. See what my pre-rankings got me!

[ironman]

I was completely bummed that I had to miss my draft today so I pre-ranked my top 250 guys. I have to say I'm quite pleased at how I ended up. Keep in mind though its only a ten team league. Standard Yahoo H2H scoring. I had second pick. The round I got the player is in ().

C- Toby Hall(19)
1B- Raul Ibanez(16)
2B- Jose Vidro(9)
3B- Aaron Boone(8)
SS- Alex Rodriguez(1) With the second pick!!!
OF- Manny Ramirez(3)
OF- Juan Pierre(15)
OF- Austin Kearns(17)
IF- Nomar Garciaparra(2)Once again I nabbed two SS in the first two rounds.
UTIL- Edgar Renteria(10)
UTIL- Luis Castillo(11)
Bench- Vernon Wells(20)
Bench- Jeremy Giambi(21)
Bench- Adrian Beltre(22)
Bench- Aubrey Huff(23)
Bench- Cristian Guzman(24)
Bench- Luis Rivas(26)

SP- Tim Hudson(4)
SP- Roy Halladay(5)
SP- Mark Prior(6)
SP- Greg Maddux(7)
RP- Jorge Julio(18)
RP- Scott Stewart(25)
P- Joel Pineiro(13)
P- Randy Wolf(12)
Bench- Josh Beckett(14)


All in all I'm pleased. Probably could use another power OF but I got plenty of IF to deal.

[terpfan]

this great team is brought to u by the suckiness of yahoos rankings... congrats!

[ironman]

Oh god I would never rely on Yahoo's default rankings for any of my drafts. I would have 5 closers picked in the first 7 rounds if I did!

[syphir]

Good team. Not sure what it says about your competition if you pre-drafted and got the players you did. You will probably have a few dead teams by the All-Star break.

Anyway, as you said, you could probably shore up your OF but I would go after a top closer instead. Saves is your only weak category and you have plenty of trade bait.

[ramble2]

Way to manipulate the Yahoo rankings! In my Yahoo league there was a run on closers starting the in fourth round! Crazy, and I still ended up with Rivera and Foulke (5th and 10th rounds).

Your team looks good. I'd try and trade for a little bit more power. It's good to have Pierre in a H2H if you know you can get your power elsewhere and you are competing against a weak opponent.

Keep your eye out on the waiver wire. I'd bet that folks like Embree and Spooneybarger are out there if you need more saves.

Good luck!

[The Guru_fbc]

pretty good team
although i think the 4 straight pitchers in rounds 4,5,6,7, while all quality pitchers, may have hurt your team offensively alittle bit

[Ballwreckers]

I say trade one of your SS's,2B, or pierr for a quality closer and/or more powerful OF