Draft Prep in Keeper League: need to rank top 3 available

[jmurphy_j]

It's a 10-team, 5x5 league with 10 keepers per team. We just finalized our keepers, so it is time to get ready for the draft. I draft 3rd overall, so i am trying to put together a top-3 list to prepare for my first pick.

With my 10 keepers I have a good balance of power and speed. I probably need power more than speed....but just a little but more.

Position-wise, my primary needs are 1B and SP. So in preparing my preliminary list of potential 1st round candidates I automatically included the top few 1st basemen and starting pitchers.


So please help me rank the following list of player (a list of your top 3 or 4 would be fine....you don't need to try and rank them all):

Ichiro Suzuki
Chipper Jones
Nate McLouth
Corey Hart
Adam Dunn

Chris Davis (1B)
Aubry Huff (1B)
Joey Votto (1B)
Francisco Liriano (SP)
Scott Shields (SP)
Carlos Zambrano (SP)
Joba Chamberlain (SP)
Edinson Volquez (SP)


My 1st instinct is that none of these 1B's or SP's are worth my 1st round pick (#3 overall) and I should just hope a few of them are still around for my 2nd and 3rd round picks, but I'm interested in your opinions.

Thanks for your help!

[GiantsFan14]

not knowing your keepers i think your top 5 are good, I could see taking Shields (assuming you meant James and not Scott) over Hart or Dunn, but not over the top 3. Also, since it's a keeper league I could see Votto or Davis being taken above Hart or Dunn. The top 3, however, are Ichiro, Chipper and Nate for sure.

[CadensDad]

Whats the rest of your team look like?

But Take Chipper if you can get him, He's well worth a 11th round pick. And a steal for any team

[jmurphy_j]

First of all...I do mean James Shields, not Scott (sorry about that)

My 10 keepers are:

C:
1B:
2B: B. Phillips
3B: A-Rod
SS: T. Tulowitzki
OF: C. Granderson
OF: Carl Crawford
OF: Jay Bruce
Util: M. Ordonez

SP: Tim Lincicum
SP: Scott Kazmir

RP: Soria


One note re: Starting Pitchers: my league tends to over-rate them. Most teams kept 3 SP's and one even kept 4. That means I already have some catching up to do...and the SP's that are left will probably go quicker than they should. I still think my best plan would be to wait at least until the 2nd or 3rd round and just take the best player available with my 1st pick (I can always try to trade for a pitcher later), but I am interested in your input.

Thanks again!

[boredguy]

I'd go with the best of the top 3 available, Chipper, Ichiro, Mclouth, in that order.
Even in a 10 team league, with a keep 10 i'm really surprised some of those guys are avilable.