Default Yahoo 12 Team Snake Draft Results

[Chicago RedSox]

This is how a 12 team Yahoo Auto Draft will turn out based on the default rankings.
I've asked before if people have preferences for draft position....if they'd rather have the 1/24 pick or the 12/13 pick. Most people say the higher the pick the better, and I agree. But I am anxious for the season to begin and have been playing around with my rankings and decided to see how the teams would turn out. I only did the first 14 rounds though...
Which team would you rather have? I like 3 for pitching, and 7 or 12 for hitting.

Pick 1
Hanley Ramírez
Dustin Pedroia
Brandon Phillips
Jake Peavy
Adrián González
Joe Nathan
Chad Billingsley
Rich Harden
James Shields
Carlos Zambrano
Carlos Mármol
Francisco Cordero
Mark DeRosa
Pat Burrell

Pick 2
Álex Rodríguez
Carlos Quentin
Carlos Lee
Shane Victorino
Jonathan Papelbon
Dan Uggla
Mariano Rivera
Derrek Lee
Roy Oswalt
Carlos Delgado
Raúl Ibañez
Kelly Johnson
Alex Gordon
Max Scherzer

Pick 3
Albert Pujols
Chase Utley
CC Sabathia
Brandon Webb
Jacoby Ellsbury
Francisco Liriano
Josh Beckett
Bobby Abreu
Joakim Soria
Miguel Tejada
Matt Cain
Jorge Cantú
Bengie Molina
Scott Baker

Pick 4
José Reyes
Tim Lincecum
Carl Crawford
Cole Hamels
Joe Mauer
Ryan Zimmerman
Jermaine Dye
Robinson Canó
Joba Chamberlain
Edinson Vólquez
Nelson Cruz
James Loney
Zack Greinke
Xavier Nady

Pick 5
David Wright
Prince Fielder
Manny Ramírez
Brian McCann
Alexei Ramírez
Chris Davis
Aubrey Huff
Howie Kendrick
Carlos Peña
Johnny Damon
Javier Vázquez
Kerry Wood
Ryan Dempster
Mike Napoli

Pick 6
Grady Sizemore
Carlos Beltrán
Justin Morneau
Álex Ríos
Geovany Soto
Stephen Drew
Jay Bruce
Cliff Lee
Lastings Milledge
Chris Young
José Valverde
Adrián Béltre
Jorge Posada
John Danks

Pick 7
Miguel Cabrera
Lance Berkman
Jason Bay
Curtis Granderson
Nate McLouth
Adam Dunn
Francisco Rodríguez
Ryan Doumit
Joey Votto
Daisuke Matsuzaka
B.J. Ryan
Chris Iannetta
Chris Young
Clayton Kershaw

Pick 8
Ryan Braun
Johan Santana
Vladimir Guerrero
Russell Martin
Corey Hart
Chipper Jones
Michael Young
Derek Jeter
Scott Kazmir
Torii Hunter
Jayson Werth
Conor Jackson
Brett Myers
Matt Garza

Pick 9
Josh Hamilton
Alfonso Soriano
David Ortiz
Kevin Youkilis
Rafael Furcal
Garrett Atkins
Brad Lidge
Ervin Santana
A.J. Burnett
Yovani Gallardo
Justin Upton
Ricky Nolasco
Brian Fuentes
Milton Bradley

Pick 10
Ryan Howard
Evan Longoria
Ichiro Suzuki
Aramis Ramírez
Roy Halladay
Víctor Martínez
Chone Figgins
J.J. Hardy
Jon Lester
Jonathan Broxton
Mike Aviles
Adam Wainwright
Aaron Harang
Matt Capps

Pick 11
Ian Kinsler
B.J. Upton
Nick Markakis
Brian Roberts
Dan Haren
Magglio Ordóñez
Ryan Ludwick
Félix Hernández
Matt Wieters
Bobby Jenks
Andre Ethier
David Price
Carlos Guillén
Derek Lowe

Pick 12
Jimmy Rollins
Mark Teixeira
Matt Holliday
Matt Kemp
Troy Tulowitzki
Hunter Pence
Vernon Wells
John Lackey
Edwin Encarnación
Jhonny Peralta
Brad Hawpe
Justin Verlander
Ben Sheets
Josh Johnson

[chris8]

It's an interesting idea, but slightly flawed in that there are two teams that have drafted two 2B in the first four rounds. In reality, teams would adapt - for example, Team 11 would surely take Aramis Ramirez in the 4th round over Roberts, and Team 1 should go with Carlos Lee instead of Phillips. And there's no way Team 7 would take all those OF early!

But it could be useful in getting an idea as to when players might go, so you know when you need to reach a little if you want them.

[DaShiz23]

Good exercise, though you are going into this assuming that every owner does not edit their pre-rankings, which is probably not going to happen. It does help you to get an idea how you should edit your rankings prior to an Auto-Draft.
This is why, though, that I haven't done one in several years.
Where's the fun? Unless you like to take trainwrecks, and fix em, I guess.

[Inukchuk]

If you want to see how players are going in drafts, I'd recommend trying a few of their mock drafts. They're quite good, actually. You can only sign up for them 1/2 hour in advance, so you don't have many deadbeat managers.

[Neato Torpedo]

lol at pick 1 taking 7 pitchers in a row from 6-12.

[Chicago RedSox]

I know it's flawed and unrealistic. I didn't intend for it to be a valuable exercise, just something to do until draft day comes. I guess best case scenario it helps illustrate the value of pre-ranking if you do auto draft.
My league has done auto for the past 3 years, but I've finally managed to talk them into going live this year.

[Yoda]

Not sure what this really proves.