Unfortunately I had no internet access for the first 10 mins of the draft, which accounted for roughly the first two rounds. I had the #6 pick overall, and the autopick option picked Grady Sizemore first, then Alfonso Soriano in the second rd...So i finally get the internet to work, and I had less than one minute to make my pick...Since I already had two OF's, I was at a dilemma...couldn't figure out if I should take the last above avg 3B in Aramis Ramirez, or the best player available in Matt Holliday...due to having too many OF's already, I ended up taking Aramis, however, I am starting to regret it...the problem is the next best 3B would have been Mr drafted-way-too-early Chris Davis (taken in the 6th rd), then Ryan Zimmerman (taken in the 7th) (blah), none of which are worthy of their draft positions.
What would you have done if in my position?
PS this is a 12 team 6x6 roto which includes (OPS and QS)
This is how it went in the first 5 rounds: (My picks in bold)
Round 1 1. Hanley Ramírez 2. Albert Pujols 3. David Wright 4. José Reyes 5. Álex Rodríguez 6. Grady Sizemore 7. Miguel Cabrera 8. Ryan Howard 9. Chase Utley 10. Josh Hamilton 11. Ryan Braun 12. Ian Kinsler Round 2 1. Jimmy Rollins 2. Mark Teixeira 3. Lance Berkman 4. Carlos Beltrán 5. B.J. Upton 6. Johan Santana 7. Alfonso Soriano 8. CC Sabathia 9. Tim Lincecum 10. Evan Longoria 11. Dustin Pedroia 12. Prince Fielder Round 3 1. Carlos Quentin 2. Nick Markakis 3. Manny Ramírez 4. Cole Hamels 5. Brandon Phillips 6. Aramis Ramírez 7. Roy Halladay 8. Matt Holliday 9. Alexei Ramírez 10. Kevin Youkilis 11. Carlos Lee 12. Carl Crawford Round 4 1. Justin Morneau 2. Jason Bay 3. Joe Mauer 4. Brandon Webb 5. Brian McCann 6. Vladimir Guerrero 7. Adrián González 8. David Ortiz 9. Russell Martin 10. Matt Kemp 11. Curtis Granderson 12. Ichiro Suzuki Round 5 1. Brian Roberts 2. Dan Haren 3. Jonathan Papelbon 4. Jacoby Ellsbury 5. Álex Ríos 6. Jake Peavy 7. Magglio Ordóñez 8. Joe Nathan 9. Roy Oswalt 10. Cliff Lee 11. Shane Victorino 12. Francisco Liriano
I probably would have taken Holliday but that doesn't mean it is the right thing. Your team looks just fine and if you are more comfortable with A-Ram then I'd say it was the right move. If I don't get Wright in the 1st round I've been ending up with Atkins a lot in my mocks.
Not bad....whatever misgivings you have about reaching for Ramirez should be softened by the fact that you got Peavy in the 5th round in a 12 team league. That is good value.
1. (6) Grady Sizemore OF 2. (19) Alfonso Soriano OF 3. (30) Aramis Ramírez 3B 4. (43) Adrián González 1B 5. (54) Jake Peavy SP 6. (67) Dan Uggla 2B 7. (78) Víctor Martínez C,1B 8. (91) Josh Beckett SP 9. (102) Yovani Gallardo SP 10. (115) Ricky Nolasco SP 11. (126) Mike Aviles 2B,SS 12. (139) Nelson Cruz OF 13. (150) Erik Bedard SP 14. (163) Matt Capps RP 15. (174) Chris Carpenter SP 16. (187) Brad Ziegler RP 17. (198) Jason Giambi 1B 18. (211) Chris Pérez RP 19. (222) Travis Hafner Util 20. (235) Coco Crisp OF 21. (246) Dan Wheeler RP 22. (259) Eric Byrnes OF 23. (270) Adam LaRoche 1B
Analysis: Definitely a reach on Uggla but since it's an OPS league, I felt comfortable taking him there. The next two 2B baseman to be drafted were Cano, who's not bad and Figgins, an OPS killer. Both of my utility spots are taken by below avg players, but definitely working on trades and keeping my eye on the WW for early picks, so that I can drop T-Hafner, Giambi, and Coco depending how hot/cold they start off the season.
Factor in parks and lineups, and you can expect a slight drop from Holliday - mainly Rs and AVG. So you left some SBs out there, but overall, similar numbers by year's end and you got a 3B.
Add to that A-Gon in the 4th round and Peavy in the 5th, and you did all right.