Now that I'm done drafting, here's MY CHEAT SHEET

[j_d_mcnugent]

thanks for the list. while i use a position ranking for draft day i also think overall lists are very valuable. they give you an idea of how far of a gap is between #3 2b and the #4 2b and allow you to compare players of different positions.

[SoxFanPJ]

Thanks for the list Swarmee, always nice to see how others are valueing players

[swarmee]

Thanks for the list Swarmee, always nice to see how others are valueing players

No problem, I found that of the auto-drafts I've done with this list, I've gotten solid infielders and outfielders, weaker catchers, strong relief pitchers, and one solid SP per team. Most people value the average starting pitchers more than I do, but I find it's easier to trade a mid-tier closer for a mid-tier starter than the other way around. I also tend to get all those middle relievers at the end of my list, since most default lists have them in the undrafted range of players.
So it looks like this could be user with some tweaking for those guys that want to do the LIMA plan with straight drafts.

[BigLebowski]

LOL..We did the cafe rankings by position and everyone wanted us to put them in an overall list. Swarmee comes in here, and does an overall list and everyone complains that it isn't by position. Tough crowd.

Thanks for the work of positing your lists here Swarmee. Nothing seems too far out of wack, but I do feel confident I'll beat you in both leagues were are in together this season. j/k

[demoflauchy]

Did anyone break his list down by position?

[swoosh3esq]

I am a fan of having an overall list and a position list. Thanks for sharing

[swarmee]

Thanks! And *bump*

[AcidRock23]

Nice list. I'd agree w/ the targeting midlevel starters. Except for Prior, ALL of the top starters are either old or have had surgery too recently for my tastes.

Re drafting, I think that more than position lists, you need to be cognisant of where the dropoffs are as far as the guys AND the stats, filtered for injuries, off season weight adjustments/ drug use, team/ ballpark factors and all of that. It doesn't matter which good infielder you have but generally, it doesn't hurt to have one. Similarly, it doesn't matter which closer you have but you will need one of those too. Part of figuring that out is to look at both position lists AND overall lists. My favorite kind of list is an annotated one w/ comments re the selections but the only overall list I saw w/ a lot of that had some questionable rankings and estimates on performance. Still fun though!!!

[Zen Boy]

so who did you end up with on your team? If you drafted live, how closely did you stick to drafting off the top of your sheet?

[swarmee]

so who did you end up with on your team? If you drafted live, how closely did you stick to drafting off the top of your sheet?

Here's some of my teams:
P Dotel, Octavio (P) HOU 6 4 87 97 .97 2.48
P Borowski, Joe (P) CHN 2 33 68.33 66 1.05 2.63
P Looper, Braden (P) NYN 6 28 80.67 56 1.38 3.68
P Hoffman, Trevor (P) SD 0 0 9 11 1.11 2.00
P Perez, Odalis (P) LA 12 0 185.33 141 1.28 4.52
P MacDougal, Mike (P) KC 3 27 64 57 1.50 4.08
P Gordon, Tom (P) NYA 7 12 74 91 1.19 3.16
P Hasegawa, Shigetoshi (P) SEA 2 16 73 32 1.10 1.48
P Lidge, Brad (P) HOU 6 1 85 97 1.20 3.60
P Bench Contreras, Jose (P) NYA 7 0 71 72 1.16 3.30
P Bench Chacon, Shawn (P) COL 11 0 137 93 1.33 4.60
P Bench Williams, Woody (P) STL 18 0 220.67 153 1.25 3.88
P Bench Myers, Brett (P) PHI 14 0 193 143 1.46 4.43
C Lopez, Javy (C) BAL 457 89 43 109 0 .328
C Estrada, Johnny (C) ATL 36 2 0 2 0 .306
1B Teixeira, Mark (1B,3B,1B/3B,OF) TEX 529 66 26 84 1 .259
2B Soriano, Alfonso (2B,2B/SS) TEX 682 114 38 91 35 .290
3B Lowell, Mike (3B,1B/3B) FLA 492 76 32 105 3 .276
SS Tejada, Miguel (SS,2B/SS) BAL 636 98 27 106 10 .278
1B/3B Castilla, Vinny (3B,1B/3B) COL 542 65 22 76 1 .277
2B/SS Boone, Bret (2B,2B/SS) SEA 622 111 35 117 16 .294
OF Ramirez, Manny (OF) BOS 569 117 37 104 3 .325
OF Wilson, Preston (OF) COL 600 94 36 141 14 .282
OF Encarnacion, Juan (OF) LA 601 80 19 94 19 .270
OF Kearns, Austin (OF) CIN 292 39 15 58 5 .264
OF Griffey Jr., Ken (OF) CIN 166 34 13 26 1 .247
Bench Bench Cabrera, Miguel (3B,1B/3B,OF) FLA 314 39 12 62 0 .268

I did pick up Contreras off waivers after the draft. This was an auto-pick, where I had the 10th overall pick, and somehow got Soriano.