Early Mock...What Went Wrong?

[NoItsIowa]

So, it's really early, and I didn't prepare at all. I didn't expect much, but when I look at this team, I don't get excited. What do you think?

4th pick
5 x 5
10 teams
All starters, no bench

C - Miguel Montero (15)
C - Ryan Doumit (21)
1B - Adrian Gonzalez (2)
2B - Jose Lopez (12)
3B - Kevin Youkilis (4)
SS - J.J. Hardy (17)
OF - Ryan Braun (1)
OF - Justin Upton (3)
OF - Alfonso Soriano (6)
OF - Carlos Lee (7)
OF - Josh Willingham - (14)
MI - Jhonny Peralta (19)
CI - Billy Butler (8)
U - Adam LaRoche (20)

P - Johan Santana (5)
P - Josh Johnson (9)
P - Cole Hamels (10)
P - Heath Bell (11)
P - Ubaldo Jiminez (13)
P - Ted Lilly (16)
P - Brad Lidge (18)
P - Matt Thornton (22)
P - Phil Hughes (23)

[chargerss24]

I didn't get excited with your results as well. Normally when I draft, I usually stay away from pitchers until around the 10th round or so. Bats tend to yield better results than pitchers I think and tend to be more reliable than pitchers. Case in point, you got a No. 1 in Hamels in the 10th round and Jiminez in the 13th. That's a good 1-2 punch right there. You could have saved the No. 5 and No. 9 for improvements at the SS and OF positions. Hopefully you'll get a bit more excited with your next mock draft.

Please help with my team?

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[pjalst]

Just scanning the results briefly , I think Youkilis(4), Johan SAntana(5) and Josh Willingham(14) went too high in those positions.

[dave knight]

Just scanning the results briefly , I think Youkilis(4), Johan SAntana(5) and Josh Willingham(14) went too high in those positions.

I agree with this. Also, Soriano was a slight overdraft to me. I think reaching for pitchers there, as well as one dimensional players like Willingham, was the issue. I'm also more of a cheap saves advocate (Lyon/Qualls/etc) than paying for Bell when you still have other holes to fill, as well.

Help:

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[fast dogs]

I might not have taken AG there but its hard to argue much with that 1. Someone has to take Soriano but it won't be me & it certainly won't be in the first 60 players.