The Rule 4 draft (or the MLB 1st year player draft) - Fantasy Baseball Cafe 2013 Fantasy Baseball Cafe


Fantasy Baseball Cafe Forums

No spittin', no swearin', no instigatin'...

Skip to content

Return to Baseball Leftovers

The Rule 4 draft (or the MLB 1st year player draft)

Moderator: Baseball Moderators

Tweet this topic

The Rule 4 draft (or the MLB 1st year player draft)

Postby thedude » Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:51 pm

Bryce Harper went first (no real doubt about this). Any thoughts on the steals or busts? Who will make an impact in the near future? Who needs to be grabbed quick in deep keeper leagues?
"I do not think baseball of today is any better than it was 30 years ago... I still think Radbourne is the greatest of the pitchers." John Sullivan 1914-Old athletes never change.
thedude
Hall of Fame Hero
Hall of Fame Hero

User avatar
CafeholicPick 3 Weekly Winner
Posts: 8406
(Past Year: 182)
Joined: 18 Dec 2004
Bases this season: 319
Home Cafe: Baseball
Location: The Good Life
Top

Re: The Rule 4 draft (or the MLB 1st year player draft)

Postby Neato Torpedo » Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:53 pm

Harper will Delmon
Image

Rocinante2: you know
Rocinante2: its easy to dismiss the orioles as a bad team
ofanrex: go on
Rocinante2: i'm done
Rocinante2: lmao

Play Brushback Baseball! (we need more people)
Neato Torpedo
Hall of Fame Hero
Hall of Fame Hero

User avatar
EditorCafeholicFantasy ExpertCafe WriterCafe RankerWeb Supporter
Posts: 8618
Joined: 4 Mar 2007
Bases this season: 77
Home Cafe: Baseball
Location: we don't burn gasoline, we burn our dreams
Top

Re: The Rule 4 draft (or the MLB 1st year player draft)

Postby thedude » Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:57 pm

Astros take Delino DeShields, Jr....

Bold prediction: he will actually be better than Pedro Martinez, Jr.
"I do not think baseball of today is any better than it was 30 years ago... I still think Radbourne is the greatest of the pitchers." John Sullivan 1914-Old athletes never change.
thedude
Hall of Fame Hero
Hall of Fame Hero

User avatar
CafeholicPick 3 Weekly Winner
Posts: 8406
(Past Year: 182)
Joined: 18 Dec 2004
Bases this season: 319
Home Cafe: Baseball
Location: The Good Life
Top

Re: The Rule 4 draft (or the MLB 1st year player draft)

Postby ensanimal » Mon Jun 07, 2010 8:28 pm

What happens if Strasburg is pitching in a Spring Training practice and Harper is batting? Even worse, if they room together?
ensanimal
Moderator
Moderator

User avatar
CafeholicFantasy ExpertMock(ing) DrafterEagle EyeHockey ModPick 3 Weekly WinnerLucky Ladders Weekly Winner
Posts: 10496
(Past Year: 419)
Joined: 14 Dec 2003
Bases this season: 2,220
Home Cafe: Baseball
Location: Tim Horton's
Top

Re: The Rule 4 draft (or the MLB 1st year player draft)

Postby thedude » Mon Jun 07, 2010 8:38 pm

ensanimal wrote:Even worse, if they room together?


Image
"I do not think baseball of today is any better than it was 30 years ago... I still think Radbourne is the greatest of the pitchers." John Sullivan 1914-Old athletes never change.
thedude
Hall of Fame Hero
Hall of Fame Hero

User avatar
CafeholicPick 3 Weekly Winner
Posts: 8406
(Past Year: 182)
Joined: 18 Dec 2004
Bases this season: 319
Home Cafe: Baseball
Location: The Good Life
Top

Re: The Rule 4 draft (or the MLB 1st year player draft)

Postby Neato Torpedo » Mon Jun 07, 2010 8:41 pm

ensanimal wrote:What happens if Strasburg is pitching in a Spring Training practice and Harper is batting?

Same thing that happens when Adam Eaton faces Yuniesky Betancourt. The result is both a home run and a weak groundout to second until it's observed and recorded on a scoresheet.

This phenomenon is known as Schroedinger's at-bat.
Image

Rocinante2: you know
Rocinante2: its easy to dismiss the orioles as a bad team
ofanrex: go on
Rocinante2: i'm done
Rocinante2: lmao

Play Brushback Baseball! (we need more people)
Neato Torpedo
Hall of Fame Hero
Hall of Fame Hero

User avatar
EditorCafeholicFantasy ExpertCafe WriterCafe RankerWeb Supporter
Posts: 8618
Joined: 4 Mar 2007
Bases this season: 77
Home Cafe: Baseball
Location: we don't burn gasoline, we burn our dreams
Top

Re: The Rule 4 draft (or the MLB 1st year player draft)

Postby ensanimal » Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:15 pm

thedude wrote:
ensanimal wrote:Even worse, if they room together?


Image



I'm just not sure 2 generational talents can survive in close confines without consequences to the planet.
ensanimal
Moderator
Moderator

User avatar
CafeholicFantasy ExpertMock(ing) DrafterEagle EyeHockey ModPick 3 Weekly WinnerLucky Ladders Weekly Winner
Posts: 10496
(Past Year: 419)
Joined: 14 Dec 2003
Bases this season: 2,220
Home Cafe: Baseball
Location: Tim Horton's
Top

Re: The Rule 4 draft (or the MLB 1st year player draft)

Postby thedude » Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:42 pm

Kieth Law wrote:Reactions I'm getting to Cubs pick [Hayden Simpson]: "Not a priority guy for us" ... "Not in our top 200" ... "Rounds 2-3"


Kieth Law wrote: I haven't heard anyone mention Simposon as a potential first-rounder this entire spring -- one club I know had him in the 4th-5th rounds -- and I can't imagine he wouldn't have made it to day two had the Cubs not taken him.


http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/blog?name=mlb_draft&id=5262493

Baseball America wrote:Simpson, our No. 191 prospect on our Top 200...Still, many scouts had Simpson in as a middle reliever. We knew this was a volatile first round, but we didn't think Simpson could go No. 17 overall.


http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=2324
:-b
"I do not think baseball of today is any better than it was 30 years ago... I still think Radbourne is the greatest of the pitchers." John Sullivan 1914-Old athletes never change.
thedude
Hall of Fame Hero
Hall of Fame Hero

User avatar
CafeholicPick 3 Weekly Winner
Posts: 8406
(Past Year: 182)
Joined: 18 Dec 2004
Bases this season: 319
Home Cafe: Baseball
Location: The Good Life
Top

Re: The Rule 4 draft (or the MLB 1st year player draft)

Postby AussieDodger » Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:49 pm

How the hells did Michael Choice fall to us?
Because the Mets and Astros were in front of us? (Probably) :-b :-b
Image
AussieDodger
Hall of Fame Hero
Hall of Fame Hero

User avatar
CafeholicCafe WriterEagle Eye
Posts: 11334
(Past Year: 425)
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Bases this season: 507
Home Cafe: Baseball
Location: What do you mean, Flash Gordon approaching?
Top

Re: The Rule 4 draft (or the MLB 1st year player draft)

Postby Padsin05 » Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:52 pm

AussieDodger wrote:How the hells did Michael Choice fall to us?
Because the Mets and Astros were in front of us? (Probably) :-b :-b


no doubt, I was torn between Choice and Whitson, but with us going OF/OF (last yr) that profile similar to Choice, I think Whitson was the right decision.

the guy who really shocked me was Castellenos (sp) I saw some mocks had him going 8th to Astros
Padsin05
Major League Manager
Major League Manager


Posts: 1527
(Past Year: 124)
Joined: 3 Jun 2005
Bases this season: 284
Home Cafe: Baseball
Top
Next
Tweet this topic

Return to Baseball Leftovers

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: absensell, apz, axshou1u, Element, Google Adsense [Bot], Isogspousty, SpecialFNK, xcutter and 17 guests

Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group
Forums Articles & Tips Sleepers Rankings Leagues


Today's Games
Wednesday, Jun. 19
(All times are EST, weather icons show forecast for game time)

• LA Dodgers at NY Yankees
(1:05 pm)
• Baltimore at Detroit
(1:08 pm)
• Miami at Arizona
(3:40 pm)
• San Diego at San Francisco
(3:45 pm)
• Kansas City at Cleveland
(7:05 pm)
• LA Dodgers at NY Yankees
(7:05 pm)
• Washington at Philadelphia
(7:05 pm)
• Colorado at Toronto
(7:07 pm)
• Pittsburgh at Cincinnati
(7:10 pm)
• Tampa Bay at Boston
(7:10 pm)
• NY Mets at Atlanta
(7:10 pm)
• Oakland at Texas
(8:05 pm)
• Milwaukee at Houston
(8:10 pm)
• Chi White Sox at Minnesota
(8:10 pm)
• Chi Cubs at St. Louis
(8:15 pm)
• Seattle at LA Angels
(10:05 pm)
  • Fantasy Baseball
  • Article Submissions
  • Privacy Statement
  • Site Survey 
  • Contact