How would you have been out of line? I doubt Inge isnt still on the board, even given his position flexibility.
Of the catchers that remain I would go with Barrett, Lieberthal, then Pierzynski in order of who I like most. If any of those 3 get selected then I would pick from who is left until the next pick.
If no one gets a backup, then wait until the last round to select a C.
"Son we would like to keep you around here but were trying to win a pennant this year."
i won my 5x5 h2h 1st year keeper league w/out one last year.
i had mauer go down and said skrew it.
i focused on other hard to fill positions. in h2h if you have to take a crappy C, guys that hit 240,250,260 just is more damage than good. i just didnt fill the spot and filled it in my bench somewhere with a surprise stud at another position...
Lieberthal by far has the most upside on that list...and if its the last 5 rounds of your draft in a 12 team league he should definitely be taken immediately.
He put up good #'s on the road last year and struggled in Citizen Bank(crazy i know)....no way that repeats again this season, citizen bank is a homerun/run scoring haven...i expect lieberthal to top his 03 season #'s.
Last year, in my league draft, there was a run on catchers around round 7 or 8, which I thought was too early once you get past the top 3 or 4. I was going to grab one in the latter rounds when unexplainably to me, some teams took a second catcher, leaving me with practically no choice.
I wound up grabbing Craig Wilson in the last round simply to have a catcher on my roster. Before the season started, I traded Berkman for Posada (the oother owner also had Javy Lopez). When Posada got hurt, I picked up V-Mart on waivers and when he got hot and looked like the real deal, I wound up putting Posada in a package for A-Rod.
So, sometimes your best plans get blown up, but you get lucky.
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by daweasle » Sat Feb 19, 2005 3:34 am 
