an hour till i leave for the draft

[daweasle]

any last minute advice?

and by the way - please - look over these outfielder rankings and tell me who I have way too high or too low.

(This takes into account keepers who are being kept and not available in the draft. Fairly deep 16 team league with 4+ OF so we get into the scrubs a little bit.)

Vladimir Guerrero
Vernon Wells
Garret Anderson
Brian Giles
Lance Berkman
Luis Gonzalez
Johnny Damon
Juan Pierre
Andruw Jones
Trot Nixon
Aaron Rowand
Preston Wilson
Geoff Jenkins
Mike Cameron
Randy Winn
Torii Hunter
Lew Ford
Richard Hidalgo
Reggie Sanders
Milton Bradley
Cliff Floyd
Jose Cruz Jr
Jermaine Dye
Steve Finley
jacque jones
kevin millar
Mark Kotsay
Shannon Stewart
Bernie Williams
Larry Walker
tike redman
Luis Matos
Matt Holliday
Craig Biggio
Carl Everett
Jeff DaVanon
raul ibanez
Alex Sanchez
jody gerut
Eric Byrnes
Ryan Klesko
Kevin Mench
Larry Bigbie
Austin Kearns
Juan Gonzalez
Bobby Kielty
Rocco Baldelli
Nick Swisher
Dave Roberts
Marquis Grissom
Juan Encarnacion
reed johnson
rondell white
Jayson Werth
danny bautista
Laynce Nix
matt stairs
Ryan Freel
Craig Monroe
d dejesus

[djacks]

Ranked too high:

Luis Gonzalez...(way to high for me)
Trot Nixon
Mike Cameron
Reggie Sanders


Ranked too low:

Mench
Kearns

I would also take Damon and Berkman before Giles...

[so0perspam]

Finley also deserves much more love .... he's a definite top 35 outfielder. Good luck!

[daweasle]

thanks guys

appreciate the inputs......and the good luck wishes - sucks to do it so early - BUT you gotta do it when everyone can get together you know.....

[Mookie4ever]

What is Berkman doing so high? He will not be ready for the begining of the season and should not be nearly that high.

Pierre, Hunter, Winn and Finley should be up a little and Anderson, Rowand and Cameron should be lower.

[so0perspam]

What is Berkman doing so high? He will not be ready for the begining of the season and should not be nearly that high.

Why shouldn't he be? I wouldn't particularly worried about him missing a lot of time. Remember Beltran missing a month in '03? Didn't hurt his numbers much ... he just ended up with 102 runs, 26 HR, 100 RBI, and 41 steals.

[Mookie4ever]

What is Berkman doing so high? He will not be ready for the begining of the season and should not be nearly that high.

Why shouldn't he be? I wouldn't particularly worried about him missing a lot of time. Remember Beltran missing a month in '03? Didn't hurt his numbers much ... he just ended up with 102 runs, 26 HR, 100 RBI, and 41 steals.

Berk has torn ACL and ligaments. His few SB will be gone and his average will be down as well. He is being replaced by Jason Lane who only need PT to thrive so there will be no need to rush Berk back. He will be fine by the end of the year but you better have a pretty good replacement for the first half of the season IMO.

He should not be ranked ahead of Gonzo, Pierre, Damon, Andruw, Winn or Hunter.

[so0perspam]

His few SB will be gone and his average will be down as well. He is being replaced by Jason Lane who only need PT to thrive so there will be no need to rush Berk back. He will be fine by the end of the year but you better have a pretty good replacement for the first half of the season IMO.

What are you talking about?? The Houston outfield depth chart right now is:
LF- Biggio, Orlando Palmeiro
CF- Lane, Orlando Palmeiro
RF- Orlando Palmeiro, Lance Berkman

Lane has absolutely nothing to do with when Berkman will come back .... they don't even play the same outfield position. And don't even start with Palmeiro either . All he was brought in to do this season was to be a 4th outfielder, and to back up all 3 outfield spots. Berkman will miss one month tops, and the baseball season spans 6-7 months. That's only around 15% of the season right there, which means your "you better have a pretty good replacement for the first half of the season" is wrong too, because 15% is nowhere near 50% last time I checked. Even if his BA does drop, it'll be to around .305 only, nothing more .... and noone drafts him for his 9 SB either, but they draft him for 100+ runs, 25+ HR, and 100+ RBI.

[SHOCKandAWE]

I hope you will post your team if you check back in. Let us know how you did