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Blind Squirrel

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

On the day of the draft, one of the worst picks of the day (excluding Gottsegen’s entire draft of course: “Byrnes is the poor man’s Sizemore!”) was when Bleak picked Adrian Gonzalez in the first round. Seriously? A Padre? A first baseman that we all thought would be there 5 rounds later? And you won […]

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Tags: First Round · HareBrained Drafting Methods · House Rules · How To Be Last After The First Round · Ian Snell · Players Actually Drafted · Remember 06 · Someone actually made a good move · consulting charts

The First Round?

February 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments

These are the best players available, in the order I remember them:
Carlos Beltran, Carlos Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Derek Jeter, Josh Beckett, C.C. Sabathia, Eric Bedard, Joe Mauer, Brian McCann, Ryan Zimmerman, Curtis Granderson, Travis Hafner
That’s a lucky 13.
Any others? Rios, maybe? Carlos Pena?

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Tags: A lot of these players should have been kept · First Round