So we had our draft yesterday. It’s a standard 4x4 league. $260 on 23 players. 14 position players and 9 pitchers. 6 in the minors. 12 teams in the NL-only league. Simple enough, right?
I think my team is pretty strong. But I wouldn’t mind hearing some opinions.
Here goes:
C Ben Petrick, COL $10
C Greg Zaun, HOU $1
1B Richie Sexson, MIL $17
2B Marcus Giles, ATL $5
3B Sean Burroughs, SD $5
SS Alex Gonzalez, CHC $12
MI Jose Vidro, MON $15
CI Jeff Bagwell, HOU $34
OF Bobby Abreu, PHI $32
OF Bubba Trammell, SD $2
OF Juan Pierre, COL $10
OF Preston Wilson, FLA $15
OF Lance Berkman, HOU $15
UT Ramon Vazquez, SD $5
P AJ Burnett, FLA $5
P Jamey Wright, MIL $6
P Roy Oswalt, HOU $5
P Tim Redding, HOU $5 (now demoted to AAA, dang it)
P Brandon Duckworth, PHI $5
P John Smoltz, ATL $5
P Nick Neugebauer, MIL $5
P Javier Vazquez, MON $28
P Mike DeJean, MIL $10
Minors:
P Mark Prior CHC
P Dennis Tankersley SD
OF Jason Lane HOU
1B Ben Broussard CIN
2B Bobby Hill CHC
OF Austin Kearns CIN
So…
Thoughts?
Just some random thoughts.
Your pitching is alright, low on saves.
You’re sort of screwed at catcher, neither Petrick or Zaun is gonna be a full-timer this year. And you overpaid for Petrick. You also overpaid for Preston Wilson, but Pierre for $10 was a steal. Oh, 4x4. Less of a steal. Berkman was stolen at $15 too IMHO. Burroughs at 3B is a risk, and compounds your lack of power on offense. Sexson, Bags and Berkman (and possibly Abreu) are your only 30+ homer guys. Wellll, my experience with NL/AL only leagues is limited. Your team looks pretty good.
Maybe a little low on wins. Your ace (Vasquez), while being great for K’s, ERA, and WHIP, has no shot to win more than 15, being in Montreal. I forget which pitching category gets eliminated for 4x4 (in my experience 5x5 is standard), but it’s not Ks, right? If it is, I think you overpaid for Vasquez.
Trammell should be good for $2, and it escapes me how you got Smoltz for only $5. If he plays all year he’ll be good for 40+ saves. Burnett and Oswalt are also good values for $5.
All in all, pretty good. I’m not qualified to speak authoritatively on NL-only 4x4 though. How come you aren’t playing in the SDMB league on Yahoo?