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Expert Drafts

March 06, 2008

10 Team Expert Mock Draft Review

Tonight, I participated in a 10 team expert mock draft with some fellow fantasy bloggers.  Here's a link to a spreadsheet with everyone's teams & projections.  My team is listed here, with round selected in brackets:

C: Victor Martinez [4]
C: Joe Mauer [7]
1B: Todd Helton [9]
2B: Chase Utley [1]
3B: Alex Gordon [16]
SS: Derek Jeter [5]
OF: Vladimir Guerrero [3]
OF: Hunter Pence [6]
OF: Matt Kemp [12]
OF: Justin Upton [17]
OF: Willy Taveras [18]
CI: Josh Fields [19]
MI: Khalil Greene [20]
UT: David Ortiz [2]

P: John Smoltz [8]
P: Tim Lincecum [10]
P: Greg Maddux [21]
P: Hiroki Kuroda [22]
P: Billy Wagner [11]
P: Huston Street [13]
P: Matt Capps [14]
P: Rafael Soriano [15]
P: Bob Howry [23]

The projected standings:
Expertmockdraft

With the projections I used entering the draft, I'd win first place by a tad over 10 points.  Of course, I'm sure some of them could say the same thing as they probably used different projections than I did.  Regardless, I executed my plan pretty well.  A few notes on my strategy for this:

  • The catchers are a bit of a luxury, I admit.  Martinez was my target for the 4th; when Mauer was there in the 7th, I couldn't pass it up.
  • The corner infielders are pretty much what I'm shooting for.  Helton should be solid, and Gordon & Fields provide multi category production with tons of upside.
  • The middle infielders were a product of a conscious decision I made to place more emphasis on the position.  In most of my mock drafts, I come out with mediocre MIs; I made it a point to do better in this draft with Utley & Jeter.  I took Greene when I already had a substantial lead in AVG, and knew I could benefit more from HRs than AVG.
  • I like the outfield, for the most part.  Vlad in the 3rd was a steal, IMO.  Pence and Kemp are solid 5 cat guys, Upton has immense upside, and Taveras helped me to inflate somewhat mediocre SB numbers.  I don't particularly care for taking players like Taveras, but it made sense at that point in the draft.
  • My starters aren't exactly the greatest, I know.  Smoltz & Lincecum are a great 1 & 2, but I could have done better than Maddux and Kuroda.
  • That's a nice relief core.  I found them to be the best value at that point in the draft, and made a run at closers with four of my five picks from 11-15.  If this were a real league, I'd probably use the surplus to address my SP deficiency.

Thoughts/suggestions?