Expert League Draft Grades : Fantasy Baseball Geeks 5 of 11
Here is 5 of 11 draft grades handed out for 2008:
Fantasy Baseball Geeks
Sean Sultaire had a great pick at #2 and opened the draft with an outstanding pick in Jose Reyes and forced my hand with taking Hanley Ramirez. He followed up that pick with a balanced attack taking 2 outfielders Carlos Lee and BJ Upton with Upton qualifying at 2B/OF.
His infield is impressive with Adrain Gonzalez, BJ Upton, Jose Reyes, Garrett Atkins, and JR Towles. There are no real holes and a great mixture of power, speed, and average. Gonzalez and Atkins have some risk associated with them, but they should produce great for Sean's team regardless. Backing up his infield is a great assortment of veterans and young players like Casey Kotchman, Orlando Hudson, and Troy Glaus.
Over in the outfield he looks very strong as well with Carlos Lee, Delmon Young, Jeremy Hermida, Willy Mo Pena, Justin Upton, and don't forget BJ Upton should come into play as an outfielder. His depth in the outfield could be considered very week with allot of risky players like Justin Upton, Willy Mo Pena, and even Delmon Young. I figured he rolled the dice and filled his outfield with young players ready to break out, and he did a great job. We are very high on Hermida, and Willy Mo Pena will have a full season as a starter under his belt, so big things could happen. He has tremendous power and solid speed in his outfield, but average could take a dip. Overall, a nice outfield.
On the pitching front he will have some problems, drafted a class of starting pitchers that should hold up its own. He does lead his rotation with Oswalt, Bonderman and Wainwright three very solid starters, but then follows with Phil Hughes and Jon Lester. We are high on both these youngsters, but so far that is 4 risky pitchers and Bonderman. If Roy Oswalt performs like he did a few years ago he could have a very tough starting rotation. His depth is incredible at starting pitching with Yovani Gallardo, Randy Johnson, and Rich Hill to plug in as well. His bullpen is where he will have problems and weakness. He has only two closers, but very good ones in Billy Wagner and Francisco Rodriguez. After that its just Pat Neshek.
Projected average weekly scoring -
HR - 11
RBI - 9
RUN - 9
SB - 8
AVG - 6
W - 7
SO - 7
SV - 4
ERA - 4
WHIP - 4
Total Score: 69
OVERALL DRAFT GRADE: A-
Up Next, RC of Junkyard Jake!
Fantasy Baseball Geeks
Sean Sultaire had a great pick at #2 and opened the draft with an outstanding pick in Jose Reyes and forced my hand with taking Hanley Ramirez. He followed up that pick with a balanced attack taking 2 outfielders Carlos Lee and BJ Upton with Upton qualifying at 2B/OF.
His infield is impressive with Adrain Gonzalez, BJ Upton, Jose Reyes, Garrett Atkins, and JR Towles. There are no real holes and a great mixture of power, speed, and average. Gonzalez and Atkins have some risk associated with them, but they should produce great for Sean's team regardless. Backing up his infield is a great assortment of veterans and young players like Casey Kotchman, Orlando Hudson, and Troy Glaus.
Over in the outfield he looks very strong as well with Carlos Lee, Delmon Young, Jeremy Hermida, Willy Mo Pena, Justin Upton, and don't forget BJ Upton should come into play as an outfielder. His depth in the outfield could be considered very week with allot of risky players like Justin Upton, Willy Mo Pena, and even Delmon Young. I figured he rolled the dice and filled his outfield with young players ready to break out, and he did a great job. We are very high on Hermida, and Willy Mo Pena will have a full season as a starter under his belt, so big things could happen. He has tremendous power and solid speed in his outfield, but average could take a dip. Overall, a nice outfield.
On the pitching front he will have some problems, drafted a class of starting pitchers that should hold up its own. He does lead his rotation with Oswalt, Bonderman and Wainwright three very solid starters, but then follows with Phil Hughes and Jon Lester. We are high on both these youngsters, but so far that is 4 risky pitchers and Bonderman. If Roy Oswalt performs like he did a few years ago he could have a very tough starting rotation. His depth is incredible at starting pitching with Yovani Gallardo, Randy Johnson, and Rich Hill to plug in as well. His bullpen is where he will have problems and weakness. He has only two closers, but very good ones in Billy Wagner and Francisco Rodriguez. After that its just Pat Neshek.
Projected average weekly scoring -
HR - 11
RBI - 9
RUN - 9
SB - 8
AVG - 6
W - 7
SO - 7
SV - 4
ERA - 4
WHIP - 4
Total Score: 69
OVERALL DRAFT GRADE: A-
Up Next, RC of Junkyard Jake!
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