18 team Dice League draft,
Dynasty League style. We draft once every two years and players must have 30g, 100ab, or 25ip to be eligible for the draft.
Ryan Howard is going first, that's pretty much a given. The team that's there payed a big price to get him. Things can change, but I fully expect he'll be taken first.
The second slot is where things get interesting. It's one of my teams that has been a perennial doormat. They still have no chance of being comptetitive on this set of cards, so they are really building for 2008 and beyond. The choices are Delmon Young, Stephen Drew, and Brian McCann. There's no need to take a pitcher even though that is this teams biggest weakness.
Here's how my ratings shake out;
Player, Upside, Future Value, Value of Card
Delmon Young, 135.2, 10.0, 37
Stephen Drew, 133.7, 9.5, 76
Brian McCann, 375.7, 9.0, 109
Upside is directly from
PECOTA . Future Value is my rating based on many factors, the biggest being age, ceiling, and how well a player translates to the league. Value of Card is sort of a VORP for my league. For comparison, Pujols and Mauer rate at 121 for the best in the league.
The team's roster looks like this;
C-Mike Lieberthal, Toby Hall, Robert Fick
SS-Jose Hernandez
OF-Milton Bradley, Juan Encarnacion, Robert Fick, Jose Hernandez, Geoff Jenkins, Austin Kearns, Grady Sizemore, Matt Stairs.
There are plenty of other shortstops available, so it's not like they'll be stuck with Hernandez as a starter.
I think a strong case can be made for any of the three. Convince me [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]