Who's The Pick?

bowens · #1 03-03-2006, 07:31 PM

I have the first pick in my fantasy baseball draft. I'm curious as to whom the forum thinks should go first. Is A-Rod the no-brainer pick? Anyone for Pujols? Others? Sell me on your guy!

pryor15 · #2 03-03-2006, 07:39 PM

your first pick isn't nearly as important as your next 10. flip a coin and focus on those.

bowens · #3 03-03-2006, 07:49 PM

Of course. It's virtually impossible to make a "bad" pick at the top. It is the middle of our draft that makes or breaks a team. We also use a pass system for a supplemental draft in July, which makes for interesting strategy. Still curious as to whom folks would take first though.

pryor15 · #4 03-03-2006, 07:51 PM

honestly, i'd trade down

bowens · #5 03-03-2006, 07:54 PM

If I could, I probably would. I would much rather be at the end of the first round. (12 teams) No trading picks, though. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

SharkTank43 · #6 03-03-2006, 08:11 PM

If you are going to keep the pick, I say take A-Rod, though you can't really go wrong taking Pujols.

mostsmooth · #7 03-03-2006, 08:16 PM

a-rod is a no brainer

el capitan · #8 03-03-2006, 11:36 PM

Mark McGwire

crockpot · #9 03-04-2006, 04:39 AM

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your first pick isn't nearly as important as your next 10. flip a coin and focus on those.

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all ten of those picks combined, yes. each individually, no chance. if you're drafting starting hands in hold 'em, picking kings over aces with the first choice is a much bigger mistake than choosing 87s over JTs later on. this is an unfairly extreme example (a-rod vs. pujols is not kings vs. aces, but it could be QQ vs. JJ), but the talent dropoff between available players is always steepest at the top, and if you pick sub-optimally there it will take several rounds to get it back.

i take a-rod in a standard 5x5. basically the same fantasy value as pujols at a shallower position.

pryor15 · #10 03-04-2006, 05:01 AM

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your first pick isn't nearly as important as your next 10. flip a coin and focus on those.

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all ten of those picks combined, yes. each individually, no chance. if you're drafting starting hands in hold 'em, picking kings over aces with the first choice is a much bigger mistake than choosing 87s over JTs later on. this is an unfairly extreme example (a-rod vs. pujols is not kings vs. aces, but it could be QQ vs. JJ), but the talent dropoff between available players is always steepest at the top, and if you pick sub-optimally there it will take several rounds to get it back.

i take a-rod in a standard 5x5. basically the same fantasy value as pujols at a shallower position.

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i rather liken it to the "how do i extract an extra bet w/ quads?" threads. sure, it helps, but at the end of the day, you spend too much time worrying about it when you should be focusing on the later rounds.