I was rather proud of my patience in not selecting a Royals player until the 16th round with Ryan Shealy (who I'm thinking is going to be a steal that late), but then I took 3 Royals in rounds 16-20. Each of them could be a solid contributor, the only real risk I feel I'm taking is with Zach Greinke, but I'm predicting stud status for him. Of course, I'm predicting that for all of the Royals players, I should probably take off my blue-tinted glasses.
I had two disappointments during the draft. The first was not getting Alex Gordon, but he ended up going in the 13th round, I was going to grab him in the 15th if he was still there. The other frustrating moment was in the 20th round, I was primed to take Anibal Sanchez, the kid who threw the only no-hitter last year, and I was pumped that he had slipped through the cracks for so long. But of course, the guy with the pick immediately before mine took him, much to my chagrin. I panicked, and ended up getting Greinke the round before I was planning. No worries, though. I like my team very much, I just need to look for some more pitchers, I'm kind of thin there.
My Official Steal of the Draft: Kevin "Greek God of Walks" Youkilis in the 19th round.
My Official Stretch of the Draft: Joel Zumaya in the 11th round... he's good, but he's a set-up man, which usually means no W's or Saves.
Here's the complete draft for my team, The Red Scare Royals
Round (overall) Name Position
1. | (2) | Carlos Beltran | OF |
2. | (27) | Justin Morneau | 1B |
3. | (30) | Matt Holliday | OF |
4. | (55) | Dan Uggla | 2B |
5. | (58) | Felipe Lopez | SS |
6. | (83) | Jered Weaver | SP |
7. | (86) | Justin Verlander | SP |
8. | (111) | Eric Chavez | 3B |
9. | (114) | Stephen Drew | SS |
10. | (139) | Rich Harden | SP |
11. | (142) | Joel Zumaya | RP |
12. | (167) | Paul Lo Duca | C |
13. | (170) | Johnny Estrada | C |
14. | (195) | Jorge Cantu | 2B |
15. | (198) | Akinori Otsuka | RP |
16. | (223) | Ryan Shealy | 1B |
17. | (226) | Mark Teahen | 3B |
18. | (251) | Zach Duke | SP |
19. | (254) | Kevin Youkilis | 1B,3B,OF |
20. | (279) | Zack Greinke | RP |
21. | (282) | Jeremy Hermida | OF |
3 comments:
Hooray for you - you got Everyone's Favorite (Gay) Canadian, Justin Morneau! Just be careful, he might be checking out you and the other guys in the locker room. But I think you might be safe, because as far as Bill and I can tell Justin Morneau only goes for guys who wear eye makeup.
you forgot to draft a closer
damn, I totally forgot that the Rangers got Gagne. Eh, I'll pick someone up.
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