KP Expert League Draft 2

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:42 am

We had our second KP Expert League draft of the year on Tuesday. For those interested I had the third pick and Greg picked eighth. The entire draft will be featured in our second issue but here's a look at the first few rounds to whet your appetites.

Here's the list of participants:

1. Tristan Cockcroft - ESPN.com

2. Perry Van Hook - FantasyBaseball.com

3. Myself

4. Mike Sheets RotoTimes.com

5. Scott Pianowski - FantasyGuru.com

6. Dave Hunter - TalentedMr.Roto.com

7. Roger Rotter - FoxSports.com

8. Greg

9. Mike Kosmoski - CreativeSports.com

10. Chris McDonnell - BigDawgBaseball.com

11. Chris Liss - RotoWire.com

12. Mike Kuchera - FantasyBaseballExpress.com

ROUND 1

1. Albert Pujols

2. Jose Reyes

3. Alex Rodriguez

4. Chase Utley

5. Carl Crawford

6. Ryan Howard

7. Alfonso Soriano

8. Johan Santana

9. David Ortiz

10. David Wright

11. Carlos Beltran

12. Miguel Cabrera

ROUND 2

13. Vladimir Guerrero

14. Joe Mauer

15. Lance Berkman

16. Derek Jeter

17. Carlos Lee

18. Travis Hafner

19. Ichiro Suzuki

20. Grady Sizemore

21. Mark Teixeira

22. Derrek Lee

23. Matt Holliday

24. Miguel Tejada

ROUND 3

25. Manny Ramirez

26. Aramis Ramirez

27. Jimmy Rollins

28. Jason Bay

29. Hanley Ramirez

30. Rafael Furcal

31. Justin Morneau

32. Vernon Wells

33. Bobby Abreu

34. Chris Carpenter

35. Chone Figgins

36. Carlos Zambrano

ROUND 4

37. Garret Atkins

38. Brian McCann

39. Victor Martinez

40. Juan Pierre

41. Michael Young

42. Andruw Jones

43. Roy Oswalt

44. Paul Konerko

45. Roy Halladay

46. Jermaine Dye

47. Brian Roberts

48. Jake Peavy

ROUND 5

49. Robinson Cano

50. Adam LaRoche

51. Brandon Webb

52. Carlos Guillen

53. Johnny Damon

54. Ryan Zimmerman

55. Felipe Lopez

56. Carlos Delgado

57. Richie Sexson

58. Joe Nathan

59. Prince Fielder

60. Francisco Rodriguez

[ February 01, 2007, 04:34 PM: Message edited by: Tom Kessenich ]

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:36 am

Interesting that Soriano fell that far - I don't think we have seen that before - and likely not too much in the future either.

eddiejag · Post by **eddiejag** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:38 am

Joe Mauer 14th pick ,thats insane.

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:45 am

who picked 11 ? two ugly picks there

Quahogs · Post by **Quahogs** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:46 am

suzuki before sizemore ? ugh

Q

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Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:54 am

Originally posted by eddiejag:

Joe Mauer 14th pick ,thats insane. Eddie I agree - the Soriano and Mauer picks were Very surprising to me. I had argued with myself (good news is that I won) about whether to take Reyes or Soriano at 1.02 - and I was amazed he kept falling.

The Mauer pick was way at the other end of the draft, but I was still surprised.

More reasons they should just call these events "Industry Drafts"

BTW I was told that Sportsline is now calling the ones they did "Analysts' Drafts"

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:59 am

Here are mine and Greg's teams for you guys to chew apart.

MINE

C-Jorge Posada

C-Paul Lo Duca

1B-Derrek Lee

2B-Howie Kendrick

SS-Jimmy Rollins

3B-Alex Rodriguez

CI-Joe Crede

MI-Omar Vizquel

DH-Wilson Betemit

OF-Jermaine Dye

OF-Corey Patterson

OF-Magglio Ordonez

OF-Barry Bonds

OF-Austin Kearns

P-Brandon Webb

P-John Lackey

P-Jered Weaver

P-Derek Lowe

P-Josh Johnson

P-Bobby Jenks

P-Jason Isringhausen

P-David Weathers

GREG'S

C-Ramon Hernandez

C-Jason Kendall

1B-Carlos Delgado

2B-Rickie Weeks

SS-Michael Young

3B-Chipper Jones

CI-Nick Johnson

MI-Khalil Greene

DH-Conor Jackson

OF-Carlos Lee

OF-Vernon Wells

OF-Dave Roberts

OF-Gary Matthews Jr.

OF-Pat Burrell

P-Johan Santana

P-Jason Schmidt

P-Jose Contreras

P-Anibal Sanchez

P-Nate Robertson

P-Mariano Rivera

P-Eric Gagne

P-Octavio Dotel

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:03 am

Originally posted by Captain Hook:

quote:Originally posted by eddiejag:

Joe Mauer 14th pick ,thats insane. Eddie I agree - the Soriano and Mauer picks were Very surprising to me. I had argued with myself (good news is that I won) about whether to take Reyes or Soriano at 1.02 - and I was amazed he kept falling.

The Mauer pick was way at the other end of the draft, but I was still surprised.

More reasons they should just call these events "Industry Drafts"

BTW I was told that Sportsline is now calling the ones they did "Analysts' Drafts" [/QUOTE]Chris Liss of Rotowire.com took Mauer in the second round and Brian McCann in the fourth round. He obviously was going with a strategy there.

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:07 am

Here is my team as well

C - Kenji Johjima

C - Pudge Rodriguez

1B - Adam LaRoche

3B - Aramis Ramirez

CI - Edwin Encarnacion

2B - Brian Roberts

SS - Jose Reyes

MI - Ian Kinsler

OF - Matt Holliday

OF - Coco Crisp

OF - Mike Cameron

OF - Aubrey Huff

OF - Chris Young

UT - Alex Gordon

P - Scott Kazmir

P - Cole Hamels

P - Javier Vazquez

P - Ian Snell

P - Roger Clemens

P - Greg Maddux

P - J.J Putz

P - Joe Borowski

P - Keith Foulke

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:10 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by Captain Hook:

quote:Originally posted by eddiejag:

Joe Mauer 14th pick ,thats insane. Eddie I agree - the Soriano and Mauer picks were Very surprising to me. I had argued with myself (good news is that I won) about whether to take Reyes or Soriano at 1.02 - and I was amazed he kept falling.

The Mauer pick was way at the other end of the draft, but I was still surprised.

More reasons they should just call these events "Industry Drafts"

BTW I was told that Sportsline is now calling the ones they did "Analysts' Drafts" [/QUOTE]Chris Liss of Rotowire.com took Mauer in the second round and Brian McCann in the fourth round. He obviously was going with a strategy there. [/QUOTE]I have a name for that strategy, "losing"

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:13 am

funny how solid teams look in a 12-man draft - I've lost all perspective after all these years of NFBC

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:23 am

Originally posted by KJ Duke:

funny how solid teams look in a 12-man draft - I've lost all perspective after all these years of NFBC Maybe the other 10 teams suck and it's just me and Greg who have good teams.

EliGrimmett · Post by **EliGrimmett** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:24 am

I don't know, Perry's team looks pretty good!

Chest Rockwell · Post by **Chest Rockwell** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:24 am

Originally posted by KJ Duke:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by Captain Hook:

quote:Originally posted by eddiejag:

Joe Mauer 14th pick ,thats insane. Eddie I agree - the Soriano and Mauer picks were Very surprising to me. I had argued with myself (good news is that I won) about whether to take Reyes or Soriano at 1.02 - and I was amazed he kept falling.

The Mauer pick was way at the other end of the draft, but I was still surprised.

More reasons they should just call these events "Industry Drafts"

BTW I was told that Sportsline is now calling the ones they did "Analysts' Drafts" [/QUOTE]Chris Liss of Rotowire.com took Mauer in the second round and Brian McCann in the fourth round. He obviously was going with a strategy there. [/QUOTE]I have a name for that strategy, "losing" [/QUOTE]Losing a league and losing customers- that is terrible.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:25 am

Originally posted by EliGrimmett:

I don't know, Perry's team looks pretty good! Yup. That team looks good too. OK, my team, Greg's and Perry's are all good and the other nine suck.

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:34 am

tom - your lower-end SP and all your RP are sub-standard for a 12 team league. other than that, pretty good

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:39 am

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

tom - your lower-end SP and all your RP are sub-standard for a 12 team league. other than that, pretty good I'm happy with my Top 4 starters. Johnson's a flyer and Lee is a decent end-of-the-rotation starter. But both are guys who likely could be dropped. As for the relievers, I like Jenks a lot and if Izzy's healthy I'll be very happy there. Weathers was my second-to-last pick as the last closer on the board. I took him just to have a third closer to start the year but I agree he's hardly anything special. I'm not overly concerned about closers since they are so easy to find during the season.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:34 am

Two more rounds added to the first post in the thread.

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:56 am

With Greg's permission, I thought we might take a look at some of the other teams (Greg, Tom and mine already posted).

Let's start with one that got some rude comments - Chris Liss of Rotowire and his Stud Catcher Teams

drafting from the 1-11 spot in a 12 team, mixed, industry draft

1-11 Carlos Beltran

2-1 Joe Mauer

3-11 Chone Figgins

4-2 Brian McCann

5-11 Prince Fielder

6-2 Rocco Baldelli

7-11 Billy Wagner

8-2 Huston Street

9-11 Jeff Kent

10-2 Hank Blalock

11-11 Dontrelle Willis

12-2 Kelvin Escobar

13-11 Andy Pettitte

14-2 A.J. Burnett

15-11 Ted Lilly

16-2 Eric Chavez

17-11 Jhonny Peralta

18-2 Orlando Hudson

19-11 Craig Monroe

20-2 Curtis Granderson

21-11 Tim Hudson

22-2 Aaron Rowand

23-11 Jason Jennings

C - Mauer & McCann

1B - Fielder

3B - Blalock

CI - Figgins

2B - Kent

SS - Peralta

MI - O.Hudson

OF - Beltran, Baldelli, Monroe, Granderson, Rowand

UT - Chavez

SP - Willis, Escobar, Pettitte, Burnett, Lilly, T. Hudson, Jennings

RP - Wagner, Street