My breakdown of our teams

[bobflipaburger]

Jeters Never Prosper

1. (1) Albert Pujols (StL - 1B)
2. (20) Ryan Zimmerman (Was - 3B)
3. (21) Matt Kemp (LAD - OF)
4. (40) Shin-Soo Choo (Cle - OF)
5. (41) Andrew McCutchen (Pit - OF)
6. (60) Jay Bruce (Cin - OF)
7. (61) Álex Ríos (CWS - OF)
8. (80) Neftali Feliz (Tex - RP)
9. (81) Mat Latos (SD - SP)
10. (100) Jonathan Papelbon (Bos - RP)
11. (101) Dan Haren (LAA - SP)
12. (120) Aaron Hill (Tor - 2B)
13. (121) Wandy Rodríguez (Hou - SP)
14. (140) Ian Desmond (Was - SS)
15. (141) Miguel Montero (Ari - C)
16. (160) Jonathan Sánchez (SF - SP)
17. (161) Brandon Lyon (Hou - RP)
18. (180) Edinson Vólquez (Cin - SP)
19. (181) Bobby Abreu (LAA - OF)
20. (200) Grady Sizemore (Cle - OF)
21. (201) Adam LaRoche (Was - 1B)
22. (220) Jake McGee (TB - RP)
23. (221) Ian Kennedy (Ari - SP)


Hitters: Very good, lots of players that will deliver in multiple categories. And great depth.
Starting pitching: average at best depending on how Latos performs, I personally don't think he'll be as god this season.
Relief Pitching: Great.


Tacoma Aroma

1. (2) Hanley Ramírez (Fla - SS)
2. (19) Mark Teixeira (NYY - 1B)
3. (22) Félix Hernández (Sea - SP)
4. (39) Jason Heyward (Atl - OF)
5. (42) Ichiro Suzuki (Sea - OF)
6. (59) Hunter Pence (Hou - OF)
7. (62) Michael Young (Tex - 3B)
8. (79) Tommy Hanson (Atl - SP)
9. (82) Aramis Ramírez (ChC - 3B)
10. (99) Heath Bell (SD - RP)
11. (102) Colby Rasmus (StL - OF)
12. (119) Ben Zobrist (TB - 1B,2B,OF)
13. (122) Brandon Morrow (Tor - SP)
14. (139) Chris Pérez (Cle - RP)
15. (142) Drew Storen (Was - RP)
16. (159) Joel Hanrahan (Pit - RP)
17. (162) Ricky Nolasco (Fla - SP)
18. (179) John Buck (Fla - C)
19. (182) Carlos Lee (Hou - 1B,OF)
20. (199) Howie Kendrick (LAA - 1B,2B)
21. (202) Travis Snider (Tor - OF)
22. (219) Jorge De La Rosa (Col - SP)
23. (222) Jaime García (StL - SP)


Hitters: Good. Counting on some guys to bounce back or break out, not a ton of power. Average depth.
Starting Pitching: hard to tell. below average to above average. Again, there's a few potential guys here. Felix is the only sure thing, not a bad rotation.
Relief Pitching: Very good.

Ted's Frozen Head's

1. (3) Troy Tulowitzki (Col - SS)
2. (18) Prince Fielder (Mil - 1B)
3. (23) Josh Hamilton (Tex - OF)
4. (38) Ian Kinsler (Tex - 2B)
5. (43) Justin Upton (Ari - OF)
6. (58) Andre Ethier (LAD - OF)
7. (63) Justin Morneau (Min - 1B)
8. (78) David Price (TB - SP)
9. (83) Shane Victorino (Phi - OF)
10. (98) Jered Weaver (LAA - SP)
11. (103) Pedro Alvarez (Pit - 3B)
12. (118) Chad Billingsley (LAD - SP)
13. (123) José Valverde (Det - RP)
14. (138) Huston Street (Col - RP)
15. (143) Brad Lidge (Phi - RP)
16. (158) Madison Bumgarner (SF - SP)
17. (163) John Danks (CWS - SP)
18. (178) John Jaso (TB - C)
19. (183) Gordon Beckham (CWS - 2B)
20. (198) Jason Bay (NYM - OF)
21. (203) Carlos Beltrán (NYM - OF)
22. (218) Yunel Escobar (Tor - SS)
23. (223) Ike Davis (NYM - 1B)

Hitters: Nice mix of potential and proven players. Stolen bases will be an issue and not great depth.
Starting Pitchers: Very good, the Rays bullpen is going to cost Price some wins this year. But good depth makes up for that.
Relief Pitchers: Great. 3 very solid closers.


Pumped Up Kicks

1. (4) Joe Mauer (Min - C)
2. (17) Buster Posey (SF - C,1B)
3. (24) Matt Wieters (Bal - C)
4. (37) Brian McCann (Atl - C)
5. (44) Chone Figgins (Sea - 2B)
6. (57) Martín Prado (Atl - 2B,3B)
7. (64) Rafael Furcal (LAD - SS)
8. (77) Yovani Gallardo (Mil - SP)
9. (84) Matt Cain (SF - SP)
10. (97) Roy Oswalt (Phi - SP)
11. (104) Chris Carpenter (StL - SP)
12. (117) Jacoby Ellsbury (Bos - OF)
13. (124) Curtis Granderson (NYY - OF)
14. (137) Adam Lind (Tor - 1B,OF)
15. (144) Ted Lilly (LAD - SP)
16. (157) Josh Beckett (Bos - SP)
17. (164) Frank Francisco (Tor - RP)
18. (177) Jeremy Hellickson (TB - SP,RP)
19. (184) Freddie Freeman (Atl - 1B)
20. (197) Ángel Pagán (NYM - OF)
21. (204) Rajai Davis (Tor - OF)
22. (217) Brian Matusz (Bal - SP)
23. (224) David Freese (StL - 3B)

Hitters: Poor. Tons of stolen bases, I would reccomend shopping a couple of your catchers. No need to have 4 of them.
Starting Pitchers: Solid all around, but...
Relief Pitchers: Very poor. Potentially ZERO closers.

Oscar Meyer Wieter

1. (5) Evan Longoria (TB - 3B)
2. (16) Ryan Howard (Phi - 1B)
3. (25) Matt Holliday (StL - OF)
4. (36) Dustin Pedroia (Bos - 2B)
5. (45) Clayton Kershaw (LAD - SP)
6. (56) Rickie Weeks (Mil - 2B)
7. (65) Billy Butler (KC - 1B)
8. (76) Carlos Mármol (ChC - RP)
9. (85) Chris Young (Ari - OF)
10. (96) Mike Stanton (Fla - OF)
11. (105) Elvis Andrus (Tex - SS)
12. (116) Brett Anderson (Oak - SP)
13. (125) Gio González (Oak - SP)
14. (136) Andrew Bailey (Oak - RP)
15. (145) Matt Thornton (CWS - RP)
16. (156) Hiroki Kuroda (LAD - SP)
17. (165) Colby Lewis (Tex - SP)
18. (176) Jorge Posada (NYY - C)
19. (185) Jose Tabata (Pit - OF)
20. (196) Ian Stewart (Col - 3B)
21. (205) Denard Span (Min - OF)
22. (216) Derrek Lee (Bal - 1B) [dropped for Russell Martin]
23. (225) Ryan Raburn (Det - 2B,OF)

Hitters: VERY good lineup, not a ton of stolen bases. But this is one of the better lineups in the league.
Starting Pitchers: Very good, solid up and down. Still mad about having Gonzalez and Anderson getting picked 2 picks in front of me.
Relief Pitchers: Great, 3 very good closers.

Seattle Bulldogs

1. (6) Robinson Canó (NYY - 2B)
2. (15) Roy Halladay (Phi - SP)
3. (26) CC Sabathia (NYY - SP)
4. (35) Víctor Martínez (Det - C,1B)
5. (46) Josh Johnson (Fla - SP)
6. (55) Derek Jeter (NYY - SS)
7. (66) Justin Verlander (Det - SP)
8. (75) Brian Wilson (SF - RP)
9. (86) Pablo Sandoval (SF - 1B,3B)
10. (95) Nick Swisher (NYY - OF)
11. (106) Vladimir Guerrero (Bal - OF)
12. (115) Plácido Polanco (Phi - 2B,3B)
13. (126) John Axford (Mil - RP)
14. (135) Vernon Wells (LAA - OF)
15. (146) Ryan Franklin (StL - RP)
16. (155) Brett Gardner (NYY - OF)
17. (166) Joe Nathan (Min - RP)
18. (175) Michael Cuddyer (Min - 1B,3B,OF)
19. (186) Rafael Soriano (NYY - RP)
20. (195) Nyjer Morgan (Mil - OF)
21. (206) Clayton Richard (SD - SP)
22. (215) Cliff Pennington (Oak - SS)
23. (226) Brett Cecil (Tor - SP)

Hitters: below average. Severe lack of power, I know you're a yankee fan but you reached for your boy Cano in the first round. Guerrero was a very good pick up though.
Starting Pitchers: GREAT, Maybe best rotation in the league.
Relief Pitchers: Great, tons of depth. I'd recomend shopping a couple of these guys for some power.


This is WAR!

1. (7) Miguel Cabrera (Det - 1B)
2. (14) Álex Rodríguez (NYY - 3B)
3. (27) Adam Dunn (CWS - 1B)
4. (34) Dan Uggla (Atl - 2B)
5. (47) José Bautista (Tor - 3B,OF)
6. (54) Ubaldo Jiménez (Col - SP)
7. (67) Alexei Ramírez (CWS - SS)
8. (74) Carlos Santana (Cle - C)
9. (87) B.J. Upton (TB - OF)
10. (94) Francisco Liriano (Min - SP)
11. (107) Max Scherzer (Det - SP)
12. (114) Mark Reynolds (Bal - 3B)
13. (127) Jonathan Broxton (LAD - RP)
14. (134) Stephen Strasburg (Was - SP)[dropped for JJ Hardy]
15. (147) Phil Hughes (NYY - SP)
16. (154) Juan Pierre (CWS - OF)
17. (167) Jordan Zimmermann (Was - SP)
18. (174) Carlos Quentin (CWS - OF)
19. (187) Brandon League (Sea - RP)
20. (194) Michael Bourn (Hou - OF)
21. (207) Brett Myers (Hou - SP)
22. (214) Fernando Rodney (LAA - RP)
23. (227) Johnny Cueto (Cin - SP)

Hitters: Great, tons of power and speed.
Starting Pitchers: Very good, all solid contributers.
Relief pitchers: Decent, 2 solid closers and one that might only be temporary.


Pac West

1. (8) Carlos González (Col - OF)
2. (13) Adrián González (Bos - 1B)
3. (28) Tim Lincecum (SF - SP)
4. (33) Cliff Lee (Phi - SP)
5. (48) Adrián Béltre (Tex - 3B)
6. (53) Mariano Rivera (NYY - RP)
7. (68) Stephen Drew (Ari - SS)
8. (73) Kelly Johnson (Ari - 2B)
9. (88) Corey Hart (Mil - OF)
10. (93) Mike Napoli (Tex - C,1B)
11. (108) Francisco Rodríguez (NYM - RP)
12. (113) Nick Markakis (Bal - OF)
13. (128) Ryan Dempster (ChC - SP)
14. (133) Ricky Romero (Tor - SP)
15. (148) David Ortiz (Bos - Util)
16. (153) Tim Hudson (Atl - SP)
17. (168) Aubrey Huff (SF - 1B,OF)
18. (173) Jhoulys Chacin (Col - SP,RP) [dropped for Michael Pineda]
19. (188) Torii Hunter (LAA - OF)
20. (193) Carlos Peña (ChC - 1B)
21. (208) David Aardsma (Sea - RP)
22. (213) Andrés Torres (SF - OF)
23. (228) Luke Scott (Bal - 1B,OF)

I'm going to have to call BS on this being your first draft ... lol

Hitters: Great, lots of power and depth.
Starting Pitchers: Great, if Seattle Bulldogs' rotation isn't the best than this one is.
Relief Pitchers: VERY good, only 2 relievers but they are really good ones.


Sonics com'n BACK

1. (9) Joey Votto (Cin - 1B)
2. (12) Carl Crawford (Bos - OF)
3. (29) Jon Lester (Bos - SP)
4. (32) Nelson Cruz (Tex - OF)
5. (49) Chase Utley (Phi - 2B)
6. (52) Zack Greinke (Mil - SP)
7. (69) Jayson Werth (Was - OF)
8. (72) Starlin Castro (ChC - SS)
9. (89) Casey McGehee (Mil - 3B)
10. (92) Geovany Soto (ChC - C)
11. (109) Paul Konerko (CWS - 1B)
12. (112) Clay Buchholz (Bos - SP)
13. (129) Aroldis Chapman (Cin - RP)
14. (132) Francisco Cordero (Cin - RP)
15. (149) Adam Jones (Bal - OF)
16. (152) Carlos Zambrano (ChC - SP,RP) [dropped for Kevin Gregg]
17. (169) Austin Jackson (Det - OF)
18. (172) C.J. Wilson (Tex - SP)
19. (189) Trevor Cahill (Oak - SP)
20. (192) Manny Ramírez (TB - OF)
21. (209) Marlon Byrd (ChC - OF)
22. (212) Asdrubal Cabrera (Cle - SS) [dropped for Juan Uribe]
23. (229) Jake Peavy (CWS - SP)

Hitters: VERY good, would be great if Utley were healthy.
Starting Pitchers: Very good, but lots of injury concerns.
Relief Pitchers: Below average, one closer. Reached WAY too far for Chapman.

Mariner Maidens

1. (10) Ryan Braun (Mil - OF)
2. (11) David Wright (NYM - 3B)
3. (30) Kevin Youkilis (Bos - 1B)
4. (31) José Reyes (NYM - SS)
5. (50) Brandon Phillips (Cin - 2B)
6. (51) Jimmy Rollins (Phi - SS)
7. (70) Drew Stubbs (Cin - OF)
8. (71) Cole Hamels (Phi - SP)
9. (90) Kendrys Morales (LAA - 1B)
10. (91) Joakim Soria (KC - RP)
11. (110) Delmon Young (Min - OF)
12. (111) Shaun Marcum (Mil - SP)
13. (130) J.J. Putz (Ari - RP)
14. (131) Daniel Hudson (Ari - SP)
15. (150) Craig Kimbrel (Atl - RP)
16. (151) Leo Núñez (Fla - RP)
17. (170) Matt Garza (ChC - SP)
18. (171) Kurt Suzuki (Oak - C)
19. (190) Neil Walker (Pit - 2B,3B)
20. (191) Brian Roberts (Bal - 2B)
21. (210) Jason Kubel (Min - OF)
22. (211) Alfonso Soriano (ChC - OF)
23. (230) Mike Aviles (KC - 2B,SS)

Hitters: Good, some injury concerns not a ton of power. But solid players with good depth.
Starting Pitchers: Below Average. Only 4 starters, albeit they are fairly effective ones.
Relief Pitchers: Great. A surplus of closers, but I'd recommend trading for some power.



I see these 6 teams making the playoffs:
This is WAR!
Sonics com'n back
Oscar Meyer Wieter
PacWest
Ted's Frozen Heads
Seattle Bulldogs

 

[PacWest]

Nice breakdown Bob, thanks for your time and effort on it.

It definitely was my first and only MLB draft ever. I have been doing Fantasy Drafts in NFL for about 10 years, so I just used cheat sheets and default rankings to help me make my decisions.

That is quite a compliment though that you like my team and couldn't believe it was my first MLB draft.

Hopefully I will do well in the day-to-day activities since that is also brand new to me.

Good luck to everyone who is playing!!

 

[Seattlehawk94]

Thanks for the breakdown Flip! Pretty happy that I preranked since I wasn't at the draft, like ALL our Fantasy league draftsin both football and baseball....LOL.....Kinda avoided the draft because even though o was around that day for a change the autodraft worked so well in our FFL for me I thought I'd continue the karma...

I personally think Beckham is the steal of this draft, think he's going to be a solid player....

 

[bobflipaburger]

I was going to target him, but I had Uggla.

 

[Seattlehawk94]

Actually fixed my team with a couple of tweaks..Still no speed but plenty of power and BA...Love my pitching though...

 

[bobflipaburger]

I have so much power its ridiculous lol.

 

[tonos253]

I was there for half the draft, i am tacoma aroma. i don't know as much about baseball as you guys but do you think there is any valuable free agents available to perk up my team??

 

[bobflipaburger]

Your team is hard to read. You were the last team I eliminated from the playoffs, if you go after anything I'd go after some starting pitching. But right now just wait and see how it goes.

 

[tonos253]

ok cool thanks

 

[Seattlehawk94]

Shit, there is still some good SPs out there...Snagged Arroyo in F/A so there is still some diamonds in the rough out there...

 

[Hawk096]

Very nice breakdown Flip! Sorry I've been without internet again this past few weeks, but should be back again... hopefully everything is fixed with the internet! Been a hassle!

 

[Idahawk]

Flip no team breakdowns this year ????

 

[bobflipaburger]

Thought about it, but I guess I was too lazy to do it.

 

[Idahawk]

LOL its cool .