The East normally a decent division is pretty weak overall. Brent learning the league jumped right in and Matt is a very aggressive owner. Usually good for excitement both good and bad.. Doyel plays things safe and well I try to find a balance between risk/reward.
Toledo Mudhens
New team manager Brent was greeted warmly by Renner and Adrian. Proceeding to introducing him to the contract issues really fast. People thought I was a shark. These guys were able to successfully move players expiring or dead contracts pretty cheap. Rich the former owner did a good job putting his team in a position to make playoffs. Yet after some questionable deals and some bad picks he will have work to do. Toledo took Posey first and that was a good pick but a costly one giving up 2 firsts. From there it went downhill. A good amount of risk early will prove costly. Revere was expensive given his lack of anything other then SB. I liked Perez in round 5. Should be a keeper and slide Posey to 1B or DH. Still as the dust settles the team will need to get some power bats. He will have a solid BA and decent runs and very good SB. Yet RBI and HR's and BB will be an issue. Pitching wise it won't be horrible. Led by Gio and Kershaw should keep the ERA/WHIP in check. Soriano good closer but Rondon a reach. His MR guys are very solid producers or ERA/WHIP and K's but not big holds guys. Overall Brent had a playoff shot going into draft but as of right now I think they will be consolidation.
Ovideo Knights
I don't think I need to discuss my draft again. Read my post draft report on my guys. Basically I did what I needed to going into draft and during draft. I have a balanced team with decent speed but not to much and a lot of power. I have solid BA guys and should once again be near top of the league for offense. Pitcher wise I went with guys on the verge of breakouts. They won't be household names but should produce. Iwakuma and Ogando and Milone and Hammel. All took steps forward. Decent holds guys but that can be on the WW. My issue will be the consistancey of closers and how well the new guys can perform. As the season wears so do they. I don't think without question I should make playoffs with this team. Then again I could get major injury bug and end everything.
Atlantic Surge
Matt is active and isn't afraid to take a chance on the guys he likes to breakout but sometimes when you do thata you get burned. Reaching far above their possible production usually ends up on losses. He took Jackson and Middlebrooks round 1. While I think Jackson is a solid pick. Middlebrooks was early. Cespedes who was there might have been a better pick as he has shown more. Doesn't mean Middlebrooks won't produce just means the risk is more. I don't like Tori in round 3. He's getting up there and he's at the age when the wheels come off fast. After that it got sketchy. Morneau downside lots of risk. Lucroy expensive catcher in round 5. Weeks in round 7 no job. Marte was ok but early. Brantley starting? Not one player last year in his offense hit 20HR's. Not one in his lineup stole 20 bases. Not going to lead a lot of offensive weeks. Look for him to be near bottom almost every stats except BA which should be ok. SP Harvey keeps progessing he will have a solid keeper. PGrienke in a nice location and should also do well. After that lots of questions. Floyd and Worley and Pelfrey? Cashner? 1 Closer and a bunch of closers in waiting. In the end look for Surge to hold one of the lottery spots. Keys will be for them moving players early for better contracts. This team should be one of the first to put up a firesale.
Dallas Redbirds
Safe Doyel didn't make many moves before draft. His man trade bait guys were ones that are questionable. Still when you compare rest of the division he is in much better shape. Doyel is built around speed again but he added a better pen. Draft was pretty vanilla. Solid picks but nothing that will surprise on the upside. Pedoria was a the best pick at his 1st. Bourn might have been the best available in round 2 but one thing Doyel has always failed to do is draft best for his team. He should have used that pick on some power. Somebody to put up 30HR's. Would have given his team more balance. Round 3 took Rosairo. While he has the power nobody knows how he will perform in his 2nd year. Lots riding here especially since hes one of his main power guys. Rounds 4 and 5 guys like Seager and Victrino and Pagan. They most likely have shown you their best. Limit the upside but also the downside. Then he drafted the upper elcheon RP from last year. Givng him a solid pen. I see the offense in the top 8 while his staff has questions with Hughes and Lynn and Hellickson. His pen should save a lot of those starts. Overall this team will be in hunt most of the year but if he stays on course with past won't make the changes he needs at trade deadline to give him a solid push to win it all. Yet a playoff appearance is a good possibility.
Right now I have the East
Knights
Redbirds
Mudhens
Surge
Team management plays a big part of final rankings. Also schedule. Since the league is broken up into 4 divisions and 2 wildcards having to play 2 weaker teams 6 times will help Doyel and myself. The ability to trade and pick up areas that are weak will help change outcome. Though the only spots I expect to see are the top 2. If Doyel finds some power without hurting other stats he could push to win division.
8 comments:
Interesting posts all week, thanks for posting.
Glad to see you have come to your senses and admit that Hellickson is a question mark.
Mike is still down playing my Draft. Despite it being one of the best. You also keep referring to your "steals" in last year's draft. Failing to mention it was possibly our most loaded draft since we started the league.
Doyel you don't draft what your teams needs are for all 12 stats. You are a robot and pick highest value according to whoever. Taking a guy like Bourn when you have steals isn't going to help your HR and RBI areas. Last years draft was deep but that didnt help you in rounds 10+. You have to find solid guys who out produce those areas. That's the steals I found. Peavy in round 13 and getting early round return is a steal. Altuve round 14 and getting early round return. Without those finds I would not have made playoffs last year. Edwin was one of the best 3B last year and I used a 7th rounder. While nobody has a crystal ball finding those gems can be had if you look at some stats from the year before. Edwin is a good example because he showed 2nd half of 2011 that was 290 and 11HR. The first half was 255 and 6HR. I didn't expect the year he had but I did expect breakout. Now take a look at Morse and Morales 2nd halfs last year. Both had huge halfs. Will it mean they continue? Who knows but if I was looking for a sign that would be my closest thing.
Nothing to hate Doyel you haven't proven anything yet. Why would I hate somebody whos done nothing but lose every year? That's your answer for me calling you out. If I am wrong explain.
Not sure the Bourn pick was out of order but a guy like Viciedo would have made more sense than Pagan considering Reyes, Ellsbury, Bourn are going to lock down steals on their own most weeks. Adding Pagan just added more speed and you can't carry over stats week to week. Viciedos 80-25-80 would be a lot more valuable than Pagans 90-8-55 with 30 completely unneeded steals. When Mike said you didn't draft according to your team that's what he means. Pagan was a good pick for the round but not really for your team.
Don't sound logical Larry. You will just confuse Doyel.
The bset prat of tihs psot was whehn Ryneldos sisd he dnid't need to tlak aoubt his darft aymrnoe. The upside is this post is still readable.
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