Comments on: Top 20 1st Basemen for 2009 Fantasy Baseball

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:23:31 +0000

@BigFatHippo: I'd like to add three more exclamation marks on that. Seriously, pitchers and catchers report already.

By: BigFatHippo

BigFatHippo — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:11:07 +0000

@Grey: @Steve: All this mocking is driving me nuts, bring on baseball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Two weeks before we see another football game, months before baseball starts, I'm left with one option...........Baseball movies. Watched Field of Dreams for the fifteenth time tonight, gonna watch Major League tomorrow night. Again! How about Grey and Rudy's top ten baseball movie list between now and March?

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:52:29 +0000

Sorry – meant to preface my original comment with “I know every draft is different, but… ”
You and Martin1 have almost covered it for me though.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:48:35 +0000

@Steve: It's really about your team as you draft it. If there's a 1st basemen run and Atkins is staring at you in the 5th, you might have to reach. I wouldn't recommend it, but it's a draft to draft situation. Atkins shouldn't really be drafted before the 6th round or after the 9th, but you never know.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:29:33 +0000

@Grey: You actually kinda started to cover it with Martin. Pretty much anyone on the list outside the top tier I guess.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:24:38 +0000

@Steve: Which guys? Guys not listed? Like Konerko? Or the guys right after the top 20, like C. Guile? The top 20 list takes you to about 175 to 200 overall.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:17:29 +0000

Any thought given to noting where you expect these guys to be drafted? The ones outside the overall top 20 I mean.

By: sean

sean — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:53:47 +0000

@rudy: i was trying to give a hypo where the players i selected would be good enough to convince you that i coudn’t/didn’t take a 1B yet… I try to establish power corners early, but this example isn’t out of the possibilities, especially if you get in a spot where you take Reyes and then a guy like Utley is available second round…

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:40:17 +0000

@sean: You're in a tough spot. I don't like going 6 rounds w/o a 1B or any pitchers (though I love McLouth in the 6th round). I'd hold off for a round or two on 1B and start grabbing SPs. I like Delgado and D-Lee better than Chris Davis at this point though Davis can move to 3B when Chipper inevitably would get hurt...Plus, you've got Dunn and Pena still on the board so you're not going to get shut out.

By: sean

sean — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:02:36 +0000

OK, so it’s the seventh round on draft day and I haven’t been able to get a quality 1B yet. Problem is that everyone through Davis, save for Delgado, has been taken….

Team looks like
Reyes
Utley
Markakis
Rios
Chipper
McLouth

Do I stack the OF and go for a Dunn type since I’ve missed out on a power 1B? Do I look to pick up power from a scarce position like MI/C?

I would think Dunn+CJack/Loney > Huff/Delgado+(usual suspect 4th OF — Milton Bradley perhaps…)

By: Tony Y

Tony Y — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:40:59 +0000

@Grey: President of the Hair Club for men???

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:28:49 +0000

@martin1: First off, I changed your name to Martin1, so to not confuse you with the other Martin. If you want a different commenting name, go for it. Votto in the 6th round is early, but you need to draft the team that is going to win. If you don't have a 1st baseman or a Corner guy by the 6th round then it's a move you may want to do. 1st base/Corner is a key spot, you should reach for one of these guys more so than say a catcher or a MI.

By: martin1

martin1 — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:06:34 +0000

looks like someone else already uses martin, lol

By: martin1

martin1 — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:05:08 +0000

1B is odd this year. youk isn’t appealing if he reverts back to his old power #’s. outside of your top 8 who will all be off the board in round 5, I don’t feel very comfortable with any of those guys.

when do you start to consider drafting votto or davis? is there a problem with taking votto/davis in the 6th/7th? If you miss out on them here and have yet to draft a 1B, you could be in real trouble.

if 6th/7th is way too early, what hitters do you consider taking around that area? (can you trust mclouth? chris young? pence? etc)

(i’ve been having some trouble drafting and sorting out 5th-8th round so far)

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:41:40 +0000

@Tony Y: Votto is indeed going up, but Lee is probably going horizontal. Also, it's going to be hard for him to win the presidency in '09.

By: Tony Y

Tony Y — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:37:39 +0000

Unicorns aside… You rank Votto and Derek Lee side by side. I’ve gotten into discussion about people taking LEE before Votto multiple times. Votto’s going up, Lee’s going down? I take Votto EVERY TIME and probably a round or TWO after LEE?

Yet somehow I keep getting ‘tude when i mention it in a mock, well at least from ONE donkey i do…. Votto for president in 09

By: Sal Rosenberg

Sal Rosenberg — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:30:25 +0000

I find that Colgate uses the unicorns who make the tastiest “toothpaste.” They must feed them asparagus or something. Mmmmm.

By: Scott Williams

Scott Williams — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:06:52 +0000

DUDE….how am I supposed to brush my teeth now. All I’ll think about is Unicorns and that’s SO wrong.

By: IowaCubs

IowaCubs — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:58:36 +0000

@Grey: I guess I'm just concerned that I'd have to reach in to the 6th round to grab Votto. I rarely consider taking Delgado. I usually try and draft a top 5 1B in the first two rounds.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:41:42 +0000

@Eric W: Doughy bagel is not sweeping the US like I first imagined when me and my focus group came up with the phrase. re: Huff -- I wouldn't be loving Huff anywhere. @IowaCubs: @IowaCubs: I'd be slightly worried about Delgado's fly ball rate dropping last year. If he hits 28 home runs and a .255 average, it's a lot different than 38 home runs and .270.

By: big o

big o — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:09:17 +0000

some concessions have been made , iowa.
certain capital letters.
and to appease that mustachioed guy , an attempt
to place periods (.) closer to the last written word.
further compromises have been made ,
but attempts to eliminate the use of the word “i” ,
altogether , sometimes fail.
apologies to those offended.

am reminded , by some writers , of alfalfa (spanky’s friend …”our gang”) gargling in front of a mirror , and singing
“me me me me , me me “.
(perhaps that is not spelled correctly)

By: IowaCubs

IowaCubs — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:26:18 +0000

I love how this article is all “HEY GOOGLE, LOOK AT ME” and such.

@big o: Agree with you that Mockers are reaching for Votto and Davis, too. I started to feel that way when I noticed Delgado starting to fall to the 11th after he was being drafted as early as the 6th-7th round in November.

i love your
writing style,
big o.
i
feel like i’m
reading
an ee cummings
poem

By: big o

big o — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:58:16 +0000

mock drafters are , perhaps , the dregs of fantasy baseball society .
recent mocks have davis and votto (mostly in that order) going in rounds 6 – 8 , and always within a few picks of each other . both picks qualify as “reaches” in relation to current ADP .

the 2nd Razzball Slow Mock Draft can be accessed in the forum .
this may very well be the last one of the pre-season .
some spots still available .
choose your draft position soon .
draft starts 1/24 @ 9pm

By: Eric W

Eric W — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:45:26 +0000

still pushing the “doughy bagel” hard I see
In a shallow 3b pool you got to love youk huff and Davis third base eligibility