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…)