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April 01, 2005

2005 BBFL Fantasy League Draft

On March 31, the 20 owners of the BBFL held their annual draft. In 2003, I finished fourth in the regular season and won the playoff championship. Last year, I finished eighth in the standings and ninth in the playoffs.

Owners keep five players from the 2004 rosters but may not hold them for more than three seasons. Scoring is 6x6 (AVG, OBP, SLG, R, RBI, SB // IP, W, SV, ERA, WHIP, K/BB), and owners who think in terms of typical 5x5 leagues would tend to overrate players like Alfonso Soriano (low OBP) and Kerry Wood (tons of striekouts but an unexceptional K/BB ratio).

My draft:

Pos Player Round Pick
2B J. Kent
keeper
x
OF A. Rowand
keeper
x
RP F. Cordero
keeper
x
SP P. Martínez
keeper
x
1B D. Ortiz
keeper
x
SP J. Lieber
6
13
1B/OF B. Wilkerson
7
27
OF M. Bradley
8
53
SP J. Weaver
9
67
OF R. Hidalgo
10
93
3B M. Ensberg
11
107
SP J. Thomson
12
133
OF E. Byrnes
13
147
C/3B B. Inge
14
173
P J. Suppan
15
187
SS J. Bartlett
16
213
RP B. Donnelly
17
227
RP K. Gregg
18
253
SS O. Vizquel
19
267
1B/3B C. Tracy
20
293
OF J. González
21
307
P A. Reyes
22
333
P S. Trachsel
23
347
1B/2B/3B M. Lamb
24
373
P L. Carter
25
387
Pos Player Round Pick
C/3B B. Inge
14
173
1B D. Ortiz
keeper
x
2B J. Kent
keeper
x
3B M. Ensberg
11
107
SS J. Bartlett
16
213
CI B. Wilkerson
7
27
MI O. Vizquel
19
267
OF A. Rowand
keeper
x
OF M. Bradley
8
53
OF R. Hidalgo
10
93
OF E. Byrnes
13
147
UT C. Tracy
20
293
UT M. Lamb
24
373
SP P. Martínez
keeper
x
SP J. Lieber
6
13
SP J. Weaver
9
67
SP J. Thomson
12
133
RP F. Cordero
keeper
x
RP B. Donnelly
17
227
RP K. Gregg
18
253
P J. Suppan
15
187
P A. Reyes
22
333
P L. Carter
25
387
Bench/DL J. González
21
307
Bench/DL S. Trachsel
23
347

I did not mean to draft Lieber first. I had him ranked at the top of my list, thanks to his off-the-chart K/BB ratio, but I'd planned to get a hitter. Still, I'm not overly disappointed. As with the Ranger Bordie draft, I went heavy on outfielders early. I intended to ignore most middle relievers but ended up with four anyway. Trachsel was a flat-out mistake; I hit the wrong button. Nevertheless, I can stick him on the DL and pick up someone else, as is the case with my intentional choice of the injured Juan Gonzalez in the 20th round.

Posted by Lucas at April 1, 2005 12:31 PM