I’ll be starting off the 1998 draft shortly; just thinking a bit more about my choice…

Going to also setup a cumulative list below that I will plan on updating (hopefully) after each round. It will have the round-pick, manager, player, season salary (cumulative salary):

1-1: mjkrunner, Greg Maddux $10,108,822 ($10,108,822)
1-2: jfranco77, Roger Clemens $9,168,793 ($9,168,793)
1-3: duhbigcat, Kevin Brown $9,675,157 ($9,675,157)
1-4: brianjw, Bernie Williams $7,577,299 ($7,577,299)

2-1: brianjw, Mark McGwire $11,429,851 ($19,007,150)
2-2: jfranco77, Chipper Jones $7,153,691 ($16,322,484)
2-3: duhbigcat, Curt Schilling $8,112,134 ($17,787,291)
2-4: mjkrunner, Mike Piazza $4,990,350 ($15,099,172)

3-1: mjkrunner, Larry Walker $6,522,991 ($21,622,163)
3-2: jfranco77, Al Leiter $6,304,993 ($22,627,477)
3-3: duhbigcat, Ivan Rodriguez $6,375,156 ($24,162,447)
3-4: brianjw, Jason Kendall $5,528,043 ($24,535,193)

4-1: mjkrunner, Pedro Martinez $7,527,703 ($29,149,866)
4-2: jfranco77, Barry Bonds $7,688,517 ($30,315,994)
4-3: duhbigcat, Randy Johnson $3,705,802 ($27,868,249)
4-4: brianjw, Ugueth Urbina $3,281,661 ($27,816,854)

5-1: brianjw, Trevor Hoffman $3,885,046 ($31,701,900)
5-2: duhbigcat, John Olerud $7,269,308 ($35,137,557)
5-3: mjkrunner, Robb Nen $4,019,076 ($33,168,942)
5-4: jfranco77, John Smoltz $5,435,659 ($35,751,653)

6-1: brianjw, Tom Gordon $3,676,932 ($35,378,832)
6-2: mjkrunner, Mike Jackson $2,599,551 ($35,768,493)
6-3: duhbigcat, David Wells $6,260,502 ($41,398,059)
6-4: jfranco77, Jose Offerman $5,665,185 ($41,416,838)

7-1: brianjw, Barry Larkin $5,422,318 ($40,801,150)
7-2: mjkrunner, Craig Biggio $7,309,988 ($43,078,481)
7-3: duhbigcat, Mike Mussina $5,836,292 ($47,234,351)
7-4: jfranco77, Mike Williams $2,031,003 ($43,447,841)

8-1: brianjw, Kerry Wood $5,044,622 ($45,845,772)
8-2: mjkrunner, Kenny Rogers $6,416,685 ($49,495,166)
8-3: jfranco77, Orlando Hernandez $4,152,807 ($47,600,648)
8-4: duhbigcat, Nomar Garciaparra $6,420,440 ($53,654,791)

9-1: brianjw, Steve Reed $2,238,709 ($48,084,481)
9-2: jfranco77, Albert Belle $7,656,143 ($55,256,791)
9-3: mjkrunner, Doug Brocail $2,441,450 ($51,936,616)
9-4: duhbigcat, Mariano Rivera $2,085,391 ($55,740,182)

10-1: brianjw, Brian Bohanon $2,634,885 ($50,719,366)
10-2: mjkrunner, Rondell White $4,504,094 ($56,440,710)
10-3: jfranco77, Omar Daal $4,208,481 ($59,465,272)
10-4: duhbigcat, Vladimir Guerrero $5,809,346 ($61,549,528)

11-1: brianjw, Ramon Martinez $3,021,061 ($53,740,427)
11-2: mjkrunner, Omar Vizquel $5,425,371 ($61,866,081)
11-3: jfranco77, Jim Leyritz $916,731 ($60,382,003)
11-4: duhbigcat, John Wetteland $2,279,800 ($63,829,328)

12-1: brianjw, Midre Cummings $813,613 ($54,554,040)
12-2: jfranco77, Ramiro Mendoza $3,169,615 ($63,551,618)
12-3: mjkrunner, Graeme Lloyd $1,478,179 ($63,344,260)
12-4: duhbigcat, Paul Byrd $1,602,480 ($65,431,808)

13-1: brianjw, Jeff Kent $5,439,469 ($59,993,509)
13-2: mjkrunner, Jeff Shaw $1,533,053 ($64,877,313)
13-3: jfranco77, Matt Mantei $1,990,744 ($65,542,362)
13-4: duhbigcat, Kerry Ligtenberg $2,549,448 ($67,981,256)

14-1: brianjw, Gil Heredia $1,017,020 ($61,010,529)
14-2: mjkrunner, Carl Everett $4,683,437 ($69,560,750)
14-3: jfranco77, Juan Acevedo $2,575,160 ($68,117,522)
14-4: duhbigcat, Chad Bradford $1,081,852 ($69,063,108)

15-1: brianjw, Ray Lankford $6,267,573 ($67,278,102)
15-2: jfranco77, Ken Griffey Jr. $8,286,686 ($76,404,208)
15-3: duhbigcat, Vinny Castilla $7,120,262 ($76,183,370)
15-4: mjkrunner, David Cone $5,702,201 ($75,262,951)

16-1: brianjw, Troy Percival $2,162,726 ($69,440,828)
16-2: mjkrunner, Bobby Abreu $4,751,211 ($80,014,162)
16-3: duhbigcat, Juan Gonzalez $6,039,892 ($82,223,262)
16-4: jfranco77, Bill Haselman $781,540 ($77,185,748)

17-1: brianjw, Sammy Sosa $7,745,303 ($77,186,131)
17-2: jfranco77, Jason Christensen $2,219,890 ($79,405,638)
17-3: mjkrunner, Jeff Reed $2,708,475 ($82,722,637)
17-4: duhbigcat, Gary Sheffield $3,678,976 ($85,902,238)

18-1: brianjw, Scott Elarton $1,773,625 ($78,959,756)
18-2: jfranco77, Matt Morris $2,782,269 ($82,187,907)
18-3: mjkrunner, Scott Rolen $7,703,147 ($90,425,784)
18-4: duhbigcat, Dan Plesac $1,440,935 ($87,343,173)

19-1: brianjw, Dave Berg $1,363,424 ($80,323,180)
19-2: jfranco77, Richie Sexson $1,302,645 ($83,490,552)
19-3: duhbigcat, David Weathers $1,132,279 ($88,475,452)
19-4: mjkrunner, C.J. Nitkowski $1,468,524 ($91,894,308)

20-1: brianjw, Kevin Sefcik $1,397,244 ($81,720,424)
20-2: jfranco77, Jim Thome $4,535,220 ($88,025,772)
20-3: duhbigcat, Tim Worrell $817,156 ($89,292,608)
20-4: mjkrunner, Todd Helton $4,594,969 ($96,489,277)

21-1: brianjw, Glenallen Hill $1,348,423 ($83,068,847)
21-2: jfranco77, Javy Lopez $4,638,724 ($92,664,496)
21-3: duhbigcat, Ray Durham $5,074,360 ($94,366,968)
21-4: mjkrunner, Greg Colbrunn $778,340 ($97,267,617)

22-1: brianjw, Bill Mueller $4,283,450 ($87,352,297)
22-2: jfranco77, Roberto Petagine $483,284 ($93,147,780)
22-3: duhbigcat, Darryl Hamilton $2,015,252 ($96,382,220)
22-4: mjkrunner, Carlos Reyes $880,685 ($98,148,302)

23-1: brianjw, Pete Harnisch $5,468,555 ($92,820,852)
23-2: jfranco77, Derek Jeter $6,303,201 ($99,450,981)
23-3: duhbigcat, Marvin Benard $2,184,531 ($98,566,751)
23-4: mjkrunner, Chris Brock $397,614 ($98,545,916)

24-1: brianjw, Chad Ogea $1,158,209 ($93,979,061)
24-2: mjkrunner, John Vander Wal $949,288 ($99,495,204)
24-3: duhbigcat, Bip Roberts $968,878 ($99,535,629)
24-4: jfranco77, Shawn Dunston $239,866 ($99,690,847)

25-1: brianjw, Jamie Moyer $6,019,044 ($99,998,105)
25-2: mjkrunner, David Howard $488,188 ($99,983,392)
25-3: duhbigcat, Todd Pratt $383,818 ($99,919,447)
25-4: jfranco77, Jose Mercedes $298,539 ($99,989,386)

And with the first pick, I select Greg Maddux $10,108,822 ($10,108,822)

I'll take Roger Clemens $9,168,793

With my first pick, I take Bernie Williams $7,577,299 ($7,577,299).

That makes me the low salary, so to lead off the second round, I select Mark McGwire $11,429,851 ($19,007,150).

jfranco77 should be up next.

I'll take 3B Larry Wayne "Chipper" Jones $7,153,691

Team is at $16,322,484

I will finish up the second round with Mike Piazza (partial season version $4,990,350 ($15,099,172)
That will make me low salary for round 3, so I will grab Larry Walker $6,522,991 ($21,622,163)

Order for rest of round 3: jfranco, duhbigcat, brianjw

Round 3 - Al Leiter, $6,304,993

Team total $22,627,477

3rd Round: I select Ivan Rodriguez $6,375,156

Team Total ($24,162,447)

I select Jason Kendall $5,528,043 ($24,535,193)

Same order for Round 4 as for Round 3

opening the 4th round with Pedro Martinez $7,527,703 ($29,149,866)

I'll go with OF Barry Bonds $7,688,517

Team is at $30,315,994