1st rd - 1949 Ted Williams. Technically the 11th pick, but due to missing my window, picked him 14th, In my opinion, the best of his seasons, due to the extra 100 pa's or so that you get out of him. I get him for all 162 gams, .343/.490/.650, his 2b's normalize well, and has a good glove for him.
I was hoping for '12 Wood or '99 Pedro, but apparently, so was everyone else. Will there be any quality pitching left when my 2nd rd pick shows up?
2nd Rnd - 1919 Babe Ruth. The pitchers left are more or less equal. I felt Ruth's 1st great season with the bat is still better than most seasons of any player. Ever. A Big HR hitter to protect The Splinter. Can play a flawless 1b with reduced range, or a solid RF.
3rd rd: 1983 Wade Boggs .360+ Avg, 40+ 2b's, A- range, and hell, who needs pitching anyhow?
4th rd - '88 Roger Clemens - my 1st year truly following baseball. Morgan Magic. Greenwell, Boggs, the 20 something home-game winning streak to turn it around, ph-ing Spike Owen for Jim Rice, Jeff Sellers being, well, Jeff Sellers. In my eyes, Roger was, and still is the man. Sorry Pedro.
5th rd - '49 Vern Stephens - One of the best hitting SS's in the WIS game. Was unsure between him and '95 Valentin in the begining of the draft. Leeeci took care of this decision for me back in the 3rd rd.
6th rd - '35 Lefty Grove - 290ip, his real life numbers all improve with normalization, close to 8 ip/g, which is great for the pitch count, should keep the ball in the yard, and doesn't walk a ton of batters, which, will help in this league.
7th rd - '57 Frank Sullivan - An ordinary 14-11 pitcher during the '57 season. A 2.48 erc# though, over 254 ip, over 7 ip/g, doesnt walk anyone, and won't kill me by giving up a ton of hr's. I feel is a solid grab for a #3 starter.
8th rd - '49 Mel Parnell - A lefty, with 300+ip. Keeps the ball in the yard. Walks a few guys though. Better than giving up Hr's?
9th rd - '49 Dom Dimaggio - I feel like he might have been a reach. But, I did not want this version to slip any further. A leadoff (743 pa) CF (a low-end A+ range), .307/.404/.420, who has a bit of speed, likes singles, doubles, and long bb's on the beach....
10th - '42 Bobby Doerr. This version "up-sells" which is always important to me. Lot's of 2b's, a higher hr# than actual Hr's, the ops# increases, good glove, with great range at 2b.
Just noticed, apparently I like those '49 Redsox. 4 picks so far. Damn, those late 40, early 50 teams could rake.
11th - '04 Manny Ramirez. Juice or not, one the greatest pure hitter any of us have seen. The right handed masher helps balance the lineup at dh.
12th - '80 Tom Burgmeier. I've ended up with him in a handful of prog's, and while this is a single season game, I'm counting it for something. I just like what he brings to the table for some reason....101ip, and over 1.5 ip/g, our 1st bullpen guy.
13th - '04 Jason Varitek - C's have started to dissapear. He switch hits, has a solid obp, and hooked up (allegedly) with heidi watney. Plus, no one steals for the sox, right?
14th - '67 Don McMahon - 110ip, with a whip of 1.00
4/13/2016 1:31 AM (edited)