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Posted by r0b0t on 1/31/2011 11:38:00 AM (view original):
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One of my favorite players. If only his defense at first didn't blow so bad. The switch-hitting would make robusk cream himself.
Yeah...  he is good.

I still haven't seen anyone with a Woodie Jacobs type bat.
1/31/2011 11:47 AM
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I probably did Jacobs a disservice by playing him in Pittsburgh for ever, but his OPS is still awesome.
1/31/2011 11:48 AM
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Posted by r0b0t on 1/31/2011 11:38:00 AM (view original):
http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=2326704

One of my favorite players. If only his defense at first didn't blow so bad. The switch-hitting would make robusk cream himself.

Wow, that is one hell of a 14th pick.

1/31/2011 11:49 AM
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Posted by robusk on 1/31/2011 11:47:00 AM (view original):
Posted by r0b0t on 1/31/2011 11:38:00 AM (view original):
http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=2326704

One of my favorite players. If only his defense at first didn't blow so bad. The switch-hitting would make robusk cream himself.
Yeah...  he is good.

I still haven't seen anyone with a Woodie Jacobs type bat.
Jacobs isn't someone you see come around very often, but I was smitten with him the second he was available in the draft. The fact that Jacobs can even play moderately effective defense is astounding, given his doubleplus good bat. The fact that he can reliably play a position like that where others tank is pretty awesome.

I feel lucky to have Christman in that world, but being in the NL I sometimes wonder if I could package him for something that would make more sense defensively as well.
1/31/2011 12:00 PM
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Posted by mbriese on 1/31/2011 11:49:00 AM (view original):
Posted by r0b0t on 1/31/2011 11:38:00 AM (view original):
http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=2326704

One of my favorite players. If only his defense at first didn't blow so bad. The switch-hitting would make robusk cream himself.

Wow, that is one hell of a 14th pick.

It's a ****** world, but he also was a moderate signing risk. Conservative teams would have passed on him.
1/31/2011 12:01 PM
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The fact that Jacobs went 15th in HR that year is insane. Of course, there were a few quality guys ahead of him. I could see Davies and Orie going higher.

I wound up getting a lower middle class Jacobs when I somehow got Hong Jin Sugawara real late in that same draft. Definitely was a deep draft.
1/31/2011 12:08 PM
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Posted by r0b0t on 1/31/2011 12:01:00 PM (view original):
Posted by mbriese on 1/31/2011 11:49:00 AM (view original):
Posted by r0b0t on 1/31/2011 11:38:00 AM (view original):
http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=2326704

One of my favorite players. If only his defense at first didn't blow so bad. The switch-hitting would make robusk cream himself.

Wow, that is one hell of a 14th pick.

It's a ****** world, but he also was a moderate signing risk. Conservative teams would have passed on him.
Ah ok. Dick Rhodes in $ would've been the same way for me if he didn't spend 2 full seasons on the DL...he's still a servicable ML starter now, but nothing compared to what he could've been.
1/31/2011 12:11 PM
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I thought Rhodes was good coming out into the draft.
1/31/2011 12:21 PM
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Posted by r0b0t on 1/31/2011 12:00:00 PM (view original):
Posted by robusk on 1/31/2011 11:47:00 AM (view original):
Posted by r0b0t on 1/31/2011 11:38:00 AM (view original):
http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=2326704

One of my favorite players. If only his defense at first didn't blow so bad. The switch-hitting would make robusk cream himself.
Yeah...  he is good.

I still haven't seen anyone with a Woodie Jacobs type bat.
Jacobs isn't someone you see come around very often, but I was smitten with him the second he was available in the draft. The fact that Jacobs can even play moderately effective defense is astounding, given his doubleplus good bat. The fact that he can reliably play a position like that where others tank is pretty awesome.

I feel lucky to have Christman in that world, but being in the NL I sometimes wonder if I could package him for something that would make more sense defensively as well.
Yeah, he is exceptional.  I usually play him at DH because he ends up getting more ABs and I can put slightly better D there.  I would have no qualms at all at playing him at C in the NL though.

Christman is nice...  trade him to a more meaningful world.
1/31/2011 12:23 PM
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Posted by r0b0t on 1/31/2011 12:08:00 PM (view original):
The fact that Jacobs went 15th in HR that year is insane. Of course, there were a few quality guys ahead of him. I could see Davies and Orie going higher.

I wound up getting a lower middle class Jacobs when I somehow got Hong Jin Sugawara real late in that same draft. Definitely was a deep draft.
Yeah...  solid draft but given that Jacobs is a one of a kind player, anything below top five seems crazy to me.

I think I got Briggs at 14 like two drafts later.
1/31/2011 12:24 PM
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A problem is a lot of teams picking early in draft are either picking there because they don't know what they're doing and maybe don't budget well enough, or they're new owners who can't budget that well anyway. So there are usually a few really good players that slip into the teens.
1/31/2011 12:42 PM
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1/31/2011 12:45 PM
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Posted by r0b0t on 1/31/2011 12:42:00 PM (view original):
A problem is a lot of teams picking early in draft are either picking there because they don't know what they're doing and maybe don't budget well enough, or they're new owners who can't budget that well anyway. So there are usually a few really good players that slip into the teens.
NL teams with a 1b men in the system won't look at him.  Also, look at how many pitchers are taken in the first historically, maybe you have a pitching heavy drafters.
1/31/2011 12:52 PM
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