I don't think having a reliever quota will solve much, because those are going to be the cheap guys that people nominate for their teammates in the first place.

It wouldn't help our staffs much if there were 64 versions of Kent Mercker-like careers that we all had to divvy up and use.

1938 Carl Hubbell

Mel Ott at 3rd shouldnt be bad...

Excellent pick. I almost took him, but desided I needed Ott in the OF and I liked 29 a little better. I think Ott 38 is better than Schmidt.

Love that version of Ott. I kept trying to figure out a way to get that Ott on my team, but since I missed out on the really good Delahanty years, I knew I needed the OF.

Draft Order for Round 6
1.sgsmith 36,132,831 1976 Mike Schmidt + 6,876,206 = 43,009,037
2.elduro25 36,250,930 1933 Charlie Gehringer + 6,629,649 = 42,880,579
3.pmwksw 39,806,593 1988 Dennis Exckersley + 2,813,922 = 42,620,515
4.boozerep 40,881,291 1972 Luis Tiant + 5,789,601 = 46,670,892
5.teal_leo 42,157,958 1940 Charlie Gehringer + 4,837,394 = 46,995,352
6.schwarze 42,432,696 1930 Carl Hubbell + 6,376,384 = 48,809,080
7.paul33329 43,934,975 1996 Tim Raines + 1,497,196 = 45,432,171
8.ff09 46,928,037 1973 Johnny Bench + 6,106,530 = 53,034,567
9.bheid408 46,964,844 1924 Eppa Rixey + 8,293,252 = 55,258,096
10.genemock91 48,462,891 1972 Bob Gibson + 9,054,285 = 57,517,176
11.shysters3 48,614,333 1999 Greg Maddux + 5,147,942 = 53,762,275
12.specsman 50,863,575 1899 Bill Dahlen + 3,940,153 = 54,803,728
13.ejstockman 52,263,512 2005 Greg Maddux + 4,615,189 = 56,878,701
14.calhoop 56,617,259 1994 Dennis Eckersley + 1,252,891 = 57,870,150
15.garyx23 58,085,971 1938 Carl Hubbell + 4,761,756 = 62,847,727
16.pmars2001 60,469,782 1978 Mike Schmidt + 4,975,597 = 65,445,379

Draft Order for Round 7
2:45 1.pmwksw 42,620,515
3:30 2.elduro25 42,880,579
4:15 3.sgsmith 43,009,037
5:00 4.paul33329 45,432,171
5:45 5.boozerep 46,670,892
6:30 6.teal_leo 46,995,352
7.schwarze 48,809,080
8.ff09 53,034,567
9.shysters3 53,762,275
10.specsman 54,803,728
11.bheid408 55,258,096
12.ejstockman 56,878,701
13.genemock91 57,517,176
14.calhoop 57,870,150
15.garyx23 62,847,727
16.pmars2001 65,445,379

Pains me to get rid of Concepcion, but the 1993 Blauser is better so 1993 Kent Mercker.

1976 Johnny Bench

And maybe we won't see Ed Delahanty playing second base after all...

I'll take Schmidt 1979. I now have all my starting position players and enough quality innings!

Kent Mercker 2000 and the red *** Darin Erstad

Quote: Originally Posted By paul33329 on 11/03/2009
I'll take Schmidt 1979. I now have all my starting position players and enough quality innings!

I suspect that most of us are getting pretty close to this state of affairs, with 139 picks still to be made in the draft (we're less than halfway done!). I appreciate that we're now on the clock, but if we're making one pick per day, we still have 8 days to go before the draft is over, and I imagine most of those are going to be pretty inconsequential.

I submit that one of the things we'll be thinking about to make Version 2 of this even better will be how to expedite the second half of the draft. Maybe make 2 picks at a time after round 9?

1987 Dennis Eckersley. I for one still have a few roster slots to fill. Eck just became my long reliever.

Still like one pick a round. Only have 16 picks.

Quote: Originally Posted By sgsmith on 11/03/2009
1976 Johnny Bench

And maybe we won't see Ed Delahanty playing second base after all...

Heh.... about time somebody grabbed Joe Morgan and a few other Cincinnati stud hitters.