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Discuss who has been drafted (let's not discuss player/season not yet drafted)
Compare team strategies
Comment on a particular player or particular draft choice
Tell us who you just missed out on
Share baseball memories that have been triggered by the DEP3 draft
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or any other general discussion about DEP3

1886 King Kelly was a great value pick. I thought about taking him, but I always build my teams around good pitching (this is only my 2nd draft & the other one had 2 separate drafts for the pitchers and hitters- so I don't really know what I'm talking about. Lol).
'21 Hornsby was a nice pick. I was hoping he'd fall all the way back to me in the 3rd....

Posted by milest on 12/13/2020 2:49:00 PM (view original):
1886 King Kelly was a great value pick. I thought about taking him, but I always build my teams around good pitching (this is only my 2nd draft & the other one had 2 separate drafts for the pitchers and hitters- so I don't really know what I'm talking about. Lol).
'21 Hornsby was a nice pick. I was hoping he'd fall all the way back to me in the 3rd....

This is the third version of this draft and 21 Hornsby has never made it out of the second round.

Agreed that King Kelly at #21 was good value. Another good value pick was Mathewson 08 at pick #34.

The two teams that just played in the WS for DEP2 we both built on pitching. So you could be heading in the right direction.

I'd love if everyone could make crappier picks. Watching 44 go by is not fun with competent owners.

I looked at the draft board from DEP2 to get an idea where guys would be taken... That backfired to an extent. A lot of hitters I had in mind got selected literally 2-3 rounds ahead of where they went in the last draft. I feel like I'm in trouble unless I get a little lucky.

Hitting is going very fast. The demand seems to be increasing.

Posted by kelly1 on 12/14/2020 5:57:00 PM (view original):

Posted by milest on 12/13/2020 2:49:00 PM (view original):
1886 King Kelly was a great value pick. I thought about taking him, but I always build my teams around good pitching (this is only my 2nd draft & the other one had 2 separate drafts for the pitchers and hitters- so I don't really know what I'm talking about. Lol).
'21 Hornsby was a nice pick. I was hoping he'd fall all the way back to me in the 3rd....

This is the third version of this draft and 21 Hornsby has never made it out of the second round.

Agreed that King Kelly at #21 was good value. Another good value pick was Mathewson 08 at pick #34.

The two teams that just played in the WS for DEP2 we both built on pitching. So you could be heading in the right direction.

At some point those hitting teams will have to take the field and get some hitters out...

Dinelson Lamet was a great value....I would have taken him over Boggs.

I'm happy to have Gonsolin on my team.

I'm seeing what strike me as very high PA and IP totals for teams. Are those actually going to be necessary at this level? Or is it just an artifact of the draft and the cap?

Posted by eblankenstei on 1/2/2021 9:07:00 AM (view original):
I'm seeing what strike me as very high PA and IP totals for teams. Are those actually going to be necessary at this level? Or is it just an artifact of the draft and the cap?

It's not necessary.
It's just what happens when there is no cap and you can draft anyone available for your bench and bullpen.
Depending on who is available when I pick towards the end of the draft, I may only end up 1410(ish) IPs in Municipal.... and I'll be very fine with that number.

Posted by milest on 1/2/2021 10:08:00 AM (view original):

Posted by eblankenstei on 1/2/2021 9:07:00 AM (view original):
I'm seeing what strike me as very high PA and IP totals for teams. Are those actually going to be necessary at this level? Or is it just an artifact of the draft and the cap?

It's not necessary.
It's just what happens when there is no cap and you can draft anyone available for your bench and bullpen.
Depending in who is available when I pick towards the end of the draft, I may onlybend up 1410(ish) IPs in Municipal.... and I'll be very fine with that number.

That's what I figured. Thanks for confirming that there is no secret knowledge.

Posted by eblankenstei on 1/2/2021 9:07:00 AM (view original):
I'm seeing what strike me as very high PA and IP totals for teams. Are those actually going to be necessary at this level? Or is it just an artifact of the draft and the cap?

Our first year there was a lot of discussion about this. One owner ended up with a tad under 1500 and a bunch of the 25 innings pitched guys and he ran into big time fatigue but made the playoffs. The owner I played in round one that year had 2500 innings. I was in the middle.

League average whip last year was 1.69 and ERA is 5.78 so you generally can't go wrong with more. The pitchers will be rocked.

Yeah, I feel like there's no reason not to have a buffer without a cap. Better safe than sorry with your last arm.

I have over 1800 innings, but that wasn't my plan. I just pick players that fit my plan, it just so happened a couple guys I wanted had way more innings than I needed.

Last season I ran Maddux into the ground, that was more because a big inning pitcher I drafted was an unmitigated disaster and I was short innings in my rotation.

I have 2134 IP. I have 4-5 guys I can use that will be going 2-3IP in relief. The 60IP guys just get hammered for me in the high $$ leagues.