I will use this thread to post interesting tidbits.
8/3/2026 3:57 PM
I calculated the average draft position for round 2 for each person. Below is the table.

Clearly, bigsteve12 and 3dayrotation developed a strategy later in the draft to pick the lowest win% team that would guarantee them the first pick in round 2.... much to my annoyance, since my low% teams actually have a good player.
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STL NYY SFG BOS CHC CHW LAD OAK PHI CLE PIT MIN CIN DET ATL BAL
Owner______ Lg01 Lg02 Lg03 Lg04 Lg05 Lg06 Lg07 Lg08 Lg09 Lg10 Lg11 Lg12 Lg13 Lg14 Lg15 Lg16 Avg
3dayrotation 6 1 2 4 3 2 7 13 7 1 1 5 8 2 1 8 4.4
bigsteve12 7 9 1 1 2 5 1 1 2 2 7 1 1 13 14 10 4.8
schwarze 3 10 5 3 5 8 2 5 13 6 3 9 5 9 4 5 5.9
kstober 1 5 4 7 12 7 15 7 6 8 10 13 2 11 6 3 7.3
ff09 10 4 16 14 6 11 11 6 10 5 4 8 4 6 8 4 7.9
dvorr80 16 15 6 10 7 3 4 8 9 9 12 3 9 3 3 16 8.3
thejuice6 4 14 10 2 8 1 14 3 14 6 6 12 14 15 2 8.3
njbigwig 9 11 7 13 11 9 4 8 12 13 15 6 10 13 7 9.9
calhoop 8 7 9 11 10 13 9 16 4 14 5 12 11 7 11 12 9.9
footballmm11 14 8 13 15 14 14 3 2 11 7 14 10 10 4 10 15 10.3
bbondsmvp 13 6 15 12 9 16 16 10 12 15 15 14 7 5 5 13 11.4
DarthDurron 11 13 14 6 16 12 8 14 16 13 9 16 13 16 12 6 12.2
Ribbentrop 12 16 12 16 15 15 13 15 15 11 11 7 15 8 7 14 12.6
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STL NYY SFG BOS CHC CHW LAD OAK PHI CLE PIT MIN CIN DET ATL BAL
Owner______ Lg01 Lg02 Lg03 Lg04 Lg05 Lg06 Lg07 Lg08 Lg09 Lg10 Lg11 Lg12 Lg13 Lg14 Lg15 Lg16 Avg
ronthegenius 1 1 4 1 1.8
ybjsports 2 3 8 1 3.5
spinaldog 5 2 3.5
Jtpsops 2 3 5 6 5 2 3.8
redcped 8 4 5 2 4.8
nocomm999 4 6 3 4 9 5.2
SteveIzzy 10 3 6.5
firesalt 12 3 7.5
SAKABAKBRG 8 9 11 9 9.3
darny10 12 12.0
mllama54 15 10 9 16 12.5
grayfoxx 10 15 12.5
thebubbaq 13 16 11 11 12.8
pmars2001 12 11 12 14 16 13.0
rmarksduke 16 16.0
8/3/2026 3:59 PM
The following table shows the average draft position for Round 3. These averages are trending toward the mean. Note that kept the same order as the round 2 average draft order.
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STL NYY SFG BOS CHC CHW LAD OAK PHI CLE PIT MIN CIN DET ATL BAL
Owner______ Lg01 Lg02 Lg03 Lg04 Lg05 Lg06 Lg07 Lg08 Lg09 Lg10 Lg11 Lg12 Lg13 Lg14 Lg15 Lg16 Avg
3dayrotation 1 7 10 5 8 10 10 9 6 14 11 6 13 16 1 3 8.1
bigsteve12 14 3 8 12 13 5 15 10 2 10 6 10 16 3 14 5 9.1
schwarze 10 6 7 1 2 7 9 6 1 7 5 16 7 8 8 9 6.8
kstober 8 8 4 10 3 6 11 7 14 12 7 9 10 6 7 14 8.5
ff09 9 2 12 11 12 11 14 13 12 16 13 5 9 9 6 13 10.4
dvorr80 2 1 14 16 15 16 8 3 5 8 12 1 5 12 12 2 8.3
thejuice6 15 5 2 8 10 14 13 8 15 16 13 1 10 13 10 10.2
njbigwig 11 9 16 9 4 13 11 10 9 8 7 3 11 4 8 8.9
calhoop 16 16 5 6 14 9 6 1 4 3 15 15 11 5 16 15 9.8
footballmm11 4 11 9 13 6 1 16 15 9 5 1 2 15 14 3 1 7.8
bbondsmvp 12 13 3 7 9 3 5 2 8 2 10 4 14 13 9 4 7.4
DarthDurron 7 15 11 2 1 4 1 14 11 15 4 3 6 7 2 11 7.1
Ribbentrop 6 4 13 4 11 2 7 4 3 13 14 14 8 4 5 6 7.4
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STL NYY SFG BOS CHC CHW LAD OAK PHI CLE PIT MIN CIN DET ATL BAL
Owner______ Lg01 Lg02 Lg03 Lg04 Lg05 Lg06 Lg07 Lg08 Lg09 Lg10 Lg11 Lg12 Lg13 Lg14 Lg15 Lg16 Avg
ronthegenius 16 7 11 7 10.3
ybjsports 13 14 3 15 11.3
spinaldog 5 9 7.0
Jtpsops 10 1 15 8 16 12 10.3
redcped 3 15 3 10 7.8
nocomm999 5 12 13 11 12 10.6
SteveIzzy 12 4 8.0
firesalt 4 6 5.0
SAKABAKBRG 6 14 5 15 10.0
darny10 1 1.0
mllama54 3 2 16 1 5.5
grayfoxx 4 2 3.0
thebubbaq 7 2 8 16 8.3
pmars2001 12 15 12 12 11 12.4
rmarksduke 2 2.0
8/5/2026 2:52 PM
The following table shows the average draft position for Round 4. These averages are trending toward the mean. Note that kept the same order as the round 2 average draft order.
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STL NYY SFG BOS CHC CHW LAD OAK PHI CLE PIT MIN CIN DET ATL BAL
Owner______ Lg01 Lg02 Lg03 Lg04 Lg05 Lg06 Lg07 Lg08 Lg09 Lg10 Lg11 Lg12 Lg13 Lg14 Lg15 Lg16 Avg
3dayrotation 1 9 11 8 7 12 8 11 9 9 2 15 14 1 5 9 8.2
bigsteve12 9 14 6 12 13 7 6 8 12 6 15 9 1 4 13 1 8.5
schwarze 8 2 13 15 4 3 9 9 5 3 1 2 6 16 4 3 6.4
kstober 6 7 8 9 11 11 13 16 11 14 8 16 4 12 11 10 10.4
ff09 5 13 10 7 8 6 3 2 7 5 6 11 7 14 2 8 7.1
dvorr80 15 10 16 2 3 4 12 13 10 15 5 4 2 2 1 16 8.1
thejuice6 4 16 9 14 12 16 15 4 6 10 13 15 15 15 13 11.8
njbigwig 7 4 5 6 2 9 6 14 7 16 10 16 9 6 6 8.2
calhoop 2 8 12 3 5 15 11 10 16 13 12 6 10 3 3 4 8.3
footballmm11 16 6 1 4 9 2 5 15 4 10 7 3 8 8 16 7 7.6
bbondsmvp 13 11 14 11 15 13 10 12 15 16 9 8 9 5 12 12 11.6
DarthDurron 3 1 2 16 10 5 14 3 13 4 14 12 3 7 7 15 8.1
Ribbentrop 12 15 15 5 16 14 1 7 1 11 4 14 13 10 9 11 9.9
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STL NYY SFG BOS CHC CHW LAD OAK PHI CLE PIT MIN CIN DET ATL BAL
Owner______ Lg01 Lg02 Lg03 Lg04 Lg05 Lg06 Lg07 Lg08 Lg09 Lg10 Lg11 Lg12 Lg13 Lg14 Lg15 Lg16 Avg
ronthegenius 1 3 8 2 3.5
ybjsports 11 3 11 11 9.0
spinaldog 10 13 11.5
Jtpsops 5 7 1 1 2 5 3.5
redcped 10 8 16 8 10.5
nocomm999 14 7 8 1 5 7.0
SteveIzzy 10 11 10.5
firesalt 2 12 7.0
SAKABAKBRG 4 13 14 14 11.3
darny10 13 13.0
mllama54 14 4 1 1 5.0
grayfoxx 2 6 4.0
thebubbaq 6 3 7 14 7.5
pmars2001 12 3 5 12 10 8.4
rmarksduke 5 5.0
8/7/2026 9:36 PM
Interesting theory about rd 1...here's who my low % picks netted and where it got me for rd 2:

Cubs: 2014 Jake Arrieta, pick 1.14 - 153 IP, 1.95ERC#, 1.03 Whip#, 0.29 HR/9 (I'd say he'll be pretty useful - netted me pick 2 in rd2)
Dodgers: 1905 Jimmy Sheckard, pick 1.11 - 601 PA, .296 AVG#, .387 OBP#, .811 OPS#, C+/B+ defense (no star for sure, but not a complete bum -- pick 1 in rd 2)
Reds: 1937 Lee Grissom, pick 1.14 - 236 IP, 3.00 ERC#, 1.26 Whip#, 0.28 HR/9 (maybe he fills some LongA IP, but this was to pick early for sure - pick 1 in rd 2)
Red Sox: 1932 Dale Alexander, pick 1.12 - 478 PA, .359 AVG#, .444 OBP#, .946 OPS#, B/A defense (won't play 162, but when he plays it should be good - pick 1 rd 2)
Giants: 1901 Christy Mathewson, pick 1.16 -- no numbers needed; all the best years were gone, meaning I needed to get in front of them in rd 2 and this accomplished that and provided serviceable deadball innings (pick 1 rd 2)
Phillies: 1930 Chuck Klein, 1.04 - 1.076 OPS#, I think that's enough (pick 2 in rd 2)
A's: 1916 Amos Strunk, 1.11 - 672 PA, .324 Avg#, .397 OBP#, .849 OPS#, B/B- (not a star, but a starter..pick 1 rd 2)
Twins/Sens: 1909 Walter Johnson, 1.13 - there were already 10 Walter's selected, plus 77 Carew...the only team I knew I wanted in rd 2 of any draft was in this draft, I wanted 1928...I didn't get them w/pick 1 of rd 2 because ff09 took them at 1.14 so taking the Walter on the worst team didn't work, per se (pick 1 rd 2)
Indians: 1985 Brett Butler, 1.14 - My current 5x5 team is 68-50 (.631 exp%) leading in runs scored -- I knew I wanted to piece as much of that team together again as possible. '85 certainly helped get us near the top, but also provided something my current edition doesn't have, an + defender in CF (,998/2.90)

What does this reveal...well that sure, not getting to pick too early in many of the rd 1s, I thought getting a usable player and picking near the top of rd 2 would be crucial to overcoming the head start others would have with a superior rd 1 player. I did pick in 10th or worst 3 times...I started those with 1972 Pat Dobson (Orioles pick 10 rd 2 -- ironically, he wasn't my choice when I made the selection but subsequent roster needs pushed in him for the original choice of Jim Palmer), 2011 Justin Verlander (Tigers, pick 13 rd 2), 1995 Greg Maddux (Braves, pick 14 rd 2).

We'll see in the coming months if it worked out as the right strategy or not.


8/10/2026 1:34 AM
The following table shows the average draft position for Round 5.
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FIFTH ROUND DRAFT ORDER
STL NYY SFG BOS CHC CHW LAD OAK PHI CLE PIT MIN CIN DET ATL BAL
Owner______ Lg01 Lg02 Lg03 Lg04 Lg05 Lg06 Lg07 Lg08 Lg09 Lg10 Lg11 Lg12 Lg13 Lg14 Lg15 Lg16 Avg
3dayrotation 13 9 1 2 11 4 11 11 3 10 3 13 1 14 15 15 8.5
bigsteve12 12 2 6 6 8 16 13 4 6 13 13 3 6 2 10 10 8.1
schwarze 5 16 10 1 14 8 6 16 14 16 10 9 7 3 2 4 8.8
kstober 14 14 12 11 4 1 10 14 11 15 14 12 16 11 11 7 11.1
ff09 10 11 14 9 13 5 8 3 15 14 16 6 8 10 4 8 9.6
dvorr80 2 6 2 14 1 3 1 1 5 2 4 15 3 12 8 3 5.1
thejuice6 8 1 11 7 9 15 7 9 10 5 5 2 7 9 12 7.8
njbigwig 16 4 8 5 10 14 8 7 3 12 4 11 8 13 6 8.6
calhoop 15 3 15 15 2 12 2 7 1 1 7 14 14 13 16 14 9.4
footballmm11 1 10 13 8 3 11 12 6 2 9 1 8 9 1 1 16 6.9
bbondsmvp 4 8 3 4 7 7 5 12 8 4 8 7 15 5 3 2 6.4
DarthDurron 3 7 7 3 15 10 15 5 12 7 6 2 10 4 7 5 7.4
Ribbentrop 11 12 9 12 6 6 14 15 4 8 9 1 13 15 12 9 9.8
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STL NYY SFG BOS CHC CHW LAD OAK PHI CLE PIT MIN CIN DET ATL BAL
Owner______ Lg01 Lg02 Lg03 Lg04 Lg05 Lg06 Lg07 Lg08 Lg09 Lg10 Lg11 Lg12 Lg13 Lg14 Lg15 Lg16 Avg
ronthegenius 16 9 6 1 8.0
ybjsports 6 15 11 16 12.0
spinaldog 9 2 5.5
Jtpsops 13 5 13 13 16 16 12.7
redcped 10 9 16 14 12.3
nocomm999 12 9 13 11 13 11.6
SteveIzzy 2 4 3.0
firesalt 4 5 4.5
SAKABAKBRG 16 16 13 5 12.5
darny10 6 6.0
mllama54 7 3 10 12 8.0
grayfoxx 11 9 10.0
thebubbaq 5 15 10 11 10.3
pmars2001 5 4 2 5 6 4.4
rmarksduke 12 12.0
8/10/2026 11:09 AM
Here is a summary of average draft position by round, per person. The overall average shown on the right.
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Owner______ Rd 2___ Rd 3___ Rd 4___ Rd 5___ AVG
3dayrotation 4.4 8.1 8.2 8.5 7.3
bigsteve12 4.8 9.1 8.5 8.1 7.6
schwarze 5.9 6.8 6.4 8.8 7.0
kstober 7.3 8.5 10.4 11.1 9.3
ff09 7.9 10.4 7.1 9.6 8.8
dvorr80 8.3 8.3 8.1 5.1 7.5
thejuice6 8.3 10.2 11.8 7.8 9.5
njbigwig 9.9 8.9 8.2 8.6 8.9
calhoop 9.9 9.8 8.3 9.4 9.4
footballmm11 10.3 7.8 7.6 6.9 8.1
bbondsmvp 11.4 7.4 11.6 6.4 9.2
DarthDurron 12.2 7.1 8.1 7.4 8.7
Ribbentrop 12.6 7.4 9.9 9.8 9.9
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Owner______ Rd 2___ Rd 3___ Rd 4___ Rd 5___ AVG
ronthegenius 1.8 10.3 3.5 8.0 5.9
ybjsports 3.5 11.3 9.0 12.0 8.9
spinaldog 3.5 7.0 11.5 5.5 6.9
Jtpsops 3.8 10.3 3.5 12.7 7.6
redcped 4.8 7.8 10.5 12.3 8.8
nocomm999 5.2 10.6 7.0 11.6 8.6
SteveIzzy 6.5 8.0 10.5 3.0 7.0
firesalt 7.5 5.0 7.0 4.5 6.0
SAKABAKBRG 9.3 10.0 11.3 12.5 10.8
darny10 12.0 1.0 13.0 6.0 8.0
mllama54 12.5 5.5 5.0 8.0 7.8
grayfoxx 12.5 3.0 4.0 10.0 7.4
thebubbaq 12.8 8.3 7.5 10.3 9.7
pmars2001 13.0 12.4 8.4 4.4 9.6
rmarksduke 16.0 2.0 5.0 12.0 8.8
8/10/2026 11:12 AM

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