Final pick: Mike Maddux 1991 P $2,946,818
Total = $108,429,682

Good drafting fellas and good luck during the season.

Ovr	Rd	Pick	Owner	Player	Year	Pos	Salary	Total
1	1	1	pedrocerrano	Tony Gwynn	1994	OF	$ 8,781,903	$ 8,781,903
2	1	2	footballmm11	Jake Peavy	2007	P	$ 8,635,902	$ 8,635,902
3	1	3	relkcirts	Gene Tenace	1979	C	$ 5,579,513	$ 5,579,513
4	1	4	3dayrotation	Mike Adams	2011	P	$ 3,316,321	$ 3,316,321
5	2	1	3dayrotation	Kevin Brown	1998	P	$ 9,675,157	$ 12,991,478
6	2	2	relkcirts	Bip Roberts	1994	2B	$ 4,782,943	$ 10,362,456
7	2	3	footballmm11	Ken Caminiti	1996	3B	$ 8,935,623	$ 17,571,525
8	2	4	pedrocerrano	Mark Loretta	2004	2B	$ 7,089,278	$ 15,871,181
9	3	1	relkcirts	Gary Sheffield	1992	3B	$ 7,116,212	$ 17,478,668
10	3	2	3dayrotation	Trevor Hoffman	1998	P	$ 3,885,046	$ 16,876,524
11	3	3	pedrocerrano	Randy Jones	1976	P	$ 9,288,171	$ 25,159,352
12	3	4	footballmm11	Chris Young	2007	P	$ 6,115,461	$ 23,686,986
13	4	1	3dayrotation	Dave Roberts	1971	P	$ 8,249,310	$ 25,125,834
14	4	2	relkcirts	Mike Cameron	2006	CF	$ 5,809,847	$ 23,288,515
15	4	3	footballmm11	Fernando Tatis Jr.	2019	SS	$ 3,436,944	$ 27,123,930
16	4	4	pedrocerrano	Dave Winfield	1979	OF	$ 7,164,818	$ 32,324,170
17	5	1	relkcirts	Steve Finley	1996	OF	$ 6,998,800	$ 30,287,315
18	5	2	3dayrotation	Heath Bell	2007	P	$ 4,189,721	$ 29,315,555
19	5	3	footballmm11	Huston Street	2012	P	$ 2,102,176	$ 29,226,106
20	5	4	pedrocerrano	Cla Meredith	2006	P	$ 3,044,827	$ 35,368,997
21	6	1	footballmm11	Joaquin Benoit	2014	P	$ 2,579,763	$ 31,805,869
22	6	2	3dayrotation	Phil Nevin	1999	C	$ 3,435,491	$ 32,751,046
23	6	3	relkcirts	Mat Latos	2010	P	$ 5,725,820	$ 36,013,135
24	6	4	pedrocerrano	Chase Headley	2012	3B	$ 7,370,759	$ 42,739,756
25	7	1	footballmm11	Kirby Yates	2019	P	$ 2,871,936	$ 34,677,805
26	7	2	3dayrotation	Jack Clark	1990	1B	$ 3,700,546	$ 36,451,592
27	7	3	relkcirts	Luke Gregerson	2010	P	$ 3,306,847	$ 39,319,982
28	7	4	pedrocerrano	Rollie Fingers	1978	P	$ 3,602,239	$ 46,341,995
29	8	1	footballmm11	Everth Cabrera	2013	SS	$ 4,487,946	$ 39,165,751
30	8	2	3dayrotation	Brian Giles	2003	OF	$ 5,388,488	$ 41,840,080
31	8	3	relkcirts	Chris Paddack	2019	P	$ 4,354,315	$ 43,674,297
32	8	4	pedrocerrano	Akinori Otsuka	2004	P	$ 2,738,901	$ 49,080,896
33	9	1	footballmm11	George Hendrick	1977	OF	$ 6,061,077	$ 45,226,828
34	9	2	3dayrotation	Ed Whitson	1990	P	$ 6,045,286	$ 47,885,366
35	9	3	relkcirts	Drew Pomeranz	2016	P	$ 3,551,669	$ 47,225,966
36	9	4	pedrocerrano	Scott Sanders	1996	P	$ 4,478,710	$ 53,559,606
37	10	1	footballmm11	Adrian Gonzalez	2009	1B	$ 6,057,425	$ 51,284,253
38	10	2	relkcirts	John Kruk	1987	1B	$ 5,385,290	$ 52,611,256
39	10	3	3dayrotation	Willie McCovey	1974	1B	$ 3,118,217	$ 51,003,583
40	10	4	pedrocerrano	Gaylord Perry	1978	P	$ 6,975,288	$ 60,534,894
41	11	1	3dayrotation	Greg Vaughn	1998	OF	$ 5,794,030	$ 56,797,613
42	11	2	footballmm11	Randy Ready	1987	2B	$ 3,536,684	$ 54,820,937
43	11	3	relkcirts	Cory Luebke	2011	P	$ 4,238,806	$ 56,850,062
44	11	4	pedrocerrano	Eddie Williams	1994	1B	$ 2,382,079	$ 62,916,973
45	12	1	footballmm11	Ryan Schimpf	2016	2B	$ 2,785,572	$ 57,606,509
46	12	2	3dayrotation	Roberto Alomar	1988	2B	$ 4,916,529	$ 61,714,142
47	12	3	relkcirts	Josh Bard	2006	C	$ 2,172,897	$ 59,022,959
48	12	4	pedrocerrano	Jerry Mumphrey	1980	OF	$ 4,662,820	$ 67,579,793
49	13	1	footballmm11	Yasmani Grandal	2012	C	$ 1,656,028	$ 59,262,537
50	13	2	relkcirts	Eric Show	1982	P	$ 4,164,469	$ 63,187,428
51	13	3	3dayrotation	Bruce Hurst	1989	P	$ 6,402,898	$ 68,117,040
52	13	4	pedrocerrano	Mark Davis	1988	P	$ 3,528,731	$ 71,108,524
53	14	1	footballmm11	Brad Ausmus	1995	C	$ 4,046,791	$ 63,309,328
54	14	2	relkcirts	Ozzie Smith	1980	SS	$ 5,317,298	$ 68,504,726
55	14	3	3dayrotation	Tony Fernandez	1991	SS	$ 5,013,488	$ 73,130,528
56	14	4	pedrocerrano	Nick Hundley	2011	C	$ 2,998,547	$ 74,107,071
57	15	1	footballmm11	Cito Gaston	1970	OF	$ 5,672,739	$ 68,982,067
58	15	2	relkcirts	Milton Bradley	2007	OF	$ 1,607,403	$ 70,112,129
59	15	3	3dayrotation	Terry Kennedy	1986	C	$ 3,073,651	$ 76,204,179
60	15	4	pedrocerrano	Nick Vincent	2013	P	$ 1,836,476	$ 75,943,547
61	16	1	footballmm11	Joe Lefebvre	1983	OF	$ 2,364,754	$ 71,346,821
62	16	2	relkcirts	Dave Roberts	2006	OF	$ 4,670,929	$ 74,783,058
63	16	3	pedrocerrano	Joe Thatcher	2010	P	$ 1,680,736	$ 77,624,283
64	16	4	3dayrotation	Garry Templeton	1985	SS	$ 4,691,349	$ 80,895,528
65	17	1	footballmm11	Andy Ashby	1994	P	$ 6,515,979	$ 77,862,800
66	17	2	relkcirts	Ryan Buchter	2016	P	$ 2,350,438	$ 77,133,496
67	17	3	pedrocerrano	Fred McGriff	1992	1B	$ 5,162,437	$ 82,786,720
68	17	4	3dayrotation	Darrin Jackson	1991	OF	$ 3,550,487	$ 84,446,015
69	18	1	relkcirts	Clay Kirby	1971	P	$ 7,339,819	$ 84,473,315
70	18	2	footballmm11	Fernando Rodney	2016	P	$ 1,367,165	$ 79,229,965
71	18	3	pedrocerrano	Craig Lefferts	1984	P	$ 3,130,264	$ 85,916,984
72	18	4	3dayrotation	Johnny Grubb	1973	OF	$ 4,008,690	$ 88,454,705
73	19	1	footballmm11	Ruppert Jones	1982	OF	$ 4,613,026	$ 83,842,991
74	19	2	relkcirts	Scott Linebrink	2005	P	$ 2,569,769	$ 87,043,084
75	19	3	pedrocerrano	Manny Machado	2019	SS	$ 3,664,407	$ 89,581,391
76	19	4	3dayrotation	Luis Deleon	1982	P	$ 3,285,136	$ 91,739,841
77	20	1	footballmm11	Andrew Cashner	2013	P	$ 5,055,096	$ 88,898,087
78	20	2	relkcirts	Reggie Sanders	1999	OF	$ 4,052,916	$ 91,096,000
79	20	3	pedrocerrano	Rich Gossage	1985	P	$ 2,810,229	$ 92,391,620
80	20	4	3dayrotation	Jeremy Fikac	2001	P	$ 1,166,537	$ 92,906,378
81	21	1	footballmm11	Brad Hand	2016	P	$ 2,846,607	$ 91,744,694
82	21	2	relkcirts	Matt Strahm	2018	P	$ 2,053,036	$ 93,149,036
83	21	3	pedrocerrano	Craig Stammen	2018	P	$ 2,720,830	$ 95,112,450
84	21	4	3dayrotation	Clay Hensley	2005	P	$ 1,871,816	$ 94,778,194
85	22	1	footballmm11	Tim Stauffer	2010	P	$ 2,669,618	$ 94,414,312
86	22	2	relkcirts	Craig Shipley	1994	2B	$ 2,432,445	$ 95,581,481
87	22	3	3dayrotation	Kevin Mitchell	1987	3B	$ 3,715,710	$ 98,493,904
88	22	4	pedrocerrano	Benito Santiago	1987	C	$ 4,578,341	$ 99,690,791
89	23	1	footballmm11	Ryan Klesko	2002	OF	$ 4,527,924	$ 98,942,236
90	23	2	relkcirts	Jose Castillo	2018	P	$ 1,386,065	$ 96,967,546
91	23	3	3dayrotation	Graig Nettles	1984	3B	$ 2,683,920	$ 101,177,824
92	23	4	pedrocerrano	Donne Wall	2000	P	$ 1,742,663	$ 101,433,454
93	24	1	relkcirts	Alan Wiggins	1984	2B	$ 4,026,575	$ 100,994,121
94	24	2	footballmm11	Tim Lollar	1982	P	$ 6,540,628	$ 105,482,864
95	24	3	3dayrotation	Dave Dravecky	1984	P	$ 3,961,041	$ 105,138,865
96	24	4	pedrocerrano	Rickey Henderson	1997	OF	$ 2,371,974	$ 103,805,428
97	25	1	relkcirts	David Wells	2004	P	$ 4,724,813	$ 105,718,934
98	25	2	pedrocerrano	Khalil Greene	2007	SS	$ 5,471,566	$ 109,276,994
99	25	3	3dayrotation	Jeff Tabaka	1994	P	$ 1,792,183	$ 106,931,048
100	25	4	footballmm11	Mike Maddux	1991	P	$ 2,946,818	$ 108,429,682

Pick 1.2 - SP Jake Peavy
I was happy to get pick #2 here. The Padres are pretty light on starting pitching and Peavy and Kevin Brown are by far the two best. I had Peavy pegged as my top choice--he has fewer innings but they are better quality and his salary is much lower which would put me up a spot or two in the all-important 2nd Round. When pedrocerrano took Gwinn first overall I was pleased to get Peavy.

After Peavy and Brown, there’s a big dropoff to the next best pitchers who are mostly relievers, so I had my eyes on the hitters. Caminiti was by far the best hitter, so I expected him to go, and Gwynn was the 2nd best and he already went with the first pick. In a worst case scenario, I thought picks 3 and 4 could both go under me (say with Sheffield, Loretta, or a reliever) and then grab Brown and Caminiti to start Round 2. That would leave me with my choice of either relievers or starter Chris Young, or dropping down to the next tier of hitters like Winfield or Headley which didn’t excite me.

Pick 2.3 - 3B Ken Caminiti
Turns out both picks behind me DID slide under me but not in the ways I was expecting. Relkcirts took Gene Tenace, who was the best catcher by far and then 3dayrotation took Mike Adams, who I did have as the next best pitcher, but I had his 37-inning season while 3day took his 74-inning season. That was a bit surprising given Trevor Hoffman had a 73-inning season that I thought was better, but either way it gave him top pick and he took Kevin Brown, as expected. Relkcirts then threw another curveball at me by taking Bip Roberts. I think a lot of the decisions in this draft were maybe dictated by whether you wanted to be in Petco or not.

Anyway, I was ecstatic to get Caminiti, giving me 2 of the top 3 players on my board. Two consequences of the pick: (1) mostly locks me into Jack Murphy over Petco and (2) drops me to the bottom of the order for next round.

Pick 3.4 - SP Chris Young
Loretta was my next hope to fall but this time no luck as he went immediately after. With Caminiti in tow, I was glad to see Sheffield come off the board as I was set at 3B. Hoffman was my next choice but he went as well which left me with the next-best SP (although just 171 IP) in my fellow Princeton alum Chris Young. Very happy to lock in 400 IP of good starting pitching given the lack of options later on. He also moves me up a spot in the order.

Pick 4.3 - SS Fernando Tatis Jr.
The only two other SP options went one before Young (Randy Jones) and one after (Dave Roberts), and there are no clear-cut best relievers, so it’s back to offense. Came down to Winfield and Tatis, and while my value sheet had Winfield better I couldn’t pass up Tatis’s hitting, especially knowing I wouldn’t be in Petco. He does only come with 372 PA but I have some options that could fit in there and he’s by far the best hitting option at SS.

Pick 5.3 - RP Huston Street
Winfield and Steve Finley go back to back after me and the only other hitting option left on the board is a 3B (Chase Headley) so it’s back to pitching. Heath Bell went right ahead of me, so I went with Street over Cla Meredith. Bonus, Street moves me to the top of the next round so maybe I can get Meredith too.

Pick 6.1 - RP Joaquin Benoit
Damn it, pedrocerrano! He takes Meredith. Benoit is a nice consolation though.

Pick 7.1 - RP Kirby Yates
Still no position players or starting pitchers worth it. Happy to see Headley go. 3day makes an interesting choice by going with Phil Nevin’s 1999 season as a catcher, foregoing his 2001 season that had much better hitting but only D+/C fielding at 3B. Catching options are thin in San Diego.

In any case, easy choice for me as Yates was by far the top pitcher left on my board.

Pick 8.1 - SS Everth Cabrera
Pitching is dreadful at this point, so back to the offense side. I thought about George Hendrick here as a nice-hitting CF option. Also considered one of the top lefty 1B, either Kruk or Adrian Gonzalez. In the end, I chose Cabrera because he was easily the next-best SS option, he’s a switch-hitter with slick fielding which is a nice compliment to Tatis, and he only has 435 PA. That last part may sound odd to say but it keeps his salary lower and I don’t need the extra at-bats (Tatis and Cabrera combined have over 800), and I’m still at the top of the draft order.

Pick 9.1 - OF George Hendrick
Hendrick is still there. I liked him and Ruppert Jones for CF but Hendrick has more power and more PA, enough to slide to a corner spot if needed, so I grabbed him.

Pick 10.1 - 1B Adrian Gonzalez
I was looking at strong-hitting 1B/COF types. That was mostly Gonzalez/Kruk at 1B or Greg Vaughn at COF. I also liked Fred McGriff as a fallback option at 1B later on (similar hitting but worse fielding to Gonzalez), and had Cito Gaston as my backup option for Vaugh. With Tatis and Hendrick on board as righties, I opted for the lefty Gonzalez.

Pick 11.2 - 2B Randy Ready
Pick 12.1 - 2B Ryan Schimpf
3dayrotation snuck ahead of me for the first time in 5 rounds and snaked Vaughn from me. At this point, I was kicking myself for not taking Vaughn and then going with McGriff (or Klekso) if Gonzalez and Kruk went. Oh well. I have my eyes on a nice little platoon at 2B between righty Randy Ready and lefty Ryan Schimpf and I was able to get both with back-to-back picks. Both can play 3B and OF too if needed.

Pick 13.1 - C Yasmani Grandal
Pick 14.1 - C Brad Ausmus
Picking both 2B costs me my top catcher choice, Josh Bard. Could I have waited on Schimpf? Probably. Not a big deal as Yasmani Grandal is a close comparison to Bard. I had Ausmus as by far the best platoon-mate for Grandal who had: (a) a good arm, (b) enough PA to avoid having to draft a 3rd catcher, and (c) decent enough OBP.

Pick 15.1 - OF Cito Gaston
Still no pitching worth taking. It’s ugly out there. Held off for a while on my COF spot. I liked Gaston and was happy to see him fall 4 rounds after I missed out on Vaughn. In hindsight, I should have taken Milton Bradley here and then if I missed out on Gaston I could have gone with Sixto Lezcano (who somehow didn’t even get drafted!).

Pick 16.1 - OF Joe Lefebvre
I rushed this pick as I was not by my computer. But I liked his lefty hitting and his ability to play catcher in a pinch just in case Ausmus/Grandal need some rest. Probably a reach but I like the versatility.

Pick 17.1 - SP Andy Ashby
Ugh, I guess I need innings. Ashby was the last of his tier available and even a couple guys from the tier below had gone so it was time to take him. Looking back, I should have taken him in the previous round but was lucky he was still there.

Pick 18.1 - RP Fernando Rodney
The last of the elite short-inning arms. Just 29 IP but 0 HR/9 and a .141 OAV are very nice.

Pick 19.1 - OF Ruppert Jones
No idea how Jones is still here, I must be missing something. Mostly a luxury pick, but he is an A+ CF (Hendrick is just A) and he’s a lefty. He can be my defensive replacement and likely steal some starts against RHP.

Pick 20.1 - SP Andrew Cashner
Again, the last starting pitcher in his tier. I’m not happy about it, but I need innings.

Pick 21.1 - RP Brad Hand
Pick 22.1 - RP Tim Stauffer
Pick 23.1 - 1B/OF Ryan Klesko
Pick 24.2 - SP Tim Lollar
Pick 25.4 - RP Mike Maddux
Hand and Lollar give me my first and only lefties on staff and more importantly, combined with Maddux and Stauffer, these 4 picks give me 500 innings. Klesko is mostly a luxury but he can play 1B and OF and provides another lefty bat. I may platoon him with Gaston which makes me even more mad I passed on Milton Bradley for Gaston. Oh well, hindsight is always 20/20.


SUMMARY
I end up with just 1435 innings, but I think that should be enough. I do need to get an uncomfortable amount from my 3 worst pitchers--Ashby, Cashner, and Lollar combine for 636 of those innings. Will try to limit the damage to lower-leverage games/innings and for Ashby and Lollar maybe throw them in Petco* when possible. On the flip side, my top 6 guys (Peavy and Young as starters and Street/Benoit/Yates/Rodney as relievers) are the best top end in the division and should play nicely if we can get into the playoffs.

* Speaking of which, side note, I think we may only get one Petco team (relkcirts). I’m almost certain 3day is going with Jack Murphy given the presence of some of the power on his team. Pedrocerrano is the wild card, but I’m guessing he’s also going with Jack Murphy.

Offensively, I am a bit bummed with how my 1B/COF picks played out. I think I would have been happier taking Greg Vaughn and Milton Bradley over Adrian Gonzalez and Cito Gaston, respectively, even if that meant having to go with McGriff at 1B and Lezcano at the other OF spot. In essence, I think McGriff/Vaughn/Bradley/Lezcano is slightly better than Gonzalez/Gaston/Klesko, but it’s mostly splitting hairs. I’m very happy with my platoons at Catcher (Ausmus/Grandal), 2B (Ready/Schimpf), and especially SS (Tatis/Cabrera). And I’m thrilled to have Caminiti anchoring the offense at 3B. The defense is a bit suspect in some places (Grandal’s arm, Ready’s range, Tatis’s fielding, Klesko anywhere), but in all those cases I have platoon partners to cover up (Ausmus A+ arm, Schimpf B-level defense, Cabrera A-level defense, and Ruppert Jones/Gonzalez are good defensive options in OF/1B).