Posted by schwarze on 11/3/2022 12:31:00 PM (view original):
So here's the delimma. There are 17 people that still need a 3B. But there are plenty of 3B that I like and that I can live with, so I should wait another round or two, right? But, just about anybody else I pick (from a different position) will also reduce the 3B options. So if there does happen to be a run on 3B run, those half dozen 3B I like may disappear quickly.

So, when looking at it from a different angle, there is one 3B I can take, who I do like, who I have ranked pretty highly, that is also on a franchise where I don't really like the other options left. So I guess it's time.

1954 Eddie Mathews, Braves 3B 6,306,721

Fun fact: Of the 30 thirdbasemen nominated, 24 bat right-handed. I am glad I got one of the lefties. Mathews is also the reason I didn't draft Brett 4 rounds earlier.

My Svengali meter is running a little high right now ...

I really didn't want to make this pick. I should've taken '81 Gossage last round and '07 Chris Young this round. But the Braves have no other starting batters or starting pitchers I can take and I don't like their RP options. I've shifted my strategy from "just take the guys I like" to "take guys I can live with on a franchise where the other players on that franchise suck"

I'm torned between a left-handed batter like Mathews who has poor range defensively verses a player who hits right-handed but had plus range. Does the lefty bat make up the difference for poorer defense?

2B 2004 Mark Loretta SD Padres 7,089,278

Total; 84,934,220

via proxy, ff09 takes Jim Thome, 3B Indians $6,384,351

Posted by bheid408 on 11/3/2022 1:38:00 PM (view original):
I'm torned between a left-handed batter like Mathews who has poor range defensively verses a player who hits right-handed but had plus range. Does the lefty bat make up the difference for poorer defense?

Oh I know what mean. I always love a good A+ range fielder. But the 3B position does have a propensity for committing a lot of errors. A thirdbaseman who is D/A+ could hurt your team more than a 3B who is an A+/D. Mathews' B+ fielding grade is reasonably good. I do have Mathews rated as the fourth best hitting 3B in this draft, +1.09 standard deviations better than average.

Nationals 2b Daniel murphy
everyone ahead of me has their 2b

Someone sm for me I am at the eye doctor.

I can jump Pedro,

OF2: 1996 Gary Sheffield (Marlins) $7,429,378

i feel like i'm going to regret this one when bats are picked this round... but at the same time there are still too many people who need their sp1 and i have to have 300+ ip from the spot...

1924 Dazzy Vance

Dodgers

P1

11,875,690

(no one left this round can take p1)

that has to be the fastest three picks ever.

I couldn't believe that Vance lasted this long! In my opinion, steal of draft at this point!

Posted by bheid408 on 11/3/2022 1:38:00 PM (view original):
I'm torned between a left-handed batter like Mathews who has poor range defensively verses a player who hits right-handed but had plus range. Does the lefty bat make up the difference for poorer defense?

I get a little hung up on L/R in these drafts, too. I just looked and approximately 1/4 of the P1-4 are lefties, and I'm not sure if that's about average or not but it gives us some point of reflection. If you were facing 50-50 pitching, it wouldn't matter who you drafted (skipping over switch hitters, obviously). If it's 75-25, then in approximately half your games you're facing what you'd get anyway in an even split, but now in the other half it's 100% righties instead of 50% as you'd get in an even split. So to me, it's only that 40 or so "extra" games against righties that tilt the scale, and I'm only talking about starters anyway. So that's maybe 120-150 PA extra that come into play. Do we know how many of those outcomes will be different because of handedness? Is it as high as 20%? Are we looking at maybe 10-20 extra or fewer hits over the course of the season? I really don't know, but it's one way of trying to look at it.

At the end of the day, I prefer a balanced lineup if possible. Sometimes in these drafts, it's just not. Does it change the course of your season? My instinct says it matters some, enough to weigh it in my decisions, but probably not enough to let it make me crazy either.

	ROUND 10
Pick	Owner________	Player__________	Season___	Salary_______	Pos
1	3dayrotation	1985 Ozzie Smith	Cardinals	6,271,200	SS
2	thejuice6	2012 Aaron Hill	Diamondbacks	7,306,823	2B
3	Jtpsops	2011 Doug Fister	Tigers	3,018,490	P7
4	bheid408	1992 Rod Beck	Giants	3,949,104	P5
5	reddtrain	2008 C.C. Sabathia	Brewers	4,896,303	P6
6	firesalt	1991 Todd Frohwirth	Orioles	4,209,280	P6
7	ronthegenius	2021 Salvador Perez	Royals	5,964,209	C
8	happyhours	2019 Alex Bregman	Astros	6,893,269	3B
9	midknight	1992 Sid Fernandez	Mets	7,004,033	P3
10	footballmm11	1981 Rich Gossage	Yankees	4,290,510	P8
11	BeAllEndAll	1971 Willie Stargell	Pirates	6,457,567	OF3
12	joerat1	2014 Garrett Richards	Angels	6,239,078	P4
13	calhoop	1967 Cisco Carlos	White Sox	3,097,799	P11
14	bigsteve12	2018 Sean Doolittle	Nationals	2,566,363	P11
15	Chisock	1983 Dan Quisenberry	Royals	5,065,903	P6
16	vilefileman	2002 Miguel Tejada	Athletics	6,653,782	SS
17	NebHusker	2019 Anthony Rendon	Nationals	6,609,138	3B
18	redcped	1939 Ted Lyons	White Sox	6,422,560	P3
19	schwarze	1954 Eddie Mathews	Braves	6,306,721	3B
20	alice	2004 Mark Loretta	Padres	7,089,278	2B
21	ff09	1996 Jim Thome	Indians	6,384,351	3B
22	pedrocerrano	2007 Rafael Betancourt	Indians	4,272,869	P7
23	njbigwig	1996 Gary Sheffield	Marlins	7,429,378	OF2
24	mllama54	2017 Daniel Murphy	Nationals	5,868,234	2B

Posted by njbigwig on 11/3/2022 2:05:00 PM (view original):
I couldn't believe that Vance lasted this long! In my opinion, steal of draft at this point!

I took a Dodger in R1 and never had a chance to consider him ... but yeah, it hadn't escaped my notice that he was still sitting there.