Finish up team one with the 1977 Braves. If only Niekro had had a half-decent season in '77....

1998 Florida Marlins

They're already taken...did you mean 1999?

I'll wait for the answer.

Yes - I meant 1999, sorry about that....

1934 Cincinnati Reds

None of the teams that actually fit were left, so let's go beneath the bottom of the barrel for the

1924 Boston Braves

(shudder)

Speaking of below the bottom of the barrel, if you squint really hard you can pretend these guys kinda, sorta fill some of the holes on my team...in the same way that a corpse fills a burial plot.

1910 Boston Doves

Kirby White - who does in fact make my roster - has a HR/9+ of 25. I don't know if I've ever seen that before.

Posted by contrarian23 on 3/27/2021 12:37:00 PM (view original):
Speaking of below the bottom of the barrel, if you squint really hard you can pretend these guys kinda, sorta fill some of the holes on my team...in the same way that a corpse fills a burial plot.

1910 Boston Doves

Kirby White - who does in fact make my roster - has a HR/9+ of 25. I don't know if I've ever seen that before.

I had to go look up Kirby White, and it gets more fun. He allowed just two HR in his three Boston starts before being traded to Pittsburgh. But 2 HR in 28 innings was a lot in 1910, when the entire league totaled 214. White gave up just two more in 163 innings with the Pirates, a 145 HR/9+.

But those first two ...

The first was yielded to none other than Christy Mathewson, who didn't hit another one all season. Matty also doubled.

The second was to Brooklyn's Tony Smith two games later. Smith only hit that single big-league homer in 633 PA.

Well done, Kirby!

I would say that Pedro's last pick will be the "Mr. Irrelevant" of the draft - but nearly all of these teams are irrelevant...

I'll finish this off with the 1942 Boston Braves

GL Everyone