As the commish of all seasons so far, here is a brief list of reaches and steals (in MY opinion):
Steals
Pedro Martinez. His #'s are just so dominant that I think he should go in the top ten of this league every year. His fairly low innings compared to many deadballers is his biggest drawback, but he always performs better than most other pitchers.
Lou Gehrig (20), Mickey Mantle (21), Ted Williams (23), Jimmie Foxx (24). All equally stolen IMO. All four should probably be top 15, but for some rreason, always seen to slip. Musial incidentally was right in the middle of the 4, but I don't feel quite the same about him. Stan the Man should always be late 1st/early 2nd. However, there are a number of other pitchers who I always feel should go off the board after those four hitters.
Lady Baldwin. Always seems to do better in this league than it SEEMS he should do. Getting him in mid 2nd round is very good value.
Billy Hamilton. 36th overall is a very good place for Billy, who usually gets drafted later than he should and always outperforms his draft spot.
Clayton Kershaw. Amazing that he lasted to the 3rd round. If I had to do it all over again, I woulda taken Kershaw's 2016 season over Wee Willie Keeler. His .72 WHIP over 150 innings is historical!
Joe Morgan. Usually a 2nd rounder, fell to the mid 3rd. Great OBP and pop. Should be a nice value for where he went.
Joe Dimaggio. Awesome offensive numbers and awesome defensive numbers as well. B+ fielding and A+ range in CF and a .380 avg is pretty similar to a .400 avg and c fielding ratings and range, so this is a major steal.
Lou Boudreau. A SS who hits around .370 with great D ratings near the end of the 3rd round...nuff said.
Al Simmons, OF. A .380 hitter with 20+ HR and 100+ RBI early in the 4th round? GREAT value!
Reaches
Cy Young (17th). Great control but he gives up hits. Seems like there were a half dozen other SP's who were better choices at that point to me, but duece has done well with Cy in the past. May be an emotional pick more than anything.
Tris Speaker (18th). Hard to call it a reach when Speaker has traditionally done so well in this league. Thing is, he is usually a 2nd rounder, and if I were kelly1, unless you REALLY love Tris, I'd have waited to my 2nd round pick.
John Clarkson (34th). Sure he throws a TON of innings, but as I learned personally in season 2, he gets hit....hard! He started my seaon in year two of this league as my #1 starter and by game 50, I had to move him to my top long reliever. Just gets lit up like a Xmas tree. north of 49 is new in this league so you can't really blame him for not knowing. I doubt he'll draft him again after this season though
Elton Chamberlain (40th). A dominant pitcher, but with only around 150 or so innings, his numbers aren't quite what Kershaws 2016 numbers are. Could have goten him in the next round most likely.
Ron Guidry (49th). Ron is a great pitcher and that season is one of the best ever, but it just seems to me that there were a handful of other pitchers I'd rather have at that point, including Kerahaw, who was taken a few picks later. He doesn't have the IP that Guidry does but FAR better numbers. You could say the same for Koufax and Leaonard.