Week 6 1/2 Draft Review (Part 2)

Here are the first 10 rounds of review. Again, all rankings are as of 5-20-09, so many have changed.

Round One

Best Pick - only 3 real competitors here, but it has to go to Jason Bay (6th by Legends). The 4th
ranked player really likes playing in Fenway.

Worst Pick - This goes to Vlad 7th overall Guerrero. He's ranked 963 and is hurt…. Shockingly… Would Karma trade Vlad for Adam Jones, the 150th overall pick? I hope so…

Round 1 Winner: Despite Swine Nine, Karma and Bobz Boyz each having 2 picks here, it has to go to Legends for grabbing Bay.

Round 1 Loser: Since Karma at least got Morneau #1, this has to go to PSC for taking Ortiz #9, and then cutting him 5 weeks later. Jacoby Ellsbury, ranked 77th, went with the very next pick.

Round Two

Best Pick: Ew. This was really a pretty lousy round. The best pick here was Curtis Granderson at 13 (ranked 44).

Worst Pick: There are 4 players taken in the round ranked higher than 650, and only one of them is guaranteed to finish higher than that (McCann). The worst so far though, and one of the biggest fantasy disappointments of 2009, is Francisco Liriano, who is currently ranked 1201 and getting hammered.

Round 2 Winner: I guess it's the Howitzers with Granderson, who probably should have been shopped after his great start.

Round 2 Loser: Though taking Geovany Soto (ranked 901) in this round was a stretch even based on his 2008 production, watching him stink really has to irk Bounty Hunters… but they are not the losers of this round. Bobz Boyz took Chris Davis (ranked 199 but hitting .200) 14th and Francisco Liriano 19th, and he regrets them both. How different would this league be if the Boyz had taken Billingsley and left Liriano to the Swine?

Round Three

Best Pick: Jonathan Broxton was taken 30th and is ranked 6th overall, mostly because he's lucked into 5 wins, which is a lot for a closer over the entire year. The real gem of this round has been Billingsley (ranked 32). He has teamed with Johan to give Swine two uber-aces and has run laps around all other starting pitchers taken in the first 7 rounds. Not until round 8 with Gallardo and Greinke did we see an SP who's actually throwing like an ace.

Worst Pick: John Lackey (574) was put on the DL right around the draft, which gave Legends the privilege of, for the 2nd year in a row, drafting an injured Angels SP. Tulowitzki has been the worst performer in this round, but I'm betting Legends would much rather have Broxton right now.

Round 3 Winner: Jobu and Broxton may disagree, but it goes to Swine for Billingsley.

Round 3 Loser: This goes to PSC for Tulowitzki (ranked 591). Lackey should be solid down the stretch. There's not nearly as much hope for Troy.

Round Four

Best Pick: Adam Dunn (ranked 48) is still hitting bombs, only this year he's actually helping the batting average for Legends. If Joey Votto can ever get his equilibrium back, he may end up the best pick in this round.

Worst Pick: It was the worst pick on draft day, and it may still be. Scotty Baker (948) has been hurt and hittable. Not what your looking for with the 39th pick.

Round 4 winner: Legends gets it done.

Round 4 Loser. The Boyz are saved by the Votto pick. The Regulators took 2 SS's in this round, and they're both TERRIBLE. (Drew 898, Hardy 277).

Round Five

Best Pick: Even though Victor Martinez (13) is ranked higher, the discovery by Joe Mauer (85) of Steroids has possibly given rise to the new Pujols. Anyone that can hit .350 with 30 bombs is elite. Do that from an elite position, and Swine is thrilled that this gamble paid off. Maybe we all should get kidney conditions.

Worst Pick: There were some serious underperforming SP's taken here, but the worst pick was probably Ervin Santana. Rumor has it that the warranty is about to run out on his arm, and his performances so far seem to validate that.

Round 5 Winner: Swine again. Everyone in round 4 wishes they took Mauer. Swine also added Hunter Pence (ranked 66) to boot.

Round 5 Loser: Howitzers for the Santana grab. The other crummy starters taken in this round could pull it together down the stretch. I don't think Santana makes it to the AS Break.

Round Six

Best Pick: Johnny Damon is a slugging machine and ranked 24th overall. Orlando Hudson is ranked 35th as well, but Damon is the best pick here for Karma.

Worst Pick: There are 3 crummy picks here, but I think the worst was Ryan Doumit (835) also by Karma. Since Karma had the best and worst picks in this round, they can't win or lose the round, so…

Round 6 Winner: If not Karma, it has to be Bounty Hunters for Orlando Hudson.

Round 6 Loser: Jobu took Joba (708), who hasn't exactly been lights out, but Swine took Roy Oswalt (827) AND Rich Harden (595). Those two could redeem themselves still, but for now, combined, they equal the losing round.

Round Seven

Best Pick: What a terrible round. Miguel Tejada is ranked 92. That makes him a no-brainer choice for best pick amongst this garbage.

Worst Pick: Ricky Nolasco (1224) has been surprisingly awful. Milton Bradley (809) hasn't surprised anyone except Bounty Hunters with his awfulness, so he's the worst. Edwin Encarnacion (1198) gets honorable mention.

Round 7 Winner: um… Howitzers at least got a pick back in a trade for Wieters (1040). I guess that's good. Also, Regulators and Snot on the Ball are runners up for trading out of this round long ago.

Round 7 Loser: Fantasy Baseball as a whole.

Round Eight

Best Pick: Arguably the best pick in the draft. Zack Greinke (1) went after a lot of really lousy starting pitchers.

Worst Pick: Randy Johnson (945) was taken ahead of not only Greinke, but also Gallardo (131), Hawpe (69) Wells (93), Theriot (121) and Pena (31). That was a brutal pick.

Round 8 Winner: Regs would be done without Greinke.

Round 8 Loser: Regs will never let Jobu forget that he should have had Greinke.

Round Nine

Best Pick: Raul Ibanez was taken 85th, and he's now ranked 2nd. That's called value.

Worst Pick: There were 3 poor picks in this round, but the most painful was probably Ryan Dempster (643) taken 83rd… right before Ryan Zimmerman (12) and Ibanez. Ouch.

Round 9 Winner: Snot on the Ball turned the Ibanez pick into his new binky, Justin Morneau. Not too shabby.

Round 9 Loser: See 'Worst Pick'. Sorry Bounty Hunters.

Round Ten

Best Pick: Josh Johnson is the 11th best SP so far. He was the 23rd pitcher drafted, never mind the 12 pitchers who were kept. Yeah Josh!

Worst Pick: Two of the worst, most disappointing young outfielders in FBL were taken back to back here. Chris B (the B stands for sucks) Young (865) and Lastings Milledge (1,034) have really disappointed. Young will win for worst pick, because at least Milledge was sent to the minors, where he can't hurt a lineup.

Round 10 Winner: Regs had the best and worst pick in this round, so I guess the round 10 winner will have to go to Jobu for taking the least bad closer who has stayed healthy: Chad Qualls (75). Francisco would be the pick here had he stayed off the DL.

Round 10 Loser: Gotta be Karma for the Milledge pick.