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Sport Fanatics 2008 Fantasy Baseball
January 14, 2008 Experts Mock Draft
12 Team Mixed, Single
Season League |
Sport Fanatics Fantasy Sports (picks
highlighted in aqua) was invited to participate with 11 other fantasy
baseball experts at the
MockDraftCentral.Com site. The mock draft
was 23 rounds in length. The
draft was based on a typical 5X5 rotisserie league, with the following scoring
categories: Batters - Batting Average, Home Runs, RBI's, Stolen Bases and Runs.
Pitchers - Wins, Saves, Strikeouts, ERA and WHIP. The starting lineup consists of:
2 C, 1 1B, 1 2B,
1 SS, 1 3B, 1 MI, 1 CI, 5 OF, 1 utility player and 9 pitchers. All 23 picks are
starting for positions, there are no bench players.
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Official Mock Draft
Order & Participants |
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1. David Gonos
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7. Ray Flowers
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CBS Sports |
Baseball Guys |
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2. Andy Behrens
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8. Tim McLeod
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Yahoo! |
Roto Rob |
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3. Derek Carty
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9. Nate Stephens
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The Hardball Times |
NBC/RotoWorld |
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4. Michael Salfino
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10. Peter Kreutzer
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Nationally
Syndicated Columnist |
Ask Rotoman |
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5. Chris Bracke
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11. Mike Kuchera
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Mock Draft Central |
Fantasy Baseball
Express |
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6. Brent Grooms
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12. Mike Inglett
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Baseball HQ |
Sport Fanatics |
January 14, 2008 Mock Draft
Results
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Round/Pick |
Team Owner |
Player |
Pos |
Team |
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R1 P1 |
David Gonos |
Rodriguez, Alex |
3B |
NYY |
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R1 P2 |
Andy Behrens |
Ramirez, Hanley |
SS |
FLA |
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R1 P3 |
Derek Carty |
Wright, David |
3B |
NYM |
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R1 P4 |
Michael Salfino |
Reyes, Jose |
SS |
NYM |
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R1 P5 |
Chris Bracke |
Utley, Chase |
2B |
PHI |
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R1 P6 |
Brent Grooms |
Rollins, Jimmy |
SS |
PHI |
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R1 P7 |
Ray Flowers |
Pujols, Albert |
1B |
STL |
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R1 P8 |
Tim McLeod |
Holliday, Matt |
OF |
COL |
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R1 P9 |
Nate Stephens |
Braun, Ryan |
3B |
MIL |
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R1 P10 |
Peter Kreutzer |
Crawford, Carl |
OF |
TB |
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R1 P11 |
Mike Kuchera |
Fielder, Prince |
1B |
MIL |
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R1 P12 |
Mike Inglett |
Cabrera, Miguel |
3B |
DET |
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Notes from this round & my pick: First 8 picks went
about as I expected, but then Braun at #9 overall surprised me. I was
expecting to end up with Fielder instead I was ecstatic to get Miguel
Cabrera with the 12th pick. I am predicting a huge year from him in DET, I
thought he would go #9 overall but I bet he winds up a top 5 fantasy
producer in 2008. |
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R2 P1 |
Mike Inglett |
Howard, Ryan |
1B |
PHI |
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R2 P2 |
Mike Kuchera |
Soriano, Alfonso |
OF |
CHC |
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R2 P3 |
Peter Kreutzer |
Santana, Johan |
SP |
MIN |
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R2 P4 |
Nate Stephens |
Ortiz, David |
DH |
BOS |
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R2 P5 |
Tim McLeod |
Sizemore, Grady |
OF |
CLE |
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R2 P6 |
Ray Flowers |
Beltran, Carlos |
OF |
NYM |
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R2 P7 |
Brent Grooms |
Phillips, Brandon |
2B |
CIN |
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R2 P8 |
Chris Bracke |
Suzuki, Ichiro |
OF |
SEA |
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R2 P9 |
Michael Salfino |
Guerrero, Vladimir |
OF |
ANA |
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R2 P10 |
Derek Carty |
Lee, Carlos |
OF |
HOU |
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R2 P11 |
Andy Behrens |
Upton, B.J. |
OF, 2B |
TB |
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R2 P12 |
David Gonos |
Peavy, Jake |
SP |
SD |
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Notes from this round & my pick: Santana finally went
at #15 overall and was surprised to see BJ Upton being draft at the end of
round 2. Once again very happy to see Ryan Howard available as I thought
he would have been a top #10 pick, expect a .280 BA this year. My HR, RBI
and Run categories are off to a great start. |
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R3 P1 |
David Gonos |
Teixeira, Mark |
1B |
ATL |
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R3 P2 |
Andy Behrens |
Berkman, Lance |
1B, OF |
HOU |
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R3 P3 |
Derek Carty |
Martin, Russell |
C |
LA |
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R3 P4 |
Michael Salfino |
Ramirez, Manny |
OF |
BOS |
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R3 P5 |
Chris Bracke |
Martinez, Victor |
C, 1B |
CLE |
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R3 P6 |
Brent Grooms |
Ramirez, Aramis |
3B |
CHC |
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R3 P7 |
Ray Flowers |
Abreu, Bobby |
OF |
NYY |
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R3 P8 |
Tim McLeod |
Granderson, Curtis |
OF |
DET |
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R3 P9 |
Nate Stephens |
Rios, Alex |
OF |
TOR |
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R3 P10 |
Peter Kreutzer |
Markakis, Nick |
OF |
BAL |
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R3 P11 |
Mike Kuchera |
Ordonez, Magglio |
OF |
DET |
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R3 P12 |
Mike Inglett |
Byrnes, Eric |
OF |
ARI |
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Notes from this round & my pick: First couple of
catchers off the board, even with two starting catchers required in my
opinion too early for them to be drafted. Since my first two rounds were
great power hitters, went for speed with some pop with my next two picks.
Not expecting Byrnes to repeat his '07 numbers but even 80-85% would be a
good pick at this point, plus we need five starting OF. Was considering
Dunn, but since I already have the power numbers, went for speed. |
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R4 P1 |
Mike Inglett |
Roberts, Brian |
2B |
BAL |
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R4 P2 |
Mike Kuchera |
Jeter, Derek |
SS |
NYY |
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R4 P3 |
Peter Kreutzer |
Atkins, Garrett |
3B |
COL |
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R4 P4 |
Nate Stephens |
Bedard, Erik |
SP |
BAL |
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R4 P5 |
Tim McLeod |
Dunn, Adam |
OF |
CIN |
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R4 P6 |
Ray Flowers |
Figgins, Chone |
3B |
ANA |
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R4 P7 |
Brent Grooms |
Morneau, Justin |
1B |
MIN |
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R4 P8 |
Chris Bracke |
Webb, Brandon |
SP |
ARI |
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R4 P9 |
Michael Salfino |
Beckett, Josh |
SP |
BOS |
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R4 P10 |
Derek Carty |
Hunter, Torii |
OF |
ANA |
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R4 P11 |
Andy Behrens |
Hafner, Travis |
DH |
CLE |
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R4 P12 |
David Gonos |
Young, Chris |
OF |
ARI |
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Notes from this round & my pick: With my 4th round
pick, I went for another stolen base threat with some pop at a somewhat
thin position. With my first
four picks I should be at the top in four of the hitting categories and at
least middle of the road in batting average. Surprise picks for me were
Torii Hunter and Chris Young (OF), I just don't see them worthy of a 4th round
pick. |
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R5 P1 |
David Gonos |
Cano, Robinson |
2B |
NYY |
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R5 P2 |
Andy Behrens |
Hamels, Cole |
SP |
PHI |
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R5 P3 |
Derek Carty |
Sabathia, C.C. |
SP |
CLE |
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R5 P4 |
Michael Salfino |
Lee, Derrek |
1B |
CHC |
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R5 P5 |
Chris Bracke |
Lackey, John |
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