MLB All-Time Fantasy Draft

[Keefe]

We each draft:

*8 position players
*a DH
*two pinch hitters
*three starting pitchers (as if it’s a playoff series)
*two relievers
*four wildcards (could relievers, starters, or another position player/bat)
*one manager
*one ballpark


That’s 22 rounds. Ballparks might seem odd to some but teams in real life are generally formed with the ballparks in mind, to some degree. Any player, manager or ballpark can be drafted in any round.

Similar to how we form our NBA draft teams, we’re using peak players. Obviously though longevity comes into play some. With the team you form, HOW WOULD IT DO IN A SEVEN GAME SERIES?

As always, there’s a 24 hour time limit. And we can trade. Let’s begin.

1. White Chocolate—Hank Aaron
2. Wes Mantooth—Babe Ruth
3. tfivas—Barry Bonds
4. Ellis269–Willie Mays
5. Beer—Ken Griffey, Jr.
6. Thee Jazz fan—Ted Williams
7. Thee Jazz fan—Greg Maddux
8. Beer—Alex Rodriguez
9. Ellis269–Randy Johnson
10. tfivas—Albert Pujols
11. Wes Mantooth—Sandy Koufax
12. White Chocolate—Mickey Mantle
13. White Chocolate—Roberto Clemente
14. Wes Mantooth—Lou Gehrig
15. tfivas—Roger Clemens
16. Ellis269–Mariano Rivera
17. Beer—Mike Piazza
18. Thee Jazz fan—Ichiro Suzuki
19.Thee Jazz fan—Miguel Cabrera
20. Beer—Rickey Henderson
21. Ellis269–Ozzie Smith
22. tfivas—Pedro Martinez
23. Wes Mantooth—Bob Gibson
24. White Chocolate—Honus Wagner
25. White Chocolate—Nolan Ryan
26. Wes Mantooth—Tom Seaver
27. tfivas—Johnny Bench
28. Ellis269–Mike Trout
29. Beer—Pete Rose
30. Thee Jazz fan—Dwight Gooden
31. Thee Jazz fan—Mark McGwire
32. Beer—Tom Glavine
33. Ellis269–Clayton Kershaw
34. tfivas—Mike Schmidt
35. Wes Mantooth—Dennis Eckersley
36. White Chocolate—Cy Young
37. White Chocolate—Satchel Paige
38. Wes Mantooth—Derek Jeter
39. tfivas—Cal Ripken, Jr.
40. Ellis269–George Brett
41. Beer—Justin Verlander
42. Thee Jazz fan—Chipper Jones
43. Thee Jazz fan—Ernie Banks
44. Beer—Wade Boggs
45. Ellis269–Ivan Rodriguez
46. tfivas—Tony Gwynn
47. Wes Mantooth—Joe DiMaggio
48. White Chocolate—Jackie Robinson
49. Wes Mantooth—Yogi Berra
50. Wes Mantooth—Steve Carlton
51. tfivas—Robinson Cano
52. Ellis269–Frank Thomas
53. Beer-Frank Robinson
54. Thee Jazz fan-Trevor Hoffman
55. Thee Jazz fan-Yadier Molina
56. Beer-Stan Musial
57. Ellis269–Ty Cobb
58. tfivas—David Ortiz
59. Wes Mantooth—Jimmie Foxx
60. White Chocolate—Adrian Beltre
61. White Chocolate—Manny Ramirez
62.Wes Mantooth—Roger Hornsby
63. tfivas—Madison Bumgarner
64. Ellis269–Max Scherzer
65. Beer—Christy Matthewson
66. Thee Jazz fan—John Smoltz
67. Thee Jazz fan—Jacob DeGrom
68. Beer—Edgar Martinez
69. Ellis269–Reggie Jackson
70. tfivas—Dave Winfield
71. Wes Mantooth—Billy Wagner
72. White Chocolate—Jim Thome
73. White Chocolate—Jonathan Papelbon
74. White Chocolate—Roy Campanella
75. tfivas—Aroldis Chapman
76. Ellis269–Ryne Sandberg
77. Beer—CC Sabathia
78. Thee Jazz fan—Roberto Alomar
79. Thee Jazz fan—Tris Speaker
80. Beer—Joey Votto
81. Ellis269–Mookie Betts
82. tfivas—Curt Shilling
83. Wes Mantooth—Paul Molitor
84. White Chocolate—Roger Maris
85. White Chocolate—Walter Johnson
86. Wes Mantooth—Carl Yaztrzemski
87. tfivas—Alfonso Soriano
88. Ellis269–Craig Kimbrel
89. Beer—Lee Smith
90. Thee Jazz fan—Josh Hader
91. Thee Jazz fan—Vladimir Guerrero
92. Beer—Al Kaline
93. Ellis269—Joe Morgan
94. tfivas—Coors Field
95. Wes Mantooth—Eddie Mathews
96. White Chocolate—Warren Spahn
97. White Chocolate—Jose Canseco
98. White Chocolate—Rollie Fingers
99. tfivas—Billy Hamilton
100. Ellis269—Kirby Puckett
101. Beer—Roy Halladay
102. Thee Jazz fan—Sammy Sosa
103. Thee Jazz fan—Rod Carew
104. Beer—Todd Helton
105. Ellis269–Goose Gossage
106. tfivas—Francisco Rodriguez
107. Wes Mantooth—Old Yankees Stadium
108. White Chocolate—Fenway Park
109. White Chocolate—Terry Francona
110. Wes Mantooth—John Franco
111. tfivas—Felix Hernandez
112. Ellis269–Wrigley Field
113. Beer—Sparky Anderson
114. Thee Jazz fan—Bobby Cox
115. Thee Jazz fan—At Fult ConStadium
116. Beer—Dodger Stadium
117. Ellis269–Eddie Murray
118. tfivas—Tony LaRussa
119. Wes Mantooth—Carlton Fisk
120. White Chocolate—Christian Yelich
121. Wes Mantooth—Joe Torre
122. Wes Mantooth—Joe Nathan
123. tfivas—Willie McCovey
124. Ellis269–Nomar Garciaparra
125. Beer—Cody Bellinger
126. Thee Jazz fan—Bruce Sutter
127. Thee Jazz fan—Mark Wholers
128. Beer—Tim Wakefield
129. Ellis269--Joe McCarthy
130. tfivas--Mike Mussina
131. Wes Mantooth--Tim Raines
132. White Chocolate

 

[Keefe]

Reply to sign up here.

FYI, we won’t start until the completion of the current NBA Draft and playoffs...so in about 2-3 weeks probably.

 

[Keefe]

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[Jazzmix]

Thanks for invitation Wes but I have no idea at all about baseball. If you organise the hottest women in the history of cinema draft I would be in though.

 

[Keefe]

I'll do it. I'll be surprised if we get enough people though.

That’s two! What’s the minimum number you think we need to do this?

 

[gandalfe]

I understand that baseball exists, and some dude pitched really well on LSD. Other than that...

Oh. Joe DiMaggio was married to Marilyn Monroe and left flowers on her grave every week until he died.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

In

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Should be more than 1 1/2 position players on the bench. Today's game pitchers don't last as long. Need more bench players for that reason. I'd say 3 bench and 6 total pitchers if you don't want to do a full 25 man roster.

 

[Coach Ellis]

I’ll fully admit to not being very baseball knowledgeable, but I’m pretty sure I can at least keep from embarrassing myself.

I’m in.

 

[David Hume]

@Saint Cy of JFC
@Hekate
@Eminence
@DasJazz @checkbookdoc @Jazzmix @Avery @cooldude32 @Ostertag>Duncan
@infection
@JimLes
@Archie Moses
@gomretat
@The Jazz Wonderbra

Wes, thank you for the invitation. I have to decline for the same reasons given by Jazzmix. I can also endorse the idea of Jazmix’s draft proposal.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I’ll fully admit to not being very baseball knowledgeable, but I’m pretty sure I can at least keep from embarrassing myself.

I’m in.

Basically this.

I’m in.

 

[LogGrad98]

Not for me. I think baseball barely qualifies as a "sport" and is 2nd only to soccer in boring. And I played baseball for 2 years in high school.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Not for me. I think baseball barely qualifies as a "sport" and is 2nd only to soccer in boring. And I played baseball for 2 years in high school.

Baseball is definitely the most boring sport. I can tolerate Soccer. I’m willing to learn about baseball history as we do this though. I’m also interested to see the final draft board.

 

[JimLes]

@Saint Cy of JFC
@Hekate
@Eminence
@DasJazz @checkbookdoc @Jazzmix @Avery @cooldude32 @Ostertag>Duncan
@infection
@JimLes
@Archie Moses
@gomretat
@The Jazz Wonderbra

While I appreciate the invite, I'm even worse at fantasy baseball than at fantasy basketball. And as those of you who remember when @dalamon invited me to Ugly's Yahoo basketball thing, I'm pretty freaking terrible.

Oh, but I can remember most of the batting lineup of the late 90s Braves because my sister watched Family Matters and Full House on Superstation and would leave the TV on after. I don't know if that would help in this fantasy draft, though.

 

[Rubashov]

Thanks for invitation Wes but I have no idea at all about baseball. If you organise the hottest women in the history of cinema draft I would be in though.

Baseball is cricket for retards.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

While I appreciate the invite, I'm even worse at fantasy baseball than at fantasy basketball. And as those of you who remember when @dalamon invited me to Ugly's Yahoo basketball thing, I'm pretty freaking terrible.

Oh, but I can remember most of the batting lineup of the late 90s Braves because my sister watched Family Matters and Full House on Superstation and would leave the TV on after. I don't know if that would help in this fantasy draft, though.

Not fantasy just a bunch of guys selecting any baseball player you want to form a team. It’s fun.

 

[JimLes]

Not fantasy just a bunch of guys selecting any baseball player you want to form a team. It’s fun.

Again, I only know those Braves teams. And even that subconsciously, it seems.

 

[Keefe]

Baseball is cricket for retards.

This draft is perfect for you then!

 

[gandalfe]

Baseball is definitely the most boring sport. I can tolerate Soccer. I’m willing to learn about baseball history as we do this though. I’m also interested to see the final draft board.

You obviously know nothing of cricket. Imagine a baseball game with only 2 bases that lasts for 3 days.

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

If this was soccer related, I would be in. Baseball sucks.

People that dont get soccer usually say that it's because there isnt enough scoring. If you got 7 points for a goal would it somehow be better? I mean, in football you get 3 points just for kicking the ball over a stick when you have 10 people blocking for you when you kick AND you get to back up the ball 20 yards from the nearest defender... that's considered a terrible shot in soccer where you typically have to kick that ball while on the move into a 3 foot window, 20 yards away with a goalie trying to block it.

If a field goal is worth 3 points then goals should be worth 30 points each. Would that somehow make the sport better? Nah.

Besides, Football games are usually is usually 3 - 4 or 4 - 6 or 2 - 0 (multiplied by 7). So it is only slightly higher scoring than soccer. In football a 48 minute game usually has less than 12 minutes of actual game play. Soccer is closer to 60 minutes of action with 30 minutes of setup and fouls.

I will get off my rant. I need more sports in my life. Until then, I am out on the baseball thing. Baseball truly sucks.