Draft
A little birdie told me the draft goes: ThunderChickens, Kernels, UpperDeckers, Bombers, Hitmen, Highlanders, Gamblers, Marauders, BammBeanos, Champions.
Draft, Uncategorized | Don Smith January 29, 2010
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Date: 03/12/2005
By Rob Moore, January 30, 2010 @ 11:14 am
Let the specualtion begin!
By Don Smith, February 2, 2010 @ 11:20 am
OK. I’ll start the speculation. Let’s talk about A and B Relief Pitchers. There are 7 A* Pitchers and 17 B* Pitchers (plus Matt Palmer, a straight B who is mostly relief).
Out of those 25 guys, I would “wish that I had Jesse’s Girl” before I would use a pick on at least 3/4 of them. My only personal contact with him was not positive, but maybe he was just having a bad day. Or maybe he was confused. Whatever it was, I’m willing to let it go unless I see it happen again. See how empathetic and forgiving I can be?
I’m probably not going to take him, but I think he can pitch.
And the ex-Cedar Rapids Kernel might be a closer in waiting.
DonS.
By Thomas Nelshoppen, February 3, 2010 @ 9:33 pm
that birdie aint little, mister.
I just posted the draft order with current trades at
http://www.illowaapbaleague.com/ial-draft-order-announced
By Don Smith, February 12, 2010 @ 8:07 pm
In random order, I think the first round will consist of: Tommy Hanson, Randy Wells, J A Happ, Jeff Niemann, David Price, Andrew Bailey, Matt Wieters, Elvis Andrus, Gordon Beckham and Andrew McCutchen. Maybe.
What do others think?
By Don Smith, February 16, 2010 @ 8:34 am
We got our preliminary information for Yahoo Fantasy League. With it came the player ratings.
The 3 highest rated pitchers are Tim Lincecum, Roy Halladay and Zach Grienke.
In ILLOWA League, what do these three pitchers have in common?
By Rob, February 16, 2010 @ 8:36 am
Tedd dropped them? Oh, wait, Lincecum is still on his team…. :)
By Rob, February 18, 2010 @ 12:29 pm
Oh, and I think your analysis of the first round is probably right on – though I think one of those guys may be bumped for Rick Porcello.
By Don Smith, February 27, 2010 @ 10:34 am
2010 AABA Draft. They have a similar but not identical draft pool.
Results: 1. M. Wieters, 2. T Hanson, 3. G Beckham, 4. R Porcello, 5. A McCutcheon, 6. E Andrus, 7. R Wells, 8. B Anderson, 9. B Bergeson, 10. D Fowler.
So 6 of their first 7 were in my projected first round. My other 4? Bailey was 14 and Niemann was 17. I don’t find J A Happ or D Price listed, so I assume they weren’t in the draft. Probably already in the league.