MLB Draft Round 16 Last Round

JHannibalSmith

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Sep 28, 2006
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Ok, I pick Harry Heilman. @jcrow10 is up.

Great pick! I couldn’t find room for him bc I kinda screwed myself early & needed to get a few LH bats in my lineup. I wanted to draft him badly, though. I was down to him & Paul Waner bc they both played OF/1B & both were GREAT hitters. I’m gonna go thru it & make a team of undrafted players when we’re done just to see how good it’ll look. It will probably be good enough to contend if it was in this field. There’s still a ton of players I wish I could draft. Lol
 
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BigBlueEric

All-Conference
Feb 12, 2006
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Great pick! I couldn’t find room for him bc I kinda screwed myself early & needed to get a few LH bats in my lineup. I wanted to draft him badly, though. I was down to him & Paul Waner bc they both played OF/1B & both were GREAT hitters. I’m gonna go thru it & make a team of undrafted players when we’re done just to see how good it’ll look. It will probably be good enough to contend if it was in this field. There’s still a ton of players I wish I could draft. Lol
I did that after you guys did the UK basketball draft. Put together a team that wasn’t good enough to win the tournament but I think they might’ve won a game or two.
 
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jrpross_rivals

Heisman
Feb 21, 2008
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Man, I’m torn on my last pick. I’ve got 2 guys in mind. One basically opens up my entire infield and allows people to switch around. The other is a backup at one position that DOESN’T open things up that much but he was a real speed demon, which is the one thing I don’t have, (though I do have a few guys that were very good baserunners)

Hopefully one will get taken and it’ll be moot but I doubt it
 

BigBlueEric

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Feb 12, 2006
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@KopiKat That's true. I just have the one who has over 1500 more hits than yours and is the winningest player in the history of baseball and also played 6 positions, 5 of them at an all star level. ;). Also regarding the hall of fame, while your statement is true, there will be no gambling investigations during this playoff :p
 

BigBlueEric

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Feb 12, 2006
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Who did you end up with? I know there were still a bunch of great players left.
I don't remember all of them but it was something like Dicky Beal, Roger Harden, Derrick Hord, Bob Guyette, Rob Lock, Eric Manuel, Jay Shidler, Lavon Williams, Freddie Cowans, James Blackmon Can't remember the others, maybe Gimel Martinez, Truman Claytor. The biggest problem was finding quality big men. Still got a 1000 point scorer in Hord and two tremendous and often overlooked point guards from the 80s.
 
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CB3UK

Hall of Famer
Apr 15, 2012
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Alright boys Im on my last break at the plant so Im dropping a pick in here any second now, let me see what I can think of....
 

CB3UK

Hall of Famer
Apr 15, 2012
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JFC....I came up with 6 guys earlier and every single one was picked 16th rd. And now Gary Sheffield is first name I think of....same! ARGH! lol
 

CB3UK

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SP - Christy Matthewson
SP - Tom Glavine
SP - Mike Mussina
SP - Bret Saberhagen
CL - Trevor Hoffman
1B - Jeff Bagwell
2B - Chase Utley
SS - Nomar Garciaparra
3B - Alex Rodriguez
C - Gary Carter
OF - Ty Cobb
OF - Manny Ramirez
OF - George Foster
BN - Bryce Harper
BN - Vada Pinson
BN - Joe Carter
 

JHannibalSmith

All-American
Sep 28, 2006
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I don't remember all of them but it was something like Dicky Beal, Roger Harden, Derrick Hord, Bob Guyette, Rob Lock, Eric Manuel, Jay Shidler, Lavon Williams, Freddie Cowans, James Blackmon Can't remember the others, maybe Gimel Martinez, Truman Claytor. The biggest problem was finding quality big men. Still got a 1000 point scorer in Hord and two tremendous and often overlooked point guards from the 80s.

I couldn’t believe Hord or Manuel wasn’t taken. I think they would be good together on the wing. That’s a solid team, especially considering we only went back to 75 & drafted 14 teams.
 
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KopiKat

All-Conference
Nov 2, 2006
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@KopiKat That's true. I just have the one who has over 1500 more hits than yours and is the winningest player in the history of baseball and also played 6 positions, 5 of them at an all star level. ;). Also regarding the hall of fame, while your statement is true, there will be no gambling investigations during this playoff :p
Having 1500 fewer hits than Pete Rose is still a **** load of hits. I love Pete Rose, btw. I can't fault people for doing their jobs, looking for the truth, peeling away the layers, going after the stories within the stories, and so on. But for those people I have observed along the way, who achieved some sense of satisfaction, or somehow delighted themselves as Pete became harmed (deservedly or not), I just straight-up hate those people.
 
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jrpross_rivals

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Feb 21, 2008
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I will take SS/3B Maury Wills.
Nice pick. I was torn between 2 guys for my next pick and he was one of ‘em. Total speed demon. Broke the stolen base record the same summer that Scott Smalls lost the Babe Ruth signed baseball to the beast.
 

JamesIII

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Oct 21, 2003
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C - Roy Campanella R
1B - Joey Votto L
2B - Robinson Cano L
3B - Adrian Beltre R
SS - Barry Larkin R
LF - Moises Alou R
CF - Willie Mays R
RF - Ichiro L

BN - Eric Davis R
BN - Victor Martinez S
BN - Maury Wills S

SP - Roy Halladay R
SP - CC Sabathia L
SP - Johan Santana L
SP - Don Drysdale R
CL - Francisco Rodriguez R
 
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GoBigBlue712

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Nov 6, 2018
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Starting Lineup:
1. LF-Lou Brock
2. SS-Derek Jeter
3. RF-Tony Gwynn
4. 1B-Hank Aaron
5. 3B-Harmon Killebrew
6. CF-Jim Edmonds
7. C-Thurman Munson
8. 2B-Dustin Pedroia

Bench:
1B-Johnny Mize
OF/1B-Ralph Kiner
2B/SS/3B-Javier Baez

Pitchers
1. SP-Cy Young
2. SP-Ed Walsh
3. SP/Maybe Long Reliever-Madison Bumgarner
4. SP-Harry Breechen
5. RP-Hoyt Wilhelm
 

BigBlueFanGA

Heisman
Jun 14, 2005
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Starting Lineup:

1. Ricky Henderson - LF
2. Rod Carew - 1B
3. Arky Vaughan - SS
4. Mike Piazza - C
5. Carlos Beltran - CF
6. George Brett - 3B
7. Roberto Alomar - 2B
8. Dave Winfield - RF

Pitchers

1. SP - Walter Johnson
2. SP - Satchel Paige
3. SP - Fergie Jenkins
4. SP - Smoky Joe Wood
5. RP - Rollie Fingers

Bench:

1B - Harry Heilmann
3B - Ron Santo
OF - Richie Ashburn
 

BigBlueFanGA

Heisman
Jun 14, 2005
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@UKNorse , you said we're using our picks top 5 years if I remember correctly, right? That would mean a straight 5 year window and not cherry picking, right?
 

hotelblue

Heisman
Jul 6, 2006
41,683
13,121
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dj has me covered on the right side of the infield coming off the bench, hitting for average. i need a gold glover to lock up the left side while bringing some power.

give me matt williams

@drcats2013
 
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DraftCat

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Nov 5, 2011
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@UKNorse , you said we're using our picks top 5 years if I remember correctly, right? That would mean a straight 5 year window and not cherry picking, right?

I don't recall saying anything about a 5 year stretch. This is only a 7 game series which implies 1 year.

I think we are just assuming all of these players are in their prime.
 
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BigBlueFanGA

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I don't recall saying anything about a 5 year stretch. This is only a 7 game series which implies 1 year.

I think we are just assuming all of these players are in their prime.
Ah, ok, easier. I don't know wher I got that. Mushrooms maybe. Of course it was 6 months ago and I have a bad memory.
 
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Drcats2025

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Nov 13, 2012
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I’m going to close out my team with a former MVP, two time batting champion, three time gold glover that also stole over 40 bases 3 times in his career. Give me Willle McGee

@jrpross close this thing out.
 
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Drcats2025

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Nov 13, 2012
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Starting lineup:

1. CF- Kenny Lofton
2. C- Ivan Rodriguez
3. LF- Barry Bonds
4. 1B- Frank Thomas
5. RF- Reggie Jackson
6. 2B- Ryne Sandberg
7. SS- Miguel Tejada
8. 3B- Kris Bryant

Pitching Rotation:
SP- Steve Carlton
SP- Catfish Hunter
SP- Jacob DeGrom
SP- Fernando Valenzuela
CP- Goose Gossage

Bench:
Vince Coleman-OF
Keith Hernandez-IF
Willie McGee- OF
 
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DraftCat

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Nov 5, 2011
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@jrpross up to end the draft

20 days to finish this sucker... and now we got the playoffs lol

Paddock should pay me for the additional clicks I've brought this forum the last month.
 
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