Hallucination 06 Draft (3-5-06)

Although it was a fun draft this year (being live), we had a few glitches and three teams were not able to draft the players they wanted. Hopefully through trades and free agent pick-ups, these teams can work themselves back into shape.

Season starts in less than one month! Yahoo!!!

Here is a little more in-depth analysis of the way I thought the teams played out...

Criteria:

Starting pitching: 40%
Closers: 10%
Power: 30%
Batting: 10%
Speed: 10%

5.Rounders: That pitching staff is solid... Good offense, but a little more power could be helpful
ST: A-
CL: B-
P: B
B: B+
SP:B+

4. Bay State Bombers: Solid offense, especially if Grif, Thome, and Barmes can stay healthy...
St: B
Cl: A-
P:A-
B:B
Sp: A-

3. Sting: Always a contender every spring. Starting pitching has potential, but not as deep as past years. Offense has nice names but it's those "other" guys like Cano, Peralta, and Francoeur who will surprise.
St: B
Cl: A-
P: A-
B:B+
Sp: A-

2. Crazy Carl: Arguably the best 3 starting combo in our league. Bullpen is crazy deep and may be used in trades to bulk up offense. Hitting is solid, but will get better through trades, believe me.
St: A-
Cl: A
P:B+
B:A-
Sp: A-

1. Dingle Berries: Balance, balance, balance... Good starters, deep bullpen, and the best outfield in the league.Pitching is good and balanced.
St: A-
Cl: A
P: A-
B: A-
Sp: A-

Other comments:

K9s: Solid starters... need a little more speed and good seasons from past studs
No.#1 Dogs: Great hitting (wow! check out that outfield)... you need some closers...
Baked beans: Good starters, great speed (let me say that again... great speed)... closers?
Oddballs: What's R.Howard, M.Mora, and C.Tracy doing on the bench? Good offense! Closers?
Firebirds: Questionable injury-prone starters, decent bullpen, middle of the road speed, sprinkling of power hitters, a couple promising speed/power combo guys who are still so young and inexperienced... could finish as high as 3rd (if lucky), as low as 10.

take care and good luck people!