Well we could use 5 more folks. Also, when is draft day expected to be?
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Well we could use 5 more folks. Also, when is draft day expected to be?
As soon as we get close to max...we've got 9 right now. If we get 10, I say we cut it off and pre-rank our players and autodraft. So we need one more.
I have already arranged my picks, so whenever is good.
I'm in just joined.
Okay then--that's 10. I will set the draft to ready on Wednesday at 8PM. This way, we should have our team drafted by the next morning unless there's a lot of traffic on Yahoo, then it will be sometime that afternoon via the autodraft.
We'll have teams by Thursday.
So we're not having a live draft?
No way we can all get on the same page Chipper. I know for one, my schedule is a lil crazy, esp. this time of the month, to do a live online draft. I'd love to, but I don't want something to work for 9/10ths of us and then the one person be left out in the cold on that.
Autodraft is what we're going to do. Just pre-rank your players before 8PM on Wednesday.
Guys, I got busy at work and didn't set the draft to ready last night. I'll do it today before I leave work, by 5. Please have your players pre-ranked for autodraft.
What does everyone think of their teams? I am pretty happy so far.
Yeah I'm pretty happy. This is by far the most speed I've ever had on one team--Chone Figgins, Willie Tavares, Coco Crisp, Grady Sizemore, Felipe Lopez, Ronnie Belliard, David Eckstein, Torii Hunter...that's a combined 184 stolen bases from last year. Plus, Belliard, Hunter, & Sizemore all have decent power. I have Derrek Lee, Miguel Cabrera, Lyle Overbay, Prince Fielder, and Luis Gonzalez to generate some power (only problem is I have a logjam @1B w/Fielder, Overbay, & Lee). The one unknown is the new catcher that the Mariners got from Japan...Kenji Johjima. I was hoping to get him the autodraft...he seems to be a flyer worth taking. He'll probably start out slow due to different style of play/pitching, but once he picks up I think he'll be a decent offensive player...hover around .300 and hit extra base hits--no massive HR power, but decent...consistent average & RBI guy...I hear he's got the speed that Jason Kendall used to have.
My starting rotation is deeper than I expected...Halladay, Sheets, Colon, Haren, Livan Hernandez, Radke, & Towers. Plus add in two decent closers with Joe Nathan & Eddie Guardado...could make for a good season as long as I don't get hit by injuries...though Halladay & Sheets are both recovering from season ending injuries from last year, and I HATE having only 2 closers b/c it always seems one of mine gets hurt...BUT...there always seems to be a team w/an undecided closer role, and if I can pick up a hot closer that was unforeseen before this season...that could help.
We'll see how it goes--good luck again to all! Thanks in advance for playing.