Fantasy Baseball: Early Mock Draft. Round 1, pick 1.

by Ian, yo on Nov 10, 2009 9:03 PM EST in Baseball

It's now time I take a break from my fuming anger with Franklin Gutierrez's obvious Gold Glove snub, and get this mock draft moving. Since there will only be a few of us doing this mock, it'll be more like how we think drafts will be the closer we get to the season.

Let me start this out with the number one pick....

Hanley Ramirez. SS, FLA

Now, I know some of you may think I've gone completely off my rocker for not picking the best hitter in the game of baseball as the number one pick, but there's reasoning for me doing so. As I look at shortstop for 2010, I feel...well...unimpressed. I like my players at scarce positions to be fancy dancy guys and when I look at 1B, I see guys like Justin Morneau, Prince Fielder and Kevin Youkilis and deeper value with guys like Joey Votto. When I look at the rest of the shortstops, I see Troy Tulowitzki, Derek Jeter, Ben Zobrist Jimmy Rollins and a few others and see a large drop off. An argument can be made for a few guys to be picked here but I feel pretty strongly getting a top player at a weak position.

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excellent choice

no one on your SS list is 1st round value

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by Hyatt on Nov 10, 2009 9:30 PM EST reply actions

Nice pick

I like to get decent 2b and SS early on, although the last few years I have waited and taken Stephen Drew Later. He is a nice pick this year for SS too. With a down year last year, I think he will have a pretty solid year next season.

This was still a nice pick though, no one call really say you were wrong or stupid with this pick.

by Pyromnc on Nov 11, 2009 8:54 AM EST reply actions

Not a bad idea

But the amazing monster numbers Pujols puts up every single year are just too hard for me not to take.

Gas prices today are a lot like a pitcher's ERA. Anything under 3 is amazing, under 4 is pretty good and anything 5 and up is something you want to avoid.

by Bobby Baseball on Nov 11, 2009 9:17 AM EST reply actions

Pujols

If you believe Hanley’s AVg remains elite, then taking him #1 overall makes sense. There is sonethign to the sense of guaranteed production from pujols that makes him appear to be the safer selection though

by faketeams on Nov 11, 2009 10:43 AM EST reply actions