Over at Mock Draft Central, Ray and I completed a mixed league, 5x5 mock draft. I had the seventh pick in the 12-team draft.
R1- Prince Fielder.
R2- Grady Sizemore.
R3- Justin Upton
R4- Cliff Lee
R5- Lance Berkman
R6- B.J. Upton
R7- Tommy Hanson
R8- Chone Figgins
R9- Stephen Drew
R10- Heath Bell
The rest after the jump...
R11- Jorge Posada
R12- Neftali Feliz
R13- Max Scherzer
R14- Rickie Weeks
R15- Scott Kazmir
R16- Kevin Slowey
R17- J.J. Hardy
R18- Dexter Fowler
R19- Mike Gonzalez
R20- Cameron Maybin
R21- Matt Lindstrom
R22- Hideki Matsui
R23- Gerald Laird
- As you can see, I am loaded with speed with Grady Sizemore, B.J. Upton, Chone Figgins, Dexter Fowler and Cameron Maybin all able to steal at least 25 bases and Upton and Figgins over 40.
-In a few small moments of panic after noticing I was on the clock with second remaining, I selected Lance Berkman, B.J. Upton, Neftali Feliz and Stephen Drew. Drew comes with good upside at Shortstop and Feliz brings starter or elite relief upside. Berkman should be good for 25-30 home runs with an average around .280.
- My starters are all high upside and if a few of them can either get back on track or pitch close to their potential, I could have a lethal core of pitchers.
-Also, I love Hideki Matsui and his upside in LAA. Especially in round 22.
- Justin Upton is good.