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Tuesday 10 February 2009
Monday 2 February 2009
The Baby Bluenecks
Doing the Minor League Baseball (MiLB) draft for the Dynasty League at the moment. This is my first venture into the MiLB, baseballs minor league system, save for 1 trip to Birmingham Barons last year on '$1 a beer' night, so I'm far from knowledgable and a good few steps behind most guys in the new league.
The MiLB could be equated to the reserve leagues in football/soccer. It's stocked with young talent, and is also the place where older players are sent to get back to match fitness following injuries or if their manager determines they need to work out some kinks in their game.
It's been great fun researching the players, which was part of the reason I signed up for the league in the first place. We have a 15 round draft and I'm awaiting my pick in the 11th so i'm 2/3rds full. Here's the Baby Blueneck roster as it currently stands:
Baby Bats
Cameron Maybin, OF
Alcides Escobar, SS
Justin Smoak, 1B
Desmond Jennings, OF
Hyun Choi Conger, C
Michael Burgess, OF
Neil Walker, 3B
Baby Balls
Jake Arrieta
Jeff Neimann
Daniel Bard
Andrew Brackman
Fairly happy with how it's gone so far. The initial tactic was to target OF. Any readers will be awre that I am worried about the age of my MLB players. It's not by accident I have drafted 3 OF players already. With Huff and Wiggy as my only 3rd base eligible players, getting a young talent at 3rd was a priority too. I pretty much failed on this, missing out on all the top touted guys early on in the draft. Still, I got one I like and there are still 5 spots to fill. I'm hoping that 3 out of my 4 current pitchers will develop into quality Starters, and that Daniel Bard will eventually be the Closer in Boston.
Pretty happy with my team so far - it has a certain balance. Looking across my two squads now, there is a definite need for some back up at 2B. Time to trade, draft, appeal and steal my way to getting that need fulfilled.
Thankd for reading.
The MiLB could be equated to the reserve leagues in football/soccer. It's stocked with young talent, and is also the place where older players are sent to get back to match fitness following injuries or if their manager determines they need to work out some kinks in their game.
It's been great fun researching the players, which was part of the reason I signed up for the league in the first place. We have a 15 round draft and I'm awaiting my pick in the 11th so i'm 2/3rds full. Here's the Baby Blueneck roster as it currently stands:
Baby Bats
Cameron Maybin, OF
Alcides Escobar, SS
Justin Smoak, 1B
Desmond Jennings, OF
Hyun Choi Conger, C
Michael Burgess, OF
Neil Walker, 3B
Baby Balls
Jake Arrieta
Jeff Neimann
Daniel Bard
Andrew Brackman
Fairly happy with how it's gone so far. The initial tactic was to target OF. Any readers will be awre that I am worried about the age of my MLB players. It's not by accident I have drafted 3 OF players already. With Huff and Wiggy as my only 3rd base eligible players, getting a young talent at 3rd was a priority too. I pretty much failed on this, missing out on all the top touted guys early on in the draft. Still, I got one I like and there are still 5 spots to fill. I'm hoping that 3 out of my 4 current pitchers will develop into quality Starters, and that Daniel Bard will eventually be the Closer in Boston.
Pretty happy with my team so far - it has a certain balance. Looking across my two squads now, there is a definite need for some back up at 2B. Time to trade, draft, appeal and steal my way to getting that need fulfilled.
Thankd for reading.
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