Arena The First Baseball Draft Game

i've got someone picked out for this round. i will be sad, but somewhat impressed if someone else takes him.

edit: oh guess that would have to be cubman, didn't realize i'm up after him.

 

I think there's at least one decent pick out there, but yeah. Good luck. And remember, you can't drop a player from one franchise for another. Keep in mind, the second version of the Washington Senators are available here, too. If that helps.

 

breakdowns at the halfway point, inty?

edit: what i would really love is to trade out of this round but i can't imagine anyone actually wants two rangers.

 

It does not, they are also terrible.

And how do you think I feel? I get the 8th best Ranger.

Amazing.

 

Oh. Yeah. The Senators bit was completely tongue in cheek.

And before anybody asks


No. You cannot draft the mascot

 

There's a Senators player I'm considering!

 

Me too! More for fun though.

Amazing.

 

alright, here's the pick. read 'em and weep, boys.

jim kern, rp, 1979

team name (work in progress): stone temple seattle pilots
home stadium: the KINGDOME
manager: sweet lou piniella

starting lineup:

1. honus wagner (ss/pirates/1908)
2. rogers hornsby (2b/cubs/1929)
3. mickey mantle (rf/yankees/1956)
4. barry bonds (lf/giants/2001)
5. willie mays (cf/giants/1965)
6. mike piazza (c/dodgers/1997)
7. tony perez (3b/reds/1970)
8. mark mcgwire (1b/cardinals/1998)

bench:

1. edgar martinez (dh/mariners/1995)

starting rotation:

1. cy young (sp/red sox/1901)
2. randy johnson (sp/mariners/1995)

bullpen:

mark eichhorn (rp/blue jays/1986)
jim kern (rp/texas/1979)

@DarthTunick

 

Saw that coming after the Eichhorn pick. After your post earlier, I knew he wouldn't drop to me.

Amazing.

 

Pudge Rodriquez, 1999





Los Angeles Palms

1. SP, Ferguson Jenkins ('71)
2. SP, Babe Ruth ('16)
3. RF, Roger Maris ('61)
4. 3B, David Wright ('07)
5. LF, Stan Musial ('48)
6. OF, Joe Carter ('93)
7. SP, Orel Hershiser ('88)
8. CF, Andrew McCutchen ('12)
9. C, Johnny Bench ('70)
10. 2B, Jeff Kent ('00)
11. OF, Ichiro ('01)
12. C, Pudge Rodriquez ('99)




@dp4m

 

Yep. That's the best value pick I saw for the Rangers. Maybe one more

 

Round 1 - Chicago Cubs

1. cubman987 - Ernie Banks (1958)
2. RX_Sith - Ryne Sandberg (1990)
3. PG - Sammy Sosa (2001)
4. tom - Rogers Hornsby (1929)
5. Tunes - Ferguson Jenkins (1971)
6. dp4m - Hack Wilson (1930)
7. heels1785 - Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown (1909)
8. AmazingB - Ron Santo (1964)

Round 2 - Boston Red Sox

1. AmazingB - Pedro Martinez (1999)
2. heels1785 - Ted Williams (1941)
3. dp4m- Carl Yastrzemski (1967)
4. Tunes - George Herman "Babe" Ruth (1916)
5. tom - Cy Young (1901)
6. PG - Roger Clemens (1990)
7. RX_Sith - Manny Ramirez (2004)
8. @cubman987 - Carton Fisk (1977)

Round 3 - New York Yankees

1. @RX_Sith - Babe Ruth (1921)
2. PG - Lou Gehrig (1927)
3. tom - Mickey Mantle (1956)
4. cubman987 - Joe DiMaggio (1937)
5. AmazingB - Yogi Berra (1950)
6. Tunes - Roger Maris (1961)
7. dp4m - Alex Rodriguez (2007)
8. heels1785 - Mariano Rivera (2004)

Round 4 - St. Louis Cardinals

1. heels1785 - Bob Gibson (1968)
2. dp4m - Rogers Hornsby (1024)
3. Tunes - Stan Musial (1948)
4. AmazingB - Albert Pujols (2009)
5. cubman987 - Dizzy Dean (1934)
6. tom - Mark McGwire (1998)
7. PG - Bruce Sutter (1984)
8. RX_Sith - Chris Carpenter (2005)

Round 5 - Come On and Meet the Mets

1. PG - Doc Gooden (1985)
2. tom - Tom Seaver (1971) - Traded to PointyG
3. cubman987 - Darryl Strawberry (1987)
4. RX_Sith - Gary Carter (1985)
5. heels1785 - Mike Piazza (2000)
6. AmazingB - Carlos Beltran (2006)
7. Tunes - David Wright (2007)
8. dp4m - Armando Benitez (1999)

Round 6 - Toronto Blue Jays

1. dp4m - Roger Clemens, possibly 2007, maybe 1997
2. Tunes - Joe Carter (1993)
3. AmazingB - Roy Halladay (2003)
4. heels1785 - Josh Donaldson (2015)
5. RX_Sith - Jose Bautista (2011)
6. cubman987 - Carlos Delgado (2000)
7. tom - Mark Eichorn (1986)
8. PG - Roberto Alomar (1993)

Round 7 Dodgers (Brooklyn and Los Angeles)

1. tom - Orel Hershiser (1988) - Traded to Tunes
2. cubman987 - Sandy Koufax (1965) - Traded to DeePee
3. RX_Sith - Jackie Robinson (1949) (@RX_Sith ... he's officially at 2B here)
4. PG - Eric "Lord of Darkness" Gagne (2003)
5. cubbie (from deepee) - Clayton Kershaw (2014)
6. @heels1785 - Dazzy Vance (1924)
7. AmazingB - Zach Greinke (2015)
8. tom (from Tunes) - Mike Piazza (1997)

Round 8 - Pittsburgh Pirates

1. tom (from Tunes) - Honus Wagner (1908)
2. dp4m (from AmazingB) - Arky Vaughan (1935)
3. heels1785 - Barry Bonds (1990)
4. AmazingB (from dp4m) - Roberto Clemente (1967)
5. PG - Paul Waner (1927)
6. RX_Sith - Willie Stargell (1973)
7. cubman987 - Ralph Kiner (1949)
8. Tunes (from tom) - Andrew McCutchen (2012)

Round 9 - That other franchise in Ohio

1. Tunes - Johnny Bench (1970)
2. AmazingB - Joe Morgan (1975)
3. RX_Sith - Barry Larkin (1996)
4. dp4m - Joey Votto (2017)
5. cubman987 - Frank Robinson (1962)
6. heels1785 - Pete Rose (1973)
7. PG - George Foster (1977)
8. tom - Tony Perez (1970)

Round 10 - Giants (San Francisco and New York)

1. tom - Willie Mays (1965)
2. tom (from PG) - Barry Bonds (2001)
3. heels1785 - Christy Matthewson (1908)
4. cubbie - Juan Merichal (1969)
5. dp4m - Buster Posey (2012)
6. RX_Sith - Willie McCovey (1969)
7. AmazingB - Carl Hubbell (1933)
8. Tunes - Jeff Kent (2000)

Round 11 - Seattle Mariners

1. AmazingB - Alex Rodriguez (2000)
2. AmazingB - Ken Griffey, Jr (1997)
3. tom (from dp4m via Cubbie) - Randy Johnson (1995)
4. Tunes - Ichiro (2001)
5. tom - Edgar Martinez (1995)
6. dp4m (from cubbie) - Felix Hernandez (2014)
7. heels1785 - Brett Boone (2001)
8. PG - Robinson Cano (2016)

Round 12 - Texas Rangers / Washington Senators

1. PG - Alex Rodriguez (2001)
2. heels1785 - Josh Hamilton (2010)
3. cubman987 - Adrian Beltre (2012)
4. tom - Jim Kern (1979)
5. Tunes - Ivan Rodriguez (1999)
6. @dp4m - On The Clock
7. RX_Sith
8. AmazingB

Round 13

1. RX_Sith
2. RX_Sith (from dp4m via AmazingB)
3. Tunes
4. dp4m (from AmazingB)
5. PG
6. tom
7. cubman987
8. heels1785

Round 14

1. heels1785
2. cubman987
3. tom
4. PG
5. dp4m (from AmazingB)
6. Tunes
7. Amazing B (from dp4m)
8. RX_Sith

Round 15

1. dp4m
2. Tunes
3. AmazingB
4. RX_Sith
5. heels1785
6. PG
7. tom
8. cubman987

Round 16

1. cubman987
2. cubman987 (from tom)
3. PG
4. heels1785
5. RX_Sith
6. AmazingB
7. Tunes
8. dp4m

Round 17

1. heels1785
2. tom
3. PG
4. RX_Sith
5. cubbie (from dp4m)
6. Tunes
7. dp4m (from cubman987)
8. AmazingB

Round 18

1. AmazingB
2. cubman987
3. Tunes
4. dp4m
5. RX_Sith
6. PG
7. tom
8. heels1785

Round 19

1. tom
2. PG
3. RX_Sith
4. heels1785
5. AmazingB
6. dp4m
7. Tunes
8. cubman987

Round 20

1. cubman987
2. Tunes
3. dp4m
4. AmazingB
5. heels1785
6. RX_Sith
7. PG
8. tom

Round 21

1. PG
2. RX_Sith
3. heels1785
4. tom
5. cubman987
6. AmazingB
7. dp4m
8. Tunes

Round 22

1. tom (from Tunes)
2. AmazingB (from dp4m)
3. dp4m (from AmazingB)
4. cubman987
5. Tunes (from tom)
6. heels1785
7. RX_Sith
8. PG

Round 23

1. RX_Sith
2. heels1785
3. tom
4. PG
5. Tunes
6. cubman987
7. AmazingB
8. dp4m

Round 24

1. dp4m
2. AmazingB
3. cubman987
4. Tunes
5. PG
6. tom
7. heels1785
8. RX_Sith

 

I'm torn... likely best pick for me, or take someone to block RX and B...

Eh, screw it...

1) Hack Wilson (OF, Chicago Cubs, 1930)
2) Carl Yastrzemski (OF / 1B, Boston Red Sox, 1967)
3) A-Rod (3B, New York Yankees, 2007)
4) Rogers Hornsby (2B, St. Louis Cardinals, 1924)
5) Armando Benitez (RP, New York Mets, 1999)
6) Roger Clemens (SP, Toronto Blue Jays, 1997)
7) Sandy Koufax (SP, Los Angeles Dodgers, 1965) [via cubman987]
8) Arky Vaughan (SS, Pittsburgh Pirates, 1935) [via AmazingB]
9) Joey Votto (1B, Cincinnati Reds, 2017)
10) Buster Posey (C/1B, San Francisco Giants, 2012)
11) Felix Hernandez (SP, Seattle Mariners, 2014)
12) Nolan Ryan (SP, Texas Rangers, 1989)

@RX_Sith

PS - I don't think that's the best pick available for me...

 

Oh please, the pickings are so slim there's not much to block.

Amazing.

 

I found some decent value picks left!

 

my plan is to do some kind of breakdown/ranking/draft grades here in the near future. I don't know that I can emulate any baseball writer well enough to do something like my Fake Bill Simmons or Fake Zach Lowe, though.

 

Don't forget to wear a bow tie...

 

Hey @RX_Sith - Keep in mind, you can make your round 13 picks when you post your round 12 pick - post all three at once.

 

and then b can take all the time he needs to figure out the 8th best ranger.

 

He could literally wait until the end of the 24th round. lol

 

You don't think this franchise will be revisited?!

Amazing.

 

it would be "amazing" if rxsith took three rangers right now.