2005 Pro Fantasy Baseball Draft
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*10 Teams drafted by 10 Pro Fantasy Scout staff members. For simplicity the teams are named by alphabetical letters, A-J. Top 5 rounds.
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Round 11. Team A: Alex Rodriguez
2. Team B: Vladimir Guerrero
3. Team C: Albert Pujols
4. Team D: Randy Johnson
5. Team E: Miguel Tejada
6: Team F: Eric Gagne
7: Team G: Carlos Beltran
8: Team H: Johan Santana
9: Team I: Curt Schilling
10: Team J: Pedro Martinez
Round 2
11. Team J: Bobby Abreu
12. Team I: Barry Bonds
13. Team H: Alfonso Soriano
14. Team G: Brad Lidge
15. Team F: Todd Helton
16. Team E: Scott Rolen
17. Team D: Jason Schmidt
18. Team C: Ichiro Suzuki
19: Team B: Mariano Rivera
20: Team A: Manny Ramirez
Round 3
21. Team A: Mark Mulder
22. Team B: Roy Oswalt
23. Team C: Mark Prior
24. Team D: Adrian Beltre
25. Team E: Melvin Mora
26. Team F: Ben Sheets
27. Team G: Tim Hudson
28. Team H: David Ortiz
29. Team I: Derek Jeter
30. Team J: Joe Nathan
Round 4
31. Team J: Jim Thome
32. Team I: Armando Benitez
33. Team H: Danny Kolb
34. Team G: Aramis Ramirez
35. Team F: Francisco Cordero
36. Team E: Kerry Wood
37. Team D: Roger Clemens
38. Team C: Micheal Young
39. Team B: Harry Blalock
40. Team A: Keith Foulke
Round 5
41. Team A: Gary Sheffield
42. Team B: Nomar Garciaparra
43. Team C: Carlos Delgado
44. Team D: Lance Berkman
45. Team E: Marcus Giles
46. Team F: Francisco Rodriguez
47. Team G: Mark Teixeira
48. Team H: Jim Edmunds
49. Team I: Jake Peavy
50. Team J: Aubrey Huff
Mock Draft II
12 Amateur Teams - All 22 Rounds
1 A. Pujols M. Tejada Á. Rodríguez C. Beltrán
V. Guerrero B. Abreu A. Soriano R. Johnson D. Jeter B. Bonds J. Santana D. Ortiz
2 M. Teixeira E. Chávez E. Gagne S. Rolen A. Béltre
J. Peavy T. Helton M. Prior I. Suzuki B. Sheets M. Ramírez C. Crawford
3 A. Ramírez B. Boone C. Schilling J. Schmidt C. Delgado
C. Zambrano Fr. Rodríguez T. Hudson M. Rivera B. Lidge J. Thome G. Sheffield
4 V. Martínez M. Piazza J. Nathan B. Wagner R. Harden R.
Halladay J. Pierre M. Mulder K. Wood R. Oswalt M. Cabrera P. Martínez
5 M. Mora J. Posada M. Giles I. Rodríguez D. Kolb H. Blalock
B. Zito J. Isringhausen J. López Ol. Pérez J. Edmonds É.
Rentería
6 A. Huff K. C. Jones R. Furcal O. Dotel C. Guillén M.
Young T. Hoffman R. Clemens N. Garciaparra J. Rollins S. Podsednik A. Burnett
7 A. Dunn S. Sosa A. Benítez T. Percival M. Mussina R.
Sexson V. Wells J. Smoltz F. García D. Lee M. Loretta C. Pavano
8 H. Matsui K. Millwood C. Figgins F. Cordero J. Damon J. Vidro
J. Beckett M. Ordóñez A. Pettitte J. Kent J. Reyes K. Foulke
9 G. Mota B. Looper J. Affeldt C. Patterson G. Maddux J. Drew
E. Guardado M. Lowell S. Green T. Glaus J. Varitek D. Wright
10 M. Clement D. Graves Griffey Jr. G. Anderson J. Kendall J.
Mauer L. Berkman A. Jones B. Giles C. Lee M. Alou L. Castillo
11 L. Hernández B. Colón A. Rowand J. Mesa S. Finley
S. Takatsu J. Estrada P. Konerko J. Uribe J. Guillén J. Vázquez
D. Báez
12 Ja. Wright J. Burnitz T. Hafner S. Casey T. Hunter B. Wickman
C. Koskie P. Lo Duca V. Castilla B. Crosby B. Ryan C. Sabathia
13 O. Cabrera J. Thomson J. Bay L. Walker M. Morris C. Carpenter
L. Overbay D. Roberts J. Bagwell C. Tsao C. Cordero Od. Pérez
14 A. Otsuka C. Wilson K. Matsui D. Wells Mi. Sweeney B. Webb
D. Willis M. Buehrle Lu. González P. Wilson K. Escobar M. Barrett
15 J. Rincón G. Aquino B. Inge T. Iguchi J. Valentín
J. Morneau L. Hawkins P. Nevin U. Urbina B. Penny J. Bonderman B. Radke
16 T. Gordon A. Leiter K. Brown J. Giambi K. Greene L. Ford C.
Blake J. Piñeiro R. Ibañez J. Closser Z. Greinke M. Bradley
17 J. Weaver C. Floyd J. Wilson R. Durham B. Roberts S. Hillenbrand
R. Baldelli M. Lawton K. Rogers M. Adams A. Boone B. Arroyo
18 J. Lugo T. Glavine M. Batista J. Marquis C. Crisp B. Williams
R. Wolf D. Eckstein M. Hampton W. Miller T. Womack R. López
19 J. Lieber R. Hidalgo J. Westbrook R. Hernández H. Ramírez
T. Lilly S. Ponson M. Lieberthal T. Worrell S. Kazmir C. Utley B. Wilkerson
20 K. Benson O. Hernández D. McPherson P. Feliz Á.
Berroa W. Williams C. Lee P. Burrell A. Pierzynski N. Lowry Á. Sánchez
S. Shields
21 R. Freel R. Palmeiro J. Lane F. Thomas A. Eaton S. Hatteberg
O. Hudson T. Walker K. Millar D. Young Ru. Ortiz B. Lawrence
22 B. Donnelly R. Mondesí M. Cameron A. Kearns J. Lima
B. Mueller L. Nix E. Loaiza P. Polanco J. Peralta D. Davis J. Suppan
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1. Alex Rodriguez
2. Randy Johnson
3. Vladimir Guerrero
4. Albert Pujols
5. Miguel Tejada
6. Carlos Beltran
7. Johan Santana
8. Bobby Abreu
9. Brad Lidge
10. Curt Schilling
11. Roy Oswalt
12. Adrian Beltre
13. Pedro Martinez
14.Eric Gagne
15. Ichiro Suzuki
16. Scott Rolen
17. Todd Helton
18. Mariano Rivera
19. Alfonso Soriano
20. David Ortiz
21. Manny Ramirez
22. Jason Schmidt
23. Jim Thome
24. Francisco Rodriguez
25. Joe Nathan
26. Mark Mulder
27. Mark Prior
28. Aramis Ramirez
29. Armando Benitez
30. Tim Hudson
31. Ben Sheets
32. Carl Crawford
33. Keith Foulke
34. Francisco Cordero
35. Jason Isringhausen
36. Derek Jeter
37. Carlos Zambrano
38. Mark Teixeira
39. Carlos Delgado
40. Roy Halladay
41. Roger Clemens
42. Michael Young
43. Billy Wagner
44. Aubrey Huff
45. Nomar Garciaparra
46. Gary Sheffield
47. Danny Kolb
48. Miguel Cabrera
49. Melvin Mora
50. Jim Edmunds
51. Marcus Giles
52. Ivan Rodriguez
53. Juan Pierre
54. Hank Blalock
55. Mark Loretta
56. Trevor Hoffman
57. Mark Mulder
58. Jake Peavy
59. Bret Boone
60. Edgar Renteria
61. Josh Beckett
62. Hideki Matsui
63. Javy Lopez
64. Jorge Posada
65. Octavio Dotel
66. Rich Harden
67. Paul Konerko
68. Johnny Damon
69. Kerry Wood
70. Magglio Ordonez
71. Victor Martinez
72. Oliver Perez
73. Jeff Kent
74. Richie Sexson
75. Carlos Lee
76. Rafael Furcal
77. Mike Lowell
78. Eric Chavez
79. Travis Hafner
80. A.J. Burnett
81. Brian Giles
82. Derek Lee
83. Carlos Guillen
84. Sammy Sosa
85. J.D. Drew
86. Carl Pavano
87. Jimmy Rollins
88. Lance Berkman
89. Brandon Looper
90. Adam Dunn
91. Guillermo Mota
92. Mike Mussina
93. Chipper Jones
94. David Wright
95. Chone Figgins
96. Vernon Wells
97. John Smoltz
98. Jose Mesa
99. Bartolo Colon
100. Corey Patterson
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Most players base their entire season on the Fantasy Baseball Draft. Your team does not live and die with the draft, but of course it is important.
- When conducting your Fantasy Baseball Draft the best advice is to play it safe. Don’t try to out smart yourself, draft a balance of pitching and offense.
- Look at positions that are thin, like 2B for example, and make sure you get yours.
-Draft a “sure thing” veteran starting pitcher.
-Draft a veteran big bat.
-After that, use player rankings early in the draft to guide you in your Fantasy Baseball Draft.
-Save gambles for middle and late rounds.
-Go into the draft with a small draft plan and some sleepers. Then throw away your plan. The most important thing during the draft is to ADAPT! Notice what positions are and are not being drafted. Can you hold off on drafting your first basemen because everyone has already drafted one? Was there a run on starting pitchers? You better get one, even if it is a slightly over-priced player. Go with the flow of the draft and you will do better than sticking to a plan.
-If you are new to drafting and your league offers an auto-draft option, use it. This will give you a safely drafted team.
-One last tip for the draft may be the most important. Draft closers. They do not grow on trees. They score big and use few innings. . In most Fantasy Baseball leagues closers are valuable and can’t really be replaced.
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Pitchers
Roy Halladay SP - Not a new name, but after an down 2004, he should fall in the draft. Don't let him fall too far.
Oliver Perez SP - Big strikeout pitcher, 12-10 with a 2.98 ERA. Only drawback is he plays for the Pirates.
Jeremy Affledt RP/SP - Royal closer should qualify to be put in as a SP, yet gives you RP value. Did a good job as a closer.
Matt Clement SP - Move to Boston might hurt ERA, but will help the more important win-loss record. Big strikeouts too.
Jake Westbrook SP - Nice late round pick. 14-9 and a 3.38 ERA.
Brandon Webb SP - Arizona has improved and that should improve his awful 7-16 record last year. Does have 336 K's in 388 inning with an ERA of 3.24 in his first 2 years.
Livan Hernandez SP - The Nationals are much better than last years Expos. Livan's 3.60 ERA and solid K's should be a recipe for a good fantasy pitcher.
Bob Wickman RP - At one time was a very good closer. Looked like he was back at the end of the 2004 season.
Jeremy Bonderman SP - Not the most amazing stats as a rookis, but has big talent and is looking sharp in spring training.
Infielders
Marcus Giles 2B - Possibly the best 2B in baseball.
Melvin Mora 3B - Big stats, no respect. Same gamble as Beltre at a cheaper price.
Chipper Jones 3B/OF - Only hit .248, but played better after moving back to third base. Should fall in the draft.
Jack Wilson SS - Great value in the lower rounds.
Juan Uribe SS/2B - Makes a great back up at 26 could be a future star.
Khalil Greene SS - Late round sleeper could be a .290 20 HR shortstop.
Pedro Feliz - SS/3B/1B - Another great back up with a world of potential. .276 22 HR's, not bad.
Chone Figgins 2B/3B/OF - Positions, 17 Triples, 34 stolen bases and a .296 Avg.
Travis Haffner 1B - Broke out with 28 HR's and a .311 average with only 482 at bats.
Brandon Inge - C/3B - Solid, but goes in as starting 3B and qualifies for a catcher. Do the math.
David Wright 3B - Better days in Shea and Wright could be in the middle of it. .293, 14 HR's at 22.
Justin Morneau 1B - The 23 year old hit 19 HR's and .271. Worth a late-mid round shot.
Aaron Miles 2B - Based on the weakness of the position, youth and he plays for Colorado. Batted .293 as a rookie.
Jose Vidro 2B - At least he is a National, not an Expo. When healthy, a top 5 second basemen.
2B Ruben Gotay - Desperate positions call for desperate sleepers. He is having a big spring training.
2B Tadahito Iguchi - Expected to start and bat second in a big lineup. Worth a shot.
Outfielders
Aaron Rowand OF - This guy could be a stud. 30-30 potential and hit .310.
Trot Nixon OF - Before the injury broke out with 28 HR's and .306 with only 441 at bats in 2004.
Carlos Lee OF - Should be available late Consistent .300 30 HR 100 RBI's and 15 SB's.
Vernon Wells OF - Don't forget about Vernon. Potential, but at least a solid .280 and 25 HR's.
Willy Mo Pena OF - 23 years old, .59 and 26 HR's with 336 at bats. Nice gamble.
Jason Bay OF - 26 HR's and a .282 average with 411 at bats as a rookie.
Richard Hildago OF - Hit 21 HR's with .324 at bats but only a .228 average in NY. The move to Texas (Rangers) could help big.
Preston Wilson OF - Bad year with an injury in 2004. Bats in Colorado and has power and speed. Draft him!
Brian Giles OF - One time fantasy stud has been vanquished to pitcher friendly San Diego. The Padres have patched together a solid offense and Giles still batted .284 with 23 HR's and 94 RBI's.
Jason Lane OF - Nice power, will start in Houston. Those are good reasons to take a shot. Doing good in spring training.
Rookies
Clint Barmes SS - Colorado is always a worthy gamble. Power and speed in the minors.
Dallas McPherson 3B - Will start for the Angels .317 and 40 HR's in the minors.
Felix Hernandez SP - Probably a bit young to help this season, but keep on eye on this monster talent.
Chris Burke 2B - Will start 2B for the Astros. Looks like the real deal and fantasy baseball needs some 2B's.
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