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2008 Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft

Posted by on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 (EST)

Take a look at how the top 150 players drafted differ from ADP and RotoRank Draft Lists. Owners make decisions based on teir team needs, some do well, others reach deep and lose value...

I am posting the first 10 rounds of a 15-team NFBC Mock Draft.  I am only analyzing the team I draft at pick 13, but if you review each team, you can see how drafts take on a life of their own.  No matter how good and complete your draft research, you need to be able to adapt to unexpected player selections.

 

I also use Mock Drafts to flush out any key discrepancies between my projections and the Average Draft Picks.  Many rookie or 2nd year players will seem to have wide margins f errors, but that is due to the fact that I am more conservative with my estimates.  Every rookie can’t become a superstar, but I will make some minor modifications to at least get some of these young players within 50 spots of the ADP…

 

If you like any specific team, feel free to post your opinion.  I think there are some good teams, and there are some teams with a collection of good players.  There is a difference!

 

Team

1

 

 

 

 

 

Round

Pos

Name

Team

Pick

ADP

RotoRank

1

3B

Rodriguez, Alex

NYY

1

1

1

2

SS

Jeter, Derek

NYY

30

37

19

3

3B

Ramirez, Aramis

CHC

31

31

56

4

2B

Kinsler, Ian

TEX

60

60

54

5

CL

Jenks, Bobby

CWS

61

98

41

6

SP

Zambrano, Carlos

CHC

90

73

85

7

SP

Matsuzaka, Daisuke

BOS

91

94

95

8

OF

Ellsbury, Jacoby

BOS

120

125

104

9

CL

Cordero, Chad

WAS

121

136

97

10

OF

Ibanez, Raul

SEA

150

145

126

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team

2

 

 

 

 

 

Round

Pos

Name

Team

Pick

ADP

RotoRank

1

SS

Ramirez, Hanley

FLA

2

2

2

2

C

Martin, Russell

LA

29

29

31

3

OF

Granderson, Curtis

DET

32

30

66

4

2B

Cano, Robinson

NYY

59

63

86

5

1B

Pena, Carlos

TB

62

59

223

6

SP

Myers, Brett

PHI

89

111

84

7

1B

Swisher, Nick

OAK

92

88

228

8

1B

Loney, James

LA

119

122

584

9

SP

Liriano, Francisco

MIN

122

120

150

10

SP

Bonderman, Jeremy

DET

149

160

149

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team

3

 

 

 

 

 

Round

Pos

Name

Team

Pick

ADP

RotoRank

1

SS

Reyes, Jose

NYM

3

3

6

2

SP

Peavy, Jake

SD

28

24

25

3

SS

Tulowitzki, Troy

COL

33

40

43

4

C

Mauer, Joe

MIN

58

64

94

5

2B

Weeks, Rickie

MIL

63

85

61

6

OF

Hawpe, Brad

COL

88

76

119

7

CL

Cordero, Francisco

CIN

93

91

50

8

CL

Hoffman, Trevor

SD

118

121

111

9

SP

Cain, Matt

SF

123

128

135

10

SP

Perez, Oliver

NYM

148

166

140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team

4

 

 

 

 

 

Round

Pos

Name

Team

Pick

ADP

RotoRank

1

3B

Wright, David

NYM

4

4

7

2

C

Martinez, Victor

CLE

27

28

36

3

2B

Roberts, Brian

BAL

34

34

35

4

SP

Verlander, Justin

DET

57

66

77

5

SS

Furcal, Rafael

LA

64

68

87

6

SP

Harang, Aaron

CIN

87

72

74

7

OF

Francoeur, Jeff

ATL

94

93

118

8

SP

Lincecum, Tim

SF

117

112

110

9

1B

Helton, Todd

COL

124

113

298

10

OF

Burrell, Pat

PHI

147

138

122

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team

5

 

 

 

 

 

Round

Pos

Name

Team

Pick

ADP

RotoRank

1

SS

Rollins, Jimmy

PHI

5

5

4

2

OF

Guerrero, Vladimir

ANA

26

23

22

3

1B

Lee, Derrek

CHC

35

35

52

4

CL

Nathan, Joe

MIN

56

56

27

5

2B

Kendrick, Howie

ANA

65

114

63

6

SP

Haren, Dan

ARI

86

67

71

7

OF

Jones, Andruw

LA

95

99

79

8

CL

Lidge, Brad

PHI

116

123

70

9

SP

Shields, James

TB

125

109

89

10

1B

Garko, Ryan

CLE

146

159

387

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team

6

 

 

 

 

 

Round

Pos

Name

Team

Pick

ADP

RotoRank

1

OF

Holliday, Matt

COL

6

6

3

2

OF

Rios, Alexis

TOR

25

27

33

3

1B

Morneau, Justin

MIN

36

32

80

4

CL

Putz, JJ

SEA

55

54

29

5

3B

Jones, Chipper

ATL

66

65

109

6

3B

Zimmerman, Ryan

WAS

85

86

219

7

OF

Victorino, Shane

PHI

96

82

123

8

SP

Hill, Rich

CHC

115

110

147

9

SP

Vazquez, Javier

CWS

126

100

138

10

SP

Martinez, Pedro

NYM

145

148

125

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team

7

 

 

 

 

 

Round

Pos

Name

Team

Pick

ADP

RotoRank

1

2B

Utley, Chase

PHI

7

9

5

2

OF

Lee, Carlos

HOU

24

22

16

3

OF

Abreu, Bobby

NYY

37

39

34

4

CL

Rodriguez, Francisco

ANA

54

69

24

5

SS

Tejada, Miguel

HOU

67

75

65

6

SS

Cabrera, Orlando

CWS

84

127

101

7

CL

Valverde, Jose

HOU

97

87

115

8

C

Posada, Jorge

NYY

114

96

102

9

OF

Damon, Johnny

NYY

127

118

124

10

C

Saltalamacchia, Jarrod

TEX

144

157

120

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team

8

 

 

 

 

 

Round

Pos

Name

Team

Pick

ADP

RotoRank

1

OF

Crawford, Carl

TB

8

11

8

2

1B

Teixeira, Mark

ATL

23

19

40

3

OF

Markakis, Nick

BAL

38

43

44

4

SP

Hamels, Cole

PHI

53

62

76

5

C

McCann, Brian

ATL

68

53

116

6

SS

Renteria, Edgar

ATL

83

107

113

7

OF

Kemp, Matt

LA

98

104

146

8

SP

Carmona , Fausto

CLE

113

115

91

9

C

Johjima, Kenjii

SEA

128

132

186

10

SP

Billingsley, Chad

LA

143

140

136

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team

9

 

 

 

 

 

Round

Pos

Name

Team

Pick

ADP

RotoRank

1

1B

Howard, Ryan

PHI

9

10

9

2

1B

Berkman, Lance

HOU

22

26

30

3

OF

Byrnes, Eric

ARI

39

46

37

4

CL

Papelbon, Jonathan

BOS

52

45

20

5

SP

Beckett, Josh

BOS

69

47

68

6

OF

Bay, Jason

PIT

82

89

49

7

CL

Rivera, Mariano

NYY

99

95

62

8

UH

Thome, Jim

CWS

112

106

67

9

2B

Kent, Jeff

LA

129

147

131

10

SS

Hardy, JJ

MIL

142

146

159

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team

10

 

 

 

 

 

Round

Pos

Name

Team

Pick

ADP

RotoRank

1

SP

Santana, Johan

NYM

10

14

11

2

2B

Phillips, Brandon

CIN

21

20

26

3

OF

Dunn, Adam

CIN

40

42

48

4

SP

Webb, Brandon

ARI

51

44

32

5

SS

Young, Michael

TEX

70

78

57

6

OF

Wells, Vernon

TOR

81

74

82

7

OF

Matsui, Hideki

NYY

100

90

64

8

3B

Beltre, Adrian

SEA

111

108

268

9

1B

Delgado, Carlos

NYM

130

129

273

10

OF

Taveras, Willy

COL

141

144

243

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team

11

 

 

 

 

 

Round

Pos

Name

Team

Pick

ADP

RotoRank

1

3B

Cabrera, Miguel

DET

11

7

13

2

2B

Upton, BJ

TB

20

25

28

3

UH

Hafner, Travis

CLE

41

41

59

4

OF

Hunter, Torii

ANA

50

55

47

5

SP

Sabathia, CC

CLE

71

57

45

6

CL

Saito, Takashi

LA

80

77

58

7

OF

Young, Delmon

MIN

101

102

99

8

OF

Pence, Hunter

HOU

110

61

161

9

CL

Soriano, Rafael

ATL

131

134

121

10

C

Soto, Geovany

CHC

140

175

144

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team

12

 

 

 

 

 

Round

Pos

Name

Team

Pick

ADP

RotoRank

1

1B

Fielder, Prince

MIL

12

12

10

2

OF

Suzuki, Ichiro

SEA

19

21

15

3

OF

Ramirez, Manny

BOS

42

36

46

4

OF

Young, Chris B

ARI

49

500

83

5

SP

Kazmir, Scott

TB

72

70

75

6

UH

Sheffield, Gary

DET

79

97

105

7

SP

Young, Chris R

SD

102

500

81

8

SP

Smoltz, John

ATL

109

79

142

9

3B

Gordon, Alex

KC

132

126

282

10

CL

Capps, Matt

PIT

139

139

108

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team

13

 

 

 

 

 

Round

Pos

Name

Team