Your “what-was-he-thinking” moment.
With the influx of young talent in the MLB; most recently Anthony Rizzo
and long tossing phenom Trevor Bauer, it seems like a good opportunity to
reflect on pre-draft strategy going into the season.
What if you could get up to 88mph, activate the flux capacitor and go
back to 1985 … With respect to Fantasy Baseball, would you do anything
differently?
There is no one to blame but yourself if you were foolish enough to
draft Carl Crawford in the first five rounds - Doc Brown can’t save us all.
With an uber talented crop of young players now making an impact. The
question becomes, would your draft strategy change.
The temptation here would be to include a table of statistics including
BABIP, WAR, SLG, ISO and wOBA. However, visualizing the statistics right before
your eyes might bias your opinion. If you’re reading this, then arguably you
are a baseball person and are aware of whom I am referring. But in case you are
from 1985 and need a reminder, specifically I am speaking to the likes of Bryce Harper, Brett Lawrie, Mike Trout and
Giancarlo (don’t call me Mike) Stanton.
What is interesting about this group of players is that each offers
something slightly different. So I imagine you might take into account position
eligibility when selecting your pick. Lawrie for example offers power and speed
at 3rd base, typically a power only position. Harper, plays a
premium position, CF, where there is arguably very little power, but great
speed. Trout is “put me anywhere coach” kind of player - available in all 3 OF
positions. And Stanton offers a world of power potential, with some strike out,
many strikeouts actually.
So, instead of picking Carl Crawford in the 5th round, or I
don’t know, Chipper Jones in the 4th, if you could go back and do it
all over again. Would you ?
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