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Slow day: ESPN's Franchise Player Draft
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 6:39 pm
by torontoaces04
Here's the gist of it;
-ESPN got 30 "baseball minds" together
-fantasy draft format
-order was randomized
So far, Brett Lawrie was picked 13th by the fans, and 15th overall by Steve Berthiaume (Baseball Tonight). Jose was picked 20th as the "fan choice", but has yet to be picked by the "experts."
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/page/12531franchisedraft/espn-franchise-player-draftNO. PICK
1
Matt Kemp--Terry Francona (Sun. Night Baseball)
Clayton Kershaw--Fan
2
Troy Tulowitzki--Buster Olney (ESPN The Magazine)
Bryce Harper--Fan
3
Clayton Kershaw--Kevin Goldstein (ESPN Insider)
Mike Trout--Fan
4
Justin Verlander--Orel Hershiser (Sun. Night Baseball)
Evan Longoria--Fan
5
Evan Longoria--Eric Karabell (ESPN Fantasy)
Matt Kemp--Fan
6
Stephen Strasburg--Karl Ravech (Baseball Tonight)
Stephen Strasburg--Fan
7
Justin Upton--Barry Larkin (Baseball Tonight)
Joey Votto--Fan
8
Joey Votto--Dave Cameron (ESPN Insider)
Giancarlo Stanton--Fan
9
Starlin Castro--Aaron Boone (Baseball Tonight)
Andrew McCutchen--Fan
10
Felix Hernandez--Mike Greenberg (ESPN Radio)
Carlos Gonzalez--Fan
13
Brett Lawrie--Fan
15
Brett Lawrie--Steve Berthiaume (Baseball Tonight)
20
Jose Bautista--Fan
--Thoughts??
Re: Slow day: ESPN's Franchise Player Draft
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 7:05 pm
by satyr9
Experts' first round:
M.KEMP
T.TULOWITZKI
C.KERSHAW
J.VERLANDER
E.LONGORIA
S.STRASBURG
J.UPTON
J.VOTTO
S.CASTRO
F.HERNANDEZ
R.BRAUN
B.HARPER
M.TROUT
G.STANTON
B.LAWRIE
A.MCCUTCHEN
P.FIELDER
E.HOSMER
M.WIETERS
R.ZIMMERMAN
R.CANO
N.FELIZ
B.POSEY
J.PROFAR
D.PRICE
J.SAMARDZIJA
C.GONZALEZ
Y.DARVISH
M.CABRERA
J.HEYWARD
The fans I expect to be crazy, but some of these so called experts obviously just picked the first guy who popped into their heads. I don't believe most of the god awful picks are a reflection of a calculated decision that the guy was the best available, just that they're freaking lazy and took less than 15 seconds to come to a conclusion.
Re: Slow day: ESPN's Franchise Player Draft
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 7:27 pm
by J.Kim
The Jeff Samardzija pick was pretty ridiculous
Re: Slow day: ESPN's Franchise Player Draft
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 7:54 pm
by Wally West
J.Kim wrote:The Jeff Samardzija pick was pretty ridiculous
Yeah whoever said his name shouldn't be invited to one of these formats again LOL
Re: Slow day: ESPN's Franchise Player Draft
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 8:03 pm
by torontoaces04
blackflash234 wrote:J.Kim wrote:The Jeff Samardzija pick was pretty ridiculous
Yeah whoever said his name shouldn't be invited to one of these formats again LOL
It was Rick Sutcliffe (Baseball Tonight)
If you click the link, the video that plays automatically has Sutcliffe trying to defend his pick. Hahaha!
Re: Slow day: ESPN's Franchise Player Draft
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 8:37 pm
by Wally West
torontoaces04 wrote:blackflash234 wrote:J.Kim wrote:The Jeff Samardzija pick was pretty ridiculous
Yeah whoever said his name shouldn't be invited to one of these formats again LOL
It was Rick Sutcliffe (Baseball Tonight)
If you click the link, the video that plays automatically has Sutcliffe trying to defend his pick. Hahaha!
LOOOL at how serious he was defending Samardzija!
Re: Slow day: ESPN's Franchise Player Draft
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 8:44 pm
by Mattd97
i dont get taking a pitcher that high. pitchers are just way too hit or miss, especially young guys. not to mention only playing every 5 days. youre really gonna take kershaw ahead of votto, braun, longoria etc to build a franchise?