Slow day: ESPN's Franchise Player Draft

[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-draft

NO. 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??

[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.

[J.Kim]

The Jeff Samardzija pick was pretty ridiculous

[Wally West]

The Jeff Samardzija pick was pretty ridiculous

Yeah whoever said his name shouldn't be invited to one of these formats again LOL

[torontoaces04]

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!

[Wally West]

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!

[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?