Saturday, January 28, 2012
THT mock draft 2012
Posted by Ben Pritchett at 10:58amThe 2012 Hardball Times Mock Draft has come and gone, and we are left with a wealth of fun information to discuss over the upcoming weeks. Look for several of the THT authors to write their own analysis of the results. For the time being, this will be only a results post.
First we need to give a collective thanks to Mock Draft Central. MDC hosted the THT mock without issue and put everything together for us amazingly quickly.
Here’s the draft order:
1. Ben Pritchett, The Hardball Times
2. Derek Carty, Baseball Prospectus
3. Robert Burghardt, TG Fantasy Baseball
4. Mike Stein, Fantasy Judgment
5. Dave Shovein, The Hardball Times
6. Paul Singman, The Hardball Times
7. Al O’Harra,Fantasy Sports R Us
8. Derek Ambrosino, The Hardball Times
9. Josh Shepardson, The Hardball Times, Fantasy Baseballl 365
10. Brett Greenfield, Fantasy Phenoms
11. Nick Fleder, The Hardball Times
12. Brad Johnson, The Hardball Times
I know you didn’t come here for the draft order, but I want everyone to notice the writers/owners of the other sites that were so gracious to lend their own expertise to our draft. Without them, we would not have been able to accomplish this draft, especially in such short notice. I personally know or compete against all these guys. They are some of the best minds in the business. I have visited all the sites above, and they all offer something a little different. Please take the time to visit their sites and see for yourself.
Now here are the results for The Hardball Times Mock Draft 2012 . We used the standard 5X5 rotisserie settings with a 1,600 innings pitched limit, 20-game eligibility. For all you fantasy nerds, including me, I also have the THT mock draft spreadsheet. Over the next weeks, we will be doing some further breakdown. For the time being, feel free to digest these results and comment below.
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Apart from fewer than 100 PAs at AA, Ellsbury never showed power in the minors, and 2011 was more than double his ISOs in his other full MLB seasons. I’m not so sure I’d make him the 3rd choice…
That said, I get the feeling looking at this list that I’d love to have a later pick in the first round, as there is just so many good choices early on.
The only other point (I looked at this for two seconds) is that Carty can’t be taking this seriously because it is just a mock or something: I like taking advantage of when the pendulum has swung too far, and perhaps it has in the case of the group think surrounding not drafting too much pitching early, but 5 of the first 7 are pitchers and then one of those other two is a catcher?? Adding a positional scarcity play to a (by design) poor offense doesn’t make any sense, and you’d still have a very good chance of owning four pitching categories if you spent even one of those 5 early round SP picks on another bat.