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Bootleggers, Wonderboy and other mythological figures are stuck in the middle

April 26th, 2012 by Marc

Jesus Montero

The first month of the season is coming close to being in the books – yet I still haven’t finished all these team “previews.” It seems pretty ridiculous to write team blurbs at this point, so I’ll post the remaining draft grades along with favorite picks

Moonshiners

Projected Finish: Seventh

2011 Finish: Third

AVG: C .. HR: A … R: A … RBI: A … SB: D … W: F … ERA: F … WHIP: F … K: D … SV: C

Marc’s favorite draft pick: Emilio Bonifacio, Round 5 – Had a great 2011, qualifies at SS and his name is fun to say!

Mike’s favorite draft pick: David Freese, Round 6 – World Series MVP has had trouble staying healthy, but he was one of the more solid hitters at a thin 3B

Naturals

Projected Finish: Sixth

2011 Finish: Second

AVG: A … HR: C … R: C … RBI: C  … SB: C … W: F … ERA: C … WHIP: D … K: C … SV: C

Marc’s favorite draft pick: Nick Markakis, Round 4 – I refuse to believe that his power will not break through … some day

Nick’s favorite draft pick: Jesus Montero, Round 1 – expected to put up 1B-type numbers from the C position

Demigods

Projected Finish: Fourth

2011 Finish: Fifth

AVG: A … HR: B … R: B … RBI: B … SB: C … W: D … ERA: A … WHIP: A … K: F … SV: C

Marc’s favorite draft pick: Bud Norris, Round 12 – wildcard flier, could collect a lot of Ks

Dom’s favorite draft pick: Freddie Freeman, Round 1 – Seemed somewhat similar to Eric Hosmer, but wasn’t getting near as much hype

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4 Responses to “Bootleggers, Wonderboy and other mythological figures are stuck in the middle”

  1. Mike says:
    April 26, 2012 at 2:56 pm

    I’m really curious how the projections made my pitching staff out to be one of the worst in DTBL. F, F, F, D, C? Holy moly.

  2. Kevin says:
    April 26, 2012 at 7:46 pm

    Mike, yeah, your pitching ratings are the most surprising thing I’ve seen in these projections so far. Interestingly, your only pitching grade above D is in saves, which will probably wind up being your worst pitching category. Of course, these projections no doubt assumed a healthy Storen/Santos.

  3. Mike says:
    April 27, 2012 at 8:38 am

    Ha, I didn’t know I could post with my DTBL log in. I’ve learned something new!

    Marc, is it possible to see the numbers that led to these projections?

  4. Marc says:
    April 27, 2012 at 9:25 am

    I can try to upload the spreadsheet as a google doc. not sure if that is possible. One issue with the numbers is that they are based on the 28-man roster, vs the active 23-man roster. I didn’t adjust the rosters to include just the active 23 guys before converting the projected finishes in each category to a letter grade.

    Looks like you only had 1 SP on the bench. Maybe other people had more bench SPs that pushed them past you in Ks and Ws.

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