The 19th annual DTBL Draft is set to begin this afternoon, so I figured I would take a few minutes to set the stage.<\/p>\n
All eyes will be on the Mavericks, who possess two of the first three picks in the draft.\u00a0 Last year, they made three first round selections.\u00a0 So they seem to be well positioned to build a solid foundation with young talent.\u00a0 But before the Mavericks have their pick of the litter, the Demigods will make the first overall pick.\u00a0 Some years there is an obvious #1 player on the board, but I don’t think that is the case this year.\u00a0 They could go a number of directions to fill a need.\u00a0 The Choppers and Gators hold the fourth and fifth picks respectively, and figure to be in good spots to pick up quality players.<\/p>\n
Overall, I think this is a deep draft.\u00a0 As I previously mentioned, I had trouble making the final decisions on which players to include, especially when it came to pitchers.\u00a0 This should make for a very interesting draft start to finish.\u00a0 Having said that, I was only able to identify five players who I feel are sure thing first round picks.\u00a0 This means that half of the players taken in the first round could be surprises and could cause some teams to pick the best player available at a position of need rather than going with the best player on the board.<\/p>\n
Will this be another draft full of trades?\u00a0 Already, a number of picks have been dealt in carry over trades from last season.\u00a0 The first trade of the year was recently completed, but it did not include draft picks.\u00a0 The Mavericks and Naturals made another deal swapping Orioles players.\u00a0 The Mavericks acquired outfielder Adam Jones from the Naturals for starting pitcher Brian Matusz.\u00a0 This trade was a product of a numbers game.\u00a0 The Mavericks had six starting pitcher keepers, so at least one of them was expendable.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the Naturals already had a full outfield.\u00a0 This deal gives both teams a little more flexibility on where they can go with their early draft picks.<\/p>\n
Now let’s get this thing started.\u00a0 Happy drafting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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