Pre-draft: Brian: “I'm not going
to lie, two of my kids are puking and my wife left for a book club / drinking
club tonight… If I accidentally autodraft someone, I apologize up front”
Pre-draft: Dan: “anyone else expecting big things from Yu Darvish this
year?”
Pre-draft: Russ: “Oscar Tavares didn't get kept?”
Pre-draft: Pierce: “is the draft order screwed up?. Adam: “Yes
it will fix itself” Pierce: “ok cool.” Adam: “Someone always seems to ask that.”
Pre-draft: Lars: “Am I the last
pick?” Adam: “No Lars. It will reload with correct order once the draft starts.”
Lars: “I'm assuming it will asign picks correctly once they populate the
keepers??”
Pick 85 (first overall): Keepin it REAL… selects R. Castillo Bos – OF. Pierce: “that didn’t go well.” Adam: "You could do worse". Pierce:
“…i could be troy”
Pick 89: Prestige Worldwide select C. Blackmon Col – OF. Pierce: "Lars is in the league?? When
did that happen?"
Pick 90: Cowhide Joyride select D. Wright NYM - 3B. Adam:
"Surprised he last this long. Wright isn't THAT old." Pierce: “He is brittle though.” Russ: “Not that good either.”
Pick 94: Dave: “i'm not trading
away draft picks this year. Fyi” Adam, noting the Yahoo real time standing
projections: “Yahoo says you might as well give up Dave”
Pick 99: Mike: "I have the oldest team in the history of keeper
leagues"
Pick 103: Following my Joc Pederson pick, Shomphe: "Playing possum
on text adam, so sneaky." after I declined to share my infatuation with
Joc when he text, asking about my thought on picking a young guy early. Private
text from Shomphe: "You carpet-bagging SOB." Adam: “I didn't lie to
you, just said most guys go safe.”
Pick 106: Dan: “woo hoo for not being drunk yet”
Pick 117: Prestige Worldwide select E. Hosmer KC - 1B. Jason: “well Lars you are winning in that I
won't be offering you trades for anyone you have picked thus far”. Lars: “THat
was the best thing you could have ever said Jason.”
Pick 117: Adam: “I have a deep hatred for Hosmer due to my deep love
for him”. Adam: “it’s complicated.”
Pick 120: Pierce: “can we get Casten back in for draft night?”
Pick 124: Dan: “what round is someone going to take a flyer on Aroid?”
Adam: “Would fit Gibby's team focus”
Picke 140: Donkey Punchers
select L. Lynn StL – P. Adam: “Lynn is very good. And now has a changeup”. Russ:
“Nice pick Chris I was thinking about him when i took cashner a while back.”
Dagan: “he's fat.” Adam. “That's where the changeup comes from.” Gibby “and has
an inside out vagina”
Pick 141: Donkey Punchers select D. Fister Was – P. Andrew: “doug
fister fisted my sister”. Jason: “i am wondering if Anal's last statement is
actually true”. Pierce: “knew a girl in college... we called her the fist.” Kyle: “because she loved doug fister?” Pierce: “always was assumed she could take a
healthy mitt in the poon... wish we had evidence. Jason: “Kyle Baker reminds me of a shorter
Doug Fister”. Kyle: “I’ll take that.” Dan:
“back to these fisting pics...”
Pick 177: Dave: “I wonder what time it will be when we get to pick 247”
Pick 182: One Nut Wonders select D. Pompey Tor – OF. Andrew: “Pick 182,
first guy I’ve never heard of.”
Pick 193: After glowing initial reviews about Shannon’s draft, Jason: “Adam
are you almost done with the draft review? One Nut Wonders or are you going to
re-title it ‘An Ode to Shannon?’” Adam: “Yup. Chris Shannon is a bad man.” Adam:
“...and this is my year.” (calling my shot…)
Pick 194: Donkey Punchers select
A. Miller NYY – P. Shannon: “and now I
go to bed.” Chris’s only comment the entire draft.
Pick 214: Dagan: “what are you going to do adam?... pitcher?... hitter?” Jason: “100% pitcher”.
Jason “any bets?” Kyle: “util”. Dagan: “starting
pitcher”. Jason: “yes 100%:. Montezuma’s Revenge select M. Garza Mil – P.
Dagan: “i saw that coming… nice pick.” Adam: “that was a lot of pressure guys
thanks”
Pick 229: Prestige Worldwide select C. Granderson NYM – OF. Jason: “damn you Lars…
you finally took someone I was targeting.” Adam: “12.2 BB%”. Jason “is that good or bad?”.
Adam: “Very good”. Jason: “haha, seriously had no clue”. Lars: “I love Adam
with the obscure stats instantaniously when a guy is drafted!” Adam: “Votto is17.3 …
10.0 is great.” Jason: “ya that was lightning fast”
Pick 268: After Adam and Dagan share adoration for Desmond Jennings,
SGreene, Leake, AEscobar, Desclafani, RMartin, House, Jason: “you guys should just fuck and get it over”. Lars: “Seriously. Its a huge fantasy
fuck-fest right now.”
Pick 269: Adam, who wanted TJ House: “When I started my spreadsheets
this year, the first thing I did was look at K%+GB%+QS%-BB%”. Dagan: “that's
quite a formula”. Jason: “when Dagan the professor says you have an elaborate
formula you know you have a problem”
Pick 271: More Montezuma/Ring love, Dagan: “my hitter rankings had Alex Gordon, Choo,
and Moss as the top 3 aviailable”. Adam “Mine
was close to that.” Adam: “Let's make out.”
Pick 271: Gibby: “excited for choo, it gives me an asian boner”. Lars: “Asian
boner = 2.5 inches… but the taste of soy sauce
Pick 286: Dave: “doh”. Cowhide Joyride select Á. Rodríguez NYY - 3B.
Dagan: “i knew someone would bite on arod …could be useful.”
Pick 292: One Nut Wonders select
B. Buxton Min – OF. Dagan: “yes, jason drafted buxton again”. Jason: “i took
Buxton in the 11th round last year. crazy he could fall this late in a league
with a NA spot” Gibby: “he will end up trading Buxton and his 15th rd pick for
my 24th and Uehara.” Jason: “i should get the pick upgrade in that deal Gibby”.
Gibby: “I was taking him next pick”.
Jason: “Buxton would be well mentored on your team of vets”
Pick 294: Gibby: “I may be selling by June 1” (Try May 18th)
Pick 297: Dagan: “i'm out guys. good draft… good luck to everyone
except jason.” Jason: “champions like me don't need like”. Dagan: “you don't
need ‘like’?”. Dagan: “ok.” “Ring of Fire left”
Pick 298: Prestige Worldwide select K. Gibson Min – P. Pierce “Kirk
Gibson?” Pierce: “loved that guy”
Yahoo’s post-draft ranks:
1 I Ate The Munchkins
2 Moose is Loose!
3 Anal Hershiser
4 Mike Ehrman-Trout
5 The Angry Pirates
6 Ring of Fire
7 Donkey Punchers
8 One Nut Wonders
9 Urban Achievers
10 Montezuma’s Revenge
11 Keepin it REAL...
12 Prestige Worldwide
13 Cowhide Joyride
14 Sexual Napalm
