#2 Pick Help (1 Viewer)

[ianfitzy]

I have a draft on Saturday in a Yahoo League with H2H Category scoring and the categories are R, H, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, SB, BB, AVG, OBP. The categories are a little different than the ones I am used to because usually I either play points or H2H 5x5. It seems this type of scoring would favor hitters who can draw walks and get on base because of OBP and BB. I am confident the person in front of me will either pick A-Rod or Hanley Ramirez. If he picks A-Rod, I think I want to go Hanley but am not sure because of the type of scoring. Looking at the scoring it seems Pujols is the best bet for winning the most categories every week but he plays 1B and there is a lot of talent to choose from.

In addition, I set up a spreadsheet for Ramirez, A-Rod, Reyes, Wright and Pujols with all their stats from '08 in these categories and then assigned them a value of 1-5 if they won the category or not. 1 being the best, 5 being the worst. I also set a baseline of the stats with the worst performer getting +0 and the each performer over the worst gets + (the value above the worst), an example would be if player A is the worst with 5 hrs and player B has 10 hrs, player A gets +0 and player B gets +5. I know this isn't a science and my method and my method is probably flawed. Here are the results from it:

H. Ramirez 30 +161

A. Rodriguez 37 +109

J. Reyes 32 +137

A. Pujols 25 +337

D. Wright 25 +209

So it would seem the best picks for #2 would be Pujols and then Wright but this seems to go against all rankings and mock drafts. So how should I proceed? Thanks, any help in appreciated.

 

[jfranco77]

How many teams? Obviously these categories give Pujols some extra help and having more categories devalues the steals of Reyes and Hanley... but don't forget that Reyes will really help you in triples. Or that there still aren't very many good shortstops out there. Reyes will/should also help a ton in hits but Pujols will really kill everyone in OBP. Either way you can't really go wrong. If it's more than 12 teams I am definitely taking Hanley. Even if it's 12 I think I'd take Hanley... but if he's gone, I'd probably take Pujols.

 

[ianfitzy]

It is a 10 team league... I am leaning between Pujols or Wright right now. I know it is a little high for Wright and I haven't seen him taken as high as #2 in any drafts but in this system his value is more than Reyes and maybe even Hanley I think. I think I am going to have to see how they compare to their position for numbers. So, Pujols, Wright or Hanley is what I think I am looking at if A-Rod goes #1, and if Hanley goes #1, I am between Pujols and Wright.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I would take Pujols for the reasons others have suggested.

I wouldn't even consider Reyes. His steals are what make him a 1st rounder. If you have more than 5 offensive categories, steals don't matter nearly as much.

 

[ianfitzy]

If Hanley drops to #2, I will take him but what is everyones opinion on taking Wright #2 if Hanley goes #1. I know Pujols has better numbers all around but Wright plays 3rd and there is a bigger dropoff from Wright to say Huff than Pujols to Berkman especially since this league is big on BB and OBP.

Is Wright a stupid pick at #2? He out produced A-Rod last year, seems to be better for the league scoring, is younger than A-Rod and in his prime. Right now I am leaning Ramirez, Wright, Pujols in that order.