OK, I tweaked the rankings a bit to remove some of the effects of drafting below average hitters. I didn't want to remove the effects completely because we do have a cap, so drafting a below average guy should hurt a little bit.
These rankings reflect the best possible value for each player, so Oso's team won't be this good if he doesn't use '94 Maddux.
Theoretically, the pitching ratings are a lot lower than the hitting ranks, so I doubled the pitch ranks in the final total. There are a lot more negative hitters than pitchers, which is why it doesn't come out double in the end, but I have Maddux at +47, Big Mac at +117, and I'd still rather have Maddux.
And as we discovered last time, I'm always going to do well in my own rankings since I am using them to draft my team.
Bogart 83 129 -23
How is it that I suck at this so bad? I actually thought I had a good idea going into this one.
Well, if your bad pitchers who keep the ball in the park do better than I expect, then you'll be fine. But my ratings are expecting your pitchers to be really, really bad. Robinson and Witt are about -15 runs below average, which is about as bad as any pitcher drafted. Doherty is -10, Hersh, Dejesus and Boever are all about -5. Only Rojas rates as a positive.
Maybe I'm way off here. But here's a comparison:
Pitcher Pick Owner IP ERC# Runs Saved
Mel Rojas 226 Bogart 101 1.98 11.24
Charles Nagy 273 Bogart 252 2.98 -0.42
Heath Slocumb 371 Bogart 84 3.04 -0.50
Chris Nabholz 343 Bogart 155 3.05 -1.33
Ken Hill 244 Bogart 218 3.04 -2.28
Joe Boever 391 Bogart 112 3.37 -4.90
Orel Hershiser 321 Bogart 112 3.4 -5.26
Jose Dejesus 419 Bogart 130 3.31 -5.39
John Doherty 453 Bogart 116 3.71 -9.51
Bobby Witt 480 Bogart 222 3.54 -14.41
Ron Robinson 296 Bogart 180 3.79 -16.42
Pitcher Pick Owner IP ERC# Runs Saved
Keith Foulke 84 jfranco 106 1.54 16.39
Ontiveros 130 jfranco 164 2.08 16.05
Jeff Zimmerman 198 jfranco 88 1.33 15.68
Rob Dibble 228 jfranco 98 1.69 13.99
Armando Benitez 242 jfranco 78 1.51 12.63
Scott Williamson 341 jfranco 93 1.84 11.41
Rusty Meachem 389 jfranco 102 2.27 7.82
Jose Deleon 480 jfranco 97 2.44 5.51
Mike Cather 575 jfranco 38 1.91 4.52
Orlando Hernandez 180 jfranco 141 2.68 4.20
Ron Villone 373 jfranco 142 2.9 1.01
Alan Benes 277 jfranco 162 2.89 0.94
Eric King 323 jfranco 151 2.91 0.60