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2008 ASL Draft Day
Year #24
Saturday, March 29th, 2008, 11AM
at Tailgaters Steakhouse
1st place |
2nd place |
3rd place |
4th place |
* There was
only one ownership change going into 2008. Drew Wine
packed it in after just 2 years in the ASL - finishing in
1st place in his 1st season, and then bailing out on the
draft and finishing 11th last year. He was replaced by
the esteemed founding father of the ASL, Mike Drago.
We were thrilled to have Mike back in the league after a 3
year absence. The Chicken has the league's best track
record of anyone to play in the ASL for more than 2 seasons,
finishing in the money in 11 of 17 seasons and finishing
first in 7 of those.
* Alex Rodriguez went for a ASL record $62 to Jamie.
That's left him with almost nothing to round out the rest of
his roster.
* Most expensive offensive players drafted: A-Rod ($62
to Jamie); Miguel Cabrera ($51 to Dale); David Ortiz ($48 to
me); Vladimir Guerrero ($46 to Drew); Alexi Rios ($42 to
Stu); Manny Ramirez ($42 to me); Justin Morneau ($37 to
Rick); Vernon Wells ($35 to Perk); Jim Thome ($34 to the
Chicken); Derek Jeter ($34 to Drew); Paul Konerko ($31 to
the Chicken); Michael Young ($32 to the Chicken); Travis
Hafner ($31 to Drew); Raul Ibanez ($31 to Scott M); Josh
Hamilton ($30 to Perk); Julio Lugo ($30 to Perk)
* Most expensive pitchers drafted: Francisco Rodriguez
($38 to Dale); Mariano Rivera ($35 to Mark); C.C.Sabathia
($33 to Dale); B.J.Ryan ($26 to the Chicken)
* As of early June, the steals of the draft appear to be:
Cliff Lee ($1 to Dale), Joe Crede ($4 to Jamie), Josh
Hamilton ($30 to Perk), Carlos Quentin ($10 to Rick)
* The first round of the reserve draft went like this... (1)
Matt Wieters to Mark, (2) Jarrod Saltalamacchia to me, (3)
Jeff Clement to me, (4) Jed Lowrie to me, (5) Mike Moustakas
to Jamie, (6) Marcos Scutaro to Stu, (7) David Price to me,
(8) Carlos Triunfel to Dale, (9) Lars Anderson to Marty,
(10) Austin Jackson to Scott M, (11) Garrett Olsen to Scott
M, and (12) Desmond Jennings. Surely that is the first
time in ASL history that catchers have been taken with the
first 3 picks!
* Thanks to a keeper list that was about 20+ deep, I was
able to trade for a bunch of picks. I wound up with 3
of the first 4 overall, 5 of the first 12, and 7 of the
first 24 picks. The Tumor-7, as they have become
known, include Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jeff Clement, Jed
Lowrie, David Price, Desmond Jennings, Taylor Teagarden and
Ben Francisco. |
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2007 ASL Draft Day
Year #23
Saturday, March 31st, 2007, 11AM
at Tailgaters Steakhouse
1st place |
T-2nd |
T-2nd |
4th place |
* After the
money pay-out fiasco of 2006, Jamie Schesinger took over for
Scott Winterburn inheriting a sweet nucleus of B.J.Upton
($10), Curtis Granderson ($5), Grady Sizemore ($10), Justin
Verlander ($5) and Huston Street ($14), but still only
finished in 9th, after dumping mid-season for the first time
in his Rotisserie career. Jamie didn't help himself by
leaving a ASL high $8 on the table (not to mention spending
$13 on Greg Zaun, $18 on Scott Podsednik who was hurt for
most of the year, and $11 on Boof Bonser who won 8 games but
with a 5.10 ERA.)
* After winning it all in his first season in 2006, Drew
Wine bailed out at the last minute, and then didn't pay his
entrance fee until after the season was over. Mike
Capilo was kind enough to fill in for him on draft day,
picking up A-Rod ($54), Mariano Rivera ($40), Chone Figgins
($34) and then an amazing NINE other players for $1 each.
This was good for 11th place. Drew Wine was shown the
door after the season ended.
* With Dale Scott's father being ill Dale could not make it to the draft.
(Sadly, he passed away not too long afterwards.) ASL
Founding-father Mike Drago was kind enough to fill in for
him, and drafted what seemed like a decent team at the time,
but some bad luck, and then mid-season dumping left Dale
with a last place finish.
* After saying $50 for the first time in my life the night
before ($55, actually, on Jose Reyes), I shocked myself
again by going all the way up to $57 for Carl Crawford.
And sometimes you need to be more lucky than good. I
didn't have much money left to spend, and I was sure that
someone would say $18 for Josh Beckett, but no one did.
I got "stuck" the AL's runner-up in the Cy Young voting (20
wins, 3.27 ERA). Coupled with John Lackey and a
mid-season trade for Scott Kazmir gave me one of the best
rotations in the history of the league.
* Most expensive offensive players drafted: Carl
Crawford ($57 to Me), A-Rod ($54 by Mike C for Drew W),
Vladimir Guerrero ($51 by Drago for Dale), David Ortiz ($48
to Marty), Vernon Wells ($47 to Mark), Ichiro Suzuki ($47 to
Matt), Manny Ramirez ($46 to Stu), Travis Hafner ($46 to
Me), Bobby Abreu ($45 to Jamie), Miguel Tejada ($42 to Drew
G), Derek Jeter ($41 to Drew G), Jim Thome ($40 to Mark),
Johnny Damon ($38 to Stu), Paul Konerko ($37 to Perk),
Michael Young ($36 to Jamie), Brian Roberts ($34 to Stu),
Chone Figgins ($34 by Mike C for Drew Wine), Hideki Matsui
($33 to Drew G), Gary Sheffield ($32 to Perk), Mike Piazza
($31 to Rick)
* Most expensive pitchers drafted: Johan Santana ($47
to Rick), Mariano Rivera ($40 by Mike C for Drew W), Joe
Nathan ($37 to Scott M), Roy Halladay ($35 to Perk), Jeremy
Bonderman ($32 to Jamie), Erik Bedard ($31 to Scott M), Joe
Borowski ($31 to Perk), Dice-K Matsuzaka ($30 to Perk)
* In hindsight, steals of the draft were: Fausto
Carmona (18 wins for $1 to Marty!), Mark Buerhle ($9 to
Perk), Gil Meche ($2 to Drew G), Jose Guillen ($8 to Matt),
Joakim Soria ($1 closer to Matt), Jose Beckett ($17 to me),
Al Reyes ($5 to me), Marlon Byrd ($1 by Mike C for Drew W)
* The first round of the reserve draft went like this... (1)
Matt Garza to Drew G, (2) Evan Longoria to Mark, (3) Reid
Brignac to Jamie, (4) Adam Miller to Marty, (5) Jose Tabata
to Perk, (6) Alfredo Ledezma to Rick, (7) Kendry Morales to
Scott M, (8) Zack Minor to Stu, (9) Brian Rowell to Matt,
(10) Trevor Crowe by Drago for Dale, (11) Jacob Ellsbury to
me, and (12) Scott Shelton by Mike C for Drew W.
* Steals of round 2 thu 8 of the reserve draft ... (Round 2)
Travis Buck to me, (Round 2) Mac Suzuki to me, (Round 3)
Matt Stairs to Rick, (Round 6) Clay Buchholz to Drew, (Round
6) Joaquin Benoit to Marty, (Round 6) Brian Bannister to
Stu, (Round 7) Scott Baker to Perk, (Round 8) Joba
Chamberlain to Mark. |
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2006 ASL Draft Day
Year #22
Saturday, April 1st, 2006, 11AM
at Tailgaters Steakhouse
* Last year Marty called just as the draft was set to begin
and said he wasn't going to
make it. Then 15 minutes later was on his way.
He arrived an hour into the draft, but somehow still managed
to win the league. This year he got lost on the way,
and called multiple times to say he was just about there.
He arrived 90 minutes late, and immediately picked up Shawn
Chacon $14, Carl Everett $11, and Shannon Stewart $14.
Can he pull it off again?!!?!
* This was a first-time Rotisserie experience for Drew Wine
who replaced Greg Ciambruschini. Drew's first ever
purchase was a $41 Gary Sheffield. It looks like he
got a steal in a $1 Lance Nix - the day of the draft the
Rangers traded David Dellucci to the Phillies opening a
starting CF slot for Nix. On the flip-side he also
drafted a $28 Todd Jones who was placed on the DL the night
of the draft. Welcome to Fantasy Baseball.
* Looks like another lost cause of a year for me, not helped
by Jason Bartlett getting sent down just before the draft.
I replaced him and Brandon McCarthy ($5) with rookie Kendry
Morales who hadn't been sent down yet, and Dustin Pedroia
who was going to extend spring camp. Ugh.
Nothing like starting the year with two dead spots. To
pour salt on the wound, at the end of the draft I had $8 to
spend and forgot about McCarthy. I wound up taking Ted
Lilly. Lilly is now out with a bad back, and McCarthy
picked up the W in the first MLB game of the year Sunday
night.
* Scott W kept A-Rod ($48) and Manny Ramirez for the second
year in a row. To top it off, he actually extended
Manny's contract by a year, taking him from $41 to $46.
* Jon Perkins draft the most expensive offensive player and
pitcher - Vladimir Guerrero ($50) and Mariano Rivera
($41). (He also paid $42 for Hideki Matsui.)
* Draft day prices seemed even crazier than usual: $28
Milton Bradley (Perk), $37 Curt Schilling (Scott M), $38
Torii Hunter (Scott M), $30 Kevin Mench (Mark), $27 Raul
Ibanez (Matt), $26 Mark Loretta (Matt), $35 Brad Wilkerson
(Drew), $38 Melvin Mora (Stu), $35 Aubry Huff (Stu), $27
Javy Lopez (Dale)???????!!!
* Stu's pitching staff costs a grand total of $38 and half
of that is a $19 Eddie Guardado.
* The first players taken in the reserve draft were
Brandon Wood (Rick), Andy Marte (Scott W), Alex Gordon (me),
B.J.Upton ($10, Drew), Howie Kendrick (Matt) and Craig
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2005 ASL Draft Day
Year #21
Saturday, April 2nd, 2005, Noon
at Scott Metcalfe's Mom's house
* April 2nd was met with torrential downpours. Just
about everyone was late.
* Marty Slickers who was pulled over for an out-of-date
registration, and had his car towed away the night before on
his way to the ESL draft, as of noon said he wasn't going to
make it, and then 15 minutes later was on his way. He
arrived an hour into the draft and almost immediately picked
up a $30 Magglio Ordonez, a $27 Shannon Stewart, a $27 Mike
Mussina, and a $27 Matt Clement.
* Stu Sheetz was coming to the draft just to help and watch,
but wound up getting a team of his own when Gerry Orlando
bailed out on his at the last minute for the 3rd consecutive
year.
* It was also the first year for Greg Ciambruschini, Rick
Franz and Scott Metcalfe who were taking over for the
departed Mike Drago, Pete DeCoursey and Kori Walter.
Greg had previously played in the ASL in 1996 and 1997.
Scott Metcalfe had played in the ESL for the last two years.
It was a first time Rotisserie baseball experience for Rick.
* I had over $100 left on the board while most of the league
was down around $25. I thought I knew what I was
doing, but after being forced to go to $29 on Kevin Mench
and $20 on John Gibbons it became clear that I had made a
wee-bit of a mistake along the way.
* With A-Rod being kept by Scott W for $48, no offensive
player broke the $40 barrier. Eric Chavez (Dale) and
Adrian Beltre (Matt) both went for $39.
* The highest price for a pitcher was a $40 Randy Johnson
(Rick). Curt Schilling and Octavio Dotel were next at
$33.
* The first player taken in the reserve draft was Ross Gload
(Scott M). The first rookie taken was Dan Meyer with
the 3rd overall pick (Stu), followed by Derrick Barton
(Dale) and Eric Aybar (Mark).
* After the draft we all went to Applebee's to watch the
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