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2008
ESL Draft Day
Year #24
Friday, March 28th, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
at Drew's Parents' house
1st place |
2nd place |
3rd place |
4th place |
* 2008 was
the ESL's second year of significant turn-over. Mike
Capilo decided that Rotisserie baseball was just Dungeons &
Dragons for adults (What's wrong with that?), and retired
from the ESL for the 2nd time, this time after just 1 year.
Gerry Orlando wasn't asked to return after not paying his
2007 entrance fee until February 2008. Mike Moyer
always said his days as a Rotisserie baseball owner were a
short-term affair, and he packed it in after 2 years (Mike
wasn't sure that he had watched 2 baseball games over those
2 years.)
* Replacing Mike, Gerry and
Mike were the Penske duo of Paul Rosa/Jack Mitchell, Mark
Bennett and Chuck Gallagher. Paul returns to the
league after a 5 year absence. He had played in the
ESL from 1996 thru 2001, finishing 1st in 1997. Mark
Bennett has played in our AL-only league since 2001. 7
out of 10 owners now play in both leagues. Chuck
Gallagher has been the host of the ESL draft since the late
1980's, so his joining of the league has been a long time
coming.
* I think this is the first year that everyone was on time!
* This is also one of the first years that no one left a
significant amount of money on the board. I believe
Mal was the most with a mere $4 remaining.
* This is likely the first time that TWO teams have used
their utility slot on an 11th pitcher. (Paul/Jack put
a $29 Dan Haren there, and Dale put a $2 David Riske there.)
* Jamie bidding $35 immediately on Rafael Furcal was one of
the largest cricket bids that I've ever seen. I was
hoping to get him in the high 20's. It appeared Jamie
was going to get the last laugh as Furcal came out of the
gates with a huge bang until getting hurt at the end of May.
* Most expensive offensive player for the 2nd year in a row
was Jose Reyes ($59, Marty). (His price-tag actually
went UP $4.)
* After Reyes ($59), the next most expensive offensive
players were...Jimmy Rollins ($52, Mark); Matt Holliday
($52, Dale); Carlos Lee ($52, Perk); Alfonso Soriano ($47,
Mark); Albert Pujols ($44, Dale); Mark Tiexiera ($43, Perk);
Adam Dunn ($40, Perk); Amaris Ramirez ($39, me); Derrek Lee
($37, Drew); Rafael Furcal ($35, Jamie); Jason Bay ($33,
me); Willy Tavarez ($31, Drew)
* The most expensive pitcher was Johan Santana ($44, Jamie),
followed by Billy Wagner ($33, Jamie); Dan Haren ($29,
Paul/Jack); Aaron Harang ($29, Chuck); Trevor Hoffman ($28,
Dale); Roy Oswalt ($27, Dale); Carlos Zambrano ($26,
Paul/Jack); John Smoltz ($26, Drew), and Chad Cordero ($25,
Marty).
* First players taken in the reserve draft were: (1) Cameron
Maybin to Jamie, (2) Steven Pearce to Chuck, (3) Jordan
Schaefer to Dale, (4) Matt LaPorta to me, and (5) Angel
Villalona to Marty. Schaefer was slapped with an
unexpected 50 day suspension for performance enhancing drugs
the day after the draft.
* As of early June the steals of the draft appear to be Nate
McLouth ($25, Mal) and Edinson Volquez ($5, Mal).
* Biggests draft busts as of early June...Corey Patterson
($24, Paul/Jack) who was released by the Reds in early June;
and Andruw Jones ($25, Chuck) who was hovering around .150
before hitting the DL; and Chad Cordero ($25, Marty) who
hurt himself the 1st week of the season and has been on the
DL ever since. |
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2007
ESL Draft Day
Year #23
Friday, March 30th, 2007, 6:00 p.m.
at Drew's Parents' house
1st place |
2nd place |
3rd place |
4th place |
* 2007 was a year of a bit of
turn-over. Mike Capilo and Mal Maher took the place of
Lorenzo Paul and Scott Winterburn. Mike Capilo decided
one year was enough and resigned at the end of the 2007
keeping the "rotating 10th place team" curse alive.
* With Dale Scott's father being ill Dale could not make it to the draft.
(Sadly, he passed away not too long afterwards.)
Drew's Dad, Chuck, filled in for him, bringing home Jason
Bay ($43), Scott Rolen ($37), Rafael Furcal ($35)...and
David Newhan ($1)?
Further adding to the chaos, Gerry Orlando was hit on the
head by a bat while umpiring a game at Bloomsburg the day of the
draft, and wound up spending the night in the hospital.
I drafted his team for him, drafting what seemed like a great
pitching staff of Roy Oswalt ($38), Brandon Webb ($32), and
Randy Johnson ($19). Gerry's team floundered for much
of the year before making a late-season surge to finish 7th.
Never being the responsible one, Gerry was a dead spot the
entire year and didn't pay his entrance fee until after the
season.
* Further-further adding to the chaos, Mike Moyer unexpectly
had to work late and also was unable to attend. Mike's
partner Josh Keller and his friend Steve, filled in, but
still finished in last place.
* Most expensive offensive player was, as expected, Jose
Reyes ($55), but what wasn't expected was that he went to
ME. I'm not sure I remember spending $40 on any given
player before, so this was a bit of a surprise to even me.
* I'll blame the distraction of drafting 2 teams at one
time, but I essentially left $33 on the board when I was
forced to spend $20 on Jorge Julio who I released in May,
and $13 on Preston Wilson who was out for the year by June
because I didn't spend the money when I had the chance.
I did have $3 left over for the end game which netted me a
$2 Scott Linebrink and a $1 Mike Pelfrey which looked like
steals and long term keepers. Both wound up being
complete busts.
* While I essentially left money on the table, Mal Maher DID
leave actual money on the table to the tune of $15.
* Perk finished in first place, but, as always, it's
interesting to look at the players drafted by the team that
finishes first. Would you have thought that the team
that had 11 spots to fill and used 8 of them on Yovit
Torrealba ($1), Ryan Theriot ($1), Cesar Izturis ($1), Jason
Lane ($1), Andy LaRoche who didn't play much all year ($1),
Livan Hernandez ($2), Oliver Perez ($1) and Solomon Torres
($23) would be the team that would take it all home?
* Watching Jamie draft Miguel Montero for $14 is always fun.
* After Reyes ($55), the next most expensive offensive
players were...Jimmy Rollins ($47, Jamie); Aramis Ramirez
($46, Perk); Chase Utley ($45, Josh); Jason Bay ($43, Chuck
for Dale); Adam Dunn ($39, Drew); Scott Rolen ($37, Chuck
for Dale); Rafael Furcal ($35, Chuck for Dale); Mike Cameron
($32, Drew)
* The most expensive pitcher was Roy Oswalt ($38, Me for
Gerry), followed by Trevor Hoffman ($35, Caps); Brandon Webb
($32, Me for Gerry); Carlos Zambrano ($32, Jamie), Francisco
Cordero ($32, Josh); Jake Peavy ($29, Maher), and Bobby
Wickman ($27, Maher).
* First players taken in the reserve draft were: (1) Homer
Bailey to me, (2) Tim Lincecum to Perk, (3) Joey Votto to
me, (4) Roger Clemens (who was still unsigned for the 2nd
consecutive year for our draft) to Dale, (5) Yovani Gallardo
to Jamie.
Late reserve picks that turned out to be steals: Michael
Bourn to Perk in Rd #3 ... Tony Pena to Drew in Rd #4 (looks
like he'll close in 2008) ... aaaaand that's it.
Unless I overlooked someone, no one after round #4 really
made much of an impact.
* In hindsight, steals of the draft were: Tom
Gorzelanny $1 to Drew ... Dmitri Young $1 to me ...
J.J.Hardy $8 to me ... David Weathers $6 to Marty ... Josh
Hamilton $4 to Mal Maher ... Orlando Hernandez $2 to Mal
Maher. That's about it. Let me know I overlooked
anyone. |
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2006
ESL Draft Day
Year #22
Friday, March 31st, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
at Drew's Parents' house
* Every owner was back from 2005.
This was ESL year #2 for Marty, Lorenzo and Mike/Josh.
* Drew Wine was on hand to auctioneer, his first Rotisserie
baseball experience.
* Drew G, Drew W, Dale, Perk and I played wiffleball before
the draft in the backyard, on a day which was absolutely
stunning for early April - low 70's and sunny.
Unfortunately the highlight was my stumbling bumbling effort
to catch a foul pop which ended in grass stains and me
losing a sneaker.
* Most expensive offensive player was, as expected, Albert
Pujols ($50, Lorenzo). Pujols was followed by Adam
Dunn ($46, Scott W), Alfonso Soriano ($43, Gerry), Jimmy
Rollins ($43, Dale), Todd Helton ($40, Perk), Carlos Beltran
($38, Marty), Mike Cameron ($35, Gerry), Aaron Rowand ($33,
Mike/Josh), and Rafael Furcal ($32, Jamie).
* The most expensive pitcher was Jake Peavy ($38, Scott W).
That was followed by Eric Gagne ($30, Dale), Jason Schmidt
($29, Perk), Pedro Martinez ($28, Me) and Mark Mulder ($25,
Perk).
And, yes, I left a whopping $16 on the table. I suck.
* First players taken in the reserve draft were: (1) Stephen
Drew to Jamie, (2) Andy LaRoche to me, (3) Roger Clemens
(who had yet to sign with anyone) to Marty, (4) Chris Young
to Scott W and (5) Jason Saltalamacchia to me. Jamie
had 6 of the first 20 picks in the draft. |
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