re: TDBL Keeper List - only

rack him

ethier semi bow

morales BOW

I'm glad I could put him over the top!! always here to help the needy...

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Mother fricking bow to rondo fricking zombie. Best improvement this offseason without a doubt, especially when you were able to keep all those early picks. I'm fricking impressed.

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+1

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"Wade (Davis) is in a much different position to be able to take on a heavier load, in our minds, so in that respect it's different," vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said last week when a reporter tried to compare Davis to other finely-groomed starters like David Price. "He's in a position in our minds to put 200-plus innings together. He's extremely talented, he worked his way through the system very methodically, and when he got to the major leagues in September, he pitched extremely well." Davis, who turned 24 at the end of last season, had a 3.28 ERA, a 1.26 WHIP and 745 strikeouts in 767 1/3 minor league frames before finally earning a promotion to the bigs in 2009. He is ready for a breakout.

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ETA: Toula...did you see I am no longer keeping Russell Martin and am keeping Rios?

I did. Helluva deal getting Morales, IMO.

I understand your original stance on not keeping Rios, I just wouldn't wanna not keep a clear cut top 5 pick in the draft.
I'd rather let a team risk on Martin rather than get consistancy from Rios. Just my .02

Yes. Maybe my rationale is just way off.
My argument was Rios was too good of value to place in 13th rd for someone to get. Especially since y'all said nonkeepers are has beens or never will bes

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Especially since y'all said nonkeepers are has beens or never will bes

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First 2 rnds last year:

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Round 1
Pick Team Player Elapsed Time
1 The Drunken Clams Jimenez, Ubaldo SP COL
2 The Goodfellas Cruz, Nelson R. RF TEX 32 sec
3 Boo!'s Boo!ze Cruise Sandoval, Pablo 1B SF 11 sec
4 PCT Loney, James 1B LA 15 sec
5 TT4E Garland, Jon SP LA 42 sec
6 Big Red Cross Nady, Xavier RF NYY 1 min 31 sec
7 slumpbusters1 Jones, Adam CF BAL 17 sec
8 My Team Is Not As Good As Geaux's Capps, Matt RP PIT 38 sec
9 Crafty Lefties Carpenter, Chris SP STL 12 sec
10 Boo!'s Boo!ze Cruise Bedard, Erik SP SEA 17 sec
11 Lester Earl DeRosa, Mark 2B STL 39 sec
12 TT4E Jacobs, Mike 1B KC 4 sec
13 geauxlsu07 Doumit, Ryan C PIT 5 sec
14 Hurdy Gurdy Men Baker, Scott SP MIN 13 sec
15 The Goodfellas Lowrie, Jed SS BOS 5 sec
16 Boo!'s Boo!ze Cruise Qualls, Chad RP ARI 19 sec
Round 2
Pick Team Player Elapsed Time
1 My Team Is Not As Good As Geaux's Ethier, Andre RF LA 33 sec
2 PCT Damon, Johnny LF NYY 21 sec
3 Hurdy Gurdy Men Volstad, Chris SP FLA 5 sec
4 The Drunken Clams Sonnanstine, Andy SP TB 58 sec
5 NOBes Bradley, Milton OF CHC 29 sec
6 Crafty Lefties Matsui, Hideki LF NYY 18 sec
7 cajun sox Choo, Shin-Soo RF CLE 52 sec
8 Crafty Lefties Penny, Brad SP SF 11 sec
9 Tigerphan27 Perez, Oliver SP NYM 1 min 42 sec
10 slumpbusters1 Cantu, Jorge 3B FLA 13 sec
11 Big Red Cross Maholm, Paul SP PIT 5 sec
12 cajun sox Meche, Gil SP KC 6 sec
13 Lester Earl Escobar, Yunel SS ATL 1 min 29 sec
14 Lester Earl Francoeur, Jeff RF NYM 1 min 25 sec
15 The Goodfellas Fontenot, Mike 2B CHC 8 sec
16 The Drunken Clams Hill, Aaron 2B TOR 1 min 2 sec

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There was value - some much better than Rios. And, of course, there are always the guys that come from out of nowhere during the season.

And then there is Ben Zobrist who wasn't drafted and is now a keeper. There are a number of SPs and CLs that became relevant and good last year thought I can't name them. There's not a lot of value in the draft but it's not worthless.

I regret not taking A. Hill in the fist last year.