Official 9th Baseball ATD Thread (Picks Only)

[Pwnasaurus]

We are pleased to present the all-time draft - Baseball Edition.

Essentially, the game will follow the same well-refined format as the hockey all-time draft. It is designed primarily as a fun competition, but of greater importance is to honor the history of baseball and the players that have shaped the game, from the early beginnings to the present day.
The format is quite simple. A drafting order will be randomly generated. This draft order will reverse every second round (snake draft).

Each team will draft a complete roster, with a total of 25 players and one manager (grand total of 26 draft picks). Each team should have a starter at each position (1B, 2B, SS, 3B, CF, RF, LF, C), as well as a full starting rotation of 5 and a closer. There will also be no DH included within the rosters.


Your goal is to assemble the best possible roster, choosing from any player who has ever played baseball, at any level, anywhere in the world. At the conclusion of the draft, regular season voting will be conducted by your peers in the draft (possibly others, such as spectators who happen to follow the draft and participate in discussion). From these voting results we will determine our regular season standings, and then the playoffs begin!

I'll split the draft into 2 leagues, then playoffs will behave in this fashion after regular season concludes.
1 vs 8
2 vs 7
3 vs 6
4 vs 5

Each playoff round will last a week for discussion of the matchups and for each team to state its case, at which point more votes are taken. In this case you vote for the winner of the series and how many games it will take. This continues until we have determined our champion.

Rules
1. NEVER mention an undrafted player. It is poor etiquette. If quoting a source about a player you’re drafting, simply substitute the undrafted player with XXXX XXXX.

2. The time limit changes throughout the draft. This will be how it runs:

Round 1-2: 24 Hour Time Limit
Round 3-7: 12 Hour Time Limit
Round 8-21: 8 Hour Time Limit
Round 22-26: 4 Hour Time Limit

If you are not sure whether you will be available to make your pick within the allotted time, please send a list of players to someone who will be there for that time. This way the draft can progress nicely.

3. You MUST send a private message to the next GM to alert them that it is their turn. This is mandatory and it is crucial to the draft going smoothly. You should also change your board preferences so that you receive an email when you receive a PM. Many have found that this ensures that when it's your turn, you know as soon as possible.

4. Please be advised that it is MANDATORY to vote if you expect to participate in the next All-Time Draft. Put some effort into it. It's only fair that the best team wins. You can make your votes based on whatever criteria are important to you, but we are all expected to have an open mind and listen to the arguments for why each roster is better.

5. The draft is 26 rounds long. Each team will make 26 picks with one player at each position and one manager alongside extra bench players.

6. Trades are allowed, but are certainly not essential to winning or doing better. You can trade a player you've already drafted, as well as future picks. Trading conversations are always held via PM, but you may announce that you are shopping a pick or looking to move up/down to get the attention of other GMs. You must always trade one asset for another asset. (or 2 for 2, or 3 for 3, etc) (no 2-for-1 or 3-for-2 deals or else you wouldn't end up with 26 picks)

7. When making a pick, you should be posting at least three lines about the player. This can be in your own words or copied and pasted from a cited source. This is done for a couple of reasons: 1) To prove that you know something about him/have researched him. 2) To show the other GMs why this is a good pick.

8. DO NOT MENTION UNDRAFTED PLAYERS.

Co-Gm's are allowed and encouraged if you dont have as much knowledge of baseball. No more than 2 GM's to a team though.

A manager who also played as a player, must only be selected as one or the other. This means certain athletes could be selected twice in this draft by either the same or a different team in such cases.

If you select a player who played most of his career at lets say 1B but played for 2 years at LF, and choose him to play left field. You can draft him for either position...however...this will downgrade the players ability. Its a risk that you can make but you have a better chance of winning if you have everyone at there natural position.

You will need to have atleast 1 Manager, 1 C, 1 1B, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 SS, 1 LF, 1 CF, 1 RF, 5 SP, 3 RP including 1 closer. And again like the position players, if you move a reliever to a starter or vice versa, then that will affect how effective your player will be. NO DH

FOR PLAYOFFS IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED THAT VOTING IS DONE REGULARLY and if you want to stay for another Baseball ATD then it is a good idea to vote because it will give us the mindset that you care about the draft and not just your team.


Winner/Runnerup
1st Edition: Pwnasaurus (St. Louis Cardinals)/BintZ (New York Mets)
2nd Edition: Pwnasaurus (St. Louis Cardinals)/Chaosrevolver (Brooklyn Dodgers)
3rd Edition: Pwnasaurus (St. Louis Cardinals)/Ranger Wolf (New York Highlanders)
4th Edition: Chaosrevolver (Chicago Cubs)/Pwnasaurus (St. Louis Cardinals)
5th Edition: UL Washington (Brooklyn Superbas)/Pwnasaurus (Pittsburgh Crawfords)
6th Edition: Gootie (Chicago Whales)/Modo (Yomiuri Giants)
7th Edition: UL Washington (Chicago Orphans)/Pwnasaurus (St. Louis Cardinals)
8th Edition: Darko (New York Yankees)/Pwnasaurus (St. Louis Cardinals)

The Teams

1. KEEROLE Vatanen/Mint - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (National League)
2. DisgruntledHawkFan - Quad Cities River Bandits (National League)
3. bluesfan94 - St. Louis Maroons (American League)
4. td_ice - Pittsburgh Pirates (American League)
5. ryan callahan - San Francisco Giants (American League)
6. le_sean - Montreal Royals (National League)
7. Voight - Atlanta Braves (American League)
8. Winger for Hire - Yomiuri Giants (National League)
9. Tecumseh - Albuquerque Dukes (American League)
10. Pwnasaurus - St. Louis Cardinals (National League)
11. Vegeta - Detroit Tigers (American League)
12. Darko - New York Yankees (National League)
13. NJDevs26/sjsharks92 - Kansas City Monarchs (National League)
14. Gootie - Chicago Whales (American League)
15. Porn* - Toronto Blue Jays (National League)
16. UL Washington - Cleveland Naps (American League)


Round 1

1. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Babe Ruth - OF
2. Quad Cities River Bandits - Walter Johnson - SP
3. St. Louis Maroons - Lefty Grove - SP
4. Yomiuri Giants - Willie Mays - OF
5. San Francisco Giants - Barry Bonds - OF
6. Montreal Royals - Josh Gibson - C
7. Atlanta Braves - Hank Aaron - OF
8. Detroit Tigers - Ted Williams - OF
9. Albuquerque Dukes - Ken Griffey Jr - OF
10. St. Louis Cardinals - Ty Cobb - OF
11. Pittsburgh Pirates - Randy Johnson - SP
12. New York Yankees - Roger Clemens - SP
13. Kansas City Monarchs - Sandy Koufax - SP
14. Chicago Whales - Honus Wagner - SS
15. Toronto Blue Jays - Mickey Mantle - OF
16. Cleveland Naps - Rogers Hornsby - 2B

Round 2

17. St. Louis Maroons - Christy Mathewson - SP
18. Toronto Blue Jays - Stan Musial - OF/1B
19. Chicago Whales - Cy Young - SP
20. Kansas City Monarchs - Lou Gehrig - 1B
21. New York Yankees - Grover Cleveland Alexander - SP
22. Pittsburgh Pirates - Pedro Martinez - SP
23. St. Louis Cardinals - Satchel Paige - SP
24. Albuquerque Dukes - Bob Gibson - SP
25. Detroit Tigers - Tris Speaker - OF
26. Atlanta Braves - Greg Maddux - SP
27. Montreal Royals - Alex Rodriguez - SS/3B
28. San Francisco Giants - Rickey Henderson - OF
29. Yomiuri Giants - Tom Seaver - SP
30. Cleveland Naps - Mike Schmidt - 3B
31. Quad Cities River Bandits - Eddie Collins - 2B
32. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Clayton Kershaw - SP

Round 3

33. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Steve Carlton - SP
34. Quad Cities River Bandits - Joe DiMaggio - OF
35. Cleveland Naps - Jimmie Foxx - 1B
36. Pittsburgh Pirates - Johnny Bench - C
37. San Francisco Giants - Warren Spahn - SP
38. Montreal Royals - Nolan Ryan - SP
39. Atlanta Braves - Joe Morgan - 2B
40. Yomiuri Giants - Albert Pujols - 1B
41. Albuquerque Dukes - Yogi Berra - C
42. St. Louis Cardinals - Nap Lajoie - 2B
43. Detroit Tigers - Kid Nichols - SP
44. New York Yankees - Eddie Mathews - 3B
45. Kansas City Monarchs - Bob Feller - SP
46. Chicago Whales - Carl Hubbell - SP
47. Toronto Blue Jays - Chipper Jones - 3B/OF
48. Albuquerque Dukes - Hank Greenberg - 1B

Round 4

49. Cleveland Naps - Mel Ott - OF
50. Toronto Blue Jays - Mariano Rivera - RP
51. Chicago Whales - Joe Jackson - OF
52. Kansas City Monarchs - Frank Robinson - OF
53. New York Yankees - Roberto Clemente - OF
54. Detroit Tigers - Miguel Cabrera - 1B/3B
55. St. Louis Cardinals - Jim Palmer - SP
56. Cleveland Naps - Whitey Ford - SP
57. Montreal Royals - Eddie Plank - SP
58. Atlanta Braves - Carl Yastrzemski - OF
59. Yomiuri Giants - Pop Lloyd - SS
60. San Francisco Giants - Cal Ripken - SS
61. Pittsburgh Pirates - Duke Snider - OF
62. St. Louis Maroons - Ed Walsh - SP
63. Quad Cities River Bandits - Ernie Banks - SS
64. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Mike Trout - OF

Round 5

65. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Jackie Robinson - 2B
66. Quad Cities River Bandits - Tom Glavine - SP
67. St. Louis Maroons - Rube Waddell - SP
68. Pittsburgh Pirates - George Brett - 3B
69. San Francisco Giants - Mordecai Brown - SP
70. Yomiuri Giants - Ferguson Jenkins - SP
71. Atlanta Braves - Gaylord Perry - SP
72. Montreal Royals - Don Drysdale - SP
73. Cleveland Naps - Smokey Joe Williams - SP
74. St. Louis Cardinals - Reggie Jackson - OF
75. Chicago Whales - Oscar Charleston - OF
76. New York Yankees - Roy Campanella - C
77. Kansas City Monarchs - Brooks Robinson - 3B
78. Detroit Tigers - Juan Marichal - SP
79. Toronto Blue Jays - Curt Schilling - SP
80. St. Louis Maroons - Mickey Cochrane - C

Round 6

81. Albuquerque Dukes - Robin Roberts - SP
82. Toronto Blue Jays - Ivan Rodriguez - C
83. Detroit Tigers - Charlie Gehringer - 2B
84. Kansas City Monarchs - Cool Papa Bell - OF
85. New York Yankees - Mike Mussina - SP
86. Chicago Whales - Addie Joss - SP
87. St. Louis Cardinals - Wade Boggs - 3B
88. Albuquerque Dukes - Arky Vaughan - SS
89. Yomiuri Giants - Ichiro Suzuki - OF
90. Atlanta Braves - Jeff Bagwell - 1B
91. Montreal Royals - Roberto Alomar - 2B
92. San Francisco Giants - Gary Carter - C
93. Pittsburgh Pirates - Manny Ramirez - OF
94. St. Louis Maroons - Al Kaline - OF
95. Quad Cities River Bandits - Tony Gwynn - OF
96. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Phil Niekro - SP

Round 7

97. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Mike Piazza - C
98. Quad Cities River Bandits - Johnny Mize - 1B
99. St. Louis Maroons - Barry Larkin - SS
100. Pittsburgh Pirates - Luke Appling - SS
101. San Francisco Giants - Rod Carew - 2B/1B
102. Montreal Royals - Tim Raines - OF
103. Atlanta Braves - Derek Jeter - SS
104. Yomiuri Giants - Johan Santana - SP
105. Cleveland Naps - John Smoltz - SP/RP
106. St. Louis Cardinals - Harmon Killebrew - 1B/3B
107. Detroit Tigers - Adrian Beltre - 3B
108. New York Yankees - Dennis Eckersley - RP/SP
109. Kansas City Monarchs - Pete Rose - IF/OF
110. Chicago Whales - Frankie Frisch - 2B
111. Toronto Blue Jays - Robin Yount - SS/OF
112. Albuquerque Dukes - Hal Newhouser - SP

Round 8

113. Cleveland Naps - Bill Dickey - C
114. Toronto Blue Jays - Roy Halladay - SP
115. Detroit Tigers - Rollie Fingers - RP
116. Kansas City Monarchs - Bert Blyleven - SP
117. New York Yankees - Billy Wagner - RP
118. Chicago Whales - Turkey Stearnes - OF
119. St. Louis Maroons - Hoyt Wilhelm - SP/RP
120. Albuquerque Dukes - Craig Biggio - 2B
121. Yomiuri Giants - Willie Stargell - 1B/OF
122. Atlanta Braves - Scott Rolen - 3B
123. Montreal Royals - Jim Edmonds - OF
124. San Francisco Giants - Larry Walker - OF
125. Pittsburgh Pirates - Frank Thomas - 1B
126. St. Louis Cardinals - Al Simmons - OF
127. Quad Cities River Bandits - Carlton Fisk - C
128. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Ron Santo - 3B

Round 9

129. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Jim Thome - 1B
130. Quad Cities River Bandits - Dizzy Dean - SP
131. St. Louis Cardinals - Lefty Gomez - SP
132. Pittsburgh Pirates - Dazzy Vance - SP
133. San Francisco Giants - Ryne Sandberg - 2B
134. Montreal Royals - Willie McCovey - 1B
135. Atlanta Braves - Don Sutton - SP
136. Yomiuri Giants - Paul Molitor - 3B/2B
137. Albuquerque Dukes - Vladimir Guerrero - OF
138. St. Louis Maroons - Ralph Kiner - OF
139. Detroit Tigers - Harry Heilmann - OF
140. New York Yankees - Dan Brouthers - 1B
141. Kansas City Monarchs - Goose Gossage - RP
142. Chicago Whales - Home Run Baker - 3B
143. Toronto Blue Jays - Lou Brock - OF
144. Cleveland Naps - Bruce Sutter - RP

Round 10

145. Cleveland Naps - Billy Hamilton - OF
146. Toronto Blue Jays - Eddie Murray - 1B
147. Chicago Whales - Mark McGwire - 1B
148. Kansas City Monarchs - Joe Medwick - OF
149. New York Yankees - Alan Trammell - SS
150. Detroit Tigers - John Clarkson - SP
151. St. Louis Cardinals - Gabby Hartnett - C
152. Albuquerque Dukes - Lee Smith - RP
153. Pittsburgh Pirates - Trevor Hoffman - RP
154. Atlanta Braves - Carlos Beltran - OF
155. Montreal Royals - Ozzie Smith - SS
156. San Francisco Giants - Tim Keefe - SP
157. Yomiuri Giants - Kent Tekulve - RP
158. St. Louis Cardinals - Sparky Lyle - RP
159. Quad Cities River Bandits - Dan Quisenberry - RP
160. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - George Davis - SS

Round 11

161. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Aroldis Chapman - RP
162. Quad Cities River Bandits - Billy Williams - OF
163. St. Louis Maroons - Cristobal Torriente - OF
164. Montreal Royals - Kevin Brown - SP
165. San Francisco Giants - Lou Whitaker - 2B
166. Yomiuri Giants - John Franco - RP
167. Atlanta Braves - Francisco Rodriguez - RP
168. Kansas City Monarchs - Nomar Garciaparra - SS
169. Albuquerque Dukes - Ken Boyer - 3B
170. St. Louis Maroons - Graig Nettles - 3B
171. Detroit Tigers - Troy Tulowitzki - SS
172. New York Yankees - Tom Henke - RP
173. Pittsburgh Pirates - Randy Myers - RP
174. Chicago Whales - Biz Mackey - C/SS
175. Toronto Blue Jays - Madison Bumgarner - SP
176. Cleveland Naps - Goose Goslin - OF

Round 12

177. Cleveland Naps - Smoky Joe Wood - SP
178. Toronto Blue Jays - Andy Pettitte - SP
179. Chicago Whales - Jim Bunning - SP
180. Pittsburgh Pirates - Sam Crawford - OF
181. New York Yankees - Joe Gordon - 2B
182. Detroit Tigers - Buster Posey - C
183. St. Louis Cardinals - Lou Boudreau - SS
184. Albuquerque Dukes - Zack Wheat - OF
185. Montreal Royals - Kirby Puckett - OF
186. Atlanta Braves - Justin Verlander - SP
187. Yomiuri Giants - Jonathan Papelbon - RP
188. San Francisco Giants - Bret Sabrehagen - SP
189. Kansas City Monarchs - King Kelly - C/OF
190. St. Louis Maroons - Jesse Orosco - RP
191. Quad Cities River Bandits - Gary Sheffield - OF
192. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Felix Hernandez - SP

Round 13

193. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Troy Percival - RP
194. Quad Cities River Bandits - Luis Tiant - SP
195. St. Louis Maroons - Chase Utley - 2B
196. Pittsburgh Pirates - Robinson Cano - 2B
197. San Francisco Giants - Craig Kimbrel - RP
198. Yomiuri Giants - Joe Mauer - C/1B
199. Atlanta Braves - Yadier Molina - C
200. Montreal Royals - John Wetteland - RP
201. Albuquerque Dukes - Urban Shocker - SP
202. St. Louis Cardinals - John Hiller - RP
203. Detroit Tigers - Cole Hamels - SP
204. New York Yankees - Kenny Lofton - OF
205. Kansas City Monarchs - Catfish Hunter - SP
206. Chicago Whales - Jeff Kent - 2B
207. Toronto Blue Jays - Bill Mazeroski - 2B
208. Cleveland Naps - Joe Cronin - SS

Round 14

209. Cleveland Naps - Tug McGraw - RP
210. Toronto Blue Jays - Jeff Reardon - RP
211. Chicago Whales - Robb Nen - RP
212. Kansas City Monarchs - Sammy Sosa - OF
213. New York Yankees - Paul Waner - OF
214. Detroit Tigers - Andrew Miller - RP
215. St. Louis Cardinals - Billy Pierce - SP
216. Albuquerque Dukes - Gary Lavelle - RP
217. Yomiuri Giants - Nellie Fox - 2B
218. Atlanta Braves - Zack Greinke - SP
219. Montreal Royals - Mike Marshall - RP
220. San Francisco Giants - Joe Nathan - RP
221. Pittsburgh Pirates - Ben Zobrist - 2B/OF
222. St. Louis Maroons - Chief Bender - SP
223. Quad Cities River Bandits - Omar Vizquel - SS
224. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Max Scherzer - SP

Round 15

225. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Lance Berkman - OF/1B
226. Quad Cities River Bandits - Dave Righetti - RP
227. St. Louis Maroons - Buck Leonard - 1B
228. Pittsburgh Pirates - Joey Votto - 1B
229. San Francisco Giants - Stan Coveleski - SP
230. Yomiuri Giants - Joe Torre - C/3B/1B
231. Atlanta Braves - Eric Gagne - RP
232. Montreal Royals - Andre Dawson - OF
233. Albuquerque Dukes - Doug Jones - RP
234. St. Louis Cardinals - Wade Davis - RP
235. Detroit Tigers - Ron Guidry - SP
236. New York Yankees - Old Hoss Radbourn - SP
237. Kansas City Monarchs - Koji Uehara - RP
238. Chicago Whales - Arthur Rhodes - RP
239. Toronto Blue Jays - Edgar Martinez - 3B
240. Cleveland Naps - Dick Allen - 1B/3B

Round 16

241. Cleveland Naps - Waite Hoyt - RP/SP
242. Toronto Blue Jays - Joe McCarthy - MGR
243. Chicago Whales - Cap Anson - 1B
244. Kansas City Monarchs - BJ Ryan - RP
245. New York Yankees - Albert Belle - OF
246. Detroit Tigers - Todd Helton - 1B
247. St. Louis Cardinals - David Ortiz - 1B
248. Albuquerque Dukes - Joe Sewell - SS
249. Yomiuri Giants - Masaichi Kaneda - SP
250. Atlanta Braves - Fred McGriff - 1B
251. Montreal Royals - Ron Perranoski - RP
252. San Francisco Giants - Sadaharu Oh - 1B
253. Pittsburgh Pirates - Kenley Jansen - RP
254. St. Louis Maroons - Wilbur Wood - SP/RP
255. Quad Cities River Bandits - Ted Simmons - C
256. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Dustin Pedroia - 2B

Round 17

257. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Ryan Braun - OF/3B
258. Quad Cities River Bandits - Robin Ventura - 3B
259. St. Louis Maroons - Enos Slaughter - OF
260. Pittsburgh Pirates - Cliff Lee - SP
261. San Francisco Giants - Ed Delahanty - OF
262. Montreal Royals - Bobby Doerr - 2B
263. Atlanta Braves - C.C. Sabathia - SP
264. Yomiuri Giants - Larry Doby - OF
265. Albuquerque Dukes - Jon Lester - SP
266. St. Louis Cardinals - Hilton Smith - SP/RP
267. Detroit Tigers - Willie Hernandez - RP
268. New York Yankees - Jorge Posada - C
269. Kansas City Monarchs - Bobby Grich - 2B
270. Chicago Whales - Jason Isringhausen - RP
271. Toronto Blue Jays - Vida Blue - SP
272. Cleveland Naps - Thurman Munson - C

Round 18

273. Cleveland Naps - Chris Sale - SP
274. Toronto Blue Jays - Dan Plesac - RP
275. Chicago Whales - Red Faber - SP
276. Kansas City Monarchs - David Price -SP
277. New York Yankees - Keith Foulke - RP
278. Detroit Tigers - Jeff Montgomery - RP
279. St. Louis Cardinals - Al Hrabosky - RP
280. Albuquerque Dukes - Dale Murphy - OF
281. Yomiuri Giants - Mark Melancon - RP
282. Atlanta Braves - Andrew McCutchen - OF
283. Montreal Royals - Jim Kaat - SP
284. San Francisco Giants - Rick Reuschel - SP
285. Pittsburgh Pirates - Darren O'Day - RP
286. St. Louis Maroons - Mark Eichhorn - RP
287. Quad Cities River Bandits - Orel Hershiser - SP
288. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Zach Britton - RP

Round 19

289. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Dwight Gooden - SP
290. Quad Cities River Bandits - Kerry Wood - SP/RP
291. St. Louis Maroons - Mule Suttles - OF/1B
292. Pittsburgh Pirates - Stephen Strasburg - SP
293. San Francisco Giants - Andruw Jones - OF
294. Montreal Royals - Bernie Williams - OF
295. Atlanta Braves - Brad Lidge - RP
296. Yomiuri Giants - Hanley Ramirez - SS/1B
297. Albuquerque Dukes - Armando Benitez - RP
298. St. Louis Cardinals - Richie Ashburn - OF
299. Detroit Tigers - Greg Holland - RP
300. New York Yankees - George Sisler - 1B
301. Kansas City Monarchs - Bobby Shantz - RP
302. Chicago Whales - Casey Stengel - MGR
303. Toronto Blue Jays - Mike Stanton - RP
304. Cleveland Naps - John McGraw - 3B/SS

Round 20

305. Cleveland Naps - Early Wynn - SP
306. Toronto Blue Jays - Luis Aparicio - SS
307. Chicago Whales - Norm Charlton - RP
308. Kansas City Monarchs - Earl Averill - OF
309. New York Yankees - Bill Dahlen - SS/3B
310. Detroit Tigers - Miguel Tejada - SS
311. St. Louis Cardinals - Buck Ewing - C
312. Albuquerque Dukes - Gene Tenace - C
313. Yomiuri Giants - Steve Howe - RP
314. Atlanta Braves - Tony Fernandez - SS/3B/2B
315. Montreal Royals - Ray Dandridge - 3B
316. San Francisco Giants - Pee Wee Reese - SS
317. Pittsburgh Pirates - Sergio Romo - RP
318. St. Louis Maroons - Jeff Nelson - RP
319. Quad Cities River Bandits - Todd Worrell - RP
320. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Paul Assenmacher - RP

Round 21

321. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Ugueth Urbina - RP
322. Quad Cities River Bandits - Torii Hunter - OF
323. St. Louis Maroons - Joe Torre - MGR
324. Pittsburgh Pirates - John Candelaria - SP/RP
325. San Francisco Giants - Greg Swindell - RP/SP
326. Montreal Royals - Rick Aguilera - RP
327. Atlanta Braves - Matt Williams - 3B
328. Yomiuri Giants - David Cone - SP
329. Albuquerque Dukes - Keith Hernandez - 1B
330. St. Louis Cardinals - Bob Lemon - SP
331. Detroit Tigers - Lance Parrish - C
332. New York Yankees - Tom Gordon - RP/SP
333. Kansas City Monarchs - Steve Cishek - RP
334. Chicago Whales - Michael Young - SS/3B/2B
335. Toronto Blue Jays - Roy Face - RP
336. Cleveland Naps - Martin Dihigo - IF/OF/P

Round 22

337. Cleveland Naps - Hack Wilson - OF
338. Toronto Blue Jays - Firpo Marberry - RP/SP
339. Chicago Whales - Jacoby Ellsbury - OF
340. Kansas City Monarchs - Willie Wells - SS
341. New York Yankees - Jimmy Wynn - OF
342. Detroit Tigers - Mike Henneman - RP
343. St. Louis Cardinals - Minnie Minoso - OF
344. Albuquerque Dukes - Dave Stieb - SP
345. Yomiuri Giants - Sherry Magee - OF
346. Atlanta Braves - David Wells - SP
347. Montreal Royals - Darrell Porter - C
348. San Francisco Giants - Joakim Soria - RP
349. Pittsburgh Pirates - Phil Rizzuto - SS
350. St. Louis Maroons - David Wright - 3B
351. Quad Cities River Bandits - Rod Beck - RP
352. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Jason Kendall - C

Round 23

353. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Adam Dunn - 1B/OF
354. Quad Cities River Bandits - Jason Giambi - 1B
355. St. Louis Maroons - Bill Freehan - C
356. Pittsburgh Pirates - Ernie Lombardi - C
357. San Francisco Giants - Francisco Cordero - RP
358. Montreal Royals - Roger Connor - 1B
359. Atlanta Braves - Evan Longoria - 3B
360. Yomiuri Giants - Bucky Walters - SP
361. Albuquerque Dukes - Tony Lazzeri - 2B
362. St. Louis Cardinals - Bobby Wallace - SS
363. Detroit Tigers - Hector Espino - OF
364. New York Yankees - Harry Brecheen - SP
365. Kansas City Monarchs - Rafael Palmeiro - 1B
366. Chicago Whales - Matt Holliday - OF
367. Toronto Blue Jays - Juan Gonzalez - OF
368. Cleveland Naps - Max Carey - OF

Round 24

369. Cleveland Naps - Steve Bedrosian - RP
370. Toronto Blue Jays - Cesar Cedeno - OF
371. Chicago Whales - David Ross - C
372. Kansas City Monarchs - Ellis Kinder - SP/RP
373. New York Yankees - Billy Herman - 2B
374. Detroit Tigers - Tony LaRussa - MGR
375. St. Louis Cardinals - Red Schoendienst - 2B
376. Albuquerque Dukes - Luis Gonzalez - OF
377. Yomiuri Giants - Isao Harimoto - OF
378. Atlanta Braves - Bobby Cox - MGR
379. Montreal Royals - Dave Winfield - OF
380. San Francisco Giants - Wally Schang - C
381. Pittsburgh Pirates - Tony Phillips - 2B/3B/OF
382. St. Louis Maroons - Gil McDougald - 2B/3B
383. Quad Cities River Bandits - Luis Castillo - 2B
384. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Darin Erstad - OF/1B

Round 25

385. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Terry Francona - MGR
386. Quad Cities River Bandits - Earl Weaver - MGR
387. St. Louis Maroons - Devon White - OF
388. Pittsburgh Pirates - Bruce Bochy - MGR
389. San Francisco Giants - Paul Goldschmidt - 1B
390. Montreal Royals - Jim Brewer - RP
391. Atlanta Braves - Brian Wilson - RP
392. Yomiuri Giants - Steve Kline - RP
393. Albuquerque Dukes - Al Holland - RP
394. St. Louis Cardinals - John McGraw - MGR
395. Detroit Tigers - Norm Cash - 1B
396. New York Yankees - Tommy Lasorda - MGR
397. Kansas City Monarchs - Walter Alston - MGR
398. Chicago Whales - Josh Beckett - SP
399. Toronto Blue Jays - Victor Martinez - 1B/C
400. Cleveland Naps - Sparky Anderson - MGR

Round 26

401. Cleveland Naps - Carlos Delgado - 1B
402. Toronto Blue Jays - Jose Altuve - 2B
403. Chicago Whales - Bobby Thigpen - RP
404. Kansas City Monarchs - Louis Santop - C
405. New York Yankees - Tom Burgmeier - RP
406. Detroit Tigers - Brad Ziegler - RP
407. St. Louis Cardinals - Burleigh Grimes - SP
408. Albuquerque Dukes - Dick Williams - MGR
409. Yomiuri Giants - Jim Leyland - MGR
410. Atlanta Braves - Rick Honeycutt - RP
411. Montreal Royals - Connie Mack - MGR
412. San Francisco Giants - Joe Maddon - MGR
413. Pittsburgh Pirates - Tony Watson - RP
414. St. Louis Maroons - Kelvin Herrera - RP
415. Quad Cities River Bandits - Pud Galvin - SP
416. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Maury Wills - SS

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[KaseMeOutside]

With the first pick in the 2017 ATD draft the Los Angeles Angels select:

George Herman "Babe" Ruth


Arguably the greatest historical sporting figure of all time, Babe Ruth's legend lives on til this day.

3rd all time in Homeruns with 714(none of his contemporaries were even close)
The all time MLB leader in SLG%, OPS, and OPS+, 13 times he led the AL in OPS, 12 times he led in OPS+. 6 times he hit over .350 claiming one batting title(his best season was .393) and a career average of .342 tied for 9th all time.

But Ruth was more than just arguably the greatest hitter the game has ever known, he was also an accomplished Pitcher. Twice he pitched over 300 innings(1916-1917) posting a combined WAR of 15, in almost 650 innings pitched over that span he surrendered 2 homeruns.

His career 183.6 WAR(BR) ranks 1st all time placing him 15 wins above replacement of no.2 Cy Young.


But the legend of Ruth also carries over to the post season where he was a 7 time world champion, slugging 15 homeruns and a career .326/.470/.744 slash line


Babe Ruth by almost every measure is the greatest player to step foot onto the diamond and with that said he was the only choice for pick number.1

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Sorry for the delay gents.

I'll anchor my rotation with the great SP - Walter Johnson.

 

[bluesfan94]

The St. Louis Maroons, with the third pick in the 2017 MLB ATD, are pleased to select SP Lefty Grove

I'll let SABR describe him:

Lefty Grove may have been baseball’s greatest all-time pitcher. He was certainly its most dominant. No one matched his nine ERA titles, and his .680 winning percentage (300-141) is the highest among 300 game winners (eighth best overall). After winning 111 games in a minor-league career that delayed his major-league debut until he was 25, Grove led the American League in strikeouts his first seven years, pitched effectively in hitter’s’ parks (Shibe Park, Fenway Park) and starred in three World Series.

 

[Winger for Hire]

With the 4th pick in the 2017 Baseball ATD, the Yomiuri Giants select center fielder Willie Mays, "The Say Hey Kid".

Willie Mays is arguably the best package of power, speed, and defense to ever grace the diamond. While players are touted now-a-days as "5 Tool players" but have 2 or 3 average tools, Mays was a true 5 Tool Player with every tool being great. He was on of the best defensive center fielders ever, if not the best, while patrolling the Polo Grounds as his home field (483 to center, 450 to left center, and 449 to right center) early in his career and then Candlestick Park and it's swirling winds. Not only could Mays track down almost anything hit towards him, he could knock the crap out of the ball with over 600 homers, 500 doubles and 3,000 hits. When The Sporting News polled fans to name the All-Century team for the 20th century, Willie placed second to Babe Ruth.

Career Highlights

Hall of Fame, Class of 1979 (94.7%)
24 straight All-Star games (2 time All-Star game MVP)
12 time Gold Glove winner, all consecutive
1951 Rookie of the Year
1954 Batting title (.345)
2 time NL MVP (1954, 1965)
5th all time in MVP shares
3rd in all time fWAR (149.9)

Career Stats

2,992 Games Played (9th)
12,496 Plate Apparences (12th)
.302/.384/.557 Triple Slash
156 OPS+ (23rd)
2,062 Runs Scored (7th)
3,283 Hits (12th)
523 Doubles (46th)
140 Triples (64th)
660 Home Runs (5th)
6,066 Total Bases (3rd)
1,903 RBI (11th)
338 Stolen Bases (121st)

7,026 Putouts as OF (1st)
188 Assists as CF (8th)
59 Double Plays as CF (2nd)

447.1 Power/Speed# (3rd)
100.8 Win Probability Added (2nd)

If somebody came up and hit .450, stole 100 bases, and performed a miracle in the field every day, I'd still look you right in the eye and tell you that Willie was better. He could do the five things you have to do to be a superstar: hit, hit with power, run, throw and field. And he had the other magic ingredient that turns a superstar into a super Superstar. Charisma. He lit up a room when he came in. He was a joy to be around.

That guy has some Willie Mays in him, the same way you used to say this singer or that had some Elvis in him.

Nobody ever saw anybody throw a ball from the outfield like him, or get rid of it so fast.{As a 16 year old playing in the Negro League}

XXXX XXXX wrote in his book Nice Guys Finish Last that XXXX reported. “[T]hey got a kid playing center field practically barefooted that’s the best ballplayer I ever looked at. You better send somebody down there with a barrel full of money and grab this kid.”

Just to have him [Mays] on the club, you had 30 percent of the best of it before the ballgame started. In each generation, there are one or two players like that, men who are winning players because of their own ability and their own ... magnetism.

The problem with recounting Mays’s career is that the great statistics begin to run together. Although he won two MVP awards, in 1954 and 1965, he could have won virtually any year in between as well, since he seemed to have the same season every year. He won a Gold Glove 12 times, though they didn’t create the award until Mays’s fifth season. He played in 24 All-Star Games, and these were not just token appearances -- he started 18 games in center field, and 11 times played the entire game. By midcareer he was not merely a star player, but was often considered the star, the greatest player ever.

 

[ryan callahan]

The San Francisco Giants are happy to welcome back OF Barry Bonds to the Bay. Barry Bonds is easily top 3 all time with the bat and will help the whole lineup to score points with his elite OBP abilities (,444 in his career). Oh and I haven't mentionned that he got 762 homeruns and 514 stolen bases

 

[Say Hey Kid]

C Josh Gibson

JOSH GIBSON

Joshua Gibson
Inducted to the Hall of Fame in: 1972
Primary team: Homestead Grays
Primary position: Catcher
Was the myth larger than the reality? Not really.

But the applause Josh Gibson received should have been louder. He was considered the best power hitter of his era in the Negro baseball leagues and perhaps even the majors.

Gibson was born in Buena Vista, Ga. His father, Mark Gibson, moved his family to Pittsburgh in 1923 rather than try and continue to nurse a crop from his meager farm.

Josh’s education ended after the ninth grade. His introduction to organized baseball came at age 16 when he joined the Gimbels A.C. In 1929, the Crawford Colored Giants, a semi-pro team in Pittsburgh, convinced him to leave the Gimbels and join their squad.

He became a professional by accident July 25, 1930 while sitting in the stands. When Homestead Grays catcher Buck Ewing injured his hand, Gibson was invited to replace him because his titanic home runs were already well known in Pittsburgh.

“If someone had told me Josh hit the ball a mile, I would have believed them,†said Sam Jethroe, who starred for the Cleveland Buckeyes.

His legendary feats with the Homestead Grays have many experts regarding Gibson as the sport’s greatest home run hitter. Negro leagues statistics of the time are largely incomplete. But the legend of Gibson’s power has always been larger than life.

The 6-1, 215-pound Gibson was nearly indestructible behind the plate. He occasionally played left field or third base, but never for more than a game or two.

Gibson’s natural skills were immense. His powerful arm, quick release and agility made base runners wary of trying to steal.

But hitting is what made Gibson the second-highest paid player in black baseball behind Satchel Paige, another future Hall of Famer.

The Sporting News, baseball’s written authority for decades, credited Gibson in 1967 with hitting a 580-foot home run in Yankee Stadium. The ball landed two feet from the top of the bleacher wall.

“Josh was a better power hitter than Babe Ruth, Ted Williams or anybody else I’ve ever seen,†said former Cleveland Buckeye pitcher and manager Alonzo Boone. “Anything he touched was hit hard. He could power outside pitches to right field. Shortstops would move to left field when Josh came to the plate.â€

In 1972, Gibson became the second player from the Negro leagues elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, joining Paige.

Paige may have put it best when describing Josh at the plate: “You look for his weakness and while your lookin’ for it, he’s liable to hit 45 home runs.â€

Statistics are incomplete and from official league games only. More information


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DID YOU KNOW

THAT JOSH GIBSON GOT HIS START WITH HOMESTEAD OF THE NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE IN JULY OF 1930 WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE STANDS TO REPLACE THE GRAYS' INJURED CATCHER?

"He was a hitter, one of the greatest you ever saw. The most powerful. Never swung hard at the ball either. Just a short swing. Never swung all the way around. He hit them straight. Line drives, but they kept going. " Cool Papa Bell

http://baseballhall.org/hof/gibson-josh

 

[Voight]

The Atlanta Braves are more than happy to pick on of our own.... Hammerin' Hank Aaron

With that swing of the bat, along with the 714 that preceded it, Hank Aaron not only passed Babe Ruth as Major League Baseball’s career home run leader, but he also made a giant leap in the integration of the game and the nation. Aaron, an African-American, had broken a record set by the immortal Ruth, and not just any record, but the all-time major league home run record

In that career, Aaron scored 2,174 runs, and is the all-time leader in RBIs, with 2,297, total bases, with 6,856, and extra-base hits, with 1,477. His 12,364 at-bats remain the second highest total ever, and he is on many other Major League Baseball “top ten” lists, including doubles, plate appearances, and hits (3,771). All the more remarkable is that he remains on these lists more than thirty years since he last took the field.

Aaron held the MLB record for career home runs for 33 years, and he still holds several MLB offensive records. He hit 24 or more home runs every year from 1955 through 1973, and is one of only two players to hit 30 or more home runs in a season at least fifteen times. In 1999, The Sporting News ranked Aaron fifth on its "100 Greatest Baseball Players" list.

Aaron played the vast majority of his MLB games in right field, though he appeared at several other infield and outfield positions. In his last two seasons, he was primarily a designated hitter. Aaron was an NL All-Star for 20 seasons and an AL All-Star for 1 season, from 1955 through 1975. Aaron holds the record for the most seasons as an All-Star, the most All-Star Game selections (25),[a] and is tied with Willie Mays and Stan Musial for the most All-Star Games played (24). He was a Gold Glove winner for three seasons. In 1957, he was the NL Most Valuable Player (MVP) when the Milwaukee Braves won the World Series. He won the NL Player of the Month award in May 1958 and June 1967. Aaron holds the MLB records for the most career runs batted in (RBI) (2,297), extra base hits (1,477), and total bases (6,856). Aaron is also in the top five for career hits (3,771) and runs (2,174). He is one of only four players to have at least seventeen seasons with 150 or more hits. Aaron is in second place in home runs (755) and at-bats (12,364), and in third place in games played (3,298). At the time of his retirement, Aaron held most of the game's key career power hitting records.

Hits: 3771
HR: 755
RBI: 2,297


25× All-Star (1955–1975)
World Series champion (1957)
NL MVP (1957)
3× Gold Glove Award (1958–1960)
2× NL batting champion (1956, 1959)
4× NL home run leader (1957, 1963, 1966, 1967)
4× NL RBI leader (1957, 1960, 1963, 1966)
Atlanta Braves #44 retired
Milwaukee Brewers #44 retired
Major League Baseball All-Century Team

MLB Records:

6,856 total bases
2,297 runs batted in
1,477 extra-base hits

 

[Vegeta]

The Detroit Tigers are ecstatic to select the second greatest hitter of all time, OF Teddy "Ballgame" Williams.

Career Statistics

.344 BA (8th)
2654 Hits
521 Homeruns
1839 RBI
.482 OBP (1st)
1.116 OPS (2nd)
190 OPS+ (2nd)
123.1 WAR (11th)

162 Game Averages

188 Hits
37 HR
130 RBI
143 Walks
50 K

Accolades

19x All-Star
6x Batting Champion
2x Triple Crown
2x MVP
4x Home Run Leader
4x RBI Leader
Last Player to hit .400 or better.

Ted Williams is simply one of the greatest players to ever step on the baseball diamond. One of the most dynamic offensive players of all time, Teddy Ballgame ran circles around the league during his prime. Although his numbers are eye-popping on their own, Teddy ballgame lost three seasons of his prime to World War 2. Had Teddy Ballgame not have to fulfill that enlistment requirement, he likely would have solidified himself as the second greatest position player of all-time.He will Anchor the Tigers' lineup astoundingly.​

 

[Tecumseh]

First off before I make my selection I want to thank Pwn for welcoming me back for my third year. I look forward to the ATD from the moment it ends to when the next year's ATD begins.

With the 9th overall selection in the first round, the Albuquerque Dukes are proud to select CF Ken Griffey Jr.

Bios courtesy of SABR and Baseball Hall of Fame website

While the honor of having the sweetest swing in baseball may seem like it’s a subjective one, few would disagree that Ken Griffey Jr. possessed the sweetest swing there ever was. He was a natural, and his inborn abilities coupled with his youthful enthusiasm ignited an entire city’s passion for baseball. Behind the center-field wall at Seattle’s Safeco Field, beneath the feet of the fans donning backwards baseball caps as a tribute to “The Kid,†one can find two special bricks installed when the stadium opened in 1999. The brick on the left reads “Trey + Taryn Griffey,†and the brick on the right, “The House Their Father Built.â€


It wouldn’t be long after the mortar had dried that Griffey would leave for what he had hoped would be a storybook return to his hometown of Cincinnati. But frequent trips to the disabled list stifled the talents of one of the greatest center fielders to play the game, and Griffey’s carefree attitude seemed to dissipate along with his playing time. Still, although it is tempting to contemplate what could have been were it not for those injuries, it is still gratifying to marvel at what was. Griffey’s effortless home-run swings, dazzling center-field catches, and 1,000-watt smile lit up the game for an entire generation of baseball fans, and few would dispute that he saved baseball in Seattle.

He entered the game with not just mere potential. From the day the Seattle Mariners made him the first pick in the 1987 MLB Draft, Ken Griffey Jr. was expected to be great.

Twenty-two seasons, 630 home runs and a sea of accolades later, the kid dubbed “The Natural†delivered everything his skills and makeup promised.
Born George Kenneth Griffey Jr. on Nov. 21, 1969 in Stan Musial’s hometown of Donora, Pa. – on Musial’s 49th birthday, no less – Griffey grew up in Cincinnati watching his All-Star father, Ken Griffey Sr., patrol the outfield for the Reds. By the time he reached Moeller High School, Junior’s big league future seemed secure.

After being selected by the Mariners – a pick that Baseball America would later call the best selection in the history of the MLB Draft – Griffey plowed through some rough days in the minor leagues before making his big league debut on Opening Day 1989 against the defending American League champion Athletics.
In his first at-bat in the big leagues, Griffey doubled off A’s ace Dave Stewart. With his dad a member of the Reds at the tail end of his career, Junior and his father became the first father-son combo to play in the majors at the same time.
The next season the Griffeys teamed up in Seattle when Senior joined the Mariners late in the year. They homered in the same game on Sept. 14, 1990 against the Angels.

By that time, Junior was already being called the new face of baseball – having appeared on the cover of the May 7, 1990 issue of Sports Illustrated. By the end of the 1990 campaign, Griffey had been named to his first All-Star Game, won his first Gold Glove Award in center field and hit .300 with 22 homers and 80 RBI.

By the time he retired, Griffey had totaled 13 All-Star Game selections, 10 Gold Glove Awards and seven Silver Slugger Awards.

By 1993, the 23-year-old Griffey had filled out his lanky frame with muscle – all while keeping his picture-perfect lefty swing intact. The result was an assault on the record books with seven 40-plus home run reasons in eight years – interrupted only by a broken wrist (occurring while he made a circus catch at the Kingdome) that cost him half of the 1995 campaign.

In 1993, Griffey homered in eight straight games to tie the MLB record. Then in 1994, Griffey had 40 homers in early August when the strike ended the season, prompting speculation that he could make a run at Roger Maris’-then single-season record of 61. But before that run at the record, Griffey helped save baseball in Seattle, electrifying the Oct. 8, 1995, Kingdome crowd by scoring the game-winning run on a sprint from first base on Edgar Martinez’s double in the 11th inning of Game 5 of the Division Series against the Yankees. In that same series, Griffey became the just the second player (following Reggie Jackson in the 1977 World Series) to hit five home runs in a single postseason series.

The improbable win galvanized Seattle behind the Mariners, leading to the construction of the team’s new facility at Safeco Field.

From 1996-99, Griffey was at his peak. He led the AL in home runs three times, hitting 56 in both 1997 and 1998 while falling just short of Maris’ mark. He was named the league’s Most Valuable Player in 1997, totaling an astounding 393 bases while also leading the loop in runs (125) and RBI (147).

But with free agency looming, the Mariners traded Griffey to the Reds following the 1999 season – a year in which he was named to baseball’s All-Century Team – in a deal that netted the Mariners four prospects.

Griffey immediately signed a nine-year deal worth $116 million to remain in his hometown for what appeared to be the rest of his career. But after a typical Griffey season where he hit 40 home runs and drove in 118 runs in 2000, injuries took their toll on the seemingly indestructible center fielder.

From 2001-04, Griffey played in average of less than 80 games per year, battling hamstring tears, knee and ankle tendon ruptures and a dislocated shoulder.
Griffey was generally healthy in 2005 and hit 35 home runs, winning the National League Comeback Player of the Year Award. He reached the 30-home run mark again in 2007, earning his final All-Star Game selection. He finished out his career as a valuable bench player for the White Sox and Mariners before retiring early in the 2010 season.

He finished with a .284 batting average, including 2,781 hits, 1,662 runs scored and 1,836 RBI. His RBI total ranks 15th all-time, while his 630 home runs rank No. 6 and his 5,271 total bases rank 13th.

"Junior was one of the finest young men I’ve ever had the opportunity to manage. When we were in Seattle together, I believe he was the best player in baseball and it was truly an honor to be his manager. "

-Lou Piniella

22 year career

.284/.370/.538/.907
2,781 hits
630 HRs
1,836 RBIs
136 OPS+
83.6 WAR
13x All-Star
10x Gold Glove
7x Silver Slugger
4x AL Home Run King
1997 AL MVP
Member of the MLB All-Century Team
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2016 on his first ballot receiving 99.32% of the vote

 

[Pwnasaurus]

Could go a couple of different directions here but in the end when I'm picking 10th and there's a player left on the board that I have in my Top 5 overall, I'm going to have to select him.

The St. Louis Cardinals are pleased to select one bad hombre in CF - Ty Cobb. He was really good.

- BBHOF (1936)
- Led League in Positional WAR 5 Times (15 Times finished Top 5)
- 11 Time Batting Champion (17 Times finished Top 5) LOL, 17!
- Led League in OBP% 7 Times (16 Times finished Top 5)
- Led League in SLG% 8 Times (15 Times finished Top 5)
- Led League in Runs 5 Times (12 Times finished Top 5)
- Led League in Stolen Bases 6 Times (9 Times finished Top 5)

149.3 Career fWAR placing him 4th all-time behind Ruth, Bonds and Mays.

He was good.

 

[td_ice]

*approaches the podium*

Good to be back with you baseball nuts as we pass the time waiting for opening day. Thanks to PWN for taking the reigns again and doing all the work involved, thanks. Congrats to all the Cub's fans here on their World Championship. And happy picking to you all...........


With our first selection in the Draft, the #11 overall pick, the Pittsburgh Pirates are very pleased to select, SP Randy Johnson.


The best lefty starter I have ever seen pitch. Johnson was a physically imposing monster on the mound with the arm to match his stature. Johnson a World Series MVP, a 5 time Cy Young award winner, sent fear through opposing hitters. He has enjoyed great regular season and post season success throughout his Hall of fame career. The Pirates wanted a stud lefty to be their ace, and we could think of no one better in that role than the Big Unit.



5 times Cy Young , and was runner up 3 times.


Leads MLB in K's per 9 with a mark of 10.6


Fangraphs has his WAR as the highest of all LHP in mlb history, at 110.


303 wins


2001 World Series MVP

 

[darko]

12 - New York Yankees select - Roger Clemens, SP

11x All Star
2x World Series Champion
7x Cy Young Winner (3 other top-3 finishes)
AL MVP
2x Triple Crown Winner
7x ERA Leader
354 career wins (9th all time)
3.12 career ERA
143 ERA+ (7th all time amongst SPs)
140.3 career WAR (8th all time - 3rd amongst pitchers)

 

[NJDevs26]

For my first pick here it's exciting to select someone who's historically my favorite pitcher of all-time, and one of baseball's most regal figures

In a decade known for great pitching he still stood alone, winning three Cy Young awards in four seasons when there was only one Cy Young for all of MLB, and three pitching triple crowns (wins, ERA, K's). From Wikipedia:

In his 12-season career, Koufax had a 165–87 record with a 2.76 ERA, 2,396 strikeouts, 137 complete games, and 40 shutouts. He was the first pitcher to average fewer than seven hits allowed per nine innings pitched in his career (6.79) and to strike out more than nine batters (9.28) per nine innings pitched in his career. He also became the 2nd pitcher in baseball history to have two games with 18 or more strikeouts, and the first to have eight games with 15 or more strikeouts. In his last ten seasons, from 1957 to 1966, batters hit .203 against Koufax, with a .271 on-base percentage and a .315 slugging average.

Koufax's postseason record is impressive: a 4–3 won-lost record with a 0.95 earned run average, in four World Series. He is on the very short list of pitchers who retired with more career strikeouts than innings pitched. Koufax was selected as an All-Star for six consecutive seasons and made seven out of eight All-Star Game appearances those seasons (not selected for 2nd All-Star Game in 1962). He pitched 6 1⁄3 innings in four All-Star games including being the starting pitcher for 3 innings in the 1966 All-Star Game.

He won the first of his two World Series in 1963, dominating the mighty Yankees in Game 1 with a 15-strikeout performance and also winning Game 4 to clinch the series MVP. Yet his signature moment might well have been in the 1965 World Series against the Twins, where he took a stand off the field by sitting Game 1 to observe the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, and finished the series with a three-hit shutout in Game 7 to win the World Series on only two days' rest.

 

[Gootie]

Chicago Whales are pleased to select SS Honus Wagner

 

[Porn*]

Toronto Blue Jays select;

CF - Mickey Mantle 1951-1968 NYY

MLB statistics
Batting average .298
Hits 2,415
Home runs 536
Runs batted in 1,509
Teams
New York Yankees (1951–1968)
Career highlights and awards
20× All-Star (1952–1965, 1967, 1968)
7× World Series champion (1951–1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962)
3× AL MVP (1956, 1957, 1962)
Triple Crown (1956)
Gold Glove Award (1962)
AL batting champion (1956)
4× AL home run leader (1955, 1956, 1958, 1960)
AL RBI leader (1956)
New York Yankees #7 retired
Major League Baseball All-Century Team

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Named after Hall of Fame catcher Mickey Cochrane, Mantle hit home runs as far as Babe Ruth from both sides of the plate and when young could run like the wind.

He won three MVP Awards and could have won more. He drank too much and his knees went bad, but there's still only one Mick. "All I had was natural ability," he once said. There's no doubt Mantle was born to play ball. --David Schoenfield

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[UL Washington]

Well, I'm a proponent of position scarcity and since he fell into my lap, I'm more than happy to select 2B Rogers Hornsby

No need to do a big write up on him, so here's some basic stuff you need to know:

1915-1937
.358 AVG (second all time)
1.010 OPS (175 OPS+)
127 WAR
7 batting titles
301 HR
11 times leading league in OPS

His OPS puts him 7th all time (he's the only non-OF/1B to even be in the top 30).

 

[bluesfan94]

I'll take the only pitcher in the top 10 of career wins and career ERA, Christy Mathewson.

 

[Porn*]

Toronto Blue Jays are pleased to select,

OF/1st - Stan Musial

Career highlights and awards
24× All-Star (1943, 1944, 1946–1963)
3× World Series champion (1942, 1944, 1946)
3× NL MVP (1943, 1946, 1948)
7× NL batting champion (1943, 1946, 1948, 1950–1952, 1957)
2× NL RBI leader (1948, 1956)
St. Louis Cardinals #6 retired
St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame
Major League Baseball All-Century Team

*** couldn't pass up on such a talent ***

 

[Gootie]

Chicago Whales select SP Cy Young

 

[NJDevs26]

First base or not, greatness is greatness

In just 14 full seasons before being stricken with the disease that now bears his name, Lou Gehrig nearly had 500 HR's (493) and 2000 RBI's (1995) to go along with a .340 lifetime BA and .447 OBP batting cleanup for one of the greatest teams ever. His OPS is third all-time only behind Ruth and Teddy. For good measure he slashed .361/.483/.731 in 150 World Series AB's. And oh yes, the Iron Horse was his official moniker playing in 2130 consecutive games, a streak that stood for decades as seemingly unbreakable.

 

[darko]

21 - New York Yankees select - SP, Peter 'Grover' Alexander

373 career wins (3rd all time)
4th all time in career WAR amongst pitchers
2.56 career ERA
436 career complete games (13th all time)
90 shutouts (2nd all time)
22nd all time in ERA+
World Series Champion
3x Triple Crown Winner
6x NL wins leader
4x NL ERA leader
6x NL strikeouts leader

Had he not missed 1918 season (WW1) he would've become only the 3rd pitcher to crack 400 wins joining Cy Young and Walter Johnson

Always loved a drink old Pete.

 

[td_ice]

With the 22nd pick in the draft, The Pittsburgh Pirates are pleased to select, SP, Pedro Martinez.

Hall of fame member and World Champion.





3x's Cy Young, runner up twice.


2nd best ERA+ all time at 154.



2nd highest winning % all time in modern era



5 ERA titles, lifetime mark of 2.93.



BEST WHIP in the modern era, at 1.054, and 5th all time, taking in all era's.



To compliment our LH ace, Randy Johnson, the Pirates add another ace, in the RH, Pedro. The Big Unit is the all time leader in K's per 9 at 10.4, and Pedro is 3rd all time with 10.04.

 

[Pwnasaurus]

As we usher Mr. Cobb off to human resources for a chat.....

The St. Louis Cardinals are pleased to select, SP - Satchel Paige. Paige is rated by baseball historian/statistician supreme Bill James as the 2nd greatest pitcher ever after Walter Johnson. I would not go quite that far though I think he is certainly a top 10 pitcher all-time (I have him 4th personally).

As James points out:

"What you have in Satchel Paige is a great fastball, great control, a tremendous change, a great understanding of how to pitch, intelligence, determination, absolute composure and a 40 year career. Satchel deserves to rank with Cy Young, Lefty Grove and Walter Johnson as the guys that you talk about when you're trying to determine who was the greatest that ever lived."

When it comes to Negro League players, I am not a huge fan of the superlative quotes by opposing Negro League players that make them out to be superhuman in nature. I am a fan however of major league equivalents.

In terms of his major league equivalents, Paige being a pitcher is a bit more difficult to extrapolate with but according to the same MLE's used for Josh Gibson, Paige rates out to be a 302 game winner with a career ERA+ of 126, right in the territory of Tom Seaver and Bob Gibson.

Paige also was an absolute workhorse with a rubber arm, taking the mound any chance he got and gives the Cardinals a bonafide ace in an ATD format or any format.

 

[Tecumseh]

With the 24th pick overall in the second round, the Albuquerque Dukes are glad to have SP Bob Gibson leading their rotation.

“Gibby is one of baseball’s greatest competitors,” said Hall of Famer Stan Musial

Bob Gibson may well have been the most intimidating pitcher in history. He was certainly one of the most successful. The Omaha native excelled at baseball and basketball in high school, and played college hoops for Creighton University before a brief stint with the Harlem Globetrotters. In 1957, he signed with the Cardinals, and made his big-league debut in 1959.

A 15-game winner by 1962, Gibson began to take flight soon after. He won 18 games in 1963, and 19 in the Cardinals’ pennant winning season of 1964, when he went 9-2 down the stretch to lead the Redbirds. In the World Series against the Yankees, he went 2-1, winning Game Five at Yankee Stadium and then Game Seven at home on two days rest. He was named World Series MVP.

He was a 20-game winner in 1965 and ’66, winning the first of nine consecutive gold gloves in ’65. A broken ankle in July of 1967 slowed him down to a 13-7 record, including three wins late in the season to help the Cards clinch another pennant. He went 3-0 with an e.r.a of 1.00 in the Cardinals victory over the Red Sox, winning games 1, 4, and 7, and picking up his second World Series MVP award in two tries.

1968 has come to be known as “The Year of the Pitcher,” and Bob Gibson was certainly the pitcher of the year. He went 22-9 with a sparkling ERA of 1.12, to go along with 268 strikeouts, 13 shutouts, 15 consecutive wins and a stretch of 92 innings in which he gave up just two runs. He was again 2-1 in the World Series, beating the Tigers in Games One and Four before going the distance in a Game Seven loss.

Gibson brought home both the 1968 Cy Young Award and the NL Most Valuable Player Awards, and, in the ultimate compliment, baseball actually lowered the mound the following season, because pitchers, led by Gibson, were dominating hitters and games were historically low-scoring.

Gibson bagged a second Cy Young Award in 1970, and pitched a no-hitter against the Pirates in 1971. Injuries were beginning to take their toll, however, and Gibson wound down with double figure victory totals in 1973 and ’74, before retiring in 1975. Gibson’s 17 years with the Cardinals netted 251 victories, 3,117 strikeouts, 56 shutouts, and an ERA of 2.91. He has served as a pitching coach for the Mets, Braves, and Cardinals. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1981, and the MLB All-Century Team in 1999.

Joe Torre, Gibson’s teammate from 1969-’75 and a sometime battery mate, said “Pride, intensity, talent, respect, dedication. You need them all to describe Bob Gibson.”


"Gibson pitches as though he’s double parked. "

-Vin Scully

17 year career

251-174
2.91 ERA
255 complete games
56 shutouts
3,117 strikeouts
127 ERA+
1.188 WHIP
7.2 K per 9
81.9 WAR
9x All-Star
9x Gold Glove
2x Cy Young
1964, 1967 World Champion
1964, 1967 World Series MVP
1968 NL MVP
1968 MLB ERA leader (1.12)
1968 NL strikeout leader (268)
Member of the MLB All-Century Team
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1981 on his first ballot receiving 84% of the vote