Woulda Coulda Shoulda Fantasy Team

Let’s have some fantasy fun. Here I have my Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda 2009 fantasy team. Obviously there are a sundry of guys you could have drafted in each round (ala Mark Reynolds in rounds 15-17 or Aaron Hill in round 17-20, etc.). I didn’t go crazy though and say Edwin Jackson in round 20, because who would have thought he was going to be so dominant thus far. For the most part, I was fair putting players near their average draft position. I utlized a Late Odd Round/Early Even Round draft (say one of the last 4 picks in the first round and first 4 picks in the 2nd round). You get the point. So Evan Longoria, I liked at 3b late round 1/early round 2. I love seeing Morneau drop to round 3 some times, but I had him as a high 2nd rounder, and so on and so on. The last column for each player is according to Ron Shandler/BaseballHQ.com’s Actual vs. Projected Worth Values via USA Today.The positive values obviously depict that each player has performed more well than expected. A negative value of course means the opposite. So even though Robinson Cano/2b has performed very well – it’s less than expected according to Mr. Shandler, Fantasy Guru. I could have chosen Aaron Hill/2b with a positive value of 14, however this is just one possible Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda Draft round by round.

With this draft, you would probably score top place points in every category other than maybe stolen bases and saves – maybe wins, but obviously, you would overwhelmingly come in first place with this team (approximately 59 pts on offense and 57 pts with your pitching – yeilding 116pts). On average, 90+ points would give you first place, so you can see how dominant such a team would be. The one player i’d utterly scold myself on is Joe Mauer, and of course not many saw this type of a power, and a .400+avg with that much playing time is beyond amazing. I live in Minnesota and he’s the Albert Pujols of St. Louis + the David Wright of New York + the Chase Utley of Philadelphia. Simply, Amazing – at Catcher! The question is will he be a Yankee or Red Sock after 2010? He can potentially command an A-rod contract with consistent health here on out.

Hindsight is 20-20, but it’s always fun to see who you could have had and where. Below the actual team is Ron Shandler’s Players with the Highest Postive Actual vs. Projected Worth Values and Lowest (Negative) Actual vs. Projected Worth Values for some reference.

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