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Yep. I think he's a great player at a great value, and if I didn't take Billy Butler earlier, I'd have taken him by now. I figured that if any player was going to take him, it would have been WhiskeyBreath since WhiskeyBreath took him in the last redraft. Granted, I probably wouldn't have picked him in my next set of picks either, but I really wanted him as a platoon DH or part time 1B.

Anyway, a700 is now up.

Not a bad pick at all. I thought a lot about him when I was thinking about a DH spot, and I thought about platooning him at DH due to his better splits against RHP. I also wasn't sure how his broken leg was healing up, but it's a good pick at a good price. In the scheme of things, while it does hurt my team plan a bit, it could have been worse. So you didn't completely screw me over.

There we go, no problem dude. Now let's just hope that a700 comes online at some point in the near future.

WhiskeyBreath would technically have until 10:30pm tonight to make his pick, meaning that it's been less than 3 hours since the previous person (Jacoby Ellsbury) made his pick.

In all fairness Forsyth, I think we've only had one person get skipped thus far. We've come close a few times, but we've only had one person pass the 8 hours. In the other redrafts, pretty much everyone (other than me) got skipped at least once at one point or another. There were days where we only had a couple picks made for the entire day. In any case, I'll talk to Dipre about it and we'll keep an eye on it, but right now I'm still fine with the 8 hours. However, if the majority of people want the window to be shortened, I can shorten it to 6 hours. Again, Dipre would have to approve of it, but if enough people want the window shortened, then I can work with it. That said, I bet that you guys would be going insane if you participated in the other redrafts. Some of us veterans are happy enough with the current pace. You'd have to have known how slowly those other redrafts went in order to appreciate this one.

Don't worry about it. Have fun Exman and check in whenever you can. You have at least 4 backups sent so I think we'll be fine for your 2 picks, and you'll definitely be fine for your first pick.

Exman, a bunch of your players listed were already taken (Trevor Cahill and Prince Fielder for example) but you have enough backups so you should be fine by the time it comes to your pick.

Sounds good dude. I hope that WhiskeyBreath didn't disappear somewhere and that he's ok.

Also to clarify for people, just because someone is considered a "reach" does NOT mean that they are a bad player, or a bad draft pick. In addition, only the one building the team has an idea of what the final puzzle will look like, so while the players are individually judged and criticised as "puzzle pieces", some pieces fit better with a team than others. So even if one did reach by selecting someone like Dustin Pedroia over say, Robinson Cano, it could be that Dustin Pedroia was a better fit for the team that drafted him than Cano was, and in that case, I would support that pick. My point is, don't get upset if someone labels one of your picks a "reach" and don't get too flattered if someone labels your pick as a "steal". There are plenty more rounds to go, and there will be plenty more reaches and steals along the way. In addition, only you know what you plan on doing with your team, so don't get discouraged if someone says anything about one of your players because they don't know what you're planning on doing with them. Talent alone will not win this redraft.

Mauer costs 12.5 million I believe, and Posey was around 450k. Granted I'd also take Posey at his price over Mauer at his price, but I think that Mauer/Mccann/and Posey are likely the top 3 catchers in the game. Posey has a bit more to prove than the others, and depending on Carlos Santana's injury, he can give them a run for their money, but the catching market is extremely thin, whereas the first baseman market is extremely deep, so I'd actually argue that some of the 1st basemen in the "steals" column should belong in the "reaches" section, while some of the catchers in the "reaches" column are more likely "steals". I do agree with Ytrb on Uggla though. He is a good power hitter, but I'm not a big fan of his defense and I think he had a career year last year and is highly likely to regress. Also 7$7.5 million is a lot to spend when you consider that Pedroia, Kinsler, and Weeks were nearly half of that. He's certainly not a bad player, but he wasn't the greatest bargin of a player at that price.

I pretty much agree with this list. While I support my selections, seeing that Mccann is largely considered to be the #2 catcher behind Mauer, and that the catcher market is incredibly thin, not to mention that I'd take Mccann at 5.5 million over Mauer at 12+ million. In any case, the end positions on the drafts are more prone to reaching due to how many other picks are in between draft choices. It was a definite reach, but I think it was a reach worth taking considering that Forsyth took Posey a few picks later and Dipre was also looking for a catcher, so I highly doubt that he would have made it back to me for my next set of picks. As for Butler, I chose him because he was under 500k, and was a consistently good right handed bat. It was probably a reach since he is relatively under the radar, and not to mention he plays a position that is very deep in talent, but again, at 470k, I'd take that chance anytime. With that said, I think that you didn't mention what in my opinion was the single biggest reach of the entire draft thus far, Johan Santana, since he's injured and costs $21 million.

Cmon WhiskeyBreath, you can do it!!

I disagree a bit. Perhaps one top salary expense isn't going to hurt you, but in a $110 million cap, someone like Teixeira is more than 18% of the team salary (for 4% of the roster) and someone like Sabathia is close to 21% of the team salary (for the same 4% of the roster, although Sabathia would play in less games than Teixeira). And if you spend a lot on a few players (which some teams have) then you can be really f***** when it comes to filling out your roster because you won't be nearly as flexible as the teams with money to spare. I just don't think that they may be so wise choices considering the percentage of the overall salary they cost, and how deep the positions they play are. If Troy Tulowitzki was 20+ million, he'd be a hell of a lot more of a steal than Sabathia, Teixeira, Pujols, Morneau etc. Granted, a lot of people have different draft strategies, and I'm not trying to insult anyone for making the picks, I just wouldn't have made those picks at this particular time, or well into the future for that matter.

Just try not to get in the habit of talking about players that haven't been drafted yet. The person in question might not be too big of a deal because of how large his salary is, so he might not get drafted at all, but just don't make it a habit, as you don't want to sway the draft in one way or another by reminding people that some people are still around.

Yeah, I'm not worried about WhiskeyBreath making his pick on time. He'll be fine.

I agree that on TALENT, these are all definite steals. I think that the price makes many of them less of steals, and I'm honestly surprised that some of them are drafted at all to this point. I'm not trying to insult anyone that drafted some of these guys, I was just surprised to see that much money shelled out to some very common and deep positions, especially many of the first basemen. And one pick in particular that was a bit riskier than the others was Justin Morneau, who in addition to being a lot of money, had a season ending concussion last year (which f***** up my fantasy team) so I'm a bit worried how he'd do this year. I think that Cain and Justin Upton are two of the biggest steals in my book. Many of the other picks went around where I thought they would (due to high salaries) or went even before I would have expected. If there wasn't a tight salary cap (4.4 million per player average) then I agree that these would ALL be steals.

WhiskeyBreath is up, and I didn't get his picks either.

Jacoby Ellsbury is now up.

Keeper is now up.

Yankees228 is now up.

I'm not going anywhere. I'm almost always online (except for when I'm sleeping) but I rarely go anywhere, so I'm always a safe bet to send picks to. I think it's still Jbay's turn though. As for your comment Flynnatic, don't worry about it. While I'll admit that I take these redrafts too seriously, it's a learning process. I've learned a lot from the redrafts about players that are on teams that I don't follow (like anyone in the NFC West for example) so it's a learning experience. Keep in mind that Suns didn't know the difference between a 3-4 and a 4-3 defence before (and during) the NFL redraft, and we all make mistakes. Some of the "bad" picks only appear "bad" due to how early they were drafted (vs. who else was available) or how much they cost. But even then, the salary crunch is only harmful if it prevents you from getting good players later on. So by the time this redraft ends, I bet that every owner will have made a few bad draft choices, whether we overpay for someone, overdraft someone, or draft someone that we think is a sleeper pick and they end up horrible, we all make mistakes. I wouldn't worry about it, especially not 5-6 rounds into this thing.

Jbay is now on the clock.

Yeah Flynnatic, you must be the master of suspense. Come down and bestow upon us your magnificent (or not) draft pick.

Just make sure to make your pick before you sign off Flynnatic. And keep in mind, this might be the first redraft where someone is really on top of the chart, so use it to see who's been taken via position, or what players you have and who you need. One should always check the charts before they make their picks.