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Moonlight Graham
Rob Reed
Re: Question: Why is Jose Reyes going so high in drafts?   
3/19/08, 7:25am   (<font size=1 color=white>Last Edited: 3/19/08, 7:30am</font>)
>rounds.  I'll ask you if you've ever been in a league that was
>decided by significantly less than 12 HR.  I lost a league one
>year by the two K a pitcher got on the last day.  Roberts over
>Reyes? I can see that.  Pierre?  I want you in my league.

You ALMOST got my point.

My point in this post is NOT to choose Pierre over Reyes.  Remember that in my auction draft, he is my third or fourth most expensive player... and I got him cheaper at $28 because I drafted him for VERY cheap during the season when he started the season with that awful hamstring problem, and I have kept him each of the last five years.

Obviously, I deem him very valuable.  HOWEVER...

My point is that I believe that it is fantasy suicide in a SERPENTINE draft to choose Reyes in the first round rather than a big name who has been proven in 3-5 categories and not just one.

As people are not following this advice (Reyes is going in the first round in EVERY draft), if you did not choose Reyes in the first round (good decision, in my view), you'll need to find other options... and I showed that Pierre is an example of a singular category player who will soften the blow of not having the league leader in stolen bases.

So would Michael Bourn, I think... maybe even Ryan Theriot., assuming he can stay in the starting lineup.

I mean think about it.

If Richie Sexson were a perennial 40 HR guy with his other stats, is he a first round player?  A #2-#5 pick?  Using a real life analogy, why isn't Adam Dunn a first round pick (no, don't miss the point here -- I do not think Dunn is a first round pick)?  Only &b-FIVE-b& players last year had 40 or more HRs.

Why the super love for stolen bases?  There were &b-FORTY-TWO-b& players last year with 20+ SBs. &b-NINETEEN-b& with 30+.

[Rob Reed from Sylmar/CA]
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