Good pick... there is still a few players I want to pick but I'm concerned on how the public will view them. Baseball is the worst sport to cheat in lol
MLB Draft Round 16 Last Round
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Good pick... there is still a few players I want to pick but I'm concerned on how the public will view them. Baseball is the worst sport to cheat in lol
Depends on what team is involved. Btw, how exactly did the Reds win in 1919?
Question my pick would be Oscar Charleston.... BUT however he's never played in the major leagues. I know we let Satchel Paige slide however he did spend a few years in the MLB.
I realize we never qualified this and I'm sure this guy would of been picked much earlier if so. Doesn't matter me.
I'm cool with one objection... I just want to get this out of the way if someone thinks about this guy later on.
I realize we never qualified this and I'm sure this guy would of been picked much earlier if so. Doesn't matter me.
I'm cool with one objection... I just want to get this out of the way if someone thinks about this guy later on.
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Take who you want man. Basically everyone recognizes the Negro Leagues as a major part of baseball history, and Satchel Paige wouldn't be drafted if you were just taking his MLB history into account.
I have no issue with it. Satchel did at least play MLB but we didn't qualify that "peak years" necessarily had to be in the MLB.
Yep, Negro League players who never played in MLB are still in the Hall of Fame, so...
Sorry for the go around... Think I'm going to pick Mookie Betts.
Don't want the hassle of arguing Oscar.. he's a bit of a myth/legend I'm cool with someone else taking him. Some historians say he was the 5th best baseball player of all time. But likely a hard sell with no stats and to mostly basketball fans lol
@Cowtown Cat you are up.
Don't want the hassle of arguing Oscar.. he's a bit of a myth/legend I'm cool with someone else taking him. Some historians say he was the 5th best baseball player of all time. But likely a hard sell with no stats and to mostly basketball fans lol
@Cowtown Cat you are up.
You would have had him if not for the run on catchers. I was planning to wait at least another round.
And stay around, because I have my two picks locked and loaded.
I'd put $100 on 1 of your next 2 picks. Should of picked him and then had Mookie on the turnaround.
If you do, you are smarter than me, because I've went back and forth on about 8 different people until I settled on the final two.
I don't think it will be though, but I think I know who you are talking about and he was in the thought process.
Personally, I’m not going to penalize a guy for juicing. But I will consider them human. I don’t look at Bonds as a 73 home run guy, but he’s still a top 10 or so player. Ditto McGuire. He’s still a 50 home run hitter without the sauce. Clemens was right about as good when using as he was when he wasn’t. He was just doing at 40 what he was when he was in his 20’s.
@Cowtown Cat has until 10:54.... I'm sure he will wait till last minute it's been his go to the last two nights lol
Should skip him it's kinda hard to give 8 hours back to back pretty much.
One thing my lineup is missing to this point is 400 plus home run power. So why not pick up two of them. My first pick technically only had 399, but more than makes up for that with his all around stellar play. 18 x all star, 10 x gold glove winner, world series champion, and league hitting champ. Yogi Berra once said he had the greatest outfield arm ever.
Mr. Tiger, Al Kaline.
With the second pick, I'll take a man who by all accounts, was one of the most respected men in baseball history.. He was a 7x all star, 2x World Series champ, and hit 475 blasts including 2 completely out of Dodger Stadium. He was named the 1979 MVP. An as yet undrafted hall of fame pitcher describes him this way. "I never saw anything like it. He doesn't just hit pitchers, he takes away their dignity."
Willie "Pops" Stargell.
Mr. Tiger, Al Kaline.
With the second pick, I'll take a man who by all accounts, was one of the most respected men in baseball history.. He was a 7x all star, 2x World Series champ, and hit 475 blasts including 2 completely out of Dodger Stadium. He was named the 1979 MVP. An as yet undrafted hall of fame pitcher describes him this way. "I never saw anything like it. He doesn't just hit pitchers, he takes away their dignity."
Willie "Pops" Stargell.
I was deciding between Kaline and Mookie... deciding factor to me was the MVP that Mookie just won and should of had a 2nd. Plus Mookie still has another 10 years.... good pick though I was heavily interested until deciding to risk a modern player.
I was hoping everybody had forgotten about Kaline.
Good pick.
I’m at work. Won’t be able to make a pick til 1 AM at the earliest.
Future top 7 Right fielder at this rate... Should have 2 MVP's got robbed of one IMO. 2nd place finish however.
I'm conflicted do I make a pick at Midnight... or let Cowtown steal my pick at 1 AM lol
