My Draft - Happy!

[Dobber]

A tribute to 2014OG's thread. He didn't like his draft. I seem to be getting better at this fantasy baseball thing, and was 3rd (of 16) after June 1 last year. So I start my fourth season with this team:


Hitting
Pos Name
1B Rizzo, Anthony 1B - CHC (L)
2B Altuve, Jose 2B - HOU (R)
3B Bryant, Kris (R) 3B - CHC (R)
CF Cain, Lorenzo CF - KC (R)
UT Blackmon, Charlie LF,CF - COL (L)
SS,UT Crawford, Brandon - SF
RF,UT Kemp, Matt - SD
C,UT Lucroy, Jonathan - MIL
RF,UT Choo, Shin-soo - TEX
SS,UT Desmond, Ian - TEX
2B,UT Wong, Kolten - STL
LF,CF,UT Pillar, Kevin - TOR
CF Gomez, Carlos CF - HOU (R)
3B Gourriel, Yulieski 3B - (N/A) (R)
Totals

Pitching
Pos Name
SP Liriano, Francisco SP - PIT
SP Richards, Garrett SP - LAA
SP Keuchel, Dallas SP
SP Matz, Steven (R) SP - NYM
SP McHugh, Collin SP - HOU
SP Volquez, Edinson - KC
SP Wood, Alex - LAD
SP Glasnow, Tyler (R) - PIT
RP Strickland, Hunter - SF
RP Ramos, A.J. - MIA
RP Rondon, Hector - CHC
RP Nicasio, Juan - PIT


In bold are the 12 keepers I had. I had 11 picks in the first five rounds and was done the 13-round draft by the 8th round thanks to trades. So I was able to pick high.
My needs:
C - solved by drafting the best C in the draft in Lucroy
SS - solved by drafting the best SS in the draft (Crawford) and the 2nd best SS in the draft (Desmond - though some would disagree he was 2nd best, I think he gets LF elig. and is in a great lineup)
RF - I could not solve this. I ended up "settling" for Kemp, who was probably my 6th or 7th choice. And backing him up with Choo, my 7th or 8th choice.
RP - solved by drafting the two best RPs in the draft - Rondon and Ramos

I also got, as my No.6 SP, Volquez - opening day starter for the Champs, can't go wrong there. And Wood was on my team the last two years so it felt right to bring him back. Still young and with upside.
Nicasio was pure sleeper

I grabbed Pillar because at that point (8th round) I had three CF and two RF but just one LF. Needed some support.


Ready to win!

[2014olympicgold]

Nicasio looks like he'll dominate. I'm picking him up the second my DL guys actually hit the DL soon.

I like the Liriano keep. Solid keep.

[ddp]

Pillar is a GREAT pick....if he leads off in front of those monsters he will score a ton of runs and steal some bags. One of my fav picks, got him late too.