#1 Pick

[cer]

I have the number one pick in a roto-league (typical yahoo settings I think) pool. I\'m pretty new to fantasy baseball, and I want to make a good first pick.

It\'s AL only.

I\'m tossing around Cabrera, Sabathia, Sizemore, and Hamilton.

What\'s the best strategy? Some positions better (worth chasing) than others?

We need one of each position, DH, 4 SP, 2 RP and a handful of bench spots (6 I think).

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

[gui]

For me it would be a toss up between Sizemore and Cabrera. I would probably lean towards Sizemore because he\'ll steal you some bases as well as put up power numbers.

when i did my AL only draft I noticed that 2B is pretty deep in the AL. Shortstop brutally shallow... so i would plan ahead on when you want to take one

[Godin]

Cabrera all the way. He will hit for average, power and RBI\'s. he should have a better year this year after figuring out AL pitchers. He\'s good for 1B and 3B, as oppose to the outfielders where there is lots of depth

[Curley]

Take Cabrera, and MM is right, try to get Alexi Ramirez if you can SS is very weak in the AL.

[cer]

I think I\'ll go with him -- and thanks for the SS advice. Any other pointers? We start drafting via e-mail today (we\'ll try to prolong it over the next few work days), so I\'ll be checking this site regularly.

[GoldenSeals]

I actually go Sizemore first and lock up 30 HR and 33 SB. On the turn back, pick a top tier pitcher. The drop off is a lot more drastic when you\'re in an AL only league I would think.

[gui]

Check if Cabrera is 3B eligible before you draft him, i know he isn\'t on some sites

[jackalope]

djkiang wrote:

I actually go Sizemore first and lock up 30 HR and 33 SB. On the turn back, pick a top tier pitcher. The drop off is a lot more drastic when you\'re in an AL only league I would think.

I\'m with DJ here.

[jackalope]

mm12 wrote:

Check if Cabrera is 3B eligible before you draft him, i know he isn\'t on some sites

If I read correctly - Yahoo was the site - and I think he is eligable there.

[gui]

good eye there porter... yeah I still think Sizemore though

[jackalope]

I dont tend to do AL only or NL only pools -

Everytime I see a post where draft selections are being questioned in an AL league. It reminds me just how shallow the AL is in round one!

Albert, Hanley, Wright, Reyes (consensus top 4 are all NL).

Who does become the AL options in round one then?

Sizemore, Longoria, BJUPton, Miggy, ARod, Markakis, sheesh.

[cer]

It\'s true, it makes the league much shallower, but that\'s exactly why we opted for it. We have 8 poolies, so we wanted to add a bit of challenge. Otherwise, there\'s not much risk in dropping players, because the waiver wire is too stacked.

We opted for AL since almost everybody in the league roots for an AL team (Tigers, Jays, Yankees, and one unhappy Cubs fan).