Dream Draft Strategies
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Want to do a dream draft? Even better, want to make an all-star team from the dream draft? If so, this is the page for you. This is for MLBPP 2008. The original thread is here[1]
- please note, these are what happens most of the time. If things are different when you draft, simply exit and draft again.
Picks
Each line consists of players you can usually find in this round.
- Round 1: ---
- Round 2: Hanley Ramirez, Jorge Posada, David Ortiz, Lance Berkman
- Round 3: Felix Hernandez, B.J. Upton, Kosuke Fukudome, Justin Morneau, Jonathan Papelbon
- Round 4: B.J. Upton, Kosuke Fukudome, Matt Cain, Robinson Cano
- Round 5: Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum
- Round 6: Tim Lincecum
- Round 7: Prince Fielder, Ryan Howard, Fausto Carmona, Dan Uggla, Brian McCann, Ryan Braun
- Round 8: ---
- Round 9: Hunter Pence, James Loney
- Round 10: Hunter Pence, Anibal Sanchez
After the 10th Round, things get a bit sketchy. One draft, a player will go 12th, for example, and the next draft, he'll go 19th.
Rounds 10-15: Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain, Joel Zumaya, Justin Verlander, Fernando Cabrera, Kevin Hart
Rounds 15-20: Evan Longoria, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Ervin Santana
(To be completed)
Strategies (Feel free to edit this if you have any ideas)
my typical strategy is to get a all around fielder (like ichiro) with my first pick, and by round 10-12, i have my five-man rotation. My two main things I look for are Contact and Run Speed. I always make sure i have a guy with at least a 9 in contact and 12 in run speed for a leadoff guy, and at least one guy with an a in power. i wait on a closer, and usually pick a good reliever instead to fill that spot. finally, i always get at least two backups that could start for many teeams, 1 IF, 1 OF, in case someone's condition is down (An example is that in my franchise, ryan theriot is in very bad condition, so kevin kouzmanoff is filling in. matt kemp is the OF backup. --stevenjackson39
You dont nesscesary have to have stud pitchers, I usually go for batters. I got 8 respectable pitchers in RD 10~20 --Chief
