Mock Draft

Mock Drafts are Mock Drafts.... but sometimes I wish they weren't. Basically, the team below I drafted recently in a mock draft, and based on my standards, I love this team.

Is it perfect? Course not. I could have passed on Jason Bay and grabbed Miguel Tejada instead. I also may have been too eager to grab Russell Martin so early, but for me to have grabbed two Phillies before any other players and still enjoy the team I drafted, things must have gone right. Chipper Jones fell down to me without having to select him a round early. I got my OBP guys in Burrell and Willingham, nabbed Taveras to make-up for my slow OBP guys, and got three excellent closers without having to really overpay. My staff seems very solid with a mixture of proven veterans and young studs and I got some undervalued bats in Derrek Lee and Billy Butler. I also managed to draft the steroid king in Barry Bonds.

Round: 1
** (7) - Chase Utley 2B

Round: 2
** (14) - Ryan Howard 1B

Round: 3
** (27) - Carlos Lee LF

Round: 4
** (34) - Josh Beckett SP F

Round: 5
** (47) - Chipper Jones 3B

Round: 6
** (54) - Russell Martin C

Round: 7
** (67) - Derrek Lee 1B

Round: 8
** (74) - Chris Young SP

Round: 9
** (87) - Jason Bay LF

Round: 10
** (94) - James Shields SP

Round: 11
** (107) - Huston Street RP

Round: 12
** (114) - Edgar Renteria SS

Round: 13
** (127) - Tim Hudson SP

Round: 14
** (134) - Rickie Weeks 2B

Round: 15
** (147) - Pat Burrell LF

Round: 16
** (154) - Jason Isringhausen RP

Round: 17
** (167) - Jeff Francis SP

Round: 18
** (174) - Greg Maddux SP

Round: 19
** (187) - Josh Willingham LF

Round: 20
** (194) - Willy Taveras CF

Round: 21
** (207) - Mark Buehrle SP

Round: 22
** (214) - Brandon Lyon RP

Round: 23
** (227) - Billy Butler DH

Round: 24
** (234) - Homer Bailey SP

Round: 25
** (247) - Barry Bonds LF