2 Early Mocks ADP
Every year I run mock drafts at the end (or right before the end) of the regular season. The idea is to get some gut reactions of the industry on where players are likely to be taken in early drafts for the following year.
While I originally was going to not do them this year, I felt like the abbreviated 2020 season was likely to wreck havoc on drafts coming into 2021, which made this a more important exercise than previous years. I set up nine mock drafts with 15-team NFBC roster requirements last week and with the help of Smada who is a master with spreadsheets and the technical side of stuff, I present to you the first run of the 2 Early Mocks ADP.
| Players | POS | ADP | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | M5 | M6 | M7 | M8 | M9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mookie Betts | OF | 2.2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ronald Acuna Jr. | OF | 2.6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | SS | 3.2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Mike Trout | OF | 4.6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| 5 | Juan Soto | OF | 5.4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | Trea Turner | SS | 6.7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Jacob deGrom | SP | 7.7 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| 8 | Jose Ramirez | 3B | 7.8 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 | Shane Bieber | SP | 9.2 | 8 | 10 | A-11 | 10 | A-5 | 9 | 7 | 11 | A-10 |
| 10 | Trevor Story | SS | 9.6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 11 |
| 11 | Gerrit Cole | SP | 10.3 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 12 |
| 12 | Christian Yelich | OF | 10.9 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 |
| 13 | Cody Bellinger | 1B,OF | 13.8 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 18 | A-12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Freddie Freeman | 1B | 13.9 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 15 |
| 15 | Francisco Lindor | SS | 17.2 | 15 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| 16 | Bryce Harper | OF | 18.3 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 20 |
| 17 | Trevor Bauer | SP | 18.4 | 23 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 23 | 17 | A-17 |
| 18 | Manny Machado | 3B,SS | 18.9 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 29 | 27 | 19 |
| 19 | Yu Darvish | SP | 19.9 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 26 | 18 | A-14 |
| 20 | Bo Bichette | SS | 22.7 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 26 | 35 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 18 |
| 21 | Lucas Giolito | SP | 24.1 | 19 | 24 | 30 | 24 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 25 | 21 |
| 22 | Nolan Arenado | 3B | 25.9 | 34 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 23 | 37 | 20 | 22 | 28 |
| 23 | Max Scherzer | SP | 26.7 | 26 | 26 | 38 | 17 | 29 | 19 | 27 | 32 | 26 |
| 24 | Aaron Nola | SP | 27.2 | 22 | 38 | 23 | 31 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 34 | 24 |
| 25 | Luis Castillo | SP | 28.6 | 29 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 28 | 41 | 17 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | Walker Buehler | SP | 29.1 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 41 | 34 | 40 | 28 | 19 | 22 |
| 27 | Ozzie Albies | 2B | 30.8 | 38 | 36 | 29 | 34 | 17 | 42 | 21 | 26 | 34 |
| 28 | Xander Bogaerts | SS | 30.9 | 53 | 21 | 34 | 22 | 43 | 22 | 24 | 29 | 30 |
| 29 | Clayton Kershaw | SP | 31.3 | 25 | 45 | 28 | 43 | 30 | 29 | 22 | 31 | 29 |
| 30 | Anthony Rendon | 3B | 31.4 | 45 | 30 | 37 | 40 | 16 | 38 | 33 | 21 | 23 |
| 31 | Alex Bregman | 3B,SS | 34.3 | 54 | 22 | 45 | 23 | 27 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 38 |
| 32 | Luis Robert | OF | 34.9 | 39 | 41 | 16 | 45 | 32 | 27 | 38 | 45 | 31 |
| 33 | Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 35.2 | 28 | 34 | 18 | 19 | 39 | 53 | 61 | 28 | 37 |
| 34 | DJ LeMahieu | 1B,2B,3B | 35.4 | 47 | 40 | 39 | 25 | 24 | 55 | 39 | 14 | 36 |
| 35 | Jose Abreu | 1B | 37.3 | 30 | 44 | 19 | 30 | 26 | 45 | 57 | 53 | 32 |
| 36 | Marcell Ozuna | OF | 37.4 | 44 | 46 | 40 | 37 | 37 | 20 | 31 | 43 | 39 |
| 37 | Jack Flaherty | SP | 37.6 | 27 | 31 | 35 | 58 | 38 | 47 | 40 | 35 | 27 |
| 38 | Rafael Devers | 3B | 37.7 | 43 | 29 | 43 | 28 | 42 | 44 | 37 | 30 | 43 |
| 39 | Kyle Tucker | OF | 38.6 | 51 | 42 | 25 | 35 | 41 | 39 | 41 | 33 | 40 |
| 40 | Starling Marte | OF | 42.6 | 35 | 55 | 58 | 29 | 51 | 30 | 42 | 48 | 35 |
| 41 | Whit Merrifield | 2B,OF | 43.4 | 40 | 47 | 48 | 38 | 49 | 31 | 45 | 51 | 42 |
| 42 | Eloy Jimenez | OF | 43.7 | 37 | 37 | 31 | 46 | 47 | 56 | 43 | 52 | 44 |
| 43 | Corey Seager | SS | 44.1 | 60 | 58 | 42 | 51 | 20 | 54 | 35 | 44 | 33 |
| 44 | Brandon Woodruff | SP | 44.6 | 46 | 52 | 51 | 48 | 36 | 35 | 46 | 46 | 41 |
| 45 | Luke Voit | 1B | 46.4 | 52 | 33 | 44 | 39 | 52 | 62 | 30 | 55 | 51 |
| 46 | Tyler Glasnow | SP | 46.4 | 32 | 39 | 56 | 42 | 53 | 51 | 52 | 41 | 52 |
| 47 | Lance Lynn | SP | 46.8 | 21 | A-25 | 47 | A-44 | 40 | 59 | A-34 | 54 | 60 |
| 48 | J.T. Realmuto | C | 47.6 | 42 | 54 | 33 | 32 | 56 | 60 | 53 | 49 | 49 |
| 49 | Tim Anderson | SS | 48.7 | 36 | 66 | 41 | 36 | 54 | 43 | 58 | 50 | 54 |
| 50 | Zac Gallen | SP | 48.9 | 48 | 51 | 50 | 54 | 33 | 46 | 48 | 64 | 46 |
| 51 | Kenta Maeda | SP | 49.2 | 31 | 62 | 61 | 59 | 44 | 63 | 36 | 37 | 50 |
| 52 | Blake Snell | SP | 49.6 | 41 | 43 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 49 | 51 | 39 | 53 |
| 53 | Dinelson Lamet | SP | 50.1 | 33 | NA | 63 | 61 | 48 | 26 | 60 | 65 | 45 |
| 54 | Pete Alonso | 1B | 52.4 | 55 | 59 | 36 | 72 | 64 | 28 | 71 | 40 | 47 |
| 55 | Max Fried | SP | 53.9 | 69 | 32 | 46 | 65 | 45 | 58 | 62 | 60 | 48 |
| 56 | Sonny Gray | SP | 56.2 | 57 | 60 | 59 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 44 | 38 | 68 |
| 57 | Trent Grisham | OF | 56.4 | 50 | NA | 49 | 50 | 63 | 65 | 56 | 56 | 62 |
| 58 | Aaron Judge | OF | 57.2 | 76 | 53 | 73 | 49 | 50 | 33 | 66 | 58 | 57 |
| 59 | George Springer | OF | 57.5 | 68 | NA | 53 | 53 | 46 | 66 | 50 | 59 | 65 |
| 60 | Brandon Lowe | 2B | 59.8 | 61 | 48 | 60 | 60 | 55 | 69 | 55 | 57 | 73 |
| 61 | Mike Clevinger | SP | 61.6 | 56 | 64 | 57 | 80 | 70 | 48 | 73 | 42 | 64 |
| 62 | Gleyber Torres | 2B,SS | 63.9 | 70 | 56 | 68 | 77 | 57 | 34 | 78 | 79 | 56 |
| 63 | Teoscar Hernandez | OF | 64.1 | 73 | 63 | 72 | 55 | 71 | 50 | 65 | 61 | 67 |
| 64 | Corbin Burnes | RP | 64.2 | 58 | NA | 67 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 77 | 47 | 63 |
| 65 | Austin Meadows | OF | 64.3 | 83 | NA | NA | 70 | 61 | 52 | 47 | 66 | 71 |
| 66 | Nelson Cruz | UT | 65.4 | 59 | 61 | 52 | 62 | 72 | 75 | 63 | 67 | 78 |
| 67 | Cavan Biggio | 2B | 66.8 | 82 | NA | 76 | 63 | 81 | 57 | 49 | 68 | 58 |
| 68 | Michael Conforto | OF | 67.7 | 74 | NA | NA | 67 | 68 | 70 | 54 | 82 | 59 |
| 69 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 3B | 67.7 | 67 | NA | 62 | 73 | 95 | 36 | 69 | 72 | NA |
| 70 | Keston Hiura | 2B,OF | 70 | 64 | 57 | 75 | 78 | 86 | 71 | 68 | 70 | 61 |
| 71 | Hyun Jin Ryu | NA | 71.5 | 87 | 49 | 70 | 68 | 74 | 90 | 59 | 75 | NA |
| 72 | Matt Olson | 1B | 74.2 | 63 | 65 | 69 | 76 | 89 | 85 | 81 | 63 | 77 |
| 73 | Sixto Sanchez | SP | 74.9 | 62 | NA | NA | 66 | 62 | 79 | 88 | 98 | 69 |
| 74 | Ketel Marte | 2B,OF | 75.2 | 65 | NA | NA | 97 | 83 | 67 | 70 | 69 | NA |
| 75 | Carlos Carrasco | SP | 75.3 | 72 | NA | NA | 83 | 79 | 82 | 85 | 71 | 55 |
| 76 | Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | 75.5 | 92 | NA | NA | 87 | 66 | 72 | 74 | 62 | NA |
| 77 | Eugenio Suarez | 3B | 75.9 | 88 | NA | 54 | 84 | 84 | 61 | 84 | 78 | 74 |
| 78 | Kyle Hendricks | SP | 76.3 | 101 | NA | NA | 47 | 85 | 83 | 67 | 81 | 70 |
| 79 | Yoan Moncada | 2B,3B | 76.9 | 79 | NA | 64 | 56 | 77 | 73 | 103 | 83 | 80 |
| 80 | J.D. Martinez | OF | 78.3 | 84 | NA | NA | 75 | 78 | 89 | 64 | 80 | NA |
| 81 | Zach Plesac | SP | 78.5 | 86 | NA | 71 | 81 | 59 | 94 | 76 | 89 | 72 |
| 82 | Zack Greinke | SP | 78.8 | 49 | NA | NA | 92 | 65 | 80 | 90 | 97 | NA |
| 83 | Javier Baez | 2B,SS | 80.5 | 81 | 50 | 65 | 71 | 92 | 114 | 87 | 84 | NA |
| 84 | Charlie Blackmon | OF | 81.5 | 94 | NA | NA | 64 | 90 | 77 | 91 | 73 | NA |
| 85 | Stephen Strasburg | SP | 84 | 77 | NA | NA | 95 | 73 | 74 | 80 | 105 | NA |
| 86 | Josh Hader | RP | 84.2 | 71 | NA | NA | 79 | NA | 76 | 94 | 101 | NA |
| 87 | Yordan Alvarez | UT | 85.3 | 80 | 67 | NA | 86 | 88 | 98 | 92 | 86 | NA |
| 88 | Nick Castellanos | NA | 85.4 | 78 | NA | NA | 93 | 98 | 81 | 82 | 91 | 75 |
| 89 | Zack Wheeler | SP | 86 | 98 | NA | NA | 88 | 67 | 112 | 75 | 76 | NA |
| 90 | Jesus Luzardo | SP | 86.4 | NA | NA | NA | 91 | 75 | 78 | 89 | 99 | NA |
| 91 | Will Smith LAD | C | 87 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 101 | 86 | 74 | NA |
| 92 | Marcus Semien | SS | 91 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 91 | NA | NA | NA |
| 93 | Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | SS,OF | 93 | 93 | NA | NA | 90 | 82 | 106 | 102 | 85 | NA |
| 94 | Dominic Smith | 1B,OF | 93.1 | 99 | NA | NA | 85 | 91 | 128 | 93 | 77 | 79 |
| 95 | Liam Hendriks | RP | 94.3 | A-75 | A-35 | A-66 | 112 | 99 | 84 | 95 | 100 | 76 |
| 96 | Matt Chapman | 3B | 94.8 | 66 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 87 | 120 | 106 | NA |
| 97 | Dallas Keuchel | SP | 96 | 96 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 98 | Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 96.6 | NA | NA | NA | 74 | 93 | 105 | 117 | 94 | NA |
| 99 | Jose Berrios | SP | 96.8 | 90 | NA | NA | 113 | 97 | 88 | 100 | 93 | NA |
| 100 | Mike Yastrzemski | OF | 97 | NA | NA | NA | 115 | NA | NA | NA | 110 | 66 |
| 101 | Chris Paddack | SP | 97.6 | NA | NA | NA | 105 | 76 | 104 | 101 | 102 | NA |
| 102 | Wander Franco TB | SS | 98 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 98 | NA | NA |
| 103 | Giancarlo Stanton | OF | 98.3 | NA | NA | NA | 98 | NA | 102 | NA | 95 | NA |
| 104 | Dylan Bundy | SP | 99.2 | NA | NA | NA | 89 | NA | 115 | 97 | 96 | NA |
| 105 | Patrick Corbin | SP | 99.8 | NA | NA | NA | 111 | NA | 117 | 83 | 88 | NA |
| 106 | Devin Williams | RP | 100 | 100 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 107 | Eddie Rosario | OF | 100.2 | 102 | NA | NA | 103 | NA | 107 | 99 | 90 | NA |
| 108 | Max Muncy | 1B,2B,3B | 101.2 | NA | NA | NA | 82 | NA | 119 | 112 | 92 | NA |
| 109 | Tommy Pham | OF | 101.2 | 89 | NA | NA | 94 | NA | 113 | 123 | 87 | NA |
| 110 | Dansby Swanson | SS | 102 | 91 | NA | 77 | 108 | NA | 121 | 96 | 119 | NA |
| 111 | Sandy Alcantara | SP | 102.6 | NA | NA | NA | 121 | 94 | 93 | 79 | 126 | NA |
| 112 | Lance McCullers Jr. | SP | 103.2 | NA | NA | NA | 114 | 80 | NA | 111 | 108 | NA |
| 113 | Kyle Lewis | OF | 103.4 | 95 | NA | NA | 100 | NA | 118 | 72 | 132 | NA |
| 114 | Andrew Benintendi | OF | 104 | NA | NA | NA | 104 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 115 | Byron Buxton | OF | 104 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 97 | NA | 111 | NA |
| 116 | Jeff McNeil | 2B,OF | 106 | NA | NA | NA | 116 | 87 | 103 | 108 | 116 | NA |
| 117 | Josh Bell | 1B | 106 | NA | NA | NA | 101 | NA | 95 | 122 | NA | NA |
| 118 | Chris Taylor | 2B,SS,OF | 107 | NA | NA | NA | 107 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 119 | Jesse Winker | OF | 107 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 107 | NA |
| 120 | Pablo Lopez | SP | 109 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 109 | NA | NA |
| 121 | Ryan Mountcastle | SS | 109 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 109 | NA |
| 122 | Jose Altuve | 2B | 109.2 | NA | NA | NA | 102 | NA | 122 | 110 | 103 | NA |
| 123 | Yasmani Grandal | C | 109.5 | NA | NA | NA | 106 | NA | NA | 113 | NA | NA |
| 124 | Kris Bryant | 3B,OF | 109.7 | NA | NA | NA | 110 | NA | 96 | NA | 123 | NA |
| 125 | Salvador Perez | C | 109.7 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 111 | 104 | 114 | NA |
| 126 | Charlie Morton | SP | 110 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 110 | NA | NA | NA |
| 127 | Aroldis Chapman | RP | 111 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 109 | NA | 113 | NA |
| 128 | Wil Myers | 3B,OF | 111.5 | NA | NA | NA | 109 | NA | 127 | 106 | 104 | NA |
| 129 | Alec Bohm | 3B | 111.7 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 86 | 125 | 124 | NA |
| 130 | Randy Arozarena | OF | 112.5 | NA | NA | NA | 127 | 96 | 99 | 128 | NA | NA |
| 131 | Frankie Montas | SP | 112.7 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 108 | 105 | 125 | NA |
| 132 | Joey Gallo | OF | 112.8 | NA | NA | NA | 123 | NA | 92 | 119 | 117 | NA |
| 133 | Edwin Diaz | RP | 113.7 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 100 | 121 | 120 | NA |
| 134 | Kevin Gausman | SP | 114 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 114 | NA | NA |
| 135 | Framber Valdez | RP | 114.2 | NA | NA | NA | 96 | NA | 120 | 107 | 134 | NA |
| 136 | Jonathan Villar | 2B,SS | 114.5 | NA | NA | NA | 99 | NA | NA | NA | 130 | NA |
| 137 | Marco Gonzales | SP | 114.7 | 85 | NA | A-74 | 126 | NA | NA | NA | 133 | NA |
| 138 | Carlos Correa | SS | 115 | NA | NA | NA | 117 | NA | 116 | NA | 112 | NA |
| 139 | Julio Urias | SP | 116 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 116 | NA | NA |
| 140 | Ramon Laureano | OF | 116 | 97 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 124 | NA | 127 | NA |
| 141 | Jorge Soler | OF | 117 | NA | NA | NA | 119 | NA | NA | NA | 115 | NA |
| 142 | Ian Anderson | SP | 118 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 118 | 118 | NA |
| 143 | Didi Gregorius | SS | 120.5 | NA | NA | NA | 120 | NA | NA | NA | 121 | NA |
| 144 | Ian Happ | OF | 120.5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 126 | 115 | NA | NA |
| 145 | Dylan Moore | 3B,SS,OF | 122 | NA | NA | NA | 122 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 146 | Franmil Reyes | OF | 122 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 122 | NA |
| 147 | Nick Madrigal | 2B,SS | 123 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 123 | NA | NA | NA |
| 148 | Jake Cronenworth | 2B,SS | 123.5 | NA | NA | NA | 118 | NA | NA | NA | 129 | NA |
| 149 | Miguel Sano | 3B | 124 | NA | NA | NA | 124 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 150 | Shohei Ohtani | SP | 124 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 124 | NA | NA |
| 151 | Chris Bassitt | SP | 125 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 125 | NA | NA | NA |
| 152 | Dustin May | SP | 125 | NA | NA | NA | 125 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 153 | Rhys Hoskins | 1B,OF | 127 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 127 | NA | NA |
| 154 | Victor Robles | OF | 128 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 128 | NA |
| 155 | David Price | SP | 129 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 129 | NA | NA |
| 156 | Tony Gonsolin | SP | 129 | NA | NA | NA | 129 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 157 | Willson Contreras | C | 130.5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 126 | 135 | NA |
| 158 | Max Kepler | OF | 131 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 131 | NA |
| 159 | Michael Brantley | OF | 134 | NA | NA | NA | 128 | NA | NA | NA | 140 | NA |
| 160 | Nick Anderson | RP | 136 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 136 | NA |
| 161 | Gio Urshela | 3B | 137 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 137 | NA |
| 162 | Brad Hand | RP | 138 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 138 | NA |
| 163 | Kenley Jansen | RP | 139 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 139 | NA |
I will post another update or two as things progress. All autodrafts are marked in the chart and were not calculated into the ADP. You can see the live ADP at https://smadaplaysfantasy.com/2EarlyMocks/
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How is the pre-draft rankings list (for auto-drafting) generated?
It’s by Fantrax’s value calculator.
Alex Bregman WAY down there. Interesting.
Only fell to the Rendon tier.
For people who might want to see real-time results, maybe post the URL?
EDIT – Ignore. Its on the bottom of the table.
I know there is no ideal way to handle the NAs but it seems misleading to me to exclude them from the calculated rank. As an example Wander Franco went undrafted in 7 of the 9 leagues yet is ranked at 98. In my own aggregations I usually give the NA the value of the last pick +1. Not elegant and definitely not fully reflective of where they would be ranked if the draft continued but not being picked has some information and should be included in the analysis. Also looks like a lot of recency bias creeping in here for a 60 game sample.
” Also looks like a lot of recency bias creeping in here for a 60 game sample.’
I plan on using that in drafts next year and dynasty trading this offseason. How many guys never got going (Pete Alonso, for example) and how many guys started out hot and would’ve cooled off with more games?
Also, how to assess teams like the Marlins (overrated?) and Cardinals (underrated?) due to long breaks and lots of 7 inning double headers?
you really want to do it, you can use a latent class analysis to “value” the NA appropriately. Maybe a Tobit would work too? I have to think about this a bit more. It’s not really a missing data problem because the NA IS data.
Thinking through the problem a bit more. The “true” value of an NA is some rank between last drafted plus 1 and the last eligible player on the list. It’s possible you could construct some value as a function of the “probability” of being drafted before and the ranks that one was drafted at. Given the ordinal distribution of the data, you can use the information about other players to decrease the error of that estimate. Seems like a slightly tweaked Cox model would work, now that I dig a bit.
The NA’s are players that haven’t been drafted yet. The mocks are still going on
I am doing ((total unique players drafted across all drafts) + (the current pick in each individual draft) / 2). Not perfect either but it at least accounts for the fact that there are more total theoretical draft slots than just the very next one.
I still can’t believe so many people are using mid 2nd round picks on Darvish. When has he ever returned that kind of value in his entire career? Not only do we have to buy into his newly established performance as the new normal, but we need to expect he will start over 30 games, something he has only done 3x in his career. Fantasy experts always write that you can’t win a league in the early rounds, but you can lose a league. Owners are paying for a ceiling to justify the 2nd round pick while ignoring the risk of his floor that would put owners in a hole every year since his 2013 peak, with the exception of the 76 innings he just threw in 2020. There is NO WAY I want my second best player to be 34 years old without a long-established track record like Scherzer, Verlander, Arod, Manny, etc.
“When has he ever returned that kind of value in his entire career? ”
This year when he was the 3rd most valuable pitcher, and 11th overall in standard 5×5 roto.
Like I wrote, you need to believe the 76 innings to be the new normal, and expect that at 34 years old he will maintain that level of performance for an entire season. To gamble on a player his age maintaining a new level of performance while ignoring the downside in the 2nd round is nuts. I wouldn’t consider Darvish inside the top 50 picks, same range that made gambling on Charlie Morton this year palatable.
There is no chance he goes that late, so you wouldn’t be getting any shares, which obviously is your preference. You are also disregarding what he did down the stretch in 2019 also. He basically quit walking anyone: 16.86 k to bb in 2nd half w a fip of 1.16 in sept/october. His 2nd half last year was 2.76 era, 118ks in 81 ip. 0.81 whip. So over his last 157.2 ip (not too off from a season) he has a 2.39 era and 211 Ks and a .88 whip. That would be the #2 pitcher overall during that timeframe under deGrom.
So to answer your question no, I do not believe the 76ip is the new normal. I believe his last 157.2ip is his new normal, though. I still probably will not own him at that price as I see a lot of values behind him, but I’d certainly take him before anyone who is listed behind him, and maybe over a guy or two ahead of him as well.
Sure, this all makes sense , but to move him out of (say) the top 25, you have to move at least three other pitchers ahead of him — and who’s that going to be? Scherzer and Kershaw look like bigger health/age risks. Castillo, Buehler, and Giolito also have very short track records. You can talk me into Nola — but he was worse than Darvish both this year and last year, and that’s still just one guy.
Since we can’t just push every pitcher except the top three outside of the top 50 picks, I think we just have to accept that there’s downside everywhere, and hope for the best.
I agree with that. It’s early, so we don’t really know who signs where, etc. We don’t know if it’s still pandemic ball either, which would dictate how I view al/nl central pitchers.
Bauer if he signs in another division might fall a little, but if he signs in same division and/or gets his wish to pitch every 4 days (which I’ve heard is his term where he signs) he probably has to go number 1 overall. 40 starts vs 32, even regressing his probably 2021 projection makes him easily the most valuable player in the game based off of probable projections. It’s another 70+ Ks, wins, and getting lower whip/era out of one spot in your lineup at a higher rate. Basically every week would be a two start week unless he threw on Sunday week prior. Which is huge in weekly leagues.
Are Bregman and Machado going to be eligible at SS next season?
Please let me know how I can join the league where Mike Trout goes 9th.
I want to join league number 6
It’s nice to see I own 14 of the top 75 players in a Dynasty League, but it just reminds me of my epic last week collapse. 🙁
If this holds, I want the turn. End of the first / top of the 2nd looks dynamite
What round can we realistically expect Arozenrana to go in? Going to be a very interesting player come draft time.
If the Yankees comeback in this series, I would imagine top 80ish.
If the Rays make the world series and he continues this godly performance (I am trying to find 22 at bats from other people where they put up a 405 wrc+) his price could be insane. Obviously he isn’t going to continue what he is doing now but he did have a 176 wRC+ in the regular season, and was incredibly hot to end the year as well. He also has elite speed, and seems to steal a fair amount of bases. While what he is doing now is obviously unsustainable check out his wRC+. Career 167! Last 5 partial seasons: 162,151,138,176,405. His manager said he is “Mookie Betts.” I was a believer before this year and basically drafted him everywhere in early january. So whatever that adp is I am going to be in, again. His stolen base totals by year in the minors : 18, 26, 19. A strong rest of the post season (assuming they advance) would have him in Luis Robert/Marte/Eloy/Tim Anderson range I would guess which seems fair. Which reminds me….wtf does Tim Anderson need to do? I’d take him over at least 15 guys ahead of him.
Rizzo at #98? Who’s got nekid pix of who? Unless of course you get points for hitting ground balls into the shift. Then he’s a top 10.