2012 Mock Draft #1

Earlier today, I participated in my first mock draft of the new year. Justin Occhionero of SonsOfRoto.com and myself hosted and drafted alongside some other writers and readers. As an experiment, I decided to “play it blind” meaning I did not have my rankings sheets in front of me. It was an interesting exercise, but I did lose track of position depth at certain points, which left me a bit thin at closer and with some risk in my outfield. As normal, I couldn’t pull the trigger early on pitching and missed out on some of my top targets there. I ended up filling some thin positions early, which in a real league might have me in a favorable position to make one or two pre-season trades. I drafted tenth out of 12. Positions were: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, CI, MI, OF (4), UT, P (9), BN (2). He’s my team’s breakdown… (You can view the overall results here) R1: Hanley Ramirez SS – He’ll hold SS and 3B eligibility and should bounce back from an ...