Official 9th Baseball ATD Thread (Picks Only)

[ryan callahan]

The San Francisco Giants select 1B Sadaharu Oh

 

[Voight]

Braves will select 1B Fred McGriff

.284/.377/.509
493 HR
1550 RBI
56.9 fWAR

5× All-Star (1992, 1994–1996, 2000)
World Series champion (1995)
3× Silver Slugger Award (1989, 1992, 1993)
MLB All-Star Game MVP (1994)
2× Home run leader (1989, 1992)

 

[td_ice]

with pick 253, the Pittsburgh Pirates are pleased to select, RP Kenley Jansen.



At 6'5", 270, Jansen is an imposing figure. He has 7 years under his belt, of consistent, stellar relief pitching. He hasn't had the wild swings of ups and downs in his career that some of the other active RP's already taken in the draft. He has been steady as a rock. You know what you are getting.


ERA+ 169


FIP 1.93


WHIP .893



ERA 2.20



K9/13.9




11.8 WAR in 7 seasons.

 

[bluesfan94]

I'll take Wilbur Wood.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I'll take C - Ted Simmons

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I'll add 3B - Robin Ventura

 

[bluesfan94]

I'll take RF - Enos "Country" Slaughter. He was a 10x All Star in right field while missing three prime years for the war.

How prime? The season before he left, he finished second in MVP voting. When he came back - third. He should be great coming off the bench.

 

[td_ice]

the Pittsburgh Pirates are happy to select, SP Cliff Lee



A very strong lefty to add to the rotation.


Great regular season stats, and excellent playoff performer.


WHIP 1.196 and FIP 3.45

bWAR 43.3

 

[ryan callahan]

The San Francisco Giants select OF Ed Delahanty

 

[KaseMeOutside]

The Los Angeles Angels select 2b Dustin Pedroia

 

[KaseMeOutside]

The Los Angeles Angels select 3b/LF Ryan Braun

 

[le_sean]

With the 262nd pick in the ATD, the Montreal Royals select 2B Bobby Doerr.

BBHOF (1986)
9x All-Star
2x Top-10 MVP
.288/.362/.461 career slash line (115 OPS+)
51.2 career WAR​

We are happy to add this great all-around 2B to our bench. He will give us options during the season. A great hitter, good fielder and leader, Doerr is a Red Sox legend.

 

[Voight]

Braves will select SP CC Sabathia

 

[Winger for Hire]

Outfielder, 7 time All-Star, 2 time Home Run Champion, and 2nd black MLB player, and Hall of Famer... Larry Doby

Write up in the morning... homework needs done now.

 

[Tecumseh]

With the 265th overall pick in the seventeenth round, the Albuquerque Dukes select SP Jon Lester.

11 year career (Still Active)

146-84
3.44 ERA
124 ERA+
41.0 WAR
1,861 strikeouts
4x All-Star
3x Top 4 Cy Young finishes (once finished second in voting)
Postseason: 9-7, 2.63 ERA, 1.032 WHIP, 117 strikeouts​

 

[Pwnasaurus]

The St. Louis Cardinals are pleased to select former NEL great SP/RP - Hilton Smith. Smith teamed with Satchel Paige to form the most dynamic pitching duo in the NEL and he will again team with Paige in this ATD, adding a tremendous relief option out of the pen.

- BBHOF (2001)
- NEL World Series Champion (1942)
- Major League Baseball equivalents of 174 wins and 2 seasons over 10 WAR a piece as a starter with another 8.4 mixed in for good measure.
- As a reliever his MLE seasons average about 3 wins of value with multiple relief innings per appearance being logged.
- Total estimated WAR of 54 in 12 seasons.

 

[darko]

268 - New York Yankees select - C, Jorge Posada

5x All Star
4x World Series Champion
5x Silver Slugger Awards
275 career home runs

 

[NJDevs26]

Pick #269 - 2B Bobby Grich

A solid 2B option to back up Pete against RHP, and perhaps play over him against LHP, due to better LH splits and fielding



-Six-time All-Star
-Four-time Gold Glove winner
-Top 100 all-time in both offensive (62.1) and defensive (16.2) WAR
-Career splits of .266/.371/.424 with a 162-game average of 18 HR and 70 RBI
-Played on five division-winning teams

 

[Vegeta]

The Detroit Tigers select RP Willie Hernandez

 

[Gootie]

Whales select RP Jason Isringhausen

 

[Porn*]

Toronto Blue Jays select:

Vida Blue SP

During a 17-year career, he pitched for the Oakland Athletics (1969–77), San Francisco Giants (1978–81; 1985–86), and Kansas City Royals (1982–83). He won the American League Cy Young Award and Most Valuable Player Award in 1971. He is a six-time All-Star, and is the first of only four pitchers in major league history to start the All-Star Game for both the American League (1971) and the National League (1978); Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson and Roy Halladay later duplicated the feat.[1]

6× All-Star (1971, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981)
3× World Series champion (1972–1974)
AL MVP (1971)
AL Cy Young Award (1971)
AL ERA leader (1971)
Pitched a no-hitter on September 21, 1970
Pitched a combined no-hitter on September 28, 1975

 

[UL Washington]

The Naps select C Thurman Munson to perform backup catcher duties and they also take SP/RP Chris Sale and gonna shove him back in the bullpen like how he started his career.

 

[Porn*]

Toronto Blue Jays select:

Long Reliever...

Dan Plesac

Games pitched 1,064
Win–loss record 65–71
Earned run average 3.64
Strikeouts 1,041
Saves 158
3 x All Star

Plesac remains as one of only seven pitchers in the history of Major League Baseball to ever pitch over 1,050 G during a career; and he’s one of only four left-handed pitchers to ever pitch over 1,050 G during a career.

He might have been the best overall relief pitcher in all of baseball during the last few seasons of the 1980s, from 1987-1989. During those three consecutive seasons from 1987-1989, he combined to pitch almost 160 G of relief and over 190 IP. He recorded a combined 2.47 ERA, 86 SV, 171 ERA+, 1.08 WHIP, 7.3 H/9 and 3.7 K/BB.

Pitching:

Curt Schilling (R)
Roy Halladay (R)
Madison Bumgarner (L)
Andy Pettitte (L)
Vida Blue (L)

BP:

Dan Plesac (L)
Jeff Reardon (R)
Mariano Rivera (R)

 

[Gootie]

Chicago Whales select SP Red Faber

 

[NJDevs26]

Pick #276 - SP David Price

Wanted a second lefty in the rotation and another power pitcher - Price fills those bills.



-2012 Cy Young Award winner (and two other second place finishes)
-Five-time All-Star
-121-65 record (26th all-time in winning percentage)
-Career 3.21 ERA and 1.14 WHIP pitching entirely in the AL
-ERA+ of 124 (t-76th all-time)
-An average of 218+ IP over his seven complete seasons as a starter
-8.6 K/9 (23rd all-time)
-3.8 K/BB (13th all-time)