Official 9th Baseball ATD Thread (Picks Only)

[td_ice]

with pick 356, the Pittsburgh Pirates will take C, Ernie Lombardi.


Pirates are happy to add another Hall of Famer to backup Hof'er Johnny Bench. Not too many teams with 2 hof catchers.

'31-'47, 17 year career



.306/.358/.460



126 OPS+



2 time batting title

 

[le_sean]

With the 358th pick, the Montreal Royals select 1B Roger Connor.

BBHOF (1976)
84.1 career WAR
.316/.396/.486 career slash line (153 OPS+)
2x World Series champion
233 triples (5th all-time)
244 SBs​

We are happy to be getting the homerun king before Babe Ruth. Roger Connor was an unknown for a while but his worth is well documented these days. We are pleased to add this left-handed bat to our bench.

 

[ryan callahan]

The San Francisco Giants select RP Francisco Cordero

 

[Voight]

Atlanta Braves will select 3B Evan "Longo" Longoria!

Longoria is considered by many to be among the best active third basemen in baseball, winning the Silver Slugger Award in 2009. He is also known for his acrobatic defense, winning two Gold Gloves at third base in 2009 and 2010.

Nine Seasons, Still Active
.271/.344/.490
241 HR
806 RBI
1311 Hits
.834 OPS


3× All-Star (2008–2010)
AL Rookie of the Year (2008)
2× Gold Glove Award (2009, 2010)
Silver Slugger Award (2009)
7/9 seasons worth 4 fWAR or more
3rd in fWAR 2008 (rookie year) - present (2016)
4x Top 11 MVP voting

 

[Winger for Hire]

Some good reading to go along with this pick, if you feel like it- http://www.hardballtimes.com/bucky-walters-a-forgotten-legacy/

With the 361st pick, the Yomiuri Giants select pitcher William "Bucky" Henry Walters

“Bucky was the money pitcher of his day.â€
—Seymore Siwoff, ELIAS Sports Bureau

A converted third baseman, Bucky Walters took the mound later in his career but once he did he made up for lost time. Walters would even win the MVP for his pitching prowess and was one of the rare hurlers who could be used often as a pinch hitter.

For an eight-year period before, during, and after World War II, Bucky Walters was the premier pitcher in the National League and one of the best in the major leagues. Over the years from 1939 to 1946, Walters led the majors in wins (141), innings pitched (2,030), complete games (178), support-neutral wins (146), and, among those with 1,000 or more innings pitched, in ERA. In addition, he led National League pitchers in starts and fewest hits allowed per 9 innings (7.96) and ranked second in the league in baserunners allowed per 9 innings (11.06), shutouts (28), and winning percentage (.610) and fourth in strikeouts. Over that period he also earned more Bill James' "Win Shares"--a measure of a player's contribution to his team's victories--than any other pitcher.


Career Highlights

1939 NL MVP (2 other Top 5 finishes)
1940 Pitching Triple Crown
6 time All-Star
3 time Wins leader
2 time ERA Champion
2 time WHIP leader
1 time Strikeout King

3 Consecutive Years of leading the league in innings (all over 300 IP)

Career Highlights

3104.2 Innings
428 Games
242 Complete Games

198 Wins
4 Saves
3.30 ERA
116 ERA+
1107 Strikeouts

54.2 bWAR

Bucky had a 9 year peak (2281 innings) that consisted of 141 wins, 2.66 ERA, 1.21WHIP, and 135 ERA+

Why no Hall of Fame?

“When the time comes that you want to sign a contract and you find this one isn’t satisfactory, you tell me what figure you want me to put in and it will be put in.â€
—Warren Giles, former Reds GM and VP

“I certainly remember Bucky as a great pitcher who had a magnificent career.â€
—Bud Selig, current MLB commissioner

“Bucky had a wonderful career and a great reputation to match. He has reached the consideration of the Veterans Committee and I’m certain it will continue.â€
—Joe Brown, past chairman of the HOF Veterans Committee

“Bucky was a great player, a great pitcher, and certainly deserving of being inducted into the Hall of Fame.â€
—XXXX XXXX, former L.A. Dodgers manager

“It’s rare that a man is a big league infielder, pitcher, and manager… but Bucky is a rare ma.â€
—Fay Vincent, former MLB commissioner

 

[Tecumseh]

With the 361th pick in the twenty-third round, the Albuquerque Dukes select 2B Tony Lazzeri.

"(Tony) not only was a great ballplayer, he was a great man," Yankees shortstop Frankie Crosetti. "He was a leader. He was like a manager on the field."

Arguably the top second baseman in New York Yankees history, Tony Lazzeri played for the franchise's six American League pennant winners from 1926 through ’37, batting .293 with 115 home runs during his 12 seasons in pinstripes. Lazzeri, though, temporarily quit baseball in 1923, when as a 19-year-old he grew disillusioned with being shuttled back and forth between minor league posts. He secured regular play with Salt Lake City of the Pacific Coast League in 1924, and with the same club in ’25 the San Francisco native enjoyed a season for the ages, batting a robust .355 while setting PCL records that still stand with 60 home runs, 222 RBIs and 202 runs scored. Lazzeri played in 197 games that year.

The Yankees parted with $50,000 (though some accounts go as high as $75,000) and three players to acquire Lazzeri in August 1925, and the 22-year-old rewarded them instantly with a fine rookie season in ’26. He belted 18 home runs, a total he would match three other times but never surpass, while holding down the keystone and finishing 10th in MVP balloting. New York lost a taut 1926 World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games, with Lazzeri batting 5-for-26 (.192) and coming up empty with the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh inning of Game Seven. Lazzeri struck out swinging on a 1-2 pitch from future Hall of Fame right-hander Grover Cleveland Alexander, 39 at the time. Alexander's heroics preserved the Cardinals' Series-clinching win by a score of 3-2, though he just as easily could have found himself on the losing end. One pitch earlier Lazzeri had launched a ball out of Yankee Stadium—but just foul.

Lazzeri secured some measure of redemption by playing well in his next five World Series appearances, batting .291, slugging .494 and belting four home runs in 79 at-bats. The Yankees won all five Series in convincing fashion, dispatching the Pittsburgh Pirates (1927), Cardinals (’28), Chicago Cubs (’32) and New York Giants (’36 and ’37). Lazzeri closed out his career with partial seasons for the Cubs in 1938 and the Brooklyn Dodgers and Giants in ’39. He fell off the baseball writers' Hall of Fame ballot in 1962 after 15 years, finally gaining election via the veteran's committee in 1991.

"Around New York I used to hear that expression, 'Once a Dodger, always a Dodger,'" Lazzeri said. "But how about, 'Once a Yankee, always a Yankee? There never was anything better than that. You never get over it."

14 year career

.292/.380/.467/.846
121 OPS+
49.9 WAR
1,840 hits
334 doubles
115 triples
178 home runs
1,194 RBIs
148 stolen bases
1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937 World Champion
Finished third in MVP voting in 1928
1x All-Star (played in the inaugural 1933 game)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1991 by way of the Veteran's Committee​

 

[Pwnasaurus]

The St. Louis Cardinals are pleased to select - SS - Bobby Wallace. Wallace was a HOF 2 way shortstop and is a great middle infielder off the bench in this format.

- BBHOF (1953)
- Led League in WAR (position players) (1901), 3 Times finished in Top 5
- 3 Times Led League in dWAR, 9 Times finished in Top 5
- 3 Times finished in Top 5 in RBI

 

[Vegeta]

The Tigers select the Babe Ruth of Mexico, OF Hector Espino.

 

[darko]

364 - New York Yankees select - Harry 'The Cat' Brecheen

 

[NJDevs26]

Pick #365 - 1B Rafael Palmeiro



Strictly the best corner infield LH bat at this point

-Lifetime splits (10472 AB's): .288/.371/.515
-OPS+: 132
-HR: 569
-RBI: 1835
-Per 162 game totals: .288-33 HR-105 RBI
-Four-time All-Star
-Two-time Silver Slugger winner
-71.6 career WAR (59th among position players)

 

[Porn*]

Toronto Blue Jays select:

Outfielder - Juan Gonzalez

Juan Alberto González Vázquez (born October 20, 1969), nicknamed "Igor", is a former Major League Baseball right fielder. During his 16 years in the league, González played for five teams, but is more remembered for his two stints with the Texas Rangers (1989–1999, 2002–2003). One of the premier run producers and most feared hitters of the 1990s, González averaged 37 HR and 117 runs batted in per season from 1991 to 1999. He won the AL MVP award twice in that time span, 1996 and 1998.[1]

Batting average .295
Home runs 434
Runs batted in 1,404

3× All-Star (1993, 1998, 2001)
2× AL MVP (1996, 1998)
6× Silver Slugger Award (1992, 1993, 1996–1998, 2001)
2× AL home run leader (1992, 1993)
AL RBI leader (1998)
Texas Rangers Hall of Fame

 

[UL Washington]

The Naps select OF Max Carey

Max will be a perfect pinch runner and defensive replacement in the OF (played all 3 OF positions, the majority in CF).

1910-1929

.285 BA
.361 OBP
108 OPS+
738 SBs (10 X league leading) and over 80% success rate






The Naps select RP Steve Bedrosian

76W
184 SV
3.38 ERA
1987 Cy Young

 

[Porn*]

Toronto Blue Jays select:

CF - Cesar Cedeno

Signed by Houston as an amateur free agent in 1967, Cedeño debuted on June 20, 1970 at 19 years of age. Batting .310 in his rookie season in 1970, he led the National League in doubles.[1] The next season, he again led the league in doubles. He batted .320 in both 1972 and 1973. In 1972, Cedeño hit 22 home runs, had 55 stolen bases, and again led the league in doubles. He won a Gold Glove Award that season as well. Houston manager Leo Durocher once compared Cedeño to Willie Mays, saying "At 22 Cedeño is as good or better than Willie was at the same age,".[1]
Possessing a rare combination of power, blazing speed, and good defense, he became the second man in Major League history (after Lou Brock in 1967) to hit 20 home runs and steal 50 bases in one season. Cedeño accomplished the feat three years in a row (1972–1974). He also stole 50-plus bases the next three years (1975–1977), twice led the league in doubles (1971–1972) and collected 102 RBI in the 1974 season.

Batting average .285
Home runs 199
Runs batted in 976
Stolen bases 550
4× All-Star (1972–1974, 1976)
5× Gold Glove Award (1972–1976)

please pm next gm

 

[Gootie]

Chicago Whales select OF Matt Holliday and the GOAT backup catcher David Ross.

 

[NJDevs26]

Pick #372 - RP/SP Ellis Kinder

Had an interesting two-pronged career compiling both 100+ wins and saves which didn't even begin till age 31, partly cause he fell through the cracks in middle America and partly because of his well-known carousing which he often claimed help him pitch better.

Kinder finally debuted with the Browns in 1946, but found his niche two years later with the Red Sox and pitched well for them as a key starting pitcher in down to the wire pennant races in 1948 and 1949. In 1949 he was arguably the best pitcher in baseball, going 23-6 with six shutouts and a 3.36 ERA, leading the league in winning percentage and being named pitcher of the year by the Sporting News, the closest thing to a Cy Young before it was awarded.

Although he again led the league in winning percentage in 1951 (11-2), he'd already begun a late-career transition to the bullpen, where he had several outstanding years even at his advanced age - leading the league in saves in both 1951 and 1953 when he had a nearly unheard of (for that day) total of 27. As a reliever he went 45-29 in 362 appearances with 102 saves, and posted an ERA of 2.8 and a WHIP of 1.24 in 610.2 relief innings, with a BA against of .238.

Other achievments/stats:
-Top ten in MVP voting twice
-Ranks 11th in JAWS (26.7) among relievers
-Had seasons of 5.1 and 4.5 WAR almost exclusively as a reliever
-From 1951-1955 his ERA+ was 175, 153, 225, 115 and 153, respectively

 

[KaseMeOutside]

the Los Angeles Angels select the underrated Jason Kendall to serve as back up catcher, 41 career WAR.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Every great team needs a pure power hitter off the bench, left handed if possible. A player who can change the game with one swing and given that I have a national league team it makes sense to select a player with 462 career homers so we select, OF/1B Adam Dunn to serve this role.

 

[darko]

373 - New York Yankees select - 2B, Billy Herman

2345 career hits
.304 career batting average
10x All Star
112 career OPS+

 

[Pwnasaurus]

The St. Louis Cardinals are pleased to select one of their own, 2B - Red Schoendienst. A baseball lifer, Red adds his player career portion to the ATD Cardinals which was very underrated. A nice switch hitting option off the bench, it also took 30 years to break his single season fielding % mark for 2nd basemen.

- BBHOF (1989)
- 2 Time World Series Champion
- 2 Times finished in Top 5 in MVP Voting
- 5 Times finished in Top 5 in dWAR
- Led League in Hits (1957), 5 Times finished in Top 5
- Led League in Doubles (1950), 4 Times finished in Top 5

Also I own his 1983 road jersey he used as a bench coach.

 

[Tecumseh]

With the 376th pick in the twenty-fourth round, the Albuquerque Dukes select OF Luis Gonzalez.

19 year career

.283/.367/.479/.845
119 OPS+
51.5 WAR
2,591 hits
596 doubles
68 triples
354 home runs
1,439 RBIs
128 stolen bases
5x All-Star
1x Silver Slugger
Finished 3rd in MVP voting in 2001 (recorded 57 HRs, .325 BA, 1.117 OPS, 174 OPS+)
2001 World Champion
Walk-off single to win the 2001 World Series​

 

[Winger for Hire]

With the 377th pick in the draft, the Yomiuri Giants select LF/OF Isao Harimoto

When Isao was nearly 5 years old, he was warming his hands by the outside fire when a truck accidentally backed into the fire, scaring him, and causing him to fall into the fire. His right hand was severely burned, rendering his middle, ring and little fingers virtually useless and twisted in to a “curved in†shape. To compensate, the boy forced himself to become left-handed–and played as a left-handed hitting and throwing baseball player.

Harimoto would survive the release of an atomic bomb over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and has been identified as the only survivor of that incident to play professional baseball in Japan. He survived without injuries because the family home was located in the shadow of a mountain and shielded from the blast, but lost a sister who was in the blast zone.

The hitting stroke that won 7 batting titles has been most often compared to that of the remarkable Ted Williams. Harimoto had an elegant swing, combined with quick-strike power. He was really something to watch–totally relaxed in the box. He kept his head still and hands back ’til the last second. Then came the lightning-quick swing and the high velocity line drives.

Glenn Mickens from the Rob Fitts' Remembering Japanese Baseball:
"Harimoto had big league material. He was a pretty good-sized kid. He was unbelievably talented. He could fly. And he could hit with anybody. . . As [a] hitter I had tremendous respect for him."

His projection meets 58 of the HOF standards, well over HOF quality, as the average HOFer scores at 50. The ten most similar names to his projection has seven HOFers (Molitor, Kaline, Brett, Clemente, XXXX, Rickey Henderson and XXXX). His career totals show 3,085 hits, of which 504 were home runs. And, he stole 319 bases, which means he joins the incomparable Willie Mays as the only 2 players with over 3,000 hits, 500 homers and 300 steals.

Career Highlights

1959 Pacific League Rookie of the Year
1962 Pacific League MVP
1962 Japan Series MVP
18 time All-Star
16 time Best Nine winner
7 time Batting Champion
9 time On Base Percentage leader

NPB Career Hits Leader (3,085)
Japanese Baseball HoF Inductee (1990)
Named to Japan's All-Century Team in 2000

251 3-hit or more games
30 game hitting streak
Recorded a hit in 9 straight ABs
Reached base in 15 straight Plate Appearances

Jim Albright, William McNeil, Fumihiro Fujisawara and Daniel Johnson all name him the best Japanese Outfielder of all-time and give him a spot on their "All World Teams"

Career Stats

.319/.399/.534/.933
2752 Games Played

3085 Hits
420 Doubles
72 Triples
504 Home Runs
1676 RBI
1523 Runs Scored
319 Stolen Bases

815 Strikeouts
1274 Walks
228 Intentional Walks

MLEs

.294/.391/.449/.840

10510 ABs
3093 Hits
300 Home Runs

 

[Vegeta]

The Tigers select MGR Tony La Russa

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I'll add RP - Rod Beck

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

And 1B - Jason Giambi

 

[le_sean]

With the 379th pick, the Montreal Royals select OF Dave Winfield.

BBHOF (2001)
12x All-Star
7x Gold Glove
6x Silver Slugger
World Series champion 1992
465 HRs
130 OPS+
63.8 career WAR​

We are happy everyone else seemed to have forgotten him as there are certainly not 378 better baseball players than Winny. We don't need him, but the value is too good. A mountain of a man wth a cannon arm, we are happy to have him as an additional OF option and big bat off the bench.