Official 9th Baseball ATD Thread (Picks Only)

[Gootie]

After trading up for the 75th pick, the Chicago Whales select CF Oscar Charleston

-Arguably the NL GOAT
-Ranked the 4th best player of all time by Bill James
-Top 5 in NL BA/HR; All-time NL leader in SB
-He is thought to have hit .326 lifetime in exhibition games against white major leaguers.
-Inducted into the HOF in 1976

"The Black Ty Cobb." Those who played with him insist that Charleston was far superior defensively than Cobb and possessed far more power than the "Georgia Peach."

"Charleston could hit that ball a mile. He didn't have a weakness." - Pitcher of the time

 

[darko]

76 - New York Yankees select - C, Roy Campanella

8x All Star
3x NL MVP
World Series Champion
242 career HRs

One of the best defensive catchers of all time.

 

[NJDevs26]

I might as well reunite the Robinsons:

A 16-time gold glove winner and 18-time All-Star, Brooks is on the short list for top defensive players at any position to ever play baseball and was nicknamed the 'Human Vaccum Cleaner'. While his offense got overlooked compared to his outstanding defense, he still put up 268 HR and 1357 RBI over a 23-year career, with six 20-HR seasons and a WAR of 78.4 (41st among position players), along with a .303 BA and .462 slugging percentage in 145 postseason AB's.

Hall of Famer Frank Robinson recalled what it was like to watch his teammate go to work: “He was the best defensive player at any position. I used to stand in the outfield like a fan and watch him make play after play. I used to think, ‘WOW, I can’t believe this.’ â€

 

[Vegeta]

The DetroitTigers are happy to select SP Juan Marichal.

 

[bluesfan94]

the maroons are proud to reunite one of the all time greatest batteries and will select C Mickey Cochrane

 

[Tecumseh]

With the 81st overall selection in the 6th round, the Albuquerque Dukes select SP Robin Roberts.

Over the course of his career, Robin Roberts was two distinct types of pitcher. Hall of Famer [undrafted guy] described the early part of his career best, when he said “Probably the best fastball I ever saw was Robin Roberts. His ball would rise around six or eight inches, and with plenty on it. And he had great control.â€

Robin Roberts first toed the rubber for the Philadelphia Phillies at the age of 21 in 1948, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He walked the first batter he faced on what he described as “four of the wildest pitches you ever saw.†Roberts settled down though and struck out the next batter using what would become his signature pitch, the hard rising fastball. Roberts went eight innings exhibiting strong command, but took the hard luck 2-0 loss. He bounced back five days later and earned the first of his 286 career wins, a complete game victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

From 1950-1955, Roberts was arguably the most dominant pitcher in the league recording six straight 20 win sea-sons, and in 1950 led the “Whiz Kids†to their first World Series appearance since 1915. Whiz Kids teammate Curt Simmons recalled “He was like a diesel engine. The more you used him, the better he ran. I don’t think you could wear him out. The end of the 1950 season, I was in the Army and I think Bob Miller had a bad back. I know Robin had to throw almost every day.†As the decade of the 1950’s wore on, Roberts lost velocity on his fastball. His precision control allowed him to reinvent himself as the type of finesse pitcher that Hall of Famer Willie Stargell said “looks like the kind of pitcher you can’t wait to swing at, but you swing, and the ball isn’t where you thought it was.â€

Roberts retired in 1966. A seven time All-Star, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976. Phillies chairman Bill Giles said it best, when he said “When I think of Robin there is definitely one word that comes quickly to mind: Class. He was a class act both on and off the field. He was definitely one of the most consistent quality pitchers of all time, and the way he lived his life was exemplary. Every young baseball player should model their life after Robin.â€

"Probably the best fastball I ever saw was Robin Roberts. His ball would rise around six or eight inches, and with plenty on it. And he had great control." -Fellow Hall of Famer

He looks like the kind of pitcher you can't wait to swing at, but you swing and the ball isn't where you thought it was." -Different Fellow Hall of Famer

19 year career

286-245
3.41 ERA
113 ERA+
1.170 WHIP
305 complete games
45 shutouts
25 saves
2,357 strikeouts
83.1 WAR
7x All-Star
5x finished top 10 in MVP voting (2 top five finishes and one second place finish)
Best year came in 1953 with a 9.8 WAR, 23-16 record, league-leading 33 complete games, league-leading 198 strikeouts, and an ERA+ of 153
1950 NL Pennant
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1976 on his fourth ballot receiving 86.86% of the vote​

 

[Vegeta]

The Tigers select 2B Charlie Gehringer.

Career Statistics

.320/.404/.480/.884 OPS
184 HR
2839 Hits
1427 RBI
80.6 WAR

Career Accolades

1x World Series Champion
1x AL MVP
1x AL Batting Champion
6x All-Star

Charlie Gehringer is one of the best second basemen of all time, and helped propel the Tigers to their first world title alongside Hank Greenberg and Mickey Cochrane.
​

 

[Porn*]

Toronto Blue Jays select:

Curt Schilling (216-146, 3.46 ERA, 128 ERA+, 1.137 WHIP, 3,116 Ks)

From his pairing with Randy Johnson to lead the Diamondbacks to the World Series, to the infamous bloody sock game in the postseason for the Red Sox, Schilling pitched best when there was the most on the line, going 11-2 with a 2.23 ERA in 19 postseason starts. In the regular season, he tallied nine seasons with at least 14 wins and twice led the league in strikeouts with over 300.

1993 NL NLCS MVP
1995 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
2001 NL Babe Ruth Award
2001 Branch Rickey Award
2001 Hutch Award
2001 Roberto Clemente Award
2001 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
2001 WS MVP
2002 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

 

[Porn*]

pick 82:

Toronto Blue Jays select:

Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez


Batting average .296
Hits 2,844
Home runs 311
Runs batted in 1,332
14× All-Star (1992–2001, 2004–2007)
World Series champion (2003)
AL MVP (1999)
NLCS MVP (2003)
13× Gold Glove Award (1992–2001, 2004, 2006, 2007)
7× Silver Slugger Award (1994–1999, 2004)
Texas Rangers Hall of Fame

 

[NJDevs26]

Probably a bit early, but by the same token he's never getting back to me so...

To complement my middle of the order power, demon speed for the top of the order, and a guy who can cover a lot of ground in CF:

One of the few Negro League players who was named to the MLB All-Century team, Cool Papa Bell was reknown as perhaps the fastest man to ever play baseball. Stories both apocryphal and true abound as to just how fast Cool Papa was, and since Negro League stats are largely incomplete it's impossible to fully appreciate how dominant he was, but he was obviously good enough to play for almost a quarter century in various leagues including winter ball in Cuba and the Mexican League, as well as on some of the greatest teams in Negro League history. This account of his career from MLB.com credits him with 175 stolen bases in less than 200 games at one point:

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/mlb_negro_leagues_profile.jsp?player=bell_cool_papa

Other stories were more believable. "If he bunts and it bounces twice, put it in your back pocket," one former teammate told Riley in the Negro League encyclopedia. The outfielder who once stole 175 bases in just under 200 games, and who was once clocked circling the bases in an astonishing 12 seconds, was simply that fast.

Little known fact: Like Babe Ruth, Cool Papa began his career as a pitcher, and that was the inspiration for his nickname:

While still a knuckleballing prospect in 1922, he earned his moniker by whiffing Oscar Charleston with the game on the line. His manager, Bill Gatewood, mused about how "cool" his young player was under pressure and added the "Papa" because it sounded better, though perhaps it was a testament to how the 19-year-old performed like a grizzled veteran.

 

[darko]

85 - New York Yankees select - SP, Mike Mussina

270 career wins
5 x All Star
7 x Gold Glove winner

 

[Gootie]

Chicago Whales select SP Addie Joss

 

[Pwnasaurus]

Wasn't really planning on going here but a bit too much value to pass up at this point.

The St. Louis Cardinals are pleased to select former Tampa Bay Devil Rays great, 3B - Wade Boggs. Jaffe's JAWS system has Boggs as the 3rd greatest third baseman in MLB history. He should get along well with Cobb as they both enjoyed chicken or so the legend goes.

- BBHOF (2005)
- 1996 World Series Champion
- Led League in WAR among position players for 3 consecutive years (1986-88), 7 Years finished in Top 5
- 5 Times Led League in Hitting (11 Times finished in Top 5)
- 2 Times Led League in OPS (6 Times finished in Top 5)
- 6 Times Led League in OBP% (9 Times finished in Top 5)
- 2 Times Led League in Runs Scored (4 Times finished in Top 5)

 

[Tecumseh]

With the 87th overall pick in the sixth round, the Albuquerque Dukes select SS Arky Vaughan.

Arky Vaughan was the premier shortstop of his era and one of the best in baseball history. He hit .300 or better in each of his first 10 major league seasons—all with the Pittsburgh Pirates—and led the National League in runs and triples three years apiece, as well as triples once.

Vaughan was born in Arkansas, and although his family moved to Fullerton, Calif., when he was an infant, he was nicknamed "Arky" when he was a child because he spoke with an Arkansas accent, picked up from his family.

He was a noted high school athlete who received interest from colleges for his football talent, but he signed a baseball contract with the minor league Wichita Aviators in 1931. He hit .338 in his only season in the minors, then joined the Pirates in 1932 at the age of 20.
Vaughan rose to stardom quickly, and played in his first of nine straight All-Star Games in 1934. He hit .364 in his career in midsummer classics, highlighted by a two-homer, four-RBI game in 1941. That performance was overshadowed by Ted Williams' game-winning home run in the ninth inning, however.

Vaughan's best season was 1935, when he led the NL in batting, slugging and on-base percentage. His .385 average that year was the highest in the 20th century for a National League shortstop.
Vaughan was traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers in late 1941, and though he led the NL in runs and stolen bases in 1943, he was never as great a player as he was in Pittsburgh. He clashed with fiery manager Leo Durocher in 1943 and sat out the next three years. He said the absence was so he could devote his time to his California farm in support of the war effort.

After Durocher's suspension from baseball for the 1947 season, Vaughan returned to the Dodgers and hit .325 in 64 games as a 35-year-old. He retired from the majors for good after the 1949 season.

Vaughan died tragically in 1952 at the age of 40, when a sudden storm capsized his fishing boat on a lake near his California home. Vaughan tried to save his companion, who could not swim, and they both drowned. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1985.

A fellow Arkansan and Hall of Famer played against Vaughan and later described him as “a quiet and solid sort of guy. He never raised any fuss, he just played ball hard all the time.”

"A .300 hitter, year in and year out, and he could run and field with the best of them. " -Buddy Hassett

14 year career

.318/.406/.453/.809
136 OPS+
2,103 hits
356 doubles
128 triples (led the league three times in this category)
96 home runs
926 RBIs
118 stolen bases
937 walks to 276 strikeouts
72.9 WAR (12.0 dWAR)
9x All-Star
2x finished top three in MVP voting
1935 NL batting title
1947 NL Pennant
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1985 by way of the Veteran's Committee​

 

[Winger for Hire]

With the 88th overall pick, the Yomiuri Giants select Right Fielder, Ichiro Suzuki

Some players are so iconic they only need one name... Pele, Messi, Tiger, LeBron. Ichiro is one of them.

Career Highlights

17 time All-Star (7 NPB, 10 MLB)
4 time MVP (3 PL MVP, 1 AL MVP)
17 time Gold Glove (7 NPB, 10 MLB)
7 time Best Nine Award (NPB)
9 time Batting Champion (7 NPB, 2 MLB)
2 time Stolen Base Champion (1 PL, 1 MLB)
AL Rookie of the Year (2001)
3 time Japan Professional Sport Grand Prize
3 time Silver Slugger
3 time Fielding Bible Winner
7 time MLB season Hits leader

262 Hits in an MLB season (Most ever- also holds the 10th and 18th spot on the list)
225 Singles in an MLB season (Most ever)
10 consecutive seasons with 200+ hits and .300+ batting average (MLB)

All-Time Baseball Hits Leader (4308)

Career Stats

3451 Games Played
2500- MLB
951- NPB

.342/.374/.437 Combined triple slash
.313/.356/.405- MLB
.353/.421/.522- NPB

232 Home Runs
114- MLB
118- NPB

707 Stolen Bases
508- MLB
199- NPB

1289 RBI
760- MLB
529- NPB

 

[Voight]

The Atlanta Bravesare happy so select First baseman Jeff "Bagsy" Bagwell!

The National League (NL) Rookie of the Year in 1991, Bagwell then won the NL Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1994, was a four-time MLB All-Star, three-time Silver Slugger winner and a Gold Glove recipient. Forming a core part of Astros lineups with Craig Biggio and Lance Berkman given the epithet "Killer B's", Houston finished in first or second place in the National League Central division in 11 of 12 seasons from 1994 to 2005. They qualified for the playoffs six times, culminating in Bagwell's lone World Series appearance in 2005. He was selected to the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.

Bagwell hit 449 home runs for the Astros, the most in club history, among setting numerous other franchise career and single-season records. He excelled at every major aspect of the game, including hitting, on-base ability, running, defense, and throwing. One of the most consistent players of his generation, in each of his first eleven seasons, he produced no fewer than 4.7 Wins Above Replacement (WAR) per Baseball-Reference.com. His 1994 season was perhaps his finest. As the fourth unanimous NL MVP in history, he batted a career-high .368, produced a .750 slugging percentage − the highest in the NL since 1925 − and his runs-batted-in to games played ratio was the 13th-highest in history. In 1999, he finished second in the MVP voting, producing his second career 30–30 season.

The only player in MLB history to achieve six consecutive seasons (1996–2001) with each of 30 home runs, 100 RBI, 100 runs scored, and 100 walks, Bagwell is just the fifth to achieve 300 home runs, 1,000 RBI and 1,000 runs scored in his first ten seasons. He is just one of 12 players in history to hit 400 home runs and record an on-base percentage (OBP) of .400, and the only first baseman with at least 400 home runs and 200 stolen bases. Overall, Bagwell batted over .300 six times, had a career OBP of .408 (39th all-time) and a slugging percentage of .540 (32nd all-time). He is the only first baseman to achieve the 30–30 club more than once. His 79.6 career WAR per Baseball-Reference.com rank sixth all-time among first basemen.

15 Seasons
.297/.408/.540
2314 hits
449 HR
1529 RBI
.948 OPS (22nd all time)
79.6 bWAR (6th AT 1B)

Baseball Hall of Fame 2017 (86.2%)
4× All-Star (1994, 1996, 1997, 1999)
NL MVP (1994) (four other top 10 finishes)
NL Rookie of the Year (1991)
Gold Glove Award (1994)
3× Silver Slugger Award (1994, 1997, 1999)
NL RBI leader (1994)
Houston Astros #5 retired
Led NL Pos. Players in bWAR 1994 & 1999
(3rd in fWAR - 1990s)

 

[le_sean]

With the 91st pick in the ATD, the Montreal Royals are pleased to select 2B Roberto Alomar.

2011 BBHOF
10x Gold Glove
4x Silver Slugger
2x World Series champion
Lifetime .300 AVG
5th in steals for 2B (474)
Career 66.8 WAR
1992 ALCS MVP​

We are pleased to shore up the middle of our infield with one of the great all-around 2B of all-time, Roberto Alomar. Known for his flash, he will fit our team's swagger perfectly. His speed and switch hitting capability will help the Royals out.

 

[ryan callahan]

With the 92nd pick in the ATD draft, the SF Giants select C Gary Carter. With 69.9 bwar, which is good for 2nd of all time for catchers, we think he will man very well the position both offensively and defensively.

 

[td_ice]

With the 93rd pick, the Pittsburgh Pirates are pleased to select, OF, Manny Ramirez.


One of the all time great thumpers in the game. We are pleased to add a lot more bang into the lineup. Made all star team 12 of his 19 seasons. Won a batting title. Elite OBP as his slash indicates. Very happy to be able to select him.


MVP of 2004 World Series


.312/.411/.585 for OPS of .996


OPS+ 154



555 taters



oWAR 81.2

 

[bluesfan94]

I'll take RF Al Kaline, one of the best defensive right fielders of all time who could also hit.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Take a guy I've always wanted, OF - Tony Gwynn

 

[KaseMeOutside]

With the 96th pick in the ATD, the Los Angeles Angels select:


Pitcher, Phil Niekro

Niekro is one of a handful of pitchers in the 300 win, 5,000 inning, and 3,000 strike out club.

Amiong pitchers he is top 10 all time in WAR.
4 times he topped 300 innings pitched
13 times he reached double digits in complete games
19 times he reached over 200 innings pitched.

Niekro is a work horse, and he is a perfect fit on my team, slotting into the no.3 spot of the rotation.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

With the 97th pick in the ATD, the Los Angeles Angels select:

Catcher, Mike Piazza

Boasting a career slash line of .308/.377/.545 Piazza is arguably the greatest hitting catcher of all time.

4 Times he slugged an OPS over 1.000
9 consecutive years he hit over .300
9 times he hit over 30 home runs
7 times he finished top 10 in NL MVP voting
7 times an adjusted OPS of 150 or better and 142 for his career.

Piazza adds more depth to an already strong offensive lineup.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Gonna grab the lefty bopper I'm missing, the great 1B - Johnny Mize

 

[bluesfan94]

I'll take SS Barry Larkin.