Official 9th Baseball ATD Thread (Picks Only)

[td_ice]

With pick 125, the Pittsburgh Pirates are pleased to select, 1B, Frank Thomas.


The "Big Hurt". Named that for good reason. Every about him is BIG. His size, his numbers, his impact on the game. One the most feared and devastating hitters ever.

THE ONLY PLAYER in mlb history to have 7 consecutive seasons of;

.300 BA
100 runs
100 rbi's
100 bb's
20 homeruns


73.7 bWAR

2 AL MVP

156 OPS+


.301/.419/.555 over his career

 

[Pwnasaurus]

The St. Louis Cardinals are pleased to select OF - Al Simmons. Simmons could hit for average, power and possessed one of the better throwing arms of his time. He'll slot in nicely behind the candy bar in the lineup.

- BBHOF (1953)
- 2 Times World Series Champion
- Ranked 71st greatest player all-time by Bill James
- Ranked 7th all-time among LF in JAWs rating
- 4 Times finished Top 5 in MVP voting
- 3 Times finished Top 5 in WAR (all positions)
- 8 Times finished Top 5 in Batting Average (Led League 2 Times)
- 5 Times finished Top 5 in OPS
- 7 Times finished Top 5 in Homeruns
- Led League in LF assists 2 Times

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Pleased to add the great C - Carlton Fisk to the team.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

With the 128th pick in the ATD draft, the Los Angeles Angels select, third baseman, Ron Santo

 

[KaseMeOutside]

With the 129th pick in the ATD, the Los Angeles Angels select, 1b Jim Thome.

44th all time in WAR
Career OBP over .400
20th all time in SLG%
7th all time in HR
48th all time in OPS+(9 top 10 finishes)
22nd all time in extra base hits
4th all time in AB's per home run.
9 times an OPS+ of over 150, making him a truly elite hitter.

By any measure Thome is not only one of the greatest power hitting 1b of all time, but is just one of the best power hitters of all time, period, who did not sacrifice getting on base to hit homeruns, as evidenced by a career OBP of over .400

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I'll take SP - Dizzy Dean

 

[Pwnasaurus]

The St. Louis Cardinals are pleased to add an underrated lefty starter to the mix, SP - Lefty Gomez. Gomez performed extremely well in an era dominated by great offensive players such as Foxx, Greenberg, Cochrane, Gehringer and Simmons. Gomez at times even finished ahead of Ruth in MVP voting, a testament to his value to the powerhouse Yankees. He slots in nicely behind Paige and Palmer.

- Bbhof (1972)
- 5 times world series champion
- 2 time AL pitching Triple Crown winner
- 2 times finished top 5 in MVP voting
- Led league in WAR among pitchers (1934), 3 times finished in Top 5
- 2 times led league in ERA (6 times finished in top 5)
- 2 times led league in wins (7 times finished in top 5)
- 3 times led league in strikeouts (7 times finished in top 5)

 

[td_ice]

With the 132nd pick, the Pittsburgh Pirates are pleased to select, SP, Dazzy Vance.


Vance had a HOF, 16 year career. The Pirates add another stud pitcher, and strikeout master. The Big Unit, Pedro and now Vance. The bulk of his career was 1922-35. He was the dominant strikeout pitcher of his time.

Dazzy is the only pitcher in history to lead the NL in strikeouts for 7 consecutive seasons.


62.5 bWAR


FIP was NL best 7x's


had WAR seasons of 10.4, 10.0, 7.8, and 7.1.


Lead NL in ERA 3x's.


In 1924, Vance lead the league in K's and had more strikeouts than the 2nd and 3rd best strikeout pitchers COMBINED.

 

[ryan callahan]

The San Francisco Giants are happy to select 2B Ryne Sandberg

 

[le_sean]

With the 134th pick in the ATD, the Montreal Royals are pleased to select 1B Willie "Stretch" McCovey.

BBHOF (1986)
NL MVP (1969)
NL ROY (1959)
6x All-Star
3x NL HR leader
521 career HRs
Career slash line .270/.374/.515 (147 OPS+)​

A tower of a man, McCovey was an intimidating presence in the batter's box. Though he played his prime during the pitcher's era Willie had no trouble hitting mammoth shots at dreaded pitcher's haven Candlestick Park. a longtime Dodgers manager noted, "McCovey didn't hit any cheap one. When he belts a home run, he does it with such authority it seems like an act of God. You can't cry about it."

 

[Voight]

The Atlanta Braves will select SP Don Sutton

Career Stat Highlights
324-256 W-L (15th All Time - Wins)
5282.1 IP (7th All Time)
3574 SO (7th All Time)
3.26 ERA
3.24 FIP
6.09 K/9
2.61 BAPIP
2.29 BB/9
1.14 WHIP
85.5 fWAR (14th All Time - Pitchers)

Career Highlights
4× All-Star (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977)
MLB All-Star Game MVP (1977)
MLB ERA leader (1980)
Los Angeles Dodgers #20 retired
BBHOF 1998

 

[Winger for Hire]

With the 136th pick in the draft, the Yomiuri Giants select 3B/2B/OF/DH/SS Paul Leo Molitor

Hamstrung by a series of devastating injuries early in his career as an infielder with the Milwaukee Brewers, Molitor developed a reputation for fragility, and it appeared that his career was cursed as seasons were cut short. But the soft-spoken right-handed hitter from St. Paul persevered to achieve milestones of durability as a designated hitter for the Toronto Blue Jays and the Twins. In 21 seasons, he collected 3,319 hits in 2,683 major-league games, belted 234 homers, scored 1,782 runs, and drove in 1,307. A seven-time American League All-Star with a smooth swing, above-average speed, and outstanding base-running skills, he finished his career with a .306 batting average and became just the sixth player in major-league baseball history to collect 3,000 hits and 500 stolen bases.

Molitor is one of five players in major league history with at least 3,000 hits, a .300 lifetime batting average, and 500 stolen bases. The other four are Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, and Eddie Collins, and Ichiro Suzuki. Only Ichiro played beyond 1930. Molitor is the only player ever to accomplish those feats and hit at least 200 home runs. Molitor is also the first player in World Series history to have at least two home runs, two doubles, and two triples in one series (1993). He is a member of an exclusive club, hitting .300 or better in full season across three decades (1970s, 80s, and 90s).

Career Highlights

First Ballot HoF Inductee (85.2%)
1993 World Series MVP
1987 Hutch Award
1993 AL Babe Ruth Award
7 time All-Star
4 time Silver Slugger
3 time MLB Hit Leader
3 time MLB Runs Scored Leader

Named to the Major League Baseball All-Time Team (Starter at DH)

Career Stats

.306/.369/.448
.817 OPS (122 OPS+)
3,319 Hits

605 Doubles
114 Triples
234 Home Runs

1307 RBI
1782 Runs Scored
504 Stolen Bases

75.4 bWAR (45th among position players)
319.6 Power/Speed# (16th All-Time)

Career Postseason

132 Plate Appearances
29 Games

.368/.435/.615
1.050 OPS

5 Doubles
3 Triples
6 Home Runs
22 RBI
28 Runs Scored

 

[Tecumseh]

With the 137th pick in the ninth round, the Albuquerque Dukes select OF Vladimir Guerrero.

16 year career

.318/.379/.553/.931
140 OPS+
59.3 WAR
2,590 hits (once led the league in this category)
447 doubles
449 home runs
1,496 RBIs
181 stolen bases (career-high 40 in 2002)
2004 AL MVP (4x finished top 5 in voting)
9x All-Star
8x Silver Slugger​

 

[bluesfan94]

I'll take LF Ralph Kiner.

 

[Vegeta]

The Detroit Tigers select OF Harry Heilmann

 

[darko]

140 - New York Yankees select - 1B, Dan Bouthers

39th all time in WAR
.342 career batting average (9th all time)
.423 career OBP (13th all time)
.942 OPS (28th all time)
7th all time in OPS+

 

[NJDevs26]

Speaking of moustaches, one of the few elite relievers left who was a multi-inning pitcher:

Had an insanely long career (pitched 1809.1 innings over 22 seasons) with a prime that lasted over a decade. Not only a great relief pitcher but an intimidating personality with his 6'3 frame and 100 MPH fastball. Pitched in nine All-Star games and four postseasons, where he had 29 K and 31.1 IP with a 2.87 ERA and 0.89 WHIP.

 

[Gootie]

Chicago Whales select 3B Home Run Baker

 

[Porn*]

Sorry to those PM'ing trade offers... zero interest in making moves.

The Toronto Blue Jays are pleased to select:

Lou Brock - LF

Hall of Famer Lou Brock is certainly one of the top ten leadoff hitters in Major League history, though you might have expected to see him a little higher on the list.

In 19 Major League seasons, Brock collected 3,023 hits, scored 1,610 runs and stole 938 bases and most of that production (2,310 hits, 1,254 runs and 762 stolen bases in 8,653 plate appearances) came as his team’s leadoff hitter.

A six-time All-Star, Brock began his career with the Chicago Cubs but blossomed after a trade to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1964. He led the Majors in runs scored in 1967 and 1971, in doubles and triples in 1968 and was the greatest base stealer of his generation.

In 1974, at the age of 35, Brock was the runner-up for the National League MVP Award. He hit .306/.368/.381 for the Cardinals that season with 25 doubles, seven triples, three home runs and 48 RBI in 153 games. He scored 105 runs (the seventh time in his career he surpassed 100) and stole a then-Major League Baseball record 118 bases.

Brock retired with the Major League record for stolen bases in a career, and now sits second on the all-time list.

In three trips to the Fall Classic, Brock had a .391 average – including two Series where he hit over .400. In addition, he had 34 hits, four home runs, drove in 13 runs, scored 16 runs, and stole 14 bags in 21 career World Series games.

6× All-Star (1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979)
2× World Series champion (1964, 1967)
Roberto Clemente Award (1975)
8× NL stolen base leader (1966–1969, 1971–1974)
St. Louis Cardinals #20 retired
St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame

 

[UL Washington]

The Naps select RP Bruce Sutter, because we need a closer and he's the last HOF closer left.

1979 Cy Young winner
2.83 ERA
300 SV (5X league leading totals)

 

[UL Washington]

The Naps also select CF Billy Hamilton. He checks off a lot of the boxes I'm looking for...CF, good defender, faaaast, high OBP, and left handed. Whether or not he's the BPA, it doesn't matter as he fits my team best

1888-1901


He'll be the ideal leadoff man for my offense.

.344 BA
.455 OBP
.888 OPS (144 OPS+)
914SB

Top 10 in WAR for position players every year between 1890 and 1898, then again in 1900. Simply put, he's one of the best pre-modern era players.

 

[Porn*]

Toronto Blue Jays select,

1st - Eddie Murray - Switch Hitter

Batting average .287
Hits 3,255
Home runs 504
Runs batted in 1,917

Though Murray never won a Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award, he finished in the top ten in MVP voting several times.
He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.[1] In the New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract (2010), Murray is described as the fifth-best first baseman in major league history. He was 77th on the list of the Baseball's 100 Greatest Players by The Sporting News (1998).

8× All-Star (1978, 1981–1986, 1991)
World Series champion (1983)
AL Rookie of the Year (1977)
3× Gold Glove Award (1982–1984)
3× Silver Slugger Award (1983, 1984, 1990)
AL home run leader (1981)
AL RBI leader (1981)
Baltimore Orioles #33 retired

With the Orioles from 1977 until 1988, Murray averaged 28 home runs and 99 RBI and was a perennial candidate for the MVP award, twice finishing second in the voting. His best season was 1983, when he hit .306/.393/.538 with 110 RBI and a career-high 33 home runs; though a spectacular season, he finished second in the MVP voting. The Orioles also appeared in the post-season twice, in 1979 and 1983, and won the World Series in 1983. He won the Gold Glove Award three consecutive times from 1982 to 1984. Murray's close-knit friendship with fellow Oriole Cal Ripken, Jr. was highly publicized in Baltimore at the time.

In 1998, he ranked number 77 on The Sporting News list of Baseball's 100 Greatest Players,[12] and was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Murray was the third player in history to reach 500 home runs and 3,000 hits Hank Aaron and Willie Mays were the first two.

 

[Gootie]

Chicago Whales select 1B Mark McGwire

 

[NJDevs26]

Best player left at a position of need and a HOF member of the famous Gashouse Gang Cardinal teams of the 1930's:

-Made ten All-Star games
-Won the triple crown in his 1937 MVP season (.374-31-154)
-Finished his career with 1383 runs batted in (83rd all-time) and a .504 slugging percentage (90th all-time)
-Hit .326 in two World Series including a series-leading eleven hits in the Cardinals' 1934 triumph

From his Hall of Fame page:

A solid defensive outfielder, Medwick would go on to become one of the National League’s most dangerous hitters in the 1930s. After two top-five finishes in the NL MVP race in 1935 and 1936, Medwick received the NL MVP in 1937, when he won the NL Triple Crown and also led the league in hits, runs, doubles, total bases and slugging.

Medwick could hit for average and power, leading the NL in hits twice and extra-base hits three times. He enjoyed his finest years with the Cardinals, earning six of his 10 All-Star selections with the club.

Though Medwick could hit for power, it didn’t come at the expense of his ability to put the bat to the ball, as he never struck out more than 100 times in a season. He was a well-rounded hitter, capable of going outside of the strike zone to drive in runs when needed.

 

[darko]

149 - New York Yankees select - Alan Trammell, SS

2365 career hits
World Series Champion
6x All Star
4x Gold Glove Winner
3x Silver Slugger Awards