December 10, 200718 yr Ok, So I am in this keeper league, and we have this draft every year where you can select rookies. The only thing is, they had to have their MLB debut in 2007 in order to be selected. (However, If a guy made his debut in 06 but was not selected in last years draft, like Carmona, he can be selected, but dont worry about that.) Another example: Troy Tulowitzki. He was a rookie in 07, but he made his debut in 06, so he can't be selected because he was picked inlast years draft. I've been searching around different websites and looking through different books to come up with some names. The obvious 1 and 2 are Carmona and Braun. Here's some of the names I found Ryan Braun Fausto Carmona Diasuke Matsuzaka Alex Gordon Brandon Wood Phil Hughes Homer Bailey Justin Upton Tim Lincecum Cameron Maybin Yovanni Gallardo Andy LaRoche Billy Butler Ian Stewart Luke Hochevar Joey Votto Jarrod Saltalamacchia Jeff Clement Jacoby Ellsbury Hunter Pence Felix Pie Clay Buchholz Joba Chamberlain Ian Kennedy Travis Buck Franklin Morales Ryan Sweeney Ubaldo Jimenez John Danks Troy Patton Carlos Gomez Glen Perkins Kevin Slowey J.A. Happ Lance Broadway Brian Bannister so yeah, if you see any notable rookies who made their debut in 2007 that I did not include, please feel free to include them. Also, can you kinda help me rank these players? Thanks (I know Ramp will have a field day with this)
December 11, 200718 yr Ryan Braun Fausto Carmona Diasuke Matsuzaka Alex Gordon Phil Hughes Homer Bailey Justin Upton Tim Lincecum Cameron Maybin Yovanni Gallardo Andy LaRoche Billy Butler Luke Hochevar Joey Votto Jarrod Saltalamacchia Jeff Clement Hunter Pence Felix Pie Clay Buchholz Joba Chamberlain of course it depends on what your needs are, but those are the guys I would look at... I didn't rank them though
January 7, 200818 yr Author Ryan Braun Fausto Carmona Diasuke Matsuzaka Alex Gordon Phil Hughes Homer Bailey Justin Upton Tim Lincecum Cameron Maybin Yovanni Gallardo Andy LaRoche Billy Butler Luke Hochevar Joey Votto Jarrod Saltalamacchia Jeff Clement Hunter Pence Felix Pie Clay Buchholz Joba Chamberlain of course it depends on what your needs are, but those are the guys I would look at... I didn't rank them though Thanks. I just had my draft the other night and I was able to get a few guys you have on that list. Upton Votto Clement Butler Hochevar I also got a few other prospects that I was kinda interested in as well J.R. Towles (who I think is one of the best catching prospects out there) Brandon Morrow (I think he will be a STUD) Chase Headley (showed promise in the minors; Padres are pretty high on him) Kurt Suzuki (Pretty good hitting catcher. definitely a Billy Beane player. Gets on base a lot..not the greatest at defense but should be pretty good) Andy Sonnanstine (Put up very good numbers in the minors; got lit up in his stay in the Majors. Maybe he can be a decent middle to end of the rotation starter...who knows) and finally in the last round I ended up getting Ross Detwiler, the first player to reach the majors from the 2007 MLB draft. Nationals must think pretty highly of him if they called him up the year he signed. Figured I'd take a shot on him. Low Risk/High Reward. So all in all, I think I did pretty well. Obviously not all these guys are gonna turn out to be good, but if a few of them do, I'll consider my draft this year a success
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