My first NFBC Draft and Hold League

[Todd Zola]

1.14 Jose Altuve
2.17 Charlie Blackmon
3.44 Starling Marte
4.47 Tommy Pham
5.74 Mike Foltynewicz
6.77 Jose Berrios
7.104 Edwin Encarnacion
8.107 Justin Turner

Pitching wasn't by design. Well, it ended up being so because I didn't want to take the plunge with what was left at the 3/4 turn. In a higher stakes/Main Event league, I probably would have jumped on an arm earlier, but since this format is as much attrition as anything, I'll build a solid top-5, supplement with strong relief arms and look to fortify with a bunch of streamers.

Bully hitting, manage pitching.

[Todd Zola]

Next six picks, the pace has slowed considerably, but that's OK, no one is abusing the clock, it's all good.

9.134 Matt Olson
10.137 Charlie Morton
11.164 Dallas Keuchel
12.167 Elvis Andrus
13.194 Jake Arrieta
14.197 Ross Stripling

So far...

C
1B/3B Encarnacion/Turner/Olson
2B/SS Altuve/Andrus
OF Blackmon/Marte/Pham
SP Folty/Berrios/Morton/Keuchel/Arrieta/Stripling
RP

Still contemplating when to jump in with some bullpen darts. If this draft holds true to form, the guys I have in mind will be sniped before my next turn and I'll be forced to scramble, but that's OK.

There's some risk in the batters, but I like the power/speed mix along with a good batting average foundation.

[Todd Zola]

Adding

15.224 Sean Newcomb (mispick on my part, still tilting a little)
16.227 Jackie Bradley Jr.
17.254 Trevor May
18.257 Ty Buttrey
19.284 Asdrubal Cabrera
20.287 Ryan Yarbrough
21.314 Jonathan Lucroy
22.317 Mitch Garver

C Lucroy/Garver
1B/3B Encarnacion/Turner/Olson
2B/SS Altuve/Andrus/ACabrera
OF Blackmon/Marte/Pham/JBJ
SP Folty/Berrios/Morton/Keuchel/Arrieta/Stripling/Newcomb/Yarbrough
RP May/Buttrey

[Todd Zola]

The next several picks...

23.344 Kole Calhoun
24.347 Ryon Healy
25.374 Chase Anderson
26.377 Yonny Chirinos
27.404 Dustin Fowler
28.407 Kolten Wong
29.434 Tyler Flowers
30.437 Joe Kelly
31.474 Jose Castillo
32.477 Lou Trivino


C Lucroy/Garver/Flowers
1B/3B Encarnacion/Turner/Olson/Healy
2B/SS Altuve/Andrus/ACabrera/Wong
OF Blackmon/Marte/Pham/JBJ/KCalhoun/DuFowler
SP Folty/Berrios/Morton/Keuchel/Arrieta/Stripling/Newcomb/Yarbrough/CAnderson/Chirinos
RP May/Buttrey/Kelly/Castillo/Trivino

[Todd Zola]

Next 10

33.504 Brandon Crawford
34.507 Craig Stammen
35.534 Merrill kelly
36.537 Brian Goodwin
37.564 David Freese
38.567 Ehire Adrianza
39.594 Jose Pirela
40.597 Austin Dean
41.624 Nicky Delmonico
42.627 Bryan Mitchell

C Lucroy/Garver/Flowers
1B/3B Encarnacion/Turner/Olson/Healy/Freese
2B/SS Altuve/Andrus/ACabrera/Wong/BCrawford/Adrianza/Pirela
OF Blackmon/Marte/Pham/JBJ/KCalhoun/DuFowler/Goodwin/Dean/Delmonico
SP Folty/Berrios/Morton/Keuchel/Arrieta/Stripling/Newcomb/Yarbrough/CAnderson/Chirinos/RKelly/Mitchell
RP May/Buttrey/Kelly/Castillo/Trivino/Stammen

I don't hate it, considering I was chasing pitching the whole time, both SP and RP. With final 8 picks, need at least 1, maybe 2 catchers (BLECH!) and any SP with a pulse and a chance to start at some point this season.

[Todd Zola]

The final eight

43.654 Erik Kratz
44.657 Blaine Hardy
45.684 Chris Stratton
46.687 Josh Phegley
47.714 Erik Swanson
48.717 Stephen Gonsalves
49.744 Austin Slater
50.747 Caleb Ferguson

C Lucroy/Garver/Flowers/Kratz/Phegley
1B/3B Encarnacion/Turner/Olson/Healy/Freese
2B/SS Altuve/Andrus/ACabrera/Wong/BCrawford/Adrianza/Pirela
OF Blackmon/Marte/Pham/JBJ/KCalhoun/DuFowler/Goodwin/Dean/Delmonico/Slater
SP Folty/Berrios/Morton/Keuchel/Arrieta/Stripling/Newcomb/Yarbrough/CAnderson/
Chirinos/RKelly/Mitchell/Hardy/Stratton/Swanson/Gonsalves
RP May/Buttrey/Kelly/Castillo/Trivino/Stammen/Ferguson

Weaknesses
-saves
-catching (by design)
-back end of the outfield
-need starting pitching to stay healthy to make up for lack of stud anchor(s)
-not enough multiple eligibility players (Droobs, Pirela, Adrianza)