Reviewed: Commissioner's League Draft Rounds 4-6

I previously reviewed rounds 1 and 2 of the Commissioner's League live draft here. Round 3 was explained by the Commish himself in the Comments section of that post. I felt it did not bear reviewing due to its idiosyncrasies.

On to the next rounds:


Round 4
Overall Pick Round Pick Team Player ML Team Salary Position
49 1 Turley Scott Kazmir TB 4052 SP
50 2 South Park Kevin Youkilis Bos 3855 1B, 3B
51 3 Budapest Brad Lidge Phi 5730 RP
52 4 Rusty Danny Haren Ari 5793 SP
53 5 Humpback Chien-Ming Wang NYY 1784 SP
54 6 Elbow Deep Joakim Soria KC 5424 RP
55 7 St. Nido Jose Valverde Hou 3556 RP
56 8 Sara's Brian Fuentes LAA 2845 RP
57 9 Benchwarmer Joe Mauer Min 4001 C
58 10 California Alfonso Soriano ChC 3038 OF
59 11 Shadow Ridge Jimmy Rollins Phi 4870 SS
60 12 Airborne Cliff Lee Cle 5670 SP
61 13 Andy Dan Uggla Fla 3853 2B
62 14 Greenville Carlos Marmol ChC 3138 RP
63 15 Alfalfa Francisco Cordero Cin 3113 RP
64 16 Bellerose Troy Tulowitzki Col 1748 SS

This was an interesting round in that 6 closers were taken to make 10 taken in total for the draft so far. A minimum of two closers is ideal in BWB due to the scoring methodology, so a run this early could make sense. Saves should not be punted in BWB like they can in other fantasy formats.

Best Pick: Even though it was an auto-pick, Jimmy Rollins is nice addition to a roster as he can provides lots of runs at the top of the order at a position that is not overly deep. Shadow Ridge is paying full price for Rollins' expected production, but it should be money well spent.

Honorable Mention: C-M Wang for 1784 looks like a good value pick. Wang should approach 200 IP with a competent ERA.


Round 5
Overall Pick Round Pick Team Player ML Team Salary Position
65 1 Bellerose Bobby Jenks CWS 2195 RP
66 2 Alfalfa Carlos Beltran NYM 5785 OF
67 3 Greenville Cole Hamels Phi 5662 SP
68 4 Andy Matt Garza TB 2674 SP
69 5 Airborne Roy Oswalt Hou 5165 SP
70 6 Shadow Ridge Vladimir Guerrero LAA 4250 OF
71 7 California Victor Martinez Cle 1809 C, 1B
72 8 Benchwarmer Jered Weaver LAA 2976 SP
73 9 Sara's Carlos Lee Hou 3220 OF
74 10 St. Nido Magglio Ordonez Det 5025 OF
75 11 Elbow Deep Derek Lowe Atl 4713 SP
76 12 Humpback Jonathan Broxton LAD 1794 RP
77 13 Rusty Prince Fielder Mil 4674 1B
78 14 Budapest Nate McLouth Pit 3540 OF
79 15 South Park Alexei Ramirez CWS 1289 2B, SS, OF
80 16 Turley Aramis Ramirez ChC 4624 3B

Best Pick: Carlos Lee. After spending considerable time out of the lineup in 2008 due to injury, El Caballo can provide 3-slot power production at a discount.

Round 6
Overall Pick Round Pick Team Player ML Team Salary Position
81 1 Turley Shaun Marcum Tor 2989 SP
82 2 South Park Jacoby Ellsbury Bos 1404 OF
83 3 Budapest Matt Kemp LAD 2727 OF
84 4 Rusty Scott Olsen Was 2981 SP
85 5 Humpback Josh Johnson Fla 818 SP
86 6 Elbow Deep Wandy Rodriguez Hou 2930 SP
87 7 St. Nido Takashi Saito Bos 2948 RP
88 8 Sara's Brian McCann Atl 2176 C
89 9 Benchwarmer Derrek Lee ChC 4034 1B
90 10 California Adam Wainwright StL 2145 SP
91 11 Shadow Ridge Jon Garland Ari 2926 SP
92 12 Airborne Brian Giles SD 2911 OF
93 13 Andy B.J. Upton TB 2485 OF
94 14 Greenville Barry Zito SF 2898 SP
95 15 Alfalfa Doug Davis Ari 2888 SP
96 16 Bellerose Kerry Wood Cle 1997 RP

Wow! Lots of great value taken in this round. If BJ Upton can continue to show power, that's going to be a great pick, but certainly there's no guarantee of that happening. Kerry Wood is also a nice deal for a closer at 1997 when other closers went off the board for 5000.

Best Pick: However, the best pick in my mind is Brian McCann. McCann is one of the top catchers in the league and costs half of Joe Mauer. Victor Martinez is similarly priced with comparable upside, but was taken in an earlier round.