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Baseball America's Braves Top 10

  1. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, c
  2. Elvis Andrus, ss
  3. Matt Harrison, lhp
  4. Brandon Jones, of
  5. Van Pope, 3b
  6. Eric Campbell, 3b
  7. Scott Thorman, 1b/of
  8. Jo-Jo Reyes, lhp
  9. Joey Devine, rhp
  10. Yunel Escobar, inf
I really thought that Eric Campbell would be higher than he was, especially having Van Pope ahead of him.  Anyone else see any eye openers on this list??

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Wanted: Keeper League Draft Help

I'm a new user and would just like to say that this looks like a wonderful site and i hope to be posting quite a bit in the future.  Now, on to the topic........I'm in a 12 team keeper league and the way the league is set up, there is a 10 round FA draft, and a 10 round Amateur Draft.  Now, this league has been 4 years in the running, and most of the main minor leaguers are taken. Hermida, Young, Upton etc, are all chosen.  Most of the top picks in the 2005 draft have already been selected as well.  Now, i dont know what all you need to be of some assistance, but i have signed up for a subscription at Rotoamerica.com.  For only $10 a year, i figured it would be of some assistance rather than $60 for Baseball America.  My roster right now is Mauer, no 1B, Soriano, Lugo, Rolen, Mora, Crawford, no CF, Ichiro, Carpenter, Schmidt, F. Garcia, Silva, Nathan, Lidge and Baez.  The league is set up with RF/CF/LF and there are 3 SP, 3 RP and 3 P positions.  I basically depleted my minor league system to acquire pro players and i did go from last to 1st last year.  I traded away Dopirak, Hinckley, Rogers, Moses, Wood, Markakis, Howard, Sleeth, Crain, Cain.  My minor leaguers now are Lubanski, Everts, Parra, Gardner, Concepcion, Votto, Chick and Hawksworth.  Here are the players that have been taken so far in the draft.

  1. Upton
  2. Zimmerman
  3. Pelfrey
  4. Clement
  5. Devine
  6. Chris Young
  7. Gordon
  8. Maybin (my pick)
  9. Braun
  10. Pawalek
  11. Carillo
  12. Lester (my pick)
  13. Romero
  14. Tulowitzki
  15. LaRoche
  16. Bruce (my pick)
  17. Hirsh
  18. Volquez
  19. McCutchen
  20. Volstad (my pick)
  21. Hansen
  22. Carlos Gonzales
  23. Travis Wood
  24. CJ Henry (my pick)
  25. Townsend
  26. Broadway
  27. Soler
  28. Rasmus
  29. Tyler Greene
  30. Mayberry Jr
  31. Eric Hurley (my pick)
  32. Matt Garza
  33. Elbert
  34. Patton
  35. Andrus
  36. Chaz Roe
  37. Ellsbury
  38. Nelson Cruz
  39. Josh Johnson
  40. Aaron Thompson
I have 2 picks every round, in the 8th and 12th slot.  Here are the players i have on my list to look at.  I was wondering if i could get maybe a top 5 from this list, or just state what i need to improve on in my minor league system.

Collin Balester, Eric Patterson, Stephen Head, Jeff Bianchi, Andre Ethier, Ricky Nolasco, Ray Liotta, Adam Lind, Matt Kemp, James Barthmaier, Shane Lindsay, Eddy Martinez-Esteve, Yovani Gallardo, Yuniel Escobar, Chuck James, Nolan Reimold, Marcus Sanders, Anthony Lerew, Garret Olson, Michael Bowden, Bradon Snyder, Kelly Shoppach, Eric Campbell, John Drennen.  Crowe, Pennington, Bogusevic, Marceaux are the only 2005 1st rounders not selected yet.  Also, are there any names im leaving off or any sleeper picks to be aware of?  I know this is a large post, but i figured i'd be descriptive rather than leaving you guys with nothing.  All the help would be appreciated.

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