I like Scuba's setup above and considering we're halfway through season 1, I figure I'd do an update out of nothing but sheer boredom.
Round 1: Stephen Strasburg - Every bit a number one pitcher and a no doubt first round pick. Win/loss isn't great due to ranking dead last in run support. GB% up almost 10% from last year.
Round 2: Adrian Gonzalez - Just doing what he's always done. Consistent hitting machine. A couple of errors early in the year but still a stud defensively.
Round 3: Will Middlebrooks - Wish he didn't get a major case of the sophomore slumps. He's looked great in AAA. Hopefully he returns to what he looked like last year or this is a terrible pick.
Round 4: Craig Kimbrel - Not lighting the world on fire like last year, but he's still the best closer in baseball. Don't regret this pick in the least. As "shutdown" as it gets.
Round 5: Trevor Bauer - Awful pick. Spotty control has led to crap AAA #'s and worse MLB #'s. At best he's a number 5/6 pitcher on my staff. Still young. Hope there's some turn around.
Round 6: Starling Marte - Best pick of my draft. This kid is exceptional, and is doing it all, at the plate, on the bases and in the field.
Round 7: Carlos Gomez - Another great pick. Showing that last year was no fluke. Hitting for power, outstanding offensively and Gold Glove caliber defense.
Round 8: Gordon Beckham - Broke hamate bone earlier in the year. Still showing signs of improvement as far as hitting for average and OBP goes.
Round 9: Rick Porcello - Up and down year. He has great stuff, but when he's not putting it together he's awful. His early struggles have seemed to fade, so there's still hope he's a solid #3.
Round 10: Brett Jackson - Time's running out for the soon to be 25 yr old top prospect. Hasn't done much in the way of improving this year in AAA. Had higher hopes...
Round 11: Danny Duffy - Should be back after the All-Star break and has looked increasingly better as his rehab goes from TJ surgery. Hoping he's my #2 pitcher by years end.
Round 12: Jose "Motherfucking BABIP God" Iglesias -
Round 13: Tyler Flowers - OK power, OK D behind the plate. Terrible plate approach, terrible OBP. Another guy I was hoping would shine with increased playing time. Not so much.
Round 14: Kelvin Herrera - My diminutive fireballer... What happened? Still throws hard but guys are hitting harder. Giving up HR's left and right. Demoted to AAA.
Round 15: Jonny Venters - TJS... out for season.
Round 16: Kyle McPherson - Visiting Dr. Andrews... likely out for season.
Round 17: Logan Schafer - Strictly a defensive replacement. No offense whatsoever.
Round 18: Cody Allen - Pitched exceptionally well for his first season in the majors. K rate up, BB rate down, Velocity up. Would likely be my 8th inning guy in front of Kimbrel.
Round 19: Yan Gomes - My best late round pick. Hits for average and power and plays multiple positions well including the majority at catcher this year. Would easily bump Flowers.
Round 20: Henry Rodriguez - Switch hitting infielder still trying to get AAA pitching figured out. Slightly improved AVG, OBP and SLG this year.
Round 21: Justin Wilson - Has pitched pretty well out of the pen. K rate is down but so is BB rate. Would likely be my 6th/7th inning guy.
Round 22: Justin Grimm - Up and down season for the kid in his first year in the majors. Decent numbers for a bottom of the rotation starter. Still has some upside.
Round 23: Eury Perez - Watch out for this kid. Great fielder, hits for AVG, steals bases and has started to show power in AAA this year.
Round 24: Hernan Perez - Putting up great numbers in AA. Should be in AAA. Wouldn't be surprised to see him in the majors next year.
Round 25: Maikel Cleto - DFA'd by StL, picked up by KC and sent to AAA. NO control whatsoever. Wasted pick here.
All in all not terrible. A little different than what I thought I'd have so far. I didn't think the lineup would be this good, but I also didn't expect the number of injuries to the pitching staff as a whole.
Lineup: Pretty Good. S. Marte LF, G. Beckham 2B, C. Gomez CF, A. Gonzalez 1B, Y. Gomes C, WMB 3B, E. Perez RF, J. Church SS is a great NL lineup. Flowers would likely be the DH for AL games. Team wOBA = .339 (Taking into account WMB's .265, Flowers .275 and decreasing Perez's by 10% because it's AAA). Defensively they're pretty exceptional too.
Starting Pitching: Strasburg, Duffy, Porcello are a decent 1-2-3 with Grimm at 4 and Bauer at 5, this isn't as spectacular as I thought it would be but it could still contend.
Bullpen: One word... THIN. Wilson, Allen, and Kimbrel as my 7-8-9. Herrera in for mop up. Cleto if I need a laugh. Losing Venters and McPherson really hurt this part of the team.