I know the reason I selected Johan Santana in round one of the ESPN NL-only mock draft last week. I won't lie. It was because I wanted to see what it was like. I hadn't drafted Santana in round one before, and I was curious. I wanted to see how it felt, how I could build a team. A pitcher in round one? Do you know me? A pitcher, ha!
Well, it is a mock draft after all, a practice run for all those March drafts, and I really recommend it. Take a gander into our mock draft lobby and take some stabs at different strategies, see what gets you going. Anyway, I'll tell you what didn't make me smile. With the No. 7 pick in this NL-only draft, after the first six who I would have taken got grabbed, I sat there staring at Santana's name. I know what he's capable of. He's the only pitcher in baseball I predict will be winning 20 games this season, I think he's got a 50/50 shot at finishing first on our Player Rater, kind of like when golf experts ask you to predict the winner of a tournament being Tiger Woods or the field. That's Santana. Obviously I like what he brings to a fantasy team. I really have nothing bad to say about him except ...
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Eric Karabell
