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make a difference, and you are ready to declare yourself the new Division Favourite.<\/p>\nSo, you are feeling pretty good about your draft.\u00a0 You picked up a few players you think will\u00a0 make a difference, and you are ready to declare yourself the new Division Favourite.<\/p>\n
However, is it true?\u00a0 The fact is, every other team doesn\u2019t stay in place as you improve do they?\u00a0 The question to ask is, did you improve enough over your competition?\u00a0 As well, some teams are playing the long game, and may pass up some older talented players, for younger players of promise.<\/p>\n
The reality is, some team are so bad, that they could improve their teams with a 10th<\/sup> round draft pick, where other team are so strong there just may be a few player in the entire draft that can make an impact, and they may not get a chance to draft them.<\/p>\n So, how did your team do?\u00a0 Let\u2019s take a look at the Post Draft Rankings:<\/p>\n Robinson Division<\/p>\n Montreal Menace – Division Favourite \u2013 74.8 WAR<\/p>\n Montreal was able to add 16.9 WAR to their starting line-up and rotation during this draft, leap frogging Bristol in the process.\u00a0 What\u2019s amazing about this, is that Montreal had no first round picks!<\/p>\n Their biggest fix that Montreal needed to address was their outfield and DH positions. \u00a0In fact, they didn\u2019t even need any superstars to make a difference.\u00a0 The Menace added rookie Chris Taylor (4.7) and veterans Brett Gardner (3.8) and Logan Morrison (3.3) to make significance impact to their offense.<\/p>\n They team also picked up 4 WAR from the bullpen improvements, to establish it as the strongest in the division.\u00a0 Strong Draft.<\/p>\n Bristol Wicketmen \u2013 Division Contender \/\u00a0 #1 Rated Wild Card Contender \u2013 67.5 WAR<\/p>\n All the improvement that the Wicketmen did was to their Bullpen, which going into the draft had only 1 pitcher.\u00a0 It was status quo for the starting line-up and the rotation.<\/p>\n Bristol continues to play the long game adding quality, high rated draft picks.\u00a0 The fruit of Bristol\u2019s draft will be seen in the next following years.\u00a0 Top youngsters make this a strong draft.\u00a0 Not much to improve with an excellent team.<\/p>\n Beaconsfield Pathfinder \u2013 #2 Rated Wild Card Contender \u2013 61.6 WAR<\/p>\n Where most GM\u2019s go for youth, Brodeur goes for experience.\u00a0 The Pathfinders had some easy fixes on their team like Montreal, and were able to fill those spots with one youngster and two veterans giving them the increase that they needed.\u00a0 Cody Bellinger (4.1) has the distinction of the being the Year\u2019s first overall draft pick and will be making an important impact for the team.\u00a0 Bellinger was followed up with veterans Ryan Zimmerman (3.3) and Justin Smoak (3.4).\u00a0 The rest of the WAR was some minor adjustments in the pen.<\/p>\n Ottawa Nationals \u2013 Outside Wild Card Contender \u2013 56.3 WAR<\/p>\n Ottawa looked to have started the draft off with a neck and neck battle with Beaconsfield, however there was a miscalculation in the Excel spreadsheet \u2026 and they were actually 10 WAR behind. Now, don\u2019t get me wrong, the team did improve in some much-needed areas, but there is a sense that their plan wasn\u2019t very well formulated.<\/p>\n As an example, their first pick was Rhys Hoskins, which is a great pick as many pundits see him hitting close to 40 HR next season and leading the team for the next five years or so alongside Nelson Arenado \u00a0(5.6) and George Springer (4.5).\u00a0 It what came next that made it so surprising!\u00a0 Their second pick was Eddie Rosario, who tragically they cut a few years ago, but there was some better talent on the board, but it was their third pick that baffled the pundits with Charlie Morton, that is 34 year old Charlie Morton.\u00a0 Yes, he is an improvement to the pitching staff, but again there was better talent, younger talent on the board such as youngsters Brad Peacock and Jimmy Nelson.\u00a0 Now, we are going to give Owner Dave Barras a bit of a break, as we believe their may have been some Mexican Pina-Coladas influencing the picks.<\/p>\n Jenkins Division<\/p>\n North Bay – Division Favourite \u2013 67.7 WAR<\/p>\n North Bay went into the draft with two goals in mind. \u00a0Their first goal was to improve their pen as the team realized that there wasn\u2019t much they could do with their rotation, but there was plenty of room to improve the pen.\u00a0 The Trappers improved 8 WAR in the pen alone giving them the second strongest pen after Montreal.\u00a0 Their second goal was accomplished by adding an ace to the staff, which they did with Jimmy Nelson.\u00a0 Ownership was pretty transparent wondering why nobody was jumping on a 4.9 WAR pitcher earlier on in the draft, until after they drafted him they found out he was injured.\u00a0 Oh well.<\/p>\n A recent trade has further increased the Trappers fortune as they recently added Mike Trout and Y. Petit in the ben for an additional 4 WAR overall<\/p>\n Madawaska Mud Hens \u2013 Division Contender \/ #4 Wild Card Favourite \u2013 59. WAR<\/p>\n If there was a Silver Bullet to claim the lives of a Division rival, it was shot by new ambitious owner Todd Kuciak when he shot it at Jordan Spoelstra with his second pick of the draft with Tommy Pham.\u00a0 Spoelstra, for some reason was under the impression that Pham might drop to his pick at #9.\u00a0 As Spoelstra was heard saying \u201cTommy Pham was Plan A.\u00a0 There is no Plan B\u201d, Kuciak went from nobody to a dominant contender in the Jenkins Division partially.\u00a0 Madawaska had a draft for the ages improving themselves at all Outfield positions and all members of the rotation giving them the greatest increase in the draft. They climbed from possible third place finish to a strong second place finish, possibly even a shot at the title if their pitching can hold out.<\/p>\n BTW, great story about Tommy Pham here …<\/p>\n\n
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