I am a firm believer in drafting guys who can help in five categories first in your draft and targeting guys late who's talent suggest they can help in 5 categories. I am going to list both the Early 20 and the late prospect groups. Many of these guys will be gone after round 3, but you should be able to grab 2 of them in rounds 1 and 2.
The Early 20 Five-Category Talents
1. Hanley Ramirez
2. Alex Rodriguez
3. David Wright
4. Chase Utley
5. Grady Sizemore
6. Matt Holliday
7. Josh Hamilton
8. Ryan Braun
9. Jimmy Rollins
10. Evan Longoria
11. Carlos Beltran
12. Alfonso Soriano
13. Lance Berkman
14. Ian Kinsler
15. Dustin Pedroia
16. BJ Upton
17. Alex Rios
18 Torii Hunter
19. Nick Markakis
20. Curtis Granderson
21. Jason Bay
22. Nate McLouth
23. Alexei Ramirez
24. Bobby Abreu
25. Johnny Damon
A few of the guys from 15-20 are the less sure bets to be 5 category, but largely considered to be headed for that type of season. Also with steals after #15 you are looking at more guys that are low double digits, but still help across the board.
The Five-category Prospects
1. Nelson Cruz
2. Carlos Gonzalez
3. Dallas McPherson
4. Colby Rasmus
I will be adding to this list as I see players looking at making teams.
Questions or comments send to TroyPatterson@RotoSavants.com
Love the Nelson Cruz pick as 5 category prospect! I think he could be one of the biggest break outs of '09. Just wrote an article on him too. Targeting him as a late round sleeper with HUGE potential to be a steal of the draft. Good call Troy!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love him and he will stay a late pick as people still predict him as a AAAA player. H ehas yet to show his 20+ steal speed which he has. Going to be a huge steal this year.
ReplyDeleteShouldn't Matt Kemp be on this list somewhere?
ReplyDeleteYou're right. I think I missed him because of the lower power, but he should outproduce Damon at the least in most categories.
ReplyDeleteI will add him on the next update.
If the low averages for McLouth and Hunter don't keep them off the list, shouldn't Corey Hart be included as well?
ReplyDeleteHart was more about his inability to score runs as he can hit at a .280 level. I need to see Hart wallk more and get on base more to have enough runs to make this list. If I could see him at 90+ runs he would be in the top 20.
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