Miracle Two Round Mock...

I strongly encourage any serious owner to give this a try as it opened my eyes about when quite a few of these players might be taken.  Without a selection in round two I was able to select players that I might look for with the various teams.  I played owner for each and every team.  Here we go..

Round 1--

1.1  Charlotte--Miguel Cabrera
1.2  San Antonio--Ryan Braun
1.3  Julian--Justin Verlander
1.4  Gaylord--Carlos Gonzalez
1.5  Michigan--Buster Posey
1.6  Arizona--Curtis Granderson
1.7  Mid Michigan--David Wright
1.8  Dallas--Dustin Pedroia
1.9  Toledo--David Price
1.10  Arizona--Billy Butler
1.11  Hackensack--Yoenis Cespedes
1.12  Flying Squirrels--Ben Zobrist
1.13  North Texas--Felix Hernandez
1.14  Atlantic--Aramis Ramirez
1.15  South Texas--Jared Weaver
1.16  Atlantic--Matt Holliday

All of the names have been bandied about in previous weeks.  The top three picks seem to be pretty solid since there is really no reason to bluff but anything could happen and usually does.  Moving up to #5 for the defending Champs allowed me to take one of the top 5 players who are all 5 year worthy.  Except perhaps Verlander.  Long contracts don't always work out well for SP's....do they Atlantic?  Any of those 5 I would be very happy with although I don't have a 5 year open.  Anyone interested in Pujols???  Our newest owners inherits an outstanding team but I suspect he will be an owner that selects who he is familiar with.  Just exactly how deep his knowledge runs will be found out very quickly.  North Texas, according to me will get the SP he wanted by trading up.  At least it seems like that was the reason he traded up.  These picks make the most sense to me and I'm hoping that at least half of them are correct....but who know, anyway, it was fun putting it together.

Round 2

2.1  Charlotte--Chris Sale
2.2  Julian--Craig Kimbrel
2.3  San Antonio--Johnny Cueto
2.4  Gaylord--BJ Upton
2.5  Charlotte--Michael Bourn
2.6  Arizona--Shin-Soo Choo
2.7  Mid Michigan--Austin Jackson
2.8  Dallas--Carlos Beltran
2.9  Toledo--Jimmy Rollins
2.10  North Texas--Kris Medlen
2.11  Hackensack--Jose Altuve
2.12  Arizona--James Shields
2.13  Oviedo--Jordan Zimmerman
2.14  Flying Squirrels--Mariano Rivera
2.15  South Texas--Will Middlebrooks
2.16  Olivet--Nick Markakis

First time doing a second round mock...very eye opening.  Charlotte must go SP somewhere...unless he only plans of competing in 6 categories this year.  Kimbrel goes early 2nd and Mo goes late 2nd.  It may be awhile before another closer goes...does anyone really think Rodney/Johnson can duplicate 2012's numbers?  Mini OF run early to mid round.  Could mix up the order but they all go in this round I have to believe.  Toledo takes another "Name" player while the Bulls reach a bit (or a lot) for Jose Altuve.  The Mets take Value in Zimmerman much the same way as last year in taking Hamels and Olivet joins the fun in selecting Markakis.  We have sliced off the cream and some would say that the draft will now begin with round 3.    Good luck everyone.