Thursday, September 23, 2010

Draftees Remaining in Country

After round 11, you are more likely to drop a player that you draft than you are to keep him.  Let's think about that for a second; there is a better chance that you will be wrong about how you rank more than half the players you draft.  You have chosen a full dozen players before a player who will actually be valuable to you.  That argument was incredibly flawed, but at least it wasn't a haiku, am I right here? Hey Now!
Also, note how, despite many players being dropped from the team to which they were drafted, a whole bunch of those were picked up and, at the end of the dayaloon, only about 32% of the rosters were populated by undrafted free agents.  In other words, other people's garbage remains more appealing than plain old garbage.  If it is good enough for someone else, it is good enough for me, as I always say.  Also, I am not averse to eating garbage, as I also say, though less frequently.


FA Drafted Elsewhere Drafted
Picture me Rollins 4 6 14 24
Omar's Coming 8 6 10 24
The Super Upton Brothers 6 6 12 24
It's a Trap! 7 4 13 24
Total Lack of Morales 8 3 13 24
Vaya Con Bernabe 9 4 11 24
Texas Fooey 10 4 10 24
Rockford Peachz 7 5 12 24
Ronnie Woo Woo 10 2 12 24
Omar's Spent 8 0 16 24