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AL Only Mock Draft Results

Our mock draft series on Tuesdays on our radio show, RotoWire Fantasy Sports Today, continued this week with a 10-team, 23-round AL-only mock. Once again, 14 hitters (including two catchers) and 9 pitchers were required.

The hitting pool is even grimmer in the AL, which makes sense, given that there are two fewer teams, and with fewer pinch-hit opportunities, AL teams tend to carry fewer hitters on the roster - an odd paradox of the DH rule. Outfield in particular looks especially sketchy. One of the draft teams in the chat room commented about what hell it was trying to find an outfielder in the 21st round who was projected to get a decent amount of playing time.

Looking at my team, I regret taking Shin-Soo Choo at 3.3 instead of Desmond Jennings. If I could do it over again, I'd rather gamble on Jennings' upside.

I might also have taken a starting pitcher earlier, and taken more of them in the middle rounds. Taking Jemile Weeks at 6.3 clearly ended up being a mistake - there were other decent second basemen in the pool at the time, and it cost me Michael Pineda and Matt Moore - Moore in particular hurt. I would have preferred to go Moore in the sixth and Darvish in the seventh in retrospect. The second base position seems a lot deeper than the shortstop pool in the AL, for what it's worth.

Here are the full results:

Round@fbinsightKHittJeff EricksonRound
R1 »Albert PujolsMiguel CabreraJose Bautista (3B)» R1
R2 «David PriceCarlos Santana (1B)Brett Lawrie« R2
R3 »Elvis AndrusDustin AckleyShin-Soo Choo» R3
R4 «Dan HarenJ.J. HardyPaul Konerko (DH)« R4
R5 »Joe MauerMark Reynolds (1B)B.J. Upton» R5
R6 «Nick SwisherMichael PinedaJemile Weeks« R6
R7 »Nick MarkakisMatt MooreYu Darvish» R7
R8 «Joakim SoriaMatt JoyceBrandon League« R8
R9 »Joe NathanJosh Willingham (DH)Andrew Bailey» R9
R10 «Delmon YoungVernon WellsCoco Crisp« R10
R11 »Alexi OgandoBrandon McCarthySean Rodriguez (2B,3B)» R11
R12 «Ben RevereJesus MonteroLuke Hochevar« R12
R13 »Gavin FloydMike TroutSalvador Perez» R13
R14 «Johnny GiavotellaLorenzo CainChris Iannetta« R14
R15 »Kurt SuzukiMark MelanconChris Sale» R15
R16 «Chris Davis (3B)Brett AndersonLuke Scott« R16
R17 »Jeff NiemannAddison ReedJim Johnson» R17
R18 «Bobby AbreuDanny ValenciaJosh Reddick« R18
R19 »Matt ThorntonBrian RobertsJerome Williams» R19
R20 «David RobertsonBrian MatuszCasey Kotchman« R20
R21 »Mike Aviles (2B)Joel PeraltaDustin McGowan» R21
R22 «Matt LaPortaA.J. BurnettJamey Carroll (SS)« R22
R23 »Andruw JonesJohn JasoHisashi Iwakuma» R23
RoundMadDoggzFantasy Focused FanaticsDSRotoExperts@DerekVanRiperRound
R1 »Adrian GonzalezJustin VerlanderJacoby EllsburyEvan Longoria» R1
R2 «Jered WeaverCC SabathiaMark TeixeiraPrince Fielder« R2
R3 »Alex RodriguezMike Napoli (1B)Josh HamiltonBen Zobrist (RF)» R3
R4 «Jon LesterKevin YoukilisAsdrubal CabreraAlex Gordon« R4
R5 »Brett GardnerHowie Kendrick (LF)Matt WietersDerek Jeter» R5
R6 «Adam LindMark TrumboMariano RiveraMichael Young (1B,3B)« R6
R7 »Jose ValverdeErick AybarJason KipnisIchiro Suzuki» R7
R8 «Jeremy HellicksonPeter BourjosMike MoustakasUbaldo Jimenez« R8
R9 »Yunel EscobarTorii HunterBrandon MorrowSergio Santos» R9
R10 «Kyle FarnsworthJeff FrancoeurJordan WaldenColby Lewis« R10
R11 »Russell MartinScott BakerNeftali FelizGrant Balfour» R11
R12 «Mitch Moreland (RF)Brennan BoeschJohn DanksKelly Johnson« R12
R13 »Alex RiosRajai DavisMatt HarrisonJarrod Parker» R13
R14 «Ryan Raburn (2B)Ivan NovaMichael BrantleyNolan Reimold« R14
R15 »Seth SmithA.J. PierzynskiJarrod SaltalamacchiaFrancisco Liriano» R15
R16 «Phil HughesJosh TomlinJustin SmoakHiroki Kuroda« R16
R17 »Cody RossMike Carp (LF)Grady SizemoreTravis Snider» R17
R18 «Bruce ChenRick PorcelloMatt CappsDanny Duffy« R18
R19 »Franklin GutierrezScott SizemoreCliff PenningtonTravis Hafner» R19
R20 «Daisuke MatsuzakaCarl PavanoDerek LoweTyler Flowers« R20
R21 »Eduardo Nunez (3B)Maicer Izturis (3B)Danny HultzenFelipe Paulino» R21
R22 «Philip HumberTsuyoshi WadaCollin CowgillCasper Wells« R22
R23 »Kelly ShoppachJason VargasTrevor PlouffeHank Conger» R23
RoundKev KingOscar Meyer WeitersHosmer`s HomersRound
R1 »Robinson CanoDustin PedroiaIan Kinsler» R1
R2 «Adrian BeltreCurtis GrandersonFelix Hernandez« R2
R3 »Nelson CruzCarl CrawfordEric Hosmer» R3
R4 «Ricky RomeroDesmond JenningsJames Shields« R4
R5 »C.J. WilsonDavid OrtizAdam Jones» R5
R6 «Billy ButlerJosh BeckettAlex Avila« R6
R7 »Max ScherzerErvin SantanaDerek Holland» R7
R8 «J.P. ArencibiaAlexei RamirezColby Rasmus« R8
R9 »Jhonny PeraltaClay BuchholzChris Perez» R9
R10 «Austin JacksonJustin MastersonMatt Angle« R10
R11 »Doug FisterEdwin Encarnacion (1B,3B)Justin Morneau» R11
R12 «Carlos PenaKendrys MoralesLonnie Chisenhall« R12
R13 »Alfredo AcevesDayan ViciedoRyan Doumit» R13
R14 «Denard SpanAlejandro DeAzaMiguel Olivo« R14
R15 »David MurphyAdam Dunn (1B)Alcides Escobar» R15
R16 «Dan BardWade DavisEric Thames« R16
R17 »Brent MorelGordon BeckhamGreg Holland» R17
R18 «Brent Lillibridge (1B)Henderson AlvarezJonathan Sanchez« R18
R19 »Alexi Casilla (SS)Jake PeavyRobert Andino (3B,SS)» R19
R20 «Mike AdamsAlex CobbDallas Braden« R20
R21 »Koji UeharaBlake BeavanBartolo Colon» R21
R22 «Rafael SorianoYorvit TorrealbaWil Myers« R22
R23 »Taylor TeagardenBrayan PenaFreddy Garcia» R23