March 1, 2008, 2:52 PM
Mock Draft: 13-team NL-only
The ESPN.com fantasy staff held its first NL-only mock draft of the spring training season on Thursday, Feb. 28.
The mock assumes a 13-team NL-only league with 5 x 5 scoring. Positional requirements include: 2 catchers, 1 first baseman, 1 third baseman, 1 corner infielder, 1 second baseman, 1 shortstop, 1 middle infielder, 5 outfielders, 1 utility (DH) player and 9 pitchers, with no bench spots.
The participants (in alphabetical order): Pete Becker (senior editor), Matthew Berry (the Talented Mr. Roto), Tristan H. Cockcroft (fantasy analyst), Shawn Cwalinski (Answer Guys), Andrew Feldman (fantasy producer), Dave Hunter (Answer Guys), Eric Karabell (senior writer), Keith Lipscomb (editor), AJ Mass (fantasy analyst), Jim McCormick (fantasy analyst), James Quintong (editor), Brendan Roberts (contributing editor and writer), and Kevin Rounce (editor).
| 13-team NL-only mock draft - Feb. 29, 2008 | ||||
| Pick | Player | Team | Qualifies | Picked by |
| 1 | Jose Reyes | NYM | SS | Brendan Roberts |
| 2 | Hanley Ramirez | FLA | SS | Andrew Feldman |
| 3 | David Wright | NYM | 3B | Kevin Rounce |
| 4 | Chase Utley | PHI | 2B | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 5 | Matt Holliday | COL | OF | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 6 | Jimmy Rollins | PHI | SS | Keith Lipscomb |
| 7 | Johan Santana | NYM | SP | Eric Karabell |
| 8 | Ryan Howard | PHI | 1B | Jim McCormick |
| 9 | Alfonso Soriano | CHC | OF | AJ Mass |
| 10 | Albert Pujols | STL | 1B | James Quintong |
| 11 | Ryan Braun | MIL | 3B | Pete Becker |
| 12 | Brandon Phillips | CIN | 2B | Dave Hunter |
| 13 | Prince Fielder | MIL | 1B | Matthew Berry |
| 14 | Mark Teixeira | ATL | 1B | Matthew Berry |
| 15 | Russell Martin | LAD | C | Dave Hunter |
| 16 | Jake Peavy | SD | SP | Pete Becker |
| 17 | Carlos Lee | HOU | OF | James Quintong |
| 18 | Carlos Beltran | NYM | OF | AJ Mass |
| 19 | Troy Tulowitzki | COL | SS | Jim McCormick |
| 20 | Aramis Ramirez | CHC | 3B | Eric Karabell |
| 21 | Lance Berkman | HOU | 1B/OF | Keith Lipscomb |
| 22 | Brandon Webb | ARI | SP | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 23 | Garrett Atkins | COL | 3B | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 24 | Rafael Furcal | LAD | SS | Kevin Rounce |
| 25 | Aaron Harang | CIN | SP | Andrew Feldman |
| 26 | Eric Byrnes | ARI | OF | Brendan Roberts |
| 27 | Cole Hamels | PHI | SP | Brendan Roberts |
| 28 | Roy Oswalt | HOU | SP | Andrew Feldman |
| 29 | Derrek Lee | CHC | 1B | Kevin Rounce |
| 30 | Corey Hart | MIL | OF | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 31 | Hunter Pence | HOU | OF | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 32 | Dan Haren | ARI | SP | Keith Lipscomb |
| 33 | Miguel Tejada | HOU | SS | Eric Karabell |
| 34 | Brian McCann | ATL | C | Jim McCormick |
| 35 | Chris Young | SD | SP | AJ Mass |
| 36 | Chipper Jones | ATL | 3B | James Quintong |
| 37 | Matt Kemp | LAD | OF | Pete Becker |
| 38 | Ryan Zimmerman | WAS | 3B | Dave Hunter |
| 39 | Troy Glaus | STL | 3B | Matthew Berry |
| 40 | Rickie Weeks | MIL | 2B | Matthew Berry |
| 41 | Adrian Gonzalez | SD | 1B | Dave Hunter |
| 42 | Dan Uggla | FLA | 2B | Pete Becker |
| 43 | Jason Bay | PIT | OF | James Quintong |
| 44 | Todd Helton | COL | 1B | AJ Mass |
| 45 | Chris B. Young | ARI | OF | Jim McCormick |
| 46 | Adam Dunn | CIN | OF | Eric Karabell |
| 47 | Jeff Francoeur | ATL | OF | Keith Lipscomb |
| 48 | John Smoltz | ATL | SP | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 49 | Brad Hawpe | COL | OF | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 50 | Jeff Kent | LAD | 2B | Kevin Rounce |
| 51 | Andruw Jones | LAD | OF | Andrew Feldman |
| 52 | Tim Lincecum | SF | SP | Brendan Roberts |
| 53 | James Loney | LAD | 1B | Brendan Roberts |
| 54 | Billy Wagner | NYM | RP | Andrew Feldman |
| 55 | Carlos Zambrano | CHC | SP | Kevin Rounce |
| 56 | Yovani Gallardo | MIL | SP | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 57 | Jose Valverde | HOU | RP | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 58 | Takashi Saito | LAD | RP | Keith Lipscomb |
| 59 | Shane Victorino | PHI | OF | Eric Karabell |
| 60 | Rich Hill | CHC | SP | Jim McCormick |
| 61 | Juan Pierre | LAD | OF | AJ Mass |
| 62 | Brett Myers | PHI | SP | James Quintong |
| 63 | Francisco Cordero | CIN | RP | Pete Becker |
| 64 | Ben Sheets | MIL | SP | Dave Hunter |
| 65 | Adam Wainwright | STL | SP | Matthew Berry |
| 66 | Khalil Greene | SD | SS | Matthew Berry |
| 67 | Carlos Delgado | NYM | 1B | Dave Hunter |
| 68 | Bengie Molina | SF | C | Pete Becker |
| 69 | Tim Hudson | ATL | SP | James Quintong |
| 70 | Matt Cain | SF | SP | AJ Mass |
| 71 | Edwin Encarnacion | CIN | 3B | Jim McCormick |
| 72 | Adam LaRoche | PIT | 1B | Eric Karabell |
| 73 | Pat Burrell | PHI | OF | Keith Lipscomb |
| 74 | Kevin Kouzmanoff | SD | 3B | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 75 | Rafael Soriano | ATL | RP | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 76 | Ian Snell | PIT | SP | Kevin Rounce |
| 77 | Willy Taveras | COL | OF | Andrew Feldman |
| 78 | Pedro Martinez | NYM | SP | Brendan Roberts |
| 79 | Ken Griffey Jr. | CIN | OF | Brendan Roberts |
| 80 | Orlando Hudson | ARI | 2B | Andrew Feldman |
| 81 | Geovany Soto | CHC | C | Kevin Rounce |
| 82 | Jeremy Hermida | FLA | OF | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 83 | Joey Votto | CIN | 1B | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 84 | John Maine | NYM | SP | Keith Lipscomb |
| 85 | Chad Billingsley | LAD | SP | Eric Karabell |
| 86 | Jason Isringhausen | STL | RP | Jim McCormick |
| 87 | Ryan Theriot | CHC | 2B/SS | AJ Mass |
| 88 | Trevor Hoffman | SD | RP | James Quintong |
| 89 | Aaron Rowand | SF | OF | Pete Becker |
| 90 | Michael Bourn | HOU | OF | Dave Hunter |
| 91 | Kosuke Fukudome | CHC | OF | Matthew Berry |
| 92 | Kazuo Matsui | HOU | 2B | Matthew Berry |
| 93 | Oliver Perez | NYM | SP | Dave Hunter |
| 94 | Ted Lilly | CHC | SP | Pete Becker |
| 95 | J.J. Hardy | MIL | SS | James Quintong |
| 96 | Jeff Francis | COL | SP | AJ Mass |
| 97 | Josh Willingham | FLA | OF | Jim McCormick |
| 98 | Ty Wigginton | HOU | 2B/3B | Eric Karabell |
| 99 | Kelly Johnson | ATL | 2B | Keith Lipscomb |
| 100 | Freddy Sanchez | PIT | 2B | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 101 | Manny Corpas | COL | RP | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 102 | Randy Winn | SF | OF | Kevin Rounce |
| 103 | Conor Jackson | ARI | 1B | Andrew Feldman |
| 104 | Matt Capps | PIT | RP | Brendan Roberts |
| 105 | Chad Cordero | WAS | RP | Brendan Roberts |
| 106 | Brad Penny | LAD | SP | Andrew Feldman |
| 107 | Rick Ankiel | STL | OF | Kevin Rounce |
| 108 | Derek Lowe | LAD | SP | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 109 | Stephen Drew | ARI | SS | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 110 | Mike Cameron | MIL | OF | Keith Lipscomb |
| 111 | Justin Upton | ARI | OF | Eric Karabell |
| 112 | Brandon Lyon | ARI | RP | Jim McCormick |
| 113 | Carlos Marmol | CHC | RP | AJ Mass |
| 114 | Luis Castillo | NYM | 2B | James Quintong |
| 115 | Mike Jacobs | FLA | 1B | Pete Becker |
| 116 | Brian Wilson | SF | RP | Dave Hunter |
| 117 | Xavier Nady | PIT | OF | Matthew Berry |
| 118 | Randy Johnson | ARI | SP | Matthew Berry |
| 119 | Kevin Gregg | FLA | RP | Dave Hunter |
| 120 | Chris Duncan | STL | OF | Pete Becker |
| 121 | Austin Kearns | WAS | OF | James Quintong |
| 122 | Pedro Feliz | PHI | 3B | AJ Mass |
| 123 | Tom Gorzelanny | PIT | SP | Jim McCormick |
| 124 | Brad Lidge | PHI | RP | Eric Karabell |
| 125 | Eric Gagne | MIL | RP | Keith Lipscomb |
| 126 | Bill Hall | MIL | OF | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 127 | Felipe Lopez | WAS | 2B/SS | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 128 | Dave Bush | MIL | SP | Kevin Rounce |
| 129 | Moises Alou | NYM | OF | Andrew Feldman |
| 130 | Greg Maddux | SD | SP | Brendan Roberts |
| 131 | Ronny Paulino | PIT | C | Brendan Roberts |
| 132 | Mark Reynolds | ARI | 3B | Andrew Feldman |
| 133 | Micah Owings | ARI | SP | Kevin Rounce |
| 134 | Nate McLouth | PIT | OF | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 135 | Yunel Escobar | ATL | 2B/SS/3B | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 136 | Carlos Ruiz | PHI | C | Keith Lipscomb |
| 137 | Bronson Arroyo | CIN | SP | Eric Karabell |
| 138 | Lastings Milledge | WAS | OF | Jim McCormick |
| 139 | Ryan Doumit | PIT | C/OF | AJ Mass |
| 140 | Felix Pie | CHC | OF | James Quintong |
| 141 | Omar Vizquel | SF | SS | Pete Becker |
| 142 | Wily Mo Pena | WAS | OF | Dave Hunter |
| 143 | J.R. Towles | HOU | C | Matthew Berry |
| 144 | Tony Pena | ARI | RP | Matthew Berry |
| 145 | Geoff Jenkins | PHI | OF | Dave Hunter |
| 146 | Homer Bailey | CIN | SP | Pete Becker |
| 147 | Bob Howry | CHC | RP | James Quintong |
| 148 | Kevin Frandsen | SF | 2B/SS | AJ Mass |
| 149 | Jonathan Broxton | LAD | RP | Jim McCormick |
| 150 | Dave Roberts | SF | OF | Eric Karabell |
| 151 | Ubaldo Jimenez | COL | SP | Keith Lipscomb |
| 152 | Paul Lo Duca | WAS | C | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 153 | Josh Bard | SD | C | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 154 | Andy LaRoche | LAD | 3B | Kevin Rounce |
| 155 | Nick Johnson | WAS | 1B | Andrew Feldman |
| 156 | Jose Bautista | PIT | 3B/OF | Brendan Roberts |
| 157 | Chad Tracy | ARI | 3B | Brendan Roberts |
| 158 | Barry Zito | SF | SP | Andrew Feldman |
| 159 | Andre Ethier | LAD | OF | Kevin Rounce |
| 160 | Hiroki Kuroda | LAD | SP | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 161 | Chad Qualls | ARI | RP | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 162 | Tadahito Iguchi | SD | 2B | Keith Lipscomb |
| 163 | Tom Gordon | PHI | RP | Eric Karabell |
| 164 | Mark DeRosa | CHC | 2B/3B/OF | Jim McCormick |
| 165 | David Riske | MIL | RP | AJ Mass |
| 166 | Kerry Wood | CHC | RP | James Quintong |
| 167 | Cody Ross | FLA | OF | Pete Becker |
| 168 | Cameron Maybin | FLA | OF | Dave Hunter |
| 169 | Rajai Davis | SF | OF | Matthew Berry |
| 170 | Shawn Hill | WAS | SP | Matthew Berry |
| 171 | Chris Snyder | ARI | C | Dave Hunter |
| 172 | Carlos Villanueva | MIL | RP | Pete Becker |
| 173 | Ryan Freel | CIN | OF | James Quintong |
| 174 | Noah Lowry | SF | SP | AJ Mass |
| 175 | Matt Diaz | ATL | OF | Jim McCormick |
| 176 | Dmitri Young | WAS | 1B | Eric Karabell |
| 177 | Chase Headley | SD | 3B | Keith Lipscomb |
| 178 | Colby Rasmus | STL | OF | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 179 | Jay Bruce | CIN | OF | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 180 | Brian Giles | SD | OF | Kevin Rounce |
| 181 | Ryan Church | NYM | OF | Andrew Feldman |
| 182 | Jack Wilson | PIT | SS | Brendan Roberts |
| 183 | Ryan Spilborghs | COL | OF | Brendan Roberts |
| 184 | Jason Kendall | MIL | C | Andrew Feldman |
| 185 | Jon Rauch | WAS | RP | Kevin Rounce |
| 186 | Heath Bell | SD | RP | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 187 | Jim Edmonds | SD | OF | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 188 | Chris Capuano | MIL | SP | Keith Lipscomb |
| 189 | Manny Parra | MIL | RP | Eric Karabell |
| 190 | Norris Hopper | CIN | OF | Jim McCormick |
| 191 | Jayson Nix | COL | 2B | AJ Mass |
| 192 | Johnny Estrada | WAS | C | James Quintong |
| 193 | Juan Cruz | ARI | RP | Pete Becker |
| 194 | Nomar Garciaparra | LAD | 3B/1B | Dave Hunter |
| 195 | Orlando Hernandez | NYM | SP | Matthew Berry |
| 196 | Brad Hennessey | SF | RP | Matthew Berry |
| 197 | Jason Schmidt | LAD | SP | Dave Hunter |
| 198 | Jeff Keppinger | CIN | SS | Pete Becker |
| 199 | Tom Glavine | ATL | SP | James Quintong |
| 200 | Jair Jurrjens | ATL | SP | AJ Mass |
| 201 | Brian Fuentes | COL | RP | Jim McCormick |
| 202 | Derrick Turnbow | MIL | RP | Eric Karabell |
| 203 | Aaron Heilman | NYM | RP | Keith Lipscomb |
| 204 | Wandy Rodriguez | HOU | SP | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 205 | Scott Hairston | SD | OF | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 206 | Doug Davis | ARI | SP | Kevin Rounce |
| 207 | Jayson Werth | PHI | OF | Andrew Feldman |
| 208 | Mark Loretta | HOU | 2B/SS/3B/1B | Brendan Roberts |
| 209 | Matt Murton | CHC | OF | Brendan Roberts |
| 210 | Chuck James | ATL | SP | Andrew Feldman |
| 211 | Ronnie Belliard | WAS | 2B | Kevin Rounce |
| 212 | Rich Aurilia | SF | 3B/1B | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 213 | Michael Barrett | SD | C | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 214 | Ray Durham | SF | 2B | Keith Lipscomb |
| 215 | Chris Burke | ARI | 2B/OF | Eric Karabell |
| 216 | Scott Hatteberg | CIN | 1B | Jim McCormick |
| 217 | Nyjer Morgan | PIT | OF | AJ Mass |
| 218 | Matt Lindstrom | FLA | RP | James Quintong |
| 219 | Luis Gonzalez | FLA | OF | Pete Becker |
| 220 | Alex Gonzalez | CIN | SS | Dave Hunter |
| 221 | Ryan Ludwick | STL | OF | Matthew Berry |
| 222 | Kyle Kendrick | PHI | SP | Matthew Berry |
| 223 | Mark Prior | SD | SP | Dave Hunter |
| 224 | Ian Stewart | COL | 3B | Pete Becker |
| 225 | Adam Kennedy | STL | 2B | James Quintong |
| 226 | Dan Ortmeier | SF | 1B/OF | AJ Mass |
| 227 | Andrew Miller | FLA | RP | Jim McCormick |
| 228 | Yorvit Torrealba | COL | C | Eric Karabell |
| 229 | David Ross | CIN | C | Keith Lipscomb |
| 230 | Scott Olsen | FLA | SP | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 231 | Ramon Castro | NYM | C | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 232 | Chris Carpenter | STL | SP | Kevin Rounce |
| 233 | Yadier Molina | STL | C | Andrew Feldman |
| 234 | Alfredo Amezaga | FLA | OF | Brendan Roberts |
| 235 | Elijah Dukes | WAS | OF | Brendan Roberts |
| 236 | Jeff Suppan | MIL | SP | Andrew Feldman |
| 237 | Chris Coste | PHI | C | Kevin Rounce |
| 238 | Mike Pelfrey | NYM | SP | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 239 | Rick VandenHurk | FLA | SP | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 240 | John Patterson | WAS | SP | Keith Lipscomb |
| 241 | Sam Fuld | CHC | OF | Eric Karabell |
| 242 | Damaso Marte | PIT | RP | Jim McCormick |
| 243 | Chris Iannetta | COL | C | AJ Mass |
| 244 | Greg Dobbs | PHI | 3B | James Quintong |
| 245 | Kevin Correia | SF | SP | Pete Becker |
| 246 | Peter Moylan | ATL | RP | Dave Hunter |
| 247 | Jason Bergmann | WAS | SP | Matthew Berry |
| 248 | Willie Harris | WAS | OF | Matthew Berry |
| 249 | Steve Pearce | PIT | OF | Dave Hunter |
| 250 | Miguel Montero | ARI | C | Pete Becker |
| 251 | Aaron Cook | COL | SP | James Quintong |
| 252 | Tyler Walker | SF | RP | AJ Mass |
| 253 | Fred Lewis | SF | OF | Jim McCormick |
| 254 | Franklin Morales | COL | SP | Eric Karabell |
| 255 | So Taguchi | PHI | OF | Keith Lipscomb |
| 256 | Nate Schierholtz | SF | OF | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 257 | Anthony Reyes | STL | SP | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 258 | Taylor Tankersley | FLA | RP | Kevin Rounce |
| 259 | Cristian Guzman | WAS | SS | Andrew Feldman |
| 260 | Javier Valentin | CIN | C | Brendan Roberts |
| 261 | Jamie Moyer | PHI | SP | Brendan Roberts |
| 262 | Justin Germano | SD | SP | Andrew Feldman |
| 263 | Chris Duffy | PIT | OF | Kevin Rounce |
| 264 | Jeff Baker | COL | 1B | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 265 | Dallas McPherson | FLA | 3B | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 266 | David Weathers | CIN | RP | Keith Lipscomb |
| 267 | Mark Kotsay | ATL | OF | Eric Karabell |
| 268 | Brian Schneider | NYM | C | Jim McCormick |
| 269 | Zach Duke | PIT | SP | AJ Mass |
| 270 | Edinson Volquez | CIN | SP | James Quintong |
| 271 | Jonathan Meloan | LAD | RP | Pete Becker |
| 272 | Jose Castillo | FLA | 2B/3B | Dave Hunter |
| 273 | Randy Wolf | SD | SP | Matthew Berry |
| 274 | Brad Ausmus | HOU | C | Matthew Berry |
| 275 | Pedro Feliciano | NYM | RP | Dave Hunter |
| 276 | Salomon Torres | MIL | RP | Pete Becker |
| 277 | Josh Phelps | STL | 1B | James Quintong |
| 278 | Chad Durbin | PHI | SP | AJ Mass |
| 279 | Jorge Cantu | FLA | 1B | Jim McCormick |
| 280 | Ryan Dempster | CHC | SP | Eric Karabell |
| 281 | Gabe Gross | MIL | OF | Keith Lipscomb |
| 282 | Cla Meredith | SD | RP | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 283 | Sean Marshall | CHC | SP | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 284 | Paul Maholm | PIT | SP | Kevin Rounce |
| 285 | Cory Sullivan | COL | OF | Andrew Feldman |
| 286 | Braden Looper | STL | SP | Brendan Roberts |
| 287 | Chris Sampson | HOU | SP | Brendan Roberts |
| 288 | Duaner Sanchez | NYM | RP | Andrew Feldman |
| 289 | Jordan Schafer | ATL | OF | Kevin Rounce |
| 290 | Chin-Lung Hu | LAD | SS | Tristan H. Cockcroft |
| 291 | Joe Beimel | LAD | SP | Shawn Cwalinski |
| 292 | Wes Helms | PHI | 3B | Keith Lipscomb |
| 293 | Matt Treanor | FLA | C | Eric Karabell |
| 294 | Clint Barmes | COL | SS | Jim McCormick |
| 295 | Brendan Ryan | STL | SS/3B | AJ Mass |
| 296 | Javy Lopez | ATL | C | James Quintong |
| 297 | Matt Antonelli | SD | 2B | Pete Becker |
| 298 | Rudy Seanez | LAD | RP | Dave Hunter |
| 299 | Brent Lillibridge | ATL | SS | Matthew Berry |
