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Atlanta Braves fans draft a lot of non-Braves for fantasy teams

By Alan Carpenter

This Atlanta Braves fan likes the look of White Sox rooke Luis Robert. (Photo by Ron Vesely/Getty Images)
This Atlanta Braves fan likes the look of White Sox rooke Luis Robert. (Photo by Ron Vesely/Getty Images) /
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Is Atlanta Braves 2B Ozzie Albies ready to prove he’s worthy of a 1st Round fantasy pick? (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

While some Atlanta Braves were drafted early, others lingered for a while.

As you were warned yesterday, TomahawkTake staff members put their meager skills to the test and snake-drafted 22 rounds of MLB players for an abbreviated fantasy baseball season last night. With a bunch of Atlanta Braves fans involved, the surprise may be that there wasn’t a big run on “homer” picks.

To be sure: the obvious suspects were taken early. Ronald Acuna Jr went third overall. Freddie Freeman was taken 17th overall (5th in Round 2).

The surprise may have been the bold selection of Ozzie Albies in the 11th spot (of 12) in the first Round. There’s a fair argument to believe that he could be a big star in this short season, but that was still a strong play given that he was the first of all MLB keystone sackers selected.

There was a twist from ‘traditional’ fantasy leagues involved here. Our scoring system is based on a points system rather than using the simple counting stats from a normal 5×5 rotisserie setup:

HITTERS

  • 1 point each: runs, RBI, walks, steals, singles
  • 2 points: doubles
  • 3 points: triples
  • 5 points: homers
  • -1 point: strikeouts

PITCHERS

  • 1 point: strikeouts
  • 1.02 points: innings pitched
  • 2 points: holds
  • 3 points: both Quality starts and shutouts
  • 5 points: Wins and Saves
  • -1 point: earned runs
  • -2 points: losses

The points stack, which means (for instance), that a Grand Slam is worth 10 points (5 for the HR, 4 for the RBI, 1 for the run scored).

Likewise, a primo pitching feat would be something like a 12 strikeout complete-game shutout win. That would garner 9.18 points for the innings, 5 for the W, 12 for the strikeouts, 3 for the QS, and 5 for the shutout: 34.18 points total!

That said, it’s not terribly likely that many pitchers will even have the chance at such a feat this season. Those “aces” who might get there were snapped up early, and then pitching in general more-or-less went onto the back burner in favor of offensive players.

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