![]() ![]() Only Betts improved by more than one spot, jumping from 15th to fifth. Round 1: Mookie Betts, OF, Dodgers: It's very hard for a first-round pick to rise given how high they start, with only three players (Betts, Kyle Tucker and Jose Ramirez) finishing higher than they were drafted. If you fit into either of those groups, let me know in the comments. The fallers section cuts off prior to the reserve rounds, as those are roster spots you were always expecting to churn through.Ĭongratulations to anyone who got five or more of these risers in the same draft, and commiserations to anyone who managed to snag five or more fallers. Note that we'll skip fallers who missed over half the season due to injury or suspension, but players who missed that much time due to being unable to stick in the majors are still eligible. I'll list a player for every round and give deeper dives on several of the most significant names, skipping any who I covered in my last column. The players listed below represent the best or worst pick in their specific round in terms of how much their final earned auction value ranking differed from their NFBC average draft position. This week, I'll take a more objective view, and I'll go round-by-round rather than position by position. Last week, I provided a subjective take on this year's most impressive seasons. I'm looking forward to the start of next year already, but for now we'll move onto my traditional end-of-year exercise. I enjoy writing about baseball in and of itself, but it's so much more enjoyable writing for an engaged audience, and you've been as engaged as ever this season. (Can we just give one of them the NL MVP somehow?)Ī sincere thanks to all of you for reading and commenting throughout the season. We also witnessed the first 60-homer season since 2001 and one of the more exciting MVP battles I can remember, with Aaron Judge's 62-homer, 11.4-fWAR season going up against Shohei Ohtani's remarkable two-way campaign. We also saw the Mariners end an even longer postseason drought and got to watch an exciting charge from a surprisingly competitive Orioles team. ![]() While there was nothing left to play for on the final day of the season, we still had a few exciting playoff races, with the Phillies waiting until very late to clinch the final NL Wild Card over the Brewers, and the Mets and Braves playing key divisional games on the final weekend of the season. A season that at one point looked like it might not happen has come to a close, and it's been quite an entertaining one, something I think I'd say even if my Phillies didn't finally end their 11-year playoff drought. ![]()
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