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Points League Mock Draft Results

This week's Tuesday Mock draft on RotoWire Fantasy Sports today was a 12-team mixed points league, using Yahoo's default standards.

Looking at the roster construction, there's a few important differences from our previous mocks. The big one is that we only need to start one catcher. I can't emphasize enough how big of a change that is. There's still a top tier of eight catchers, but the punishment for missing out on that tier isn't nearly as severe, and if you do miss out, you can almost wait until the last round to grab your catcher. If you want to take two catchers to hedge, you can, but with five bench spots among your 23 overall slots, it's hard to spend one of your bench slots on a catcher. But overall, there's not much difference between the ninth catcher and the 14th catcher.

Another big difference overall is there's more flexibility in building your roster, as we only start three outfielders, with no requirement for an extra MI or CI, while getting UT slots. I think that there's a premium on elite scarce positions, but certainly not on the depth at those positions.

But the biggest change is in the format itself. No longer is it necessary to find a balance of talents. Rather, it's a matter of finding the best players, period. No longer is it necessary to chase saves or stolen bases if you don't want to. In fact, relievers are severely devalued. Even though saves are worth the same as wins, you get a point for every inning, and two points for every strikeout - 40 percent of a win or a save. So if you get a starter that gets you seven innings and six strikeouts, you're much, much better off than using a closer. With a relatively high innings cap (1,400 innings), there's little disincentive to load up on starters and pick your spots judiciously. To that end, grabbing pitchers that qualify at RP yet will be starting this year (Neftali Feliz, Dan Bard, Chris Sale, etc ...) can be a nice strategy wrinkle. I drafted Feliz to that end, and subsequently saw Sale and Bard go before I could get a chance to get the other.

Here are the full results:

RoundKevin Payne@tray0128wild manMadDoggzRound
R1 »Albert PujolsMatt KempMiguel CabreraTroy Tulowitzki» R1
R2 «Mike StantonRoy HalladayIan KinslerJustin Verlander« R2
R3 »Mark TeixeiraCliff LeeAdrian BeltreDavid Wright» R3
R4 «Stephen StrasburgEric HosmerPaul Konerko (DH)Jered Weaver« R4
R5 »B.J. UptonJon LesterDan HarenDavid Price» R5
R6 «Asdrubal CabreraAlex GordonBuster PoseyCarl Crawford« R6
R7 »Kevin YoukilisHowie Kendrick (LF)Craig KimbrelHunter Pence» R7
R8 «Brandon MorrowJimmy RollinsAdam JonesShane Victorino« R8
R9 »Joe MauerMatt MooreDrew StorenChase Utley» R9
R10 «Josh JohnsonMariano RiveraBrett GardnerRyan Howard« R10
R11 »Carlos MarmolLogan MorrisonIchiro SuzukiHeath Bell» R11
R12 «Aaron HillYoenis CespedesJordan ZimmermannAlex Avila« R12
R13 »Anibal SanchezJ.J. PutzNick MarkakisChris Carpenter» R13
R14 «Mark TrumboGeovany SotoTim HudsonCoco Crisp« R14
R15 »Sergio SantosHiroki KurodaNeil WalkerAdam Lind» R15
R16 «Colby RasmusMike MinorErick AybarAndrew Bailey« R16
R17 »Jhoulys ChacinBrandon Belt (1B)Justin MorneauAlexi Ogando» R17
R18 «Jeff FrancoeurMike MoustakasJuan PierreMelky Cabrera« R18
R19 »Aroldis ChapmanGavin FloydJoe NathanBrandon McCarthy» R19
R20 «Lorenzo CainBryce HarperJavier VazquezCarlos Quentin« R20
R21 »John MayberryRyan VogelsongYunel EscobarChris Heisey» R21
R22 «Jed Lowrie (3B)Edinson VolquezMichael BrantleyDelmon Young« R22
R23 »Vance WorleyCasey McGeheeR.A. DickeySeth Smith» R23
RoundIn TABATA Da VidaJeff EricksonHoly Cowscjd11Round
R1 »Jose Bautista (3B)Carlos GonzalezJacoby EllsburyRobinson Cano» R1
R2 «Dustin PedroiaJoey VottoAndrew McCutchenHanley Ramirez« R2
R3 »Felix HernandezStarlin CastroBrian McCannJay Bruce» R3
R4 «Mike Napoli (1B)Zack GreinkeCC SabathiaJosh Hamilton« R4
R5 »Yovani GallardoBen Zobrist (RF)Matt CainMichael Bourn» R5
R6 «Pablo SandovalRicky RomeroMike Morse (LF)Aramis Ramirez« R6
R7 »Lance Berkman (1B)Michael Young (1B,3B)C.J. WilsonMat Latos» R7
R8 «Josh BeckettMatt WietersRickie WeeksJayson Werth« R8
R9 »Dan HudsonAdam WainwrightAlexei RamirezMiguel Montero» R9
R10 «Kendrys MoralesNick SwisherJose ValverdeJonathan Papelbon« R10
R11 »David OrtizChris YoungEmilio Bonifacio (3B,LF)Joel Hanrahan» R11
R12 «Billy ButlerMax ScherzerEdwin Encarnacion (1B,3B)Jeremy Hellickson« R12
R13 »Jhonny PeraltaPaul GoldschmidtColby LewisShaun Marcum» R13
R14 «Ryan MadsonVernon WellsErvin SantanaJesus Montero« R14
R15 »Adam Dunn (1B)Neftali FelizJordan WaldenJohn Danks» R15
R16 «Josh Willingham (DH)Matt JoyceCarlos Lee (1B)Bud Norris« R16
R17 »Scott BakerWandy RodriguezChad BillingsleyGaby Sanchez» R17
R18 «Joakim SoriaRafael BetancourtBrennan BoeschBrett Anderson« R18
R19 »Justin MastersonRicky NolascoMartin Prado (3B)Ryan Roberts (2B)» R19
R20 «Dayan ViciedoNolan ReimoldJonathan SanchezMike Trout« R20
R21 »Julio TeheranLuke HochevarAlex RiosTyler Clippard» R21
R22 «Grady SizemoreFelipe PaulinoRussell MartinRoy Oswalt« R22
R23 »Mark MelanconA.J. BurnettLucas Duda (1B)David Robertson» R23
RoundDerek VanRiper - RotoWireMIGHTY PEKING MAN@RashaunIvySay What?Round
R1 »Evan LongoriaAdrian GonzalezJustin UptonClayton Kershaw» R1
R2 «Carlos Santana (1B)Prince FielderJose ReyesCurtis Granderson« R2
R3 »Dan UgglaTim LincecumRyan ZimmermanCole Hamels» R3
R4 «Elvis AndrusMatt HollidayRyan BraunBrett Lawrie« R4
R5 »Nelson CruzShin-Soo ChooBrandon PhillipsJames Shields» R5
R6 «Mark Reynolds (1B)Alex RodriguezMichael PinedaMatt Garza« R6
R7 »Desmond JenningsMadison BumgarnerMiguel OlivoMichael Cuddyer (1B)» R7
R8 «Jason HeywardCameron MaybinIan KennedyDrew Stubbs« R8
R9 »Ubaldo JimenezBrandon BeachyJohn AxfordAndre Ethier» R9
R10 «Yu DarvishCorey HartTommy HansonDanny Espinosa« R10
R11 »Gio GonzalezDustin AckleyJohnny CuetoDerek Holland» R11
R12 «Cory LuebkeDee GordonBrian WilsonJ.J. Hardy« R12
R13 »Derek JeterJason KipnisFreddie FreemanKenley Jansen» R13
R14 «Ryan DempsterJ.P. ArencibiaPeter BourjosIke Davis« R14
R15 »Chris SaleDavid FreeseStephen DrewJaime Garcia» R15
R16 «Dan BardDoug FisterCarlos BeltranCarlos Pena« R16
R17 »Trevor CahillJemile WeeksAngel PaganJohn Buck» R17
R18 «Edwin JacksonTorii HunterAustin JacksonBrandon League« R18
R19 »Jason Kubel (DH)Yadier MolinaHuston StreetMarco Scutaro» R19
R20 «Clay BuchholzJason MotteChris PerezJason Bay« R20
R21 »Kelly JohnsonFrancisco RodriguezJohnny DamonJames McDonald» R21
R22 «Justin SmoakJair JurrjensChase HeadleyDexter Fowler« R22
R23 »J.D. MartinezJohan SantanaAlejandro DeAzaJim Johnson» R23