Lazy Tristan: He shows up at the draft with nothing but a printout of ESPN's 10-team mixed Rotisserie 5x5 cheat sheet. Interesting side characteristic: LOUDMOUTH LIKES TO TYPE WITH THE CAPS-LOCK KEY ON!ġ0. The rest of the time it's annoying and slows down the draft. Loudmouth Tristan: He's loud, and he's entertaining - sometimes. What can I say? I grew up nine miles from Yankee Stadium!ĩ. For me, that team is the New York Yankees. He picks players from his favorite team before anyone else in the room would. Homer Tristan: "DE-REK JE-TER!" (Clap, clap, clap-clap-clap.) You know the type. Newbie's reply: You lost me at "Free-Agent.")Ĩ. Newbie Tristan: It's his first fantasy baseball draft, and he'd really like for you to explain to him what this whole "FAAB" thing is all about? (Hey newbie, it's the Free-Agent Acquisition Budget. He has a sly grin after making his picks, and you're pretty sure you saw him make a disapproving shake of his head after you made yours.ħ. Cocky Tristan: He knows his, um, stuff (that's not his chosen word, by the way). "I can't draft that night." "How long is this draft gonna take?" "Can we set a 10-second clock per pick?" K, gotta go. On-The-Go Tristan: He has a million things to do, and 10 minutes to do them. Just wait until he sees the final 10 picks he made once he started losing track of things.ĥ. and the messy cheat sheets that go with them. Party Time Tristan: We're talking wings and beverages. (And watch out, because he might just propose that!)Ĥ. He's the guy with the six-page cheat sheet of 1,500 players printed in six-point Helvetica type, meticulously ranked to a depth that'd have him prepared if your league spontaneously decided to extend its draft 15 rounds. Geeky Tristan: With him, everything's analytical. ![]() Oh, and this guy was the first in line for the midnight showing of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." "This is gonna be AWESOME!"ģ. He was positive that "this" was the year Rich Harden would finally stay healthy - for about six straight seasons. ![]() For instance, he was sure Corey Patterson was destined for many 30-homer/30-steal years and potential MVPs. Puppy Dogs & Rainbows Tristan: He sees the upside in everything. Tristan: Well hi there! You might remember me from such Draft Kit columns as "Kings of Command" or "Secrets of a five-time champ" or, well, this very column you're reading.Ģ. This is us having a little fun as we educate.įirst, let's meet the. The idea is to not only give you a taste of what your actual draft might be like, but it's also to provide a sense of how your strategic self might approach a draft differently, not to mention what your live, draft-day experience might be like. These 10 personalities represent the instincts I have or have ever had as a fantasy baseball owner over the years. We're pleased to present the "One-Man Mock Draft." But this isn't one man selecting players where he'd normally select them, it's one man split into 10 different personalities selecting the players they'd take in each spot. Ah, but what follows below is no ordinary mock draft. And if we can't have that, we'll take the next-best thing: Mock draft day. OK, I suppose other family-oriented days represent competition for this honor, but for us fantasy baseballers, draft day ranks among the calendar's highlights. ![]() Sing it with me! It's the most wonderful day of the year.
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