In this story for RotoTimes, Jason Collette takes inventory on how each Tout AL team’s draft day roster has performed.
This approach has the virtue of isolating what it was that teams did right (and wrong) on draft day, whether these things were in their control or not.
Most interestingly, only Jason Grey’s runaway leading team has posted a positive value since draft day, and that is just +$2.
Also of interest is the big draft day hit Mike Siano’s team has taken, in large part by paying $29 for Grady Sizemore on draft day. But, as Jason points out, Mike dealt Sizemore to Jeff Erickson the day before Sizemore crashed and burned for the season (for Cliff Lee–ouch), so it was Erickson who who paid most of the price. That doesn’t show in these numbers.
There are a lot of components to a fantasy baseball season. Draft day is one part. Jason’s survey gives some idea how important a good draft is to fielding a winning team. And how tough it is to overcome cataclysmic injury, unless you’re Mike Siano.