FYPD Review: 24 Team Dynasty League

We recently released our FYPD Top 100 ranks as a great resource to help you get the most value from your draft. Matt and Ralph did a great job here ranking based on fantasy impact.

I run a 24 team dynasty that is starting year five. I thought it would be interesting to provide the first 52 picks in the draft as a resource. Mock drafts are nice, especially within the industry, however, real life results will give you better idea of how certain players are valued.

Team	Player
Round 1
1. Arizona	Nolan Gorman, 3B - STL
2. Minnesota	Nick Madrigal, SS - CWS
3. Oakland -	Casey Mize, RHP - DET
4. Colorado	Joey Bart, C - SF
5. Baltimore	Travis Swaggerty, 1B/OF - PIT
6. NY Yankees	Marco Luciano, SS - SF
7. St. Louis	Julio Pablo Martinez, OF - TEX
8. San Francisco	Jonathan India, 3B - CIN
9. CH. Cubs	Alec Bohm, 3B - PHI
10. LA Dodgers	Jarred Kelenic, OF - NYM
11. Washington	Trevor Larnach, OF - MIN
12. Kansas City - Traded to TEX	Ryan Weathers, LHP - SD
13. LA Angels	Jordan Groshans, 3B - TOR
14. Cleveland	Xavier Edwards, SS - SD
15. Toronto	Jordyn Adams, OF - LAA
16. Houston	Victor Victor Mesa, OF - MIA
17. Pittsburgh - Traded to SF	Nico Hoerner, SS - CHC
18. NY Mets	Mike Siani, OF - CIN
19. Texas - Traded to SF	Malcolm Nunez, 3B - STL
20. CH. White Sox	Jeremiah Jackson, SS - LAA
21. Atlanta	Matthew Liberatore, LHP - TB
22. Boston - Traded to PHI	Seth Beer, 1B - HOU
23. Seattle	Brady Singer, SP - KC
24. Philadelphia - Traded to CLE	Grant Lavigne, 1B - COL
25. Washington	Orelvis Martinez, SS - TOR
26. Cleveland	Cole Winn, RHP - TEX
Round 2
1. Arizona	Shane McClanahan, LHP - TB
2. Minnesota - Traded to COL	Jackson Kowar, RHP - KC
3. Oakland	Ethan Hankins, RHP - CLE
4. Colorado	Logan Gilbert, RHP - SEA
5. Baltimore	Brice Turang, SS - MIL
6. NY Yankees	Diego Cartaya, C - LAD
7. St. Louis	Connor Scott, OF - MIA
8. San Francisco - Traded to AZ	Alek Thomas, OF - AZ
9. CH. Cubs	Mason Denaburg, RHP - WAS
10. LA Dodgers - Traded to MIN	Tristan Casas, 1B - BOS
11. Washington	Blaze Alexander, SS - AZ
12. Kansas City	Tristan Pompey, OF - MIA
13. LA Angels - Traded to CLE	Kevin Alcantara, OF - NYY
14. Cleveland - Traded to CWS	Antonio Cabello, OF - NYY
15. Toronto - Traded to PHI	Kyler Murray, OF - OAK
16. Houston - Traded to LAA	Parker Meadows, OF - DET
17. Pittsburgh	Griffin Conine, OF - TOR
18. NY Mets	Noelvi Marte, SS - SEA
19. Texas	Greyson Jenista, OF - ATL
20. CH. White Sox	Raimfer Salinas, OF - NYY
21. Atlanta	Noah Naylor, C - CLE
22. Boston - Traded to WAS	Daniel Lynch, SP - KC
23. Seattle	Nick Schnell, OF - TB
24. Philadelphia - Traded to COL	Jake McCarthy, OF - AZ
25. Washington	Grayson Rodriguez, SP - BAL
26. San Francisco	Kyle Isbel, OF - KC

Some interesting observations to note. While we are low on taking Mize and Bart within the first five picks, in real life, they will go top five. Let them. Mize is a nice starting pitching option, but pitchers are extremely risky. If I have a top ten pick, I want a player that will shoot up the top 100. Gorman fits that description and went 1.1 here.

The biggest reach in the top ten is Marco Luciano. I’ve been a part of recent drafts where the top J2 bats lasted until the middle of the first round. With the success of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Wander Franco, the risk to take Luciano at six is not as bad as one might think. Luciano appears to be the safest bat of the J2 signings. I’m a believer that if you want a guy, don’t wait. He will get taken. So I don’t mind the reach here although there are less riskier impact bats on the board.

Picks 8-11 standout here because of the value. You could make a case for any of those guys (India, Bohm, Kelenic, and Larnach) to go one or two, depending on how you value Gorman. This is a deep draft. When Mize, Bart, and Madrigal go early, you can afford to trade back and still get a top five caliber player. If you’re sitting fourth or fifth overall and Gorman goes off the board, consider trading back into the 10-15 range. There will still be impact players to take plus the extra asset(s) acquired in the trade will add value to your system.

More importantly, wait on pitching. As you can see, four pitchers were taken in the first round. Hitters like Xavier Edwards, Jeremiah Jackson, Trevor Larnach, and Nico Hoerner will not be available after twenty or so picks. Let your league mates chase the arms.