All-Time Ind- Guardians RCF Fantasy Draft, Pt. II

3rd round pick for myself.

Catcher Victor Martinez.

With the last pick in the 3rd round, I take the Anthony Gose of the 1950's - Hall of Famer Bob Lemon.
Lemon was an infielder, but when he got out of the service in WW2, he tried pitching, It worked out.

• Had 4 seasons when he was Top 10 in WAR
• 7 time 20 game winner
• 7 time All Star
• No-hitter in 1948
• 2-0 record in 1948 World Series
• Props to me for having 2 starting pitchers in the Hall of Fame.

Here's Bob in training.

With the 1st pick in the 4th round, I pick OF Joe Carter.

• 151 career HR's as an Indian in only around 800 games.
• 30-30 man in 1987
• Led AL with 121 RBI in 1986
• Even when traded to Padres, it signaled the Golden Age for the Indians (Sandy and Baerga)

https://www.mlb.com/video/joe-carter-hits-walk-off-home-run

BTW. I'm not sayin it's a long time between picks,,,, but half my team is already dead.
@JDailey23 you're up.

With the 2nd pick in the 4th round, I select SP Carsten Charles Sabathia Jr.

Francisco Lindor in the fourth round? Yes please, full write up later when I get to a PC.

@BimboColesHair

Has anyone taken Felix Fermin? Guy was unstoppable on the basepaths in RBI Baseball 3.

Why are people still mentioning the team's dead name?

With my 4th round pick I will take:


Grady Sizemore, CF, 2006 season

Defense matters up the middle, and one of the best defensive CFers in recent memory will fill that hole on my squad. He also posted a .290/.375/.533 slash that season with 53 2B, 11 3B, 28 HR, 22 SB, and scored 134 runs to the tune of a 133 OPS+ season worth 6.7 bWAR.

Round 1: Nap Lajoie, 2B - 1910 version (.383/.444/.514 slash, 9.8 bWAR, 51 2B, 26 SB, 227 H)
Round 2: Shoeless Joe Jackson, RF - 1911 version (.408/.468/.590 slash, 9.2 bWAR, 45 2B, 41 SB, 233 H)
Round 3: Gaylord Perry, SP - 1972 version (342 IP, 24 W, 1.92 ERA, 10.8 bWAR, 7 CGSO, 0.978 WHIP)
Round 4: Grady Sizemore, CF - 2006 version (.290/.375/.533 slash, 6.7 bWAR, 53 2B, 11 3B, 28 HR, 22 SB, 134 R)

@Lord Mar is up

With my 4th round pick of the 2022 All-Time Ind-Guardians RCF Fantasy Draft, @Lord Mar selects…

Jim Bagby Sr, SP, MLB World Series Winner





Why: Jim is the all-time single season leader for CLE in wins with a 31-12 record in 1920, when they won their 1st ever World Series Championship. In 7 years as an Indian, he tallied a win/loss total of 122-86 with a 3.03 ERA in 1735.2 innings pitched.

Fun Fact - Bagby Sr. is known for his screwball and for being a decent hitter. He had a .218 career BA (better than a lot of current Guardian hitters) and hit the first home run as a pitcher in world series history (1920).


1. Jim Thome (1B)
2. Earl Averill (CF)
3. Omar Vizquel (SS)
4. Jim Bagby Sr (SP)


@sportscoach is on the clock

Okay, I am going with one of my sleepers, may be too soon...

1B Hal Trosky...


I mean he was honestly a pretty good player. If he was a better fielder and didnt have to deal with the WAR, he would have easily been a near HOF if not HOF. I needed a middle of the order bat...

@CBBI

You are up with two picks!

With the final pick of 4th round, I select SP Sam McDowell circa 1965

A 6x all-star and 5x strikeout leader, I went with the 1965 version of "Sudden Sam" as he led the league in ERA (2.18), strikeouts (325), K/9 (10.7), hits/9 (5.9) and HR/9 (0.3).



With the first pick of the 5th round, I select SS Joe Sewell circa 1923

One of the toughest players in major league baseball history to strikeout, Sewell holds the record for the lowest strikeout rate in major league history, striking out on average only once every 73 plate appearances, and the most consecutive games without a strikeout, at 115.

I went with the 1923 version as Sewell set career highs in triples, RBI, walks, batting average, OBP, SLG, OPS and OPS+ all the while only striking out 12 times in 685 plate apperances.



Current Roster
1st pick: Tris Speaker CF, 1923 version - 9.1 WAR, 133 R, 218 H, 59 2B, 11 3B, 17 HR, 130 RBI, .380/.469/.610 slash, 182 OPS+
2nd pick: Jose Ramirez 3B, 2018 version - 7.5 WAR, 110 R, 156 H, 38 2B, 4 3B, 39 HR, 105 RBI, .270/.387/.552 slash, 151 OPS+
3rd pick: Roberto Alomar 2B, 1999 version - 7.4 WAR, 138 R, 182 H, 40 2B, 3 3B, 24 HR, 120 RBI, .323/.422/.533 slash, 140 OPS+
4th pick: Sam McDowell SP, 1965 version - 8.2 WAR, 17-11 record, 2.18 ERA, 273 IP, 325 K, 161 ERA+, 2.08 FIP
5th pick: Joe Sewell SS, 1923 version - 8.1 WAR, 98 R, 195 H, 41 2B, 10 3B, 3 HR, 109 RBI, .353/.456/.479 slash, 146 OPS+

@sportscoach back on the clock.

Alright my next pick is in!!!

SP Stan Coveleski


@Lord Mar

Everyone take a week vacation since it will be another minute before the next pick is in! lol

@Lord Mar has until midnight or we'll skip and keep moving.