The first round pick, the player taken here typically determines how you will go about building your team.  Depending on where you draft in the first round you could find yourself with the game’s elite like a Mike Trout or you could find yourself with a middling pick where a breakout player from last year such as an A.J. Pollock might be ranked, maybe you have a pick at the end of the first round where some of the old guard remains like a Jose Bautista who when healthy can still be an MVP.  The question remains though, just how important is who you choose in the first round?  Ray Flowers gives his take on this question in the 2016 Fantasy Alarm Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide.

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 2016 MLB Draft Guide: Does The First Round Really Matter?

By Ray Flowers

Let’s assume we’re in a 15-team mixed league as the baseline for this discussion. Here’s a top-15 ADP list from last season. Some hits, some misses, some failures. The usual actually.

 

Rank

Player 

1

Mike Trout (LAA - CF)

2

Andrew McCutchen (PIT - CF)

3

Clayton Kershaw (LAD - SP)

4

Giancarlo Stanton (MIA - RF)

5

Miguel Cabrera (DET - 1B,3B,DH)

6

Paul Goldschmidt (ARI - 1B)

7

Jose Abreu (CWS - 1B,DH)

8

Carlos Gomez (HOU - CF)

9

Jose Bautista (TOR - 1B,CF,RF,DH)

11

Edwin Encarnacion (TOR - 1B,DH)

12

Jose Altuve (HOU - 2B)

13

Anthony Rizzo (CHC - 1B)

15

Adam Jones (BAL - CF)

16

Troy Tulowitzki (TOR - SS)

17

Robinson Cano (SEA - 2B)

 

2015 FIRST ROUND HITS (4)

Mike Trout, Clayton Kershaw, Paul Goldschmidt, Jose Altuve

These four men produced numbers that had them inside the top-15 fantasy performers at the end of the 2015 season.

2015 FIRST ROUND MISSES (8)

Andrew McCutchen, Miguel Cabrera, Jose Abreu, Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion, Anthony Rizzo, Robinson Cano, Adam Jones

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