FANALYTICS: The 5-Year Futures League, part 2

If faced with the task of drafting 30 players you would have keep for five full years, where would you start?

Last week, I described the results of our 5-year futures draft. Back in January, I wrote about what I considered to be the ideal player for this exercise. This player would...

  • be approaching 25 years of age;
  • have at least 800 AB or 400 IP of major league experience;
  • have a spotless injury history;
  • not be a pitcher (at least not early on in the draft).

I asked the 12 combatants in this league for their take. Here are excerpts of their comments:

Hitter Strategies

"I placed a priority on those with one year of MLB experience and aged 23-27."

"Targeted guys 27 or younger with health grade of C or better."

"I largely...

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