2B ADP: Yahoo vs MDC
With Yahoo finally opening up its mock drafts, I am going to look today at how second basemen are being drafted at Yahoo compared to MockDraftCentral.com. Here is the list of 2B drafted at Yahoo and their positions drafted at MDC along with some notes.
Note: Remember that the rankings are highly based off of the website’s initial rankings of the players.
| Name | Position | Yahoo | MDC | Difference | Yahoo! | MDC | Differnce |
| Robinson Cano | (NYY – 2B) | 8 | 10 | 2 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Dustin Pedroia | (Bos – 2B) | 18 | 19 | 0 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Ian Kinsler | (Tex – 2B) | 21 | 24 | 3 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Dan Uggla | (Atl – 2B) | 48 | 53 | 5 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Ben Zobrist | (TB – 2B,OF) | 53 | 80 | 27 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Michael Young | (Tex – 1B,2B,3B) | 59 | 71 | 13 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Brandon Phillips | (Cin – 2B) | 60 | 61 | 1 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Chase Utley | (Phi – 2B) | 65 | 77 | 12 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Howie Kendrick | (LAA – 1B,2B,OF) | 78 | 105 | 27 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Michael Cuddyer | (Col – 1B,2B,OF) | 82 | 96 | 14 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Rickie Weeks | (Mil – 2B) | 89 | 79 | -10 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Dustin Ackley | (Sea – 2B) | 139 | 137 | -2 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Jemile Weeks | (Oak – 2B) | 157 | 155 | -3 | 100% | 100% | 1% |
| Neil Walker | (Pit – 2B) | 164 | 144 | -21 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Danny Espinosa | (Was – 2B) | 179 | 151 | -29 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Kelly Johnson | (Tor – 2B) | 212 | 235 | 24 | 100% | 71% | 29% |
| Ryan Theriot | (SF – 2B,SS) | 217 | 273 | 56 | 3% | 4% | -1% |
| Gordon Beckham | (CWS – 2B) | 221 | 238 | 17 | 9% | 32% | -23% |
| Jose Altuve | (Hou – 2B) | 222 | 221 | 0 | 3% | 13% | -10% |
| Omar Infante | (Mia – 2B) | 223 | 238 | 15 | 5% | 17% | -12% |
| Ryan Raburn | (Det – 2B,OF) | 224 | 241 | 18 | 7% | 42% | -35% |
| Ryan Roberts | (Ari – 2B,3B) | 224 | 196 | -28 | 98% | 95% | 3% |
| Darwin Barney | (ChC – 2B) | 224 | 417 | 192 | 2% | 0% | 2% |
| Allen Craig | (StL – 2B,OF) | 225 | 233 | 8 | 19% | 56% | -37% |
| Scott Sizemore | (Oak – 2B,3B) | 228 | 299 | 70 | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| Ruben Tejada | (NYM – 2B,SS) | 232 | 270 | 38 | 2% | 18% | -16% |
| Mike Aviles | (Bos – 2B,3B,SS) | 233 | 237 | 3 | 16% | 3% | 13% |
| Maicer Izturis | (LAA – 2B,3B,SS) | 234 | ND | NA | 7% | 0% | 7% |
| Eduardo Nunez | (NYY – 2B,3B,SS) | 234 | 273 | 39 | 6% | 2% | 4% |
| Sean Rodriguez | (TB – 2B,3B,SS) | 234 | 267 | 32 | 7% | 21% | -14% |
| Jason Kipnis | (Cle – 2B) | 235 | 166 | -69 | 92% | 97% | -5% |
| Brian Roberts | (Bal – 2B) | 237 | 242 | 4 | 7% | 54% | -47% |
| Daniel Murphy | (NYM – 1B,2B,3B) | 239 | 232 | -7 | 64% | 74% | -10% |
| Aaron Hill | (Ari – 2B) | 254 | 233 | -21 | 83% | 81% | 2% |
Notes
- The first major difference in the drafts was Ben Zobrist being taken 27 places higher. I have Zobrist lumped in with a group of 2B including Uggla, Young, Phillips, Utley, Kendrick, Cuddyer and Weeks (Rickie). At MDC, Rickie Weeks, on average, is being taken 1 spot ahead of Zobrist. At Yahoo, Zobrist is being taken 36 spots earlier. As a group, these 7 2B average being a taken at 67th over all at Yahoo. At MDC, they average being taken at the 77th spot. I believe there is plenty of talent at the 2B position and there is no reason reach for one of this group early. I think MDC’s numbers are closer to where these 2B should be drafted, about one round later.
- Danny Espinosa and Neil Walker are lower at Yahoo compared to MDC. I am guessing it is because everyone has already participated in a run on the over-ranked 2B earlier in the draft. The pair has been taken 100% of the time on both websites.
- Kelly Johnson is loved and Aaron Hill is hated by Yahoo compared to MDC. At MDC, they are being taken at almost the same clip. Johnson was taken 71% of the time with a ADP of 235. Aaron Hill was taken 81% of the with an ADP of 233. Aaron’s ADP drops 21 places to the lowest value among 2B at Yahoo. Johnson’s ADP jumps 24 spots and is the last 2B taken 100% of the time at Yahoo. Owners know that Hill has the ability to produce and are taking him late in 83% of the Yahoo leagues.
- Jason Kipnis is the biggest dropper from MDC to Yahoo of the 2B. His percentage drafted is similar (92% vs 97%), but is being taken almost 6 rounds later in the draft.
- I would not use the preset rankings for reference at all at Yahoo, especially later in the draft. If a person was to go off the percentage drafted, the ranking of the players are much improved.
10
“pass on ackley, and take kipnis”
words to live by
Umm, the difference between 18 and 19 is 1, not 0.
Rounding…like 18.4 vs 18.6 perhaps.
It was rounded. I had the data in decimal format and rounded it because looked messy.
In dynasty/keeper leagues I am doing my best to trade surplus in order to get Cano/Pedroia/Kinsler. Those guys are so much better than the rest of the 2B crop or anything coming in the near future.
It’s a competitive advantage on par w/ having Tulo at SS to have one of the 3 if you don’t have to give an arm, leg, and first born for them. Since they’re all not the youngest and Pedroia/Kinsler come w/ slightly undeserved “not durable” tags you probably won’t have to.
I wonder how much of Kipnis’ slide on Yahoo! vs MDC is due to Yahoo!’s horrible O-Rank for him this year.
That’s a great point. Yahoo has always had awful rankings. If a player starts out ranked in the 300s, he’ll almost never have his Yahoo ADP increased. The reason is that someone like Kipinis or Addison Reed may never go drafted in 8 or 10 team leagues. (Yes, people do play in 8 team leagues). Also, I have found that when doing mocks at Yahoo, people will hang around until about round 10 and then go on autodraft. Autodraft will never pick up Kipinis or Reed and that will artificially keep their ADP down at Yahoo.
Great article, can we expect other positions to follow?