1. Reynold’s playing time at the beginning of the 2009 season was in question: I believe CoJack, Tracy, Clark and Reynolds all could play 1B/3B. The D-Backs even benched Reynolds the first game of 2009 because Webb was on the mound. I believe they benched him a few days later. I remember because I was a Reynolds owner in 2008 and 2009.

2. “If you forecasted Reynolds to duplicate what he did in 2008, you might pick him around 107th (76 + 31). If you used a 60-40 hitter-pitcher split, you might figure the 76th best hitter to go around pick 127. Instead, fantasy players drafted him around 100 spots lower than those methods. Reynolds’ ESPN page gave him an ADP of 218.9 for 2009.”

This is one of my biggest gripes about straight drafts. People generally pick based on how the platform ranked the players. I remember loving James Shields in 2009, but ESPN ranked him as a 6th or 7th round guy, so there was no way I was going to own him, especially since someone was autodrafting. So my draft starategy is basically looking at ESPN’s rankings and picking out the players that I (or Fangraphs, Yahoo!, etc.) like better than ESPN’s group of analysts.

In my 11-team league, there will definitely be a few teams who ignore him on the assumption he can’t/won’t repeat. At least early on. Considering the depth at third, and the fact Arod, Longoria, Youkilis and Zimmerman will be gone by the 4th round…is pablo next best? Even a 5th round pick for him could be a risk.

In 2008 there were a handful of players who k’d about a third of the time, many of them (surprising to me) actually walked a lot as well. Guys like Cust, Shoppach, Stewart, J Upton, Pena, Howard, Uggla…who’s to say which players will go off and who won’t?

I’d just as soon not risk a high strikeout guy hits some unlucky BABIP. That combination can lead to a lot of streakiness and even seasonal fluctuations.