Ever since I first heard about the League of Leagues back in 2015 I’ve always dreamed of being in a similar three-sport league. For those who are unfamiliar with the format, all the participants get together and draft separate teams for MLB, NFL, and NBA all in the same draft. Any given round can contain picks from any sport, and there’s really no wrong way to go about it. Then you play out all three seasons as they come along throughout the year as you normally would.

It’s a fascinating exercise in strategy and creating value, so naturally, when Mat Smada (@smada_bb) of Friends with Fantasy Benefits and Minor Graphs fame asked me if I wanted to be in one with 14 folks in the industry (including our very own David Fenko!) I jumped at the chance.

The slow draft itself started at the end of July and wrapped itself up about a week ago or so. While football and basketball will obviously be up first I think taking a look at the draft order for the 2020 baseball season can give us some interesting insight into both how we view things next year and perhaps shed some light on how we feel about the league right now and what players we should be keeping an eye on down the stretch.

Today, we’ll cover the first two rounds. Overall, it’s an interesting mix of the old standbys and some new faces. I’ll try to provide a positional and statistical breakdown for both rounds and highlight a few interesting picks that stand out to me. It’s worth noting before we begin that the format for this league was 5×5 H2H categories with OBP instead of average.

Part One: The Big Picture

Let’s start with who went where in the first two rounds:

And the rounds broken down by position: