Mock Draft Updates - The signing is done. Now it's time to play the games

OK, no two people ever agree on how to conduct a baseball draft so I like to put my ring in the hat and see if I am better than the Indians. Every year I conduct what are called a "shadow" draft, where, right after the draft, I pick my players as if I was running the Indians draft board.  I do this based on available players at the time each Indians' pick rolls around.  I have examined my 2008 shadow draft last June to see where I was and in June I posted my shadow drafts with posts Shadow Draft Version 1 where I took a different path entirely from the Indians and Shadow Draft Version 2 where I took the same path as the Indians but just tweeked a couple of picks.

Now that the signing period is over I wanted to examine my picks vs the Indians based on who signed and whether my shadow drafts came in under budget or not, based on the guys I picked who signed.  In the chart below I have inputted best information on bonuses and the chart represents just the underages and overages for slot  for rounds after round 10 with the total budget at the bottom. 

Highlights of my strategy (Version 1) is that I signed Ty Buttrey, Sam Stafford, Michael Roth and Jose Mesa Jr.  I wound up signing SIXTEEN Baseball America top 500 guys and still finished under budget.  In my tweek of the Indians draft (Version 2), I subsituted Victor Roache for Tyler Naquin as the Indians are short on power.  I also signed Stafford and Roth, signed 13 BA top 500 guys and finished under budget, not surprising as this draft mirrored pretty much the Indians draft.   Compare this to the Indians strategy where they signed 13 BA top 500 guys and, as we know, finished under budget. 

Time will tell who had the better draft, me or the Indians, but here are both of my mock drafts for posterity.  Note that I prefer Version 1 as that is my strategy but I still think Version 2 will turn out better than the Indians.  Remember, in the lists below only the overage and underage vs slot is listed for rounds after round 10.  As in all other lists like this, the guys in bold are the guys who actually signed

Version 2			Version 1
1. Victor Roache	$1,600,000		1. Ty Hensley	$1,200,000
2. Mitch Brown	$800,000		2. Brett Adam Walker	$490,400
3. Kieran Lovegrove	$400,000		3. Mac Williamson	$390,000
4. D'Vonne McClure	$750,000		4. Ty Buttrey	$1,300,000
5. Dylan Baker	$200,000		5. Robert Benicasa	$145,300
6. Michael Roth	$70,000		6. Beau Amaral	$146,000
7. Josh McAdams	$250,000		7. Kris Hall	$137,200
8. Taylor Dugas	$70,000		8. Michael Roth	$70,000
9. Jacob Lee	$5,000		9. Jacob Lee	$5,000
10. Josh Martin	$4,500		10. Kevin Brady	$4,500
11. Logan Vick	$25,000		11. Logan Vick	$25,000
12. Jeremy Lucas	$0		12. Jeremy Lucas	$0
13. Sam Stafford	$50,000		13. Sam Stafford	$50,000
14. Matt Reckling	$0		14. Andrew Calica	$0
15. Nelson Rodriguez	$0		15. Ronnie Richardson	$90,000
16. Cody Penny	0		16. Cody Penny	0
17. Andrew Calica	$0		17. Louis Head	0
18. Louis Head	$0		18. Jeremy Schaffer	0
19. Colyn O'Connell	$0		19. Colyn O'Connell	0
20. Nick Pasquale	0		20. Nick Pasquale	0
21. Joe Sever	0		21. Joe Sever	0
22. Jim Stokes	0		22. Patrick Blair	0
23. Richard Stock	0		23. Richard Stock	0
24. Walker White	0		24. Jose Mesa Jr.	150,000
25. Cameron Cox	0		25. Cameron Cox	0
26. Justin Garza	0		26. Jimmy Rider	0
27. Ray Castillo	0		27. Justin Gonzalez	0
28. Josh Pigg	0		28. Josh Pigg	0
29. Randall Fant	0		29. Randall Fant	0
30. Josh Lester	0		30. Josh Lester	0
31. Daniel Holst	0		31. Andrew Potter	0
32. Paul Hendrix	0		32. Paul Hendrix	0
33. Corey Raley	0		33. Corey Raley	0
34. Matt Fultz	0		34. Pedro Pizzaro	0
35. Nick Hamilton	0		35. Nick Hamilton	0
36. Benny Suarez	0		36. Benny Suarez	0
37. Jacob Morris	0		37. Adam Ford	0
38. Joshua Nervis	0		38. Joshua Nervis	0
39. D.J. Brown	0		39. D.J. Brown	0
40. Anthony Hawkins	$0		40. Anthony Hawkins	0
Totals	$4,224,500.00		Totals	$4,203,400.00
Budget	$4,582,900.00