2014 Draft Prep: AL-only H2H mock draft

Mike Trout has pretty much established himself as the No. 1 overall pick (at least in the realm of our CBS mock drafts) in nearly every format. He went first in our latest 10-team AL-only H2H points mock this week, with nemesis Miguel Cabrera going second. They were followed by Yu Darvish, Jacoby Ellsbury, Robinson Cano, Prince Fielder, Adrian Beltre, Chris Davis, Max Scherzer and Edwin Encarnacion. You'll get no issue here with the 4-10 picks -- we could have scrambled them up in almost any order and a decent case could be made for anyone in any spot.

There's some borderline first round AL-only value that trickled into the second round, too, with Adam Jones and Jose Bautista being taken in the first five picks. Joe Mauer was the first catcher taken (sixth pick in the second round), followed immediately by Carlos Santana (seventh pick in the second round).

Bounceback candidate Albert Pujols was the fourth pick of the second round, taken ahead of Bautista, Jose Reyes, and Felix Hernandez. As for some other possible bouncebacks: R.A. Dickey went in round 4, Josh Hamilton in round 6, CC Sabathia in round 8, and John Axford in round 10.

The first closer off the board was Greg Holland, who lasted until the second pick of Round 6. And the pick set off a closer run, with Koji Uehara and Glen Perkins being taken later in the round, and Joe Nathan and David Robertson going in the seventh.

As for some noteworthy top prospects, Jose Abreu went in the fourth, Masahiro Tanaka in the fifth, Xander Bogaerts in the eighth, George Springer in the ninth, Taijuan Walker in the 10th, Nick Castellanos in the 13th, Trevor Bauer in the 18th, Jon Singleton and James Paxton in the 19th, and Kyle Gibson in the 21st. Byron Buxton, the top prospect in the game (who is expected to spend most -- if not all -- of 2014 in the minors), was not drafted.

We completed this draft about 20 minutes before the Andy Dirks injury news broke. With the huge stolen base upside of likely replacement Rajai Davis (tempered slightly by this format not rewarding steals as much as a Roto league), we probably would have seen the speedster taken in the 16th-18th rounds.

Our participants:

1. Nando Di Fino, Senior Fantasy Writer
2. Dave Richard, Senior Fantasy Writer
3. Scott White, Senior Fantasy Writer
4. Al Melchior, Data Analyst
5. Jamey Eisenberg, Senior Fantasy Writer
6. Peter Madden, Director, Fantasy Sports
7. Adam Aizer, Video/Podcast host
8. Larry Hartstein, Fantasy Writer
9. Joe Polito, Social Media Manager
10. Chris Cwik, Fantasy Writer