Fantasy Gymnastics Journals: Drafting

Tomorrow (or the day after, depending on which date the site lists is accurate) is the last day for drafting. I thought I'd share my draft with you and my thought process. It's my first year doing Fantasy Gymnastics, so I'm kind of all over the place. But whatever, that's the fun, right?

Here's my draft at this moment. I could probably edit it nonstop until the deadline if possible, but this should be essentially the draft I send in:

1. Lloimincia Hall
2. Rheagan Courville
3. Kytra Hunter
4. Erin Macadaeg
5. Kristina Vaculik
6. Beka Conrad
7. Georgia Dabritz
8. Jessie Jordan
9. Abigail Milliet
10. Brenna Dowell
11. Tory Wilson
12. Brandie Jay
13. India McPeak
14. Lindsay Mable
15. Chelsea Tang
16. Caitlin Atkinson
17. Alina Cartwright
18. Kennedy Baker
19. Elizabeth Price
20. Alex McMurtry
21. Samantha Peszek
22. Chayse Capps
23. Haley Scaman
24. Katie Bailey
25. Bridget Sloan
26. Stephanie Giameo
27. Brittni Watkins
28. Brittany Rodgers
29. Kelsey Morris
30. Nina McGee
31. Hollie Blanske
32. Chelsea Davis
33. Cierra Tomson
34. Amanda Jetter
35. Jessie DeZiel
36. Amanda Wellick
37. Sidney Sanabria-Robles
38. Hallie Mossett
39. Makenzie Johnson
40. Rachel Updike
41. Kaitlyn Clark
42. Caitlin Brown
43. Talia Chiarelli
44. Bridgette Caquatto
45. Nicole Artz
46. Lisa Burt
47. Aja Sims
48. Mary Beth Box
49. Taylor Harrison
50. Ericha Fassbender
51. Corrie Lothrop
52. Rachel Spicer
53. Halle Moraw
54. Danusia Francis
55. Nicolette McNair
56. Rebecca Clark
57. Silvia Colussi-Pelaez
58. Ashley Gnat
59. Madeline Gardiner
60. Christine Peng-Peng Lee
61. Allison Northey
62. Rachel Daum
63. Lauren Beers
64. Krystal Welsh
65. Britney Ranzy
66. Ciera Perkins
67. Grace Williams
68. Kamerin Moore
69. Cami Guyer
70. Tenille Funches
71. Erin Buchanan
72. Kailah Delaney
73. Ivana Hong
74. Sachi Sugiyama
75. Charlie Owens
76. Becky Tutka
77. Giana O'Connor
78. Sarah Landes
79. Haley Watts
80. Natalie Vaculik
81. Taylor Rice
82. Jennifer Pinches
83. Desire' Stephens
84. Alie Glover
85. Memory Shettles
86. Brittany Stover
87. Alyssa Nocella
88. Shelby Hilton
89. Sami King
90. Becca Druien
91. Taylor Bolender
92. Diana Walters
93. Luisa Leal
94. Meghan Pflieger
95. Nicolette Swoboda
96. Alyssa Tucker
97. Gina Locigno
98. Kalliah McCartney
99. Jesse Williams
100. Karen Tang
101. Jessica Howe
102. Caroline Morant
103. Claire Boyce
104. McKenzie Wofford
105. Natasha Sundby
106. Mary Jane Horth
107. Lauren Feely
108. Kara Lovan
109. Morgan Reynolds
110. Sophina DeJesus
111. Alicia Gallarzo
112. Bri Guy
113. Lexi Cappalli
114. Angel Metcalf
115. Emma Sibson
116. Sydney Hoerr
117. Morgan Traina
118. Kayla Williams
119. Jordan Naleway
120. Brianna Gades
121. Dominique Pegg
122. Allie Salas
123. Morgan Steigerwalt
124. Carissa Kraus
125. Keeley Kmieciak
126. Hannah Nordquist
127. Maile'ana Kanewa
128. Samantha Lutz
129. Samantha Shapiro
130. Kayla Weber
131. Lauren Ross
132. Majesta Valentine
133. Breanna Hughes
134. Ashlyn Broussard
135. Savannah Borman
136. Erica Brewer
137. Bianca Dancose-Giambattisto
138. Stephanie Miceli
139. Sydney Ewing
140. Jessica Savona

My draft is essentially "I want you on my team, I don't care what the stats say," all arounders, and "Hey, you're from ASU and you're decent." And NO ARIZONA GYMNASTS ALLOWED. Because why not bring team bias into Fantasy?

My top ten is probably where you see my frenzied thought process the most. I started just sort of putting down gymnasts I liked/had heard of. As you can see, Mincie is first because she is fabulous. I also have Erin Macadeag in my top 5 because ARTISTRY! Then I went all arounder crazy. See Rheagan Courville, Kytra Hunter, and co. Now- I'm just sort of going for it. I'm more open to gymnasts on two or three events than I was when I was all arounder crazy.

I'd be shocked if I didn't get Beka Conrad. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if I'm the only person playing with her in the top 10. Again, go Sun Devils! Perhaps I should move her down a bit, I might not want my first-round spot to go to her (assuming my top 5 all go first round before me)....
Update: I have moved her down to 24th. Will still be shocked if she's not on my team.

Having India McPeak so high is probably stupid, but whatever. She was in my top 10, so this is me showing restraint.

Silvia Colussi-Palaez also had quite a drop. I had her in the top 5 because I thought (and still think) she'd be fun to have on a team, and I also think she'll have bigger standout potential at Oregon State, but she never scored over 9.75, so....

In a way, I wonder if I should even have Bridget Sloan and Sam Peszek in my draft since they're so low, but why not, they'll just skip over them anyway.

With The Gym Twins being so gung-ho Lindsay Mable in all their discussions of drafting, I'm assuming I also have no chance at her on the team.

I'm being pretty reckless with my freshman. We'll see a) how many I get, and b) if that spells absolute disaster. I'm a little leery of Price, seeing as she has some sort of injury something, but if I do keep her in the top, I can always trade her (assuming I get her) if I decide it isn't worth the risk after the draft is over. I'm also assuming Abby Milliet will be a star for Auburn this year, so I'm keeping her toward the top.

I've been giving strong beamers higher spots, because there will never NOT be a need for a consistent beam worker.

I was VERY conscientious in my top 50. 51-70 also got a very high consideration. After about 85, it was just sort of "you go in this general area."