Choose up sides. How about using Yankee and Met players?

Try it.  Maybe your team against a traditional rival, geographic or otherwise.  I'll try it here between the Yankees and Mets but just to encourage others to give it a try.  Having first pick could be crucial.

It could be done for just the upcoming season or for projected success for the next few years.  Use whatever criteria you like, including fan favorites.  You don't need to be a jerk like Billy Beane trading Josh Donaldson, his best player.

I'll try it this way: pitchers and non-pitchers separately.  It could also be done among all players.

Note: this should not be confused with:

All city: New York 1947-1957 summary.  Thursday, June 19, 2014

I'll project for the next three to five seasons but not consider money and I'll ignore the DH.  Picks alternate between sides.  OK, here we go.  Picks follow display of data: Yankees first, then Mets.

Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Brian McCann*	30	140	538	495	57	115	15	1	23	75	0	0	32	77	.232	.286	.406	.692	94	201	16	7	0	4	1
2	1B	Mark Teixeira#	34	123	508	440	56	95	14	0	22	62	1	1	58	109	.216	.313	.398	.711	101	175	13	6	0	4	3
3	2B	Brian Roberts#	36	91	348	317	40	75	16	4	5	21	7	4	28	53	.237	.300	.360	.659	87	114	9	1	1	1	1
4	SS	Derek Jeter	40	145	634	581	47	149	19	1	4	50	10	2	35	87	.256	.304	.313	.617	76	182	15	6	8	4	0
5	3B	Yangervis Solarte#	26	75	289	252	26	64	14	0	6	31	0	0	30	34	.254	.337	.381	.718	104	96	8	3	1	3	0
6	LF	Brett Gardner*	30	148	636	555	87	142	25	8	17	58	21	5	56	134	.256	.327	.422	.749	111	234	3	6	13	6	0
7	CF	Jacoby Ellsbury*	30	149	635	575	71	156	27	5	16	70	39	5	49	93	.271	.328	.419	.747	111	241	9	3	0	7	5
8	RF	Ichiro Suzuki*	40	143	385	359	42	102	13	2	1	22	15	3	21	68	.284	.324	.340	.664	89	122	3	1	2	2	1
9	DH	Carlos Beltran#	37	109	449	403	46	94	23	0	15	49	3	1	37	80	.233	.301	.402	.703	98	162	11	4	0	5	2

Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Travis d'Arnaud	25	108	421	385	48	93	22	3	13	41	1	0	32	64	.242	.302	.416	.718	105	160	15	2	1	1	5
2	1B	Lucas Duda*	28	153	596	514	74	130	27	0	30	92	3	2	69	135	.253	.349	.481	.830	137	247	9	9	0	4	8
3	2B	Daniel Murphy*	29	143	642	596	79	172	37	2	9	57	13	5	39	86	.289	.332	.403	.734	111	240	15	2	0	5	3
4	SS	Ruben Tejada	24	119	419	355	30	84	11	0	5	34	1	2	50	73	.237	.342	.310	.652	90	110	8	8	4	2	11
5	3B	David Wright	31	134	586	535	54	144	30	1	8	63	8	5	42	113	.269	.324	.374	.698	101	200	22	4	0	5	5
6	LF	Eric Young#	29	100	316	280	48	64	10	5	1	17	30	6	24	60	.229	.299	.311	.610	77	87	2	5	5	2	1
7	CF	Juan Lagares	25	116	452	416	46	117	24	3	4	47	13	4	20	87	.281	.321	.382	.703	102	159	6	7	3	6	1
8	RF	Curtis Granderson*	33	155	654	564	73	128	27	2	20	66	8	2	79	141	.227	.326	.388	.714	105	219	1	6	0	5	1

side with first pick:
1. David Wright 3B Mets
2. Travis d'Arnaud, C Mets
3. Daniel Murphy 2B Mets
4. Juan Lagares, CF Mets
5. Mark Teixeira 1B Yankees
6. Curtis Granderson, RF Mets

side with second pick:
1. Jacoby Ellsbury CF Yankees
2. Lucas Duda 1B Mets
3. Brett Gardner Yankees
4. Ruben Tejada, SS Mets
5. Brian McCann C, Yankees
6. Carlos Beltran, RF Yankees

That's about it.  Beyond that it's just silly.  Of the top three on each side, the Mets have four of six with David Wright the number one overall pick.

Pitchers will include those returning from injury who may not be listed among the stats:

Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Hiroki Kuroda	39	11	9	.550	3.71	32	32	0	0	0	0	199.0	191	91	82	20	35	0	146	7	0	13	820	104	3.60	1.136	8.6	0.9	1.6	6.6	4.17
2	SP	Masahiro Tanaka	25	13	5	.722	2.77	20	20	0	3	1	0	136.1	123	47	42	15	21	0	141	4	0	4	542	140	3.04	1.056	8.1	1.0	1.4	9.3	6.71
3	SP	David Phelps	27	5	5	.500	4.38	32	17	5	1	0	1	113.0	115	62	55	13	46	2	92	7	1	2	497	88	4.41	1.425	9.2	1.0	3.7	7.3	2.00
4	SP	Brandon McCarthy	30	7	5	.583	2.89	14	14	0	1	1	0	90.1	91	35	29	10	13	0	82	1	0	1	370	134	3.22	1.151	9.1	1.0	1.3	8.2	6.31
5	SP	Shane Greene	25	5	4	.556	3.78	15	14	0	0	0	0	78.2	81	38	33	8	29	0	81	6	0	1	345	103	3.73	1.398	9.3	0.9	3.3	9.3	2.79
6	SP	Vidal Nuno*	26	2	5	.286	5.42	17	14	1	0	0	0	78.0	86	52	47	15	26	1	60	2	0	4	339	71	5.17	1.436	9.9	1.7	3.0	6.9	2.31
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	David Robertson	29	4	5	.444	3.08	63	0	55	0	0	39	64.1	45	23	22	7	23	2	96	1	0	0	259	126	2.68	1.057	6.3	1.0	3.2	13.4	4.17
8	RP	Dellin Betances	26	5	0	1.000	1.40	70	0	8	0	0	1	90.0	46	15	14	4	24	1	135	4	1	2	341	277	1.64	0.778	4.6	0.4	2.4	13.5	5.63

Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Bartolo Colon	41	15	13	.536	4.09	31	31	0	0	0	0	202.1	218	97	92	22	30	3	151	5	0	2	846	85	3.57	1.226	9.7	1.0	1.3	6.7	5.03
2	SP	Jon Niese*	27	9	11	.450	3.40	30	30	0	0	0	0	187.2	193	80	71	17	45	0	138	7	0	3	786	102	3.67	1.268	9.3	0.8	2.2	6.6	3.07
3	SP	Zack Wheeler	24	11	11	.500	3.54	32	32	0	1	1	0	185.1	167	84	73	14	79	3	187	11	0	9	794	98	3.55	1.327	8.1	0.7	3.8	9.1	2.37
4	SP	Jacob deGrom	26	9	6	.600	2.69	22	22	0	0	0	0	140.1	117	44	42	7	43	2	144	1	0	1	565	130	2.67	1.140	7.5	0.4	2.8	9.2	3.35
5	SP	Dillon Gee	28	7	8	.467	4.00	22	22	0	0	0	0	137.1	128	61	61	18	43	0	94	5	1	3	570	87	4.52	1.245	8.4	1.2	2.8	6.2	2.19

side with first pick:



1. Matt Harvey, Mets
2. Jacob deGrom, Mets
3. Zack Wheeler, Mets
4. Dellin Betances, Yankees reliever

side with second pick:

1. Masahiro Tanaka, Yankees
2. Michael Pineda, Yankees
3. Ian Nova, Yankees
4. CC Sabathia, Yankees

OK, don't kill me for the picks.  It's the idea that counts.  If I were picking among all players, I'd probably pick Matt Harvey number one.  I could have put Betances higher but I didn't think of him in time.