We've about reached the halfway point of the 2021 season -- if not officially, then at least technically. While some of the players we thought would be the best indeed have been, the landscape is quite different from three months ago and still evolving, it turns out.

I thought it would be fun, then, to consider what redrafting for the second half (not the official one, but the technical one) would look like, and I've put together what I think are the optimal first two rounds.

My initial inclination was to reduce the number of starting pitchers from earlier in the year. Between falling spin rates due to the recent foreign substance crackdown and rising workloads following an unprecedentedly short season, I get the impression the position is about to take it on the chin.

But ultimately, I decided that the threat of attrition made the most reliable starting pitchers even more valuable. The middle class is likely to suffer the most.

So eight of these 24 picks are pitchers, with the other 16 being hitters. Only one of the first nine picks is a pitcher, though, and it's probably the one you expect.