We are in a Blogger Fantasy Baseball League, the sick and twisted brainchild of the man who created a site named Seal Clubbers (look for a link on the blogroll also). Last Saturday was our fantasy baseball draft. For some inexplicable reason, I felt the need to explain the logic behind many of our choices about who to draft for our team, Handpeeing with Moises (yes, we got Moises Alou). To check on the standings for our league, Show N’ Tell With Sean Salisbury, click the link in the righthand righthand column, under the link to email us, part of our gorgeous Text-Box Widget. ‘Cause rudimentary HTML skills are all we have.
A note on the picks, we had the 10th pick in a 12 team serpentine ordered draft, meaning that we picked 10th in the odd numbered rounds, and 3rd in the evens. 30 round draft. Here are the picks, with a few highlighted:
Round 1: I was gunning for Miguel Cabrera, because David Wright is an abomination, but Cabrera went number 9, so Wright at 10 was not a bad consolation. It appears there is no limit to my hypocrisy.
Round 2: Lance Berkman is one of the 3 best 1B in the game, and he also has eligibility at rightfield. Enough said.
Round 3: We couldn’t get Jose Reyes, Jimmy Rollins, or Derek Jeter, but Hanley Ramirez can do everything they can do, and he is really young. He may hit for more power than Reyes, and steal more bases than Rollins. He may do more of both than Jeter. It’s a bit of a risk, because he is a second year player, but he could be the best fantasy shortstop. We just don’t know.
Round 4: We needed a pitcher, and Jake Peavy was there. Looking back on it, I kind of wish I had taken Roy Halladay, who went six picks later. They’re both going to be pretty good, but Peavy plays in a worse division, a better park, and in front of a better defense.
Round 5: Johnny Damon
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