Monday, March 24, 2008
I have seen what many said they never dared / Oh, in a fantasy
I now have a fantasy baseball team. I guess I've always had this fantasy baseball team, or at least have had it since 2000, or so. I like to think it needs me as much as I need it.
We drafted last Thursday. Here's my team. The K's denote my keepers. We've got ten of 'em this year, and are bumping up to 15 for '09. No more keeper / franchiser distinction, no more minors, just straight-up keepers.
Honestly, I think I blew the draft a little. I took a few hyped rookies a few rounds too early, and missed out on most of the middling starters with whom I had hoped to pad out my rotation. Thus I'm stuck with a mix of older, oft-injured guys and unproven young'uns. And Peralta is the worst starting SS in the league. My bullpen looks pretty good, though.
C: Geovanny Soto; JR Towles
1B: Adrian Gonzalez
2B: Brian Roberts (K)
3B: David Wright (K), Chone Figgins (K), Edwin Encarnacion
SS: Jhonny Peralta
OF: Nick Markakis (K), Delmon Young (K), Chris Young (K), Raul Ibanez, Jacoby Ellsbury
SP: Johan Santana (K), CC Sabathia (K), Tim Lincecum (K), Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Johnny Cueto, Kevin Slowey, Manny Parra, Mark Prior
RP: Joe Nathan (K), Jonathan Papelbon, CJ Wilson
I now have a fantasy baseball team. I guess I've always had this fantasy baseball team, or at least have had it since 2000, or so. I like to think it needs me as much as I need it.
We drafted last Thursday. Here's my team. The K's denote my keepers. We've got ten of 'em this year, and are bumping up to 15 for '09. No more keeper / franchiser distinction, no more minors, just straight-up keepers.
Honestly, I think I blew the draft a little. I took a few hyped rookies a few rounds too early, and missed out on most of the middling starters with whom I had hoped to pad out my rotation. Thus I'm stuck with a mix of older, oft-injured guys and unproven young'uns. And Peralta is the worst starting SS in the league. My bullpen looks pretty good, though.
C: Geovanny Soto; JR Towles
1B: Adrian Gonzalez
2B: Brian Roberts (K)
3B: David Wright (K), Chone Figgins (K), Edwin Encarnacion
SS: Jhonny Peralta
OF: Nick Markakis (K), Delmon Young (K), Chris Young (K), Raul Ibanez, Jacoby Ellsbury
SP: Johan Santana (K), CC Sabathia (K), Tim Lincecum (K), Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Johnny Cueto, Kevin Slowey, Manny Parra, Mark Prior
RP: Joe Nathan (K), Jonathan Papelbon, CJ Wilson
