Last night was my fantasy baseball draft. Since such a large portion of my readership is from overseas I am assuming there will not be too much interest in me listing who I got, but screw you! Here are my results round by round with comments:
1. (5) Miguel Cabrera 3B he is going to have a huge year with Detroit!
2. (18) Albert Pujols 1B Can't believe he dropped so far, a #1 pick in the second round.
3. (27) David Ortiz 1B Again, dropped way to far. Big Papi rules!
4. (40) Russell Martin C I had too much power and not enough speed so I thought let me get some steals from catcher to even things out. Plus some power to
5. (49) Hunter Pence OF Another very balanced player
6. (62) Bobby Abreu OF I am not a big Abreu fan, but he ranks so high in my crazy system I had to grab him here in the 6th round
7. (71) John Smoltz SP I wanted a reliable starter, and that is Smoltzie for sure
8. (84) Ian Kinsler 2B I was worried about pitching at this point but couldn't pass up another 20/20 guy at second base
9. (93) Édgar Rentería SS Now I was really getting worried about pitching, Renteria was the last solid SS available, and he may turn out to be a real stud in the 9th round
10. (106) Chad Billingsley SP,RP I don't know much about him, but everybody seems to love him. Also I was trying to stay with NL pitchers in general
11. (115) Tim Lincecum SP LOVE HIM
12. (128) Andruw Jones OF Wow, I think he went in the first 2 rounds last year. I think he will bounce back nicely and give me 4th round pick production
13. (137) Jason Isringhausen RP OK here goes my pitching run, with all my position spots filled I get serious about pitching. First the best closer on the board
14. (150) Hideki Okajima RP We count holds, so I went for one of the best hold guys on the board
15. (159) George Sherrill RP Sherril is closing for Baltimore this year. He may not get as many save opportunities as some, although I am guessing when Baltimore wins it will usually be close, and they are bound win at least 60 games.
16. (172) Jeremy Accardo RP He will give me saves and then when/if BJ Ryan returns I get mad holds
17. (181) Dustin McGowan SP Another darling of the fantasy writers
18. (194) Jeremy Hermida OF Great value here at 18 he could end up being one of my starters in the outfield
19. (203) Billy Butler 1B,OF Better value at 19, he will either start for me or bring me a lot of value in trade
20. (216) Ken Griffey Jr. OF Wow, 20th round. Griffey hit over 30 hr last year and it was a bad year for him.
21. (225) Felipe López 2B,SS I wanted some infield flexibility, but now I find out Lopez may not start so I may be dumping him.
OK thats it for baseball. Patton Oswalt is funny, kind of like your funniest friend, which is pretty funny, but not quite funny enough for me. He had a few "good ones" in there but he just didn't slay me. Lewis Black, who I don't really like on the Daily Show because he always sounds like he is reading the teleprompter (which is is) surprised me. He was really funny. He did some really nice material on 9-11. Anyhow 7.5 out of 11.5 and 9.8.
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