Friday, April 2, 2010

National Fantasy Baseball Championship team for FFGuidebook.com

Not really sure what direction I was going in this one.
I spent the entire day finishing up Fantasy Football Basics: The Ulimtate "How-to" Guide for Beginners (available for Pre-Order at http://tinyurl.com/ykpxffh ($10.95, now just $7.38 32% off, Release date 1 June 2010) {preview the page at http://preview.tinyurl.com/ykpxffh})

So I got sidetracked and did not get good ADP until late. Then had issues connecting until 5 minutes before draft time. Needless to say I was behind going in....and coming out.
Any comments are welcome.

FFGuidebook.com

Round 1: Matt Kemp
Round 2: Ichiro Suzuki
Round 3: Adrian Gonzalez
Round 4: Aramis Ramirez
Round 5: Aaron Hill
Round 6: Denard Span
Round 7: Wandy Rodriguez
Round 8: Michael Young
Round 9: Jose Valverde
Round 10: Ryan Dempster
Round 11: John Danks
Round 12: Leo Nunez
Round 13: Miguel Tejada
Round 14: Orlando Cabrera
Round 15: Scott Kazmir
Round 16: Octavio Dotel
Round 17: Nolan Reimold
Round 18: J.D. Drew
Round 19: Mark Teahen
Round 20: Kevin Correia
Round 21: Buster Posey
Round 22: Maicer Izturis
Round 23: Michael Brantley
Round 24: Paul Maholm
Round 25: John Maine
Round 26: Scott Rolen
Round 27: Kyle Lohse
Round 28: Mike Adams
Round 29: Taylor Teagarden
Round 30: Xavier Nady

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Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($10.95 on sale for $8.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428669

Fantasy Football Guidebook: Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95 on sale for $17.95) http://www.amazon.com/1602640203

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Monday, March 29, 2010

FSWA Industry Insiders League Team

I drafted last week in the Fantasy Sports Writers Association (FSWA) Industry Insiders League using the ESPN draft management. It is a 12-team league with 28 man rosters of 14 batters, 9 pitchers and 5 bench (plus 1 DL). This is a 5 x 5 rotisserie league with a twist in the categories: Hitters use R, RBI, SB and slugging percentage and on-base percentage (versus the more common HRs and batting avg.). Pitchers use W, SV, K, ERA and WHIP.

I had the first pick of the draft. Here is my roster. I will explain my strategies in a few weeks once the National Fantasy Baseball Championship (NFBC) drafts are over since I have a team in that contest this year too.

1 Albert Pujols, StL 1B
24 Felix Hernandez, Sea SP
25 CC Sabathia, NYY SP
48 Jason Bay, NYM OF
49 Shin-Soo Choo, Cle OF
72 Chris Carpenter, StL SP
73 Aaron Hill, Tor 2B
96 Denard Span, Min OF
97 Torii Hunter, LAA OF
120 Rafael Soriano, TB RP
121 Hunter Pence, Hou OF
144 Yunel Escobar, Atl SS
145 Rickie Weeks, Mil 2B
168 Adam LaRoche, Ari 1B
169 Mark DeRosa, SF 3B
192 Kerry Wood, Cle RP
193 Casey Blake, LAD 3B
216 John Baker, Fla C
217 Maicer Izturis, LAA 2B
240 Matt Capps, Was RP
241 J.A. Happ, Phi SP
264 Phil Hughes, NYY SP
265 Ben Sheets, Oak SP
288 Joba Chamberlain, NYY SP
289 Seth Smith, Col OF
312 John Maine, NYM SP
313 Mark Teahen, CWS 3B
336 Ivan Rodriguez, Was C