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Hey everyone, we had our first Experts League draft of the year on Wednesday. 12 teams/23 rounds. Here's a look at the first few rounds with the participants listed first:
1. Todd Zola
2. Brandon Funston
3. Myself
4. Jeff Erickson
5. Eric Karabell
6. Mike Sheets
7. David Gonos
8. Tristan Cockcroft
9. Walter Lis
10. Matthew Pouliot
11. Greg
12. Brian Walton
FIRST ROUND
1. A-Rod
2. Hanley Ramirez
3. Jose Reyes
4. Albert Pujols
5. David Wright
6. Jimmy Rollins
7. Chase Utley
8. Matt Holliday
9. Alfonso Soriano
10. Johan Santana
11. Carl Crawford
12. Miguel Cabrera
SECOND ROUND
13. Ichiro Suzuki
14. Ryan Howard
15. Ryan Braun
16. Jake Peavy
17. Grady Sizemore
18. Vladimir Guerrero
19. Prince Fielder
20. Brandon Phillips
21. B.J. Upton
22. David Ortiz
23. Carlos Beltran
24. Carlos Lee
THIRD ROUND
25. Russell Martin
26. Lance Berkman
27. Mark Teixeira
28. Victor Martinez
29. Derek Jeter
30. Curtis Granderson
31. Magglio Ordonez
32. Carlos Guillen
33. Justin Morneau
34. Robinson Cano
35. Brian Roberts
36. Joe Mauer
FOURTH ROUND:
37. Derrek Lee
38. Aramis Ramirez
39. Erik Bedard
40. Alex Rios
41. Troy Tulowitzki
42. Chipper Jones
43. Travis Hafner
44. Miguel Tejada
45. Chone Figgins
46. Bobby Abreu
47. Josh Beckett
48. Manny Ramirez
FIFTH ROUND:
49. Ian Kinsler
50. Garrett Atkins
51. Brandon Webb
52. Adam Dunn
53. C.C. Sabathia
54. John Lackey
55. Nick Markakis
56. Dan Haren
57. Jon Papelbon
58. Eric Byrnes
59. Michael Young
60. Roy Oswalt
SIXTH ROUND:
61. Torii Hunter
62. Cole Hamels
63. Carlos Pena
64. Brian McCann
65. Chris Young
66. Adrian Gonzalez
67. Vernon Wells
68. Paul Konerko
69. Edgar Renteria
70. Hunter Pence
71. J.J. Putz
72. Rafael Furcal
SEVENTH ROUND:
73. Shane Victorino
74. Howie Kendrick
75. Ryan Zimmerman
76. Corey Hart
77. Jorge Posada
78. Justin Verlander
79. Dan Uggla
80. Aaron Harang
81. J.J. Hardy
82. Joe Nathan
83. Francisco Rodriguez
84. Scott Kazmir
EIGHTH ROUND:
85. Placido Polanco
86. Carlos Zambrano
87. Takashi Saito
88. Jose Valverde
89. Todd Helton
90. Kenji Johjima
91. Billy Wagner
92. Delmon Young
93. Brad Hawpe
94. Felix Hernandez
95. Gary Sheffield
96. John Smoltz
NINTH ROUND:
97. Orlando Cabrera
98. Alex Gordon
99. Francisco Cordero
100. Mariano Rivera
101. Fausto Carmona
102. Jason Bay
103. Hideki Matsui
104. Chris Young OF
105. Roy Halladay
106. Jeff Francoeur
107. Juan Pierre
108. Manuel Corpas
ROUND 10:
109. Matt Kemp
110. Andruw Jones
111. Stephen Drew
112. Dustin Pedroia
113. Adrian Beltre
114. Mike Lowell
115. Kelvim Escobar
116. Jermaine Dye
117. Daisuke Matsuzaka
118. Aaron Rowand
119. Jarrod Saltalamacchia
120. Jim Thome
ROUND 11:
121. Bobby Jenks
122. Tim Lincecum
123. Ben Sheets
124. Brad Penny
125. Nick Swisher
126. Rickie Weeks
127. Willy Taveras
128. Trevor Hoffman
129. Edwin Encarnacion
130. Johnny Damon
131. Rich Hill
132. Yovani Gallardo
ROUND 12:
133. Huston Street
134. Matthew Cain
135. Joba Chamberlain
136. James Shields
137. Jacoby Ellsbury
138. Khalil Greene
139. Jeremy Hermida
140. Kevin Youkilis
141. Chad Billingsley
142. Raul Ibanez
143. Rafael Soriano
144. Javier Vazquez
ROUND 13:
145. James Loney
146. Kosuke Fukudome
147. Felipe Lopez
148. Josh Willingham
149. Michael Bourn
150. Carlos Delgado
151. Ivan Rodriguez
152. Jeff Kent
153. Pat Burrell
154. Hank Blalock
155. Brett Myers
156. Josh Hamilton
ROUND 14:
157. Pedro Martinez
158. Bengie Molina
159. Francisco Liriano
160. Nate McLouth
161. Michael Cuddyer
162. Cameron Maybin
163. Brad Lidge
164. Ramon Hernandez
165. A.J. Burnett
166. Geovany Soto
167. Ted Lilly
168. John Maine
ROUND 15:
169. Ian Snell
170. Adam LaRoche
171. Ken Griffey Jr.
172. Tim Hudson
173. Jason Isringhausen
174. Adam Wainwright
175. Chad Cordero
176. Jeff Francis
177. Jered Weaver
178. Billy Butler
179. Jhonny Peralta
180. Orlando Hudson
ROUND 16:
181. Evan Longoria
182. Matt Capps
183. A.J. Pierzynski
184. Carlos Marmol
185. Jason Varitek
186. Chien-ming Wang
187. Jeremy Bonderman
188. Dustin McGowan
189. Joakim Soria
190. Eric Gagne
191. Justin Upton
192. Troy Glaus
[ January 08, 2008, 05:07 PM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]
1. Todd Zola
2. Brandon Funston
3. Myself
4. Jeff Erickson
5. Eric Karabell
6. Mike Sheets
7. David Gonos
8. Tristan Cockcroft
9. Walter Lis
10. Matthew Pouliot
11. Greg
12. Brian Walton
FIRST ROUND
1. A-Rod
2. Hanley Ramirez
3. Jose Reyes
4. Albert Pujols
5. David Wright
6. Jimmy Rollins
7. Chase Utley
8. Matt Holliday
9. Alfonso Soriano
10. Johan Santana
11. Carl Crawford
12. Miguel Cabrera
SECOND ROUND
13. Ichiro Suzuki
14. Ryan Howard
15. Ryan Braun
16. Jake Peavy
17. Grady Sizemore
18. Vladimir Guerrero
19. Prince Fielder
20. Brandon Phillips
21. B.J. Upton
22. David Ortiz
23. Carlos Beltran
24. Carlos Lee
THIRD ROUND
25. Russell Martin
26. Lance Berkman
27. Mark Teixeira
28. Victor Martinez
29. Derek Jeter
30. Curtis Granderson
31. Magglio Ordonez
32. Carlos Guillen
33. Justin Morneau
34. Robinson Cano
35. Brian Roberts
36. Joe Mauer
FOURTH ROUND:
37. Derrek Lee
38. Aramis Ramirez
39. Erik Bedard
40. Alex Rios
41. Troy Tulowitzki
42. Chipper Jones
43. Travis Hafner
44. Miguel Tejada
45. Chone Figgins
46. Bobby Abreu
47. Josh Beckett
48. Manny Ramirez
FIFTH ROUND:
49. Ian Kinsler
50. Garrett Atkins
51. Brandon Webb
52. Adam Dunn
53. C.C. Sabathia
54. John Lackey
55. Nick Markakis
56. Dan Haren
57. Jon Papelbon
58. Eric Byrnes
59. Michael Young
60. Roy Oswalt
SIXTH ROUND:
61. Torii Hunter
62. Cole Hamels
63. Carlos Pena
64. Brian McCann
65. Chris Young
66. Adrian Gonzalez
67. Vernon Wells
68. Paul Konerko
69. Edgar Renteria
70. Hunter Pence
71. J.J. Putz
72. Rafael Furcal
SEVENTH ROUND:
73. Shane Victorino
74. Howie Kendrick
75. Ryan Zimmerman
76. Corey Hart
77. Jorge Posada
78. Justin Verlander
79. Dan Uggla
80. Aaron Harang
81. J.J. Hardy
82. Joe Nathan
83. Francisco Rodriguez
84. Scott Kazmir
EIGHTH ROUND:
85. Placido Polanco
86. Carlos Zambrano
87. Takashi Saito
88. Jose Valverde
89. Todd Helton
90. Kenji Johjima
91. Billy Wagner
92. Delmon Young
93. Brad Hawpe
94. Felix Hernandez
95. Gary Sheffield
96. John Smoltz
NINTH ROUND:
97. Orlando Cabrera
98. Alex Gordon
99. Francisco Cordero
100. Mariano Rivera
101. Fausto Carmona
102. Jason Bay
103. Hideki Matsui
104. Chris Young OF
105. Roy Halladay
106. Jeff Francoeur
107. Juan Pierre
108. Manuel Corpas
ROUND 10:
109. Matt Kemp
110. Andruw Jones
111. Stephen Drew
112. Dustin Pedroia
113. Adrian Beltre
114. Mike Lowell
115. Kelvim Escobar
116. Jermaine Dye
117. Daisuke Matsuzaka
118. Aaron Rowand
119. Jarrod Saltalamacchia
120. Jim Thome
ROUND 11:
121. Bobby Jenks
122. Tim Lincecum
123. Ben Sheets
124. Brad Penny
125. Nick Swisher
126. Rickie Weeks
127. Willy Taveras
128. Trevor Hoffman
129. Edwin Encarnacion
130. Johnny Damon
131. Rich Hill
132. Yovani Gallardo
ROUND 12:
133. Huston Street
134. Matthew Cain
135. Joba Chamberlain
136. James Shields
137. Jacoby Ellsbury
138. Khalil Greene
139. Jeremy Hermida
140. Kevin Youkilis
141. Chad Billingsley
142. Raul Ibanez
143. Rafael Soriano
144. Javier Vazquez
ROUND 13:
145. James Loney
146. Kosuke Fukudome
147. Felipe Lopez
148. Josh Willingham
149. Michael Bourn
150. Carlos Delgado
151. Ivan Rodriguez
152. Jeff Kent
153. Pat Burrell
154. Hank Blalock
155. Brett Myers
156. Josh Hamilton
ROUND 14:
157. Pedro Martinez
158. Bengie Molina
159. Francisco Liriano
160. Nate McLouth
161. Michael Cuddyer
162. Cameron Maybin
163. Brad Lidge
164. Ramon Hernandez
165. A.J. Burnett
166. Geovany Soto
167. Ted Lilly
168. John Maine
ROUND 15:
169. Ian Snell
170. Adam LaRoche
171. Ken Griffey Jr.
172. Tim Hudson
173. Jason Isringhausen
174. Adam Wainwright
175. Chad Cordero
176. Jeff Francis
177. Jered Weaver
178. Billy Butler
179. Jhonny Peralta
180. Orlando Hudson
ROUND 16:
181. Evan Longoria
182. Matt Capps
183. A.J. Pierzynski
184. Carlos Marmol
185. Jason Varitek
186. Chien-ming Wang
187. Jeremy Bonderman
188. Dustin McGowan
189. Joakim Soria
190. Eric Gagne
191. Justin Upton
192. Troy Glaus
[ January 08, 2008, 05:07 PM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]
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send out the lynching party!
How could cheesehead Greg not take RYAN BRAUN?
Had to pass on him twice
How could cheesehead Greg not take RYAN BRAUN?
Had to pass on him twice

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Cano in the third round of a 12 teamer? Somebody should turn in their expert badge.
On my tombstone-
Wait! I never had the perfect draft!
Wait! I never had the perfect draft!
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Ichiro pick 13 is worse than Cano in the 3rd which is pretty bad.
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Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:
Cano in the third round of a 12 teamer? Somebody should turn in their expert badge. THAT is why I keep telling Greg they should be called "Industry Drafts"
Looks like I have to work on TK now
Cano in the third round of a 12 teamer? Somebody should turn in their expert badge. THAT is why I keep telling Greg they should be called "Industry Drafts"
Looks like I have to work on TK now

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Matt Poliout made that pick from rotoworld he was in my home league for 5 years. Never once cracked 5th place.
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Originally posted by Captain Hook:
send out the lynching party!
How could cheesehead Greg not take RYAN BRAUN?
Had to pass on him twice
You should know by now Perry that I'm a Packers HOMER (Brett Favre is picked by me every time!!), but I'm not a Brewers HOMER. In fact, I'm not even a Brewers fan, but I do like what they're building now. Braun would have been cool, but when I looked at the bottom of a 12-teamer I told Tom you could easily get a top SB guy and a power guy with those first two picks and then go from there. It worked well with Crawford and Howard, but we'll see how the final numbers work out.
I'll admit the 3-4 turn wasn't as appealing down at the bottom, but I filled out my infield in the first five rounds: Howard, Brian Roberts, Aramis Ramirez, Michael Young. That left me with a weaker than I wanted OF. Oh well.
Man, one thing Tom and I both noticed this year was the lack of depth at starting pitching. There is a huge dropoff at a certain point where taking a starter can actually hurt your team. I know I'd look that position over harder next time and maybe jump in for that fourth and fifth starter a little earlier. I finished with Cole Hamels, Carlos Zambrano (yeah, I know the downsides), Rich Hill, Matt Cain and Brett Myers, but finding the sixth SP in a 12-team league was nearly impossible. I can imagine in the 15-team NFBC, things will dry up even earlier.
Enjoy all. We'll post both drafts in full soon enough.
send out the lynching party!
How could cheesehead Greg not take RYAN BRAUN?
Had to pass on him twice

I'll admit the 3-4 turn wasn't as appealing down at the bottom, but I filled out my infield in the first five rounds: Howard, Brian Roberts, Aramis Ramirez, Michael Young. That left me with a weaker than I wanted OF. Oh well.
Man, one thing Tom and I both noticed this year was the lack of depth at starting pitching. There is a huge dropoff at a certain point where taking a starter can actually hurt your team. I know I'd look that position over harder next time and maybe jump in for that fourth and fifth starter a little earlier. I finished with Cole Hamels, Carlos Zambrano (yeah, I know the downsides), Rich Hill, Matt Cain and Brett Myers, but finding the sixth SP in a 12-team league was nearly impossible. I can imagine in the 15-team NFBC, things will dry up even earlier.
Enjoy all. We'll post both drafts in full soon enough.
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Originally posted by Captain Hook:
quote:Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:
Cano in the third round of a 12 teamer? Somebody should turn in their expert badge. THAT is why I keep telling Greg they should be called "Industry Drafts"
Looks like I have to work on TK now
[/QUOTE]yeah, we're all just industry guys, certainly not experts!!
quote:Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:
Cano in the third round of a 12 teamer? Somebody should turn in their expert badge. THAT is why I keep telling Greg they should be called "Industry Drafts"
Looks like I have to work on TK now

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Ichiro, Peavy, Cano = 

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Reyes, Ortiz, Teixeira = Wow! what a start! Looks good to me, Tom.
Ortiz will always have the knock against him because of his lack of position, but all three have a real shot at 1st Round calibre points this year.
Ortiz will always have the knock against him because of his lack of position, but all three have a real shot at 1st Round calibre points this year.
Baseball is a slow, boring, complex, cerebral game that doesn't lend itself to histrionics. You 'take in' a baseball game, something odd to say about a football or basketball game, with the clock running and the bodies flying.
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Biggest suprise to me is Beltran sliding down to the 23rd pick.Also Jeter is to high, he's steals where cut n half and no power, even his bavg dropped.[no thanks]I love Cano but he is a little early,last i grabbed him in the 4th round in a 15 team draft,his power is rising.
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Biggest suprise to me is Beltran sliding down to the 23rd pick.Also Jeter is to high, he's steals where cut n half and no power, even his bavg dropped.[no thanks]I love Cano but he is a little early,last i grabbed him in the 4th round in a 15 team draft,his power is rising.
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I've added several rounds to this thread as well, so look at the first post on page one. I'll put all 23 rounds up this week for all to see and you'll get the first issue of Fantasy Sports Magazine later this month if you were an early-bird signup.
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Through Round 12 is now locked and loaded here.
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Four more rounds were added to this thread. We now have draft results through Round 16 of this draft. Enjoy.
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Greg, I don't understand why your doing a expert 12 team mix draft for the mag. The experts draft should be the same as the NFBC. Your under cutting your own contest. Promote the 15 man draft and make the experts draft it. 

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Originally posted by Walla Walla:
Greg, I don't understand why your doing a expert 12 team mix draft for the mag. The experts draft should be the same as the NFBC. Your under cutting your own contest. Promote the 15 man draft and make the experts draft it.
It's not that I'm trying to make it easier on the Eric Karabell's of the world, it's just that our magazine reaches a large audience of readers who compete in 12-team leagues and thus we need a mix of both results. I'm not ready to convert the ENTIRE fantasy baseball world to our 15-team concept. Remember, it took God seven days to create the world, so give me time to convert the masses to our format. 
Greg, I don't understand why your doing a expert 12 team mix draft for the mag. The experts draft should be the same as the NFBC. Your under cutting your own contest. Promote the 15 man draft and make the experts draft it.


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