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On Monday, Dec. 12th, we held our KP Experts League draft with industry insiders. The complete results will be featured in our first issue of Fantasy Sports Magazine, but I'll post the early rounds here for all to enjoy. This was a 12-team, 5x5, mixed league serpentine draft. We drafted 23 rounds and we will play out this league. Feel free to post comments as you see fit!



FIRST ROUND

1. Alex Rodriguez, 3B (Peter Schoenke, RotoWire.com)

2. Albert Pujols, 1B, (Matthew Pouliott, RotoWorld.com)

3. Vladimir Guerrero, OF (Greg Ambrosius, NFBC)

4. Manny Ramirez, OF (Brian Walton, CreativeSports.com)

5. Johan Santana, SP (Eric Mack, CBS Sportsline.com)

6. Mark Teixeira, 1B (Brandon Funston, Yahoo)

7. Carl Crawford, OF (Nate Ravitz, Rototimes.com)

8. David Ortiz, DH (Matthew Berry, RotoPass.com)

9. Miguel Cabrera, 3B/OF (ESPN.com)

10. Miguel Tejada, SS (Walter Lis, STATS)

11. Derrek Lee, 1B (Ron Shandler, BaseballHQ.com)

12. Bobby Abreu, OF (Tom Kessenich, NFBC)



SECOND ROUND

13. David Wright, 3B

14. Jimmy Rollins, SS

15. Ichiro Suzuki, OF

16. Carlos Beltran, OF

17. Jason Bay, OF

18. Michael Young, SS

19. Jose Reyes, SS

20. Victor Martinez, C

21. Todd Helton, 1B

22. Aflsonso Soriano, 2B

23. Pedro Martinez, SP

24. Roy Oswalt, SP



THIRD ROUND

25. Jeff Kent, 2B

26. Chone Figgins, 3B/OF

27. Chase Utley, 2B

28. Rafael Furcal, SS

29. Jake Peavy, SP

30. Chris Carpenter, SP

31. Gary Sheffield, OF

32. Juan Pierre, OF

33. Travis Hafner, DH

34. Andruw Jones, OF

35. Aramis Ramirez, 3B

36. Carlos Lee, OF



FOURTH ROUND

37. Derek Jeter, SS

38. Mariano Rivera, RP

39. Marcus Giles, 2B

40. Grady Sizemore, OF

41. Paul Konerko, 1B

42. Roy Halladay, SP

43. Joe Mauer, C

44. Adam Dunn, OF

45. Lance Berkman, 1B/OF

46. Carlos Delgado, 1B

47. Francisco Rodriguez, RP

48. Mark Prior, SP



FIFTH ROUND

49. Jorge Cantu, 2B/3B

50. Hank Blalock, 3B

51. Randy Johnson, SP

52. Scott Podsednik, OF

53. Richie Sexson, 1B

54. Ryan Howard, 1B

55. Carlos Zambrano, SP

56. Dontrelle Willis, SP

57. Felipe Lopez, SS

58. Morgan Ensberg, 3B

59. Julio Lugo, SS

60. Andy Pettitte, SP



SIXTH ROUND

61. Jim Thome, 1B

62. Troy Glaus, 3B

63. Brad Lidge, RP

64. Felix Hernandez, SP

65. Jhonny Peralta, SS

66. Eric Chavez, 3B

67. Rickie Weeks, 2B

68. Scott Rolen, 3B

69. Edgar Renteria, SS

70. Ben Sheets, SP

71. Rich Harden, SP

72. Hideki Matsui, OF



SEVENTH ROUND

73. Mark Buerhle, SP

74. Huston Street, RP

75. Billy Wagner, RP

76. Tim Hudson, SP

77. Joe Nathan, RP

78. B.J. Ryan, RP

79. Chad Cordero, RP

80. Melvin Mora, 3B

81. Barry Bonds, OF

82. Bartolo Colon, SP

83. Randy Winn, OF

84. Roger Clemens, SP



EIGHTH ROUND

85. Jason Isringhausen, RP

86. Tadahito Iguchi, 2B

87. Josh Beckett, SP

88. Francisco Cordero, RP

89. Brian Roberts, 2B

90. Vernon Wells, OF

91. Chipper Jones, 3B/OF

92. Jason Varitek, C

93. Adrian Beltre, 3B

94. Pat Burrell, OF

95. Nomar Garciaparra, SS/3B

96. Eric Gagne, RP



[ December 16, 2005, 12:45 PM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

Any chance of getting the other rounds? I always worry more about getting my 15th round gem than my 1st round one.

Sheets went in the 6th round in the champions draft.



[ December 15, 2005, 09:07 AM: Message edited by: CC's Desperados ]

[ December 14, 2005, 12:10 PM: Message edited by: The Rook ]

Okay, I've posted the first 8 rounds in the first post. That should be a good start for you here and you'll just have to pick up the magazine next month for the rest!!!



Here's my team, selected in order, from the third spot:



1. Vladimir Guerrero

2. Alfonso Soriano

3. Chase Utley

4. Carlos Delgado

5. Randy Johnson

6. Ben Sheets

7. Billy Wagner

8. Pat Burrell

9. A.J. Burnett

10. Garrett Atkins

11. Ivan Rodriguez

12. Todd Jones

13. Cliff Floyd

14. Orlando Cabrera

15. Zach Duke

16. Geoff Jenkins

17. Oliver Perez

18. Keith Foulke

19. Jon Garland

20. Mark Kotsay

21. Paul LoDuca

22. Aaron Boone

23. Emil Brown



I kind of liked this team.

Here's Tom's team from the 12th spot:



1. Bobby Abreu

2. David Wright

3. Carlos Lee

4. Derek Jeter

5. Andy Pettitte

6. Jim Thome

7. Roger Clemens

8. Jason Isringhausen

9. Barry Zito

10. Ryan Freel

11. Bob Wickman

12. A.J. Pierzynski

13. Jermaine Dye

14. Freddy Garcia

15. Lyle Overbay

16. Milton Bradley

17. Kerry Wood

18. Bengie Molina

19. Omar Vizquel

20. Jarrod Washburn

21. Reggie Sanders

22. Luis Gonzalez

23. Jon Papelbon

1. Vladimir Guerrero

2. Alfonso Soriano I agree! Great team with lots of upside, do you need a bit of speed thought?



Chris

Yup, I probably have 100 stolen bases tops on this team if all goes right. I kept looking for power after I took Soriano and Utley in the first three rounds and tried to add a little speed at a time with Cabrera and Floyd and a few others. I think I have enough for some meaningful points, but I definitely won't win that category.



This one was a fun draft. I liked the 3 hole in a 12-team draft, while Tom didn't like the 12 hole. We'll see which one proved to be more fortuitous.