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Our second issue of Fantasy Sports Magazine will be available in late February and will include another NFBC League. The first 23 rounds of this draft will be featured in the magazine and we will play out this league, with the winner earning a free $500 satellite league entry in 2009. Here are the first few rounds for your Friday enjoyment with the rest to follow next week:



FIRST ROUND

1. Alex Rodriguez (Bruce Bevacqua)

2. Hanley Ramirez (Mark Srebro)

3. Jose Reyes (Greg Morgan)

4. David Wright (Glenn Schroter)

5. Jimmy Rollins (Josh Blemenreich)

6. Matt Holliday (Duke Viveros)

7. Albert Pujols (Jared Eagle)

8. Miguel Cabrera (John Swol)

9. Chase Utley (Michael Edelman)

10. Ryan Howard (Anson Chan)

11. Ryan Braun (Jim Christie)

12. Carl Crawford (Wayne Edwards)

13. Alfonso Soriano (Gary Cutler)

14. Prince Fielder (Ken Magner)

15. Brandon Phillips (Jason Aberli)



SECOND ROUND

16. Mark Teixeira

17. Carlos Lee

18. Grady Sizemore

19. Carlos Beltran

20. Vladimir Guerrero

21. David Ortiz

22. Johan Santana

23. B.J. Upton

24. Jake Peavy

25. Victor Martinez

26. Lance Berkman

27. Russell Martin

28. Alex Rios

29. Curtis Granderson

30. Magglio Ordonez



THIRD ROUND

31. Ichiro Suzuki

32. Nick Markakis

33. Aramis Ramirez

34. Troy Tulowitzki

35. Eric Byrnes

36. Brian Roberts

37. Derek Jeter

38. Justin Morneau

39. Bobby Abreu

40. Erik Bedard

41. Chone Figgins

42. Garrett Atkins

43. Derrek Lee

44. Rafael Furcal

45. Corey Hart



FOURTH ROUND

46. Brian McCann

47. Robinson Cano

48. Joe Mauer

49. Carlos Guillen

50. Ian Kinsler

51. Torii Hunter

52. Manny Ramirez

53. Vernon Wells

54. Travis Hafner

55. Josh Beckett

56. Chipper Jones

57. Brandon Webb

58. Joe Nathan

59. Carlos Pena

60. Michael Young



FIFTH ROUND

61. Adrian Gonzalez

62. Cole Hamels

63. Jonathan Papelbon

64. Chris Young, OF

65. Adam Dunn

66. John Lackey

67. Hunter Pence

68. Francisco Rodriguez

69. Miguel Tejada

70. J.J. Putz

71. Justin Verlander

72. Dan Haren

73. C.C. Sabathia

74. Jason Bay

75. Paul Konerko



SIXTH ROUND

76. Scott Kazmir

77. Roy Oswalt

78. Aaron Harang

79. Francisco Cordero

80. John Smoltz

81. Carlos Zambrano

82. Jermaine Dye

83. Felix Hernandez

84. Jorge Posada

85. Ryan Zimmerman

86. Gary Sheffield

87. Adrian Beltre

88. Nick Swisher

89. Howie Kendrick

90. Shane Victorino



SEVENTH ROUND

91. Javier Vazquez

92. Huston Street

93. Jim Thome

94. Delmon Young

95. Rickie Weeks

96. Brad Hawpe

97. Juan Pierre

98. Andruw Jones

99. Bobby Jenks

100. Jeff Francoeur

101. Hideki Matsui

102. Johnny Damon

103. Chris Young

104. Mariano Rivera

105. Edgar Renteria



EIGHTH ROUND

106. Takashi Saito

107. Kenji Johjima

108. Jose Valverde

109. Daisuke Matsuzaka

110. Yovani Gallardo

111. Willy Taveras

112. Roy Halladay

113. Billy Wagner

114. Carlos Delgado

115. Orlando Cabrera

116. Ben Sheets

117. James Sheilds

118. Kelvin Escobar

119. Brett Myers

120. A.J. Burnett



NINTH ROUND

121. Manny Corpas

122. Alex Gordon

123. Todd Helton

124. Trevor Hoffman

125. Fausto Carmona

126. Rich Hill

127. Brad Lidge

128. Julio Lugo

129. Mike Lowell

130. Tim Lincecum

131. Pat Burrell

132. Dan Uggla

133. Khalil Greene

134. Matt Cain

135. John Maine



TENTH ROUND

136. Matt Kemp

137. James Loney

138. Kelly Johnson

139. Chad Cordero

140. Rafael Soriano

141. Troy Glaus

142. Edwin Encarnacion

143. Jarrod Saltalamacchia

144. Ted Lilly

145. Jacoby Ellsbury

146. Francisco Liriano

147. Matt Capps

148. Aaron Rowand

149. Geovany Soto

150. Ian Snell



ELEVENTH ROUND

151. Josh Hamilton

152. Brad Penny

153. Jeff Francis

154. Jeremy Hermida

155. Joba Chamberlain

156. Joakim Soria

157. Pedro Martinez

158. Josh Wilingham

159. Kevin Gregg

160. Placido Polanco

161. J.J. Hardy

162. Oliver Perez

163. Raul Ibanez

164. Josh Fields

165. Adam Wainwright



TWELFTH ROUND

166. Chad Billingsley

167. Jeremy Bonderman

168. Michael Cuddyer

169. Hank Blalock

170. Adam LaRoche

171. Jhonny Peralta

172. Ryan Garko

173. Dustin McGowan

174. Dustin Pedroia

175. Kaz Matsui

176. Jason Isringhausen

177. Chin-ming Wang

178. Tim Hudson

179. Ty Wigginton

180. Phil Hughes



THIRTEENTH ROUND

181. Joey Votto

182. Freddy Sanchez

183. Michael Bourn

184. Kevin Youkilis

185. Ken Griffey Jr.

186. Jered Weaver

187. Carlos Marmol

188. Richie Sexson

189. Derek Lowe

190. Kosukie Fukudome

191. Aaron Hill

192. Orlando Hudson

193. Ivan Rodriguez

194. Joe Borowski

195. Scott Rolen



FOURTEENTH ROUND

196. Jeff Kent

197. Tom Gorzelanny

198. Eric Gagne

199. Bronson Arroyo

200. Clay Buccholz

201. Todd Jones

202. Corey Patterson

203. Ryan Theriot

204. Kevin Kouzmanoff

205. Tony Pena

206. Troy Percival

207. Stephen Drew

208. Curt Schilling

209. J.R. Towles

210. Mark Ellis



FIFTEENTH ROUND:

211. Bengie Molina

212. Rocco Baldelli

213. Jason Varitek

214. Ramon Hernandez

215. Jeremy Accardo

216. Melky Cabrera

217. Moises Alou

218. Coco Crisp

219. Andy Pettitte

220. Garret Anderson

221. Jose Guillen

222. Mike Cameron

223. Jason Kubel

224. Austin Kearns

225. Bill Hall



SIXTEENTH ROUND:

226. Justin Upton

227. Jerry Owens

228. Eric Chavez

229. Zach Greinke

230. Randy Johnson

231. Gary Matthews Jr.

232. Asdrubal Cabrera

233. Ryan Freel

234. Joe Blanton

235. Yunel Escobar

236. Evan Longoria

237. Luis Castillo

238. Dontrelle Willis

239. C.J. Wilson

240. Gil Meche



SEVENTEENTH ROUND:

241. Jack Cust

242. Rich Harden

243. J.D. Drew

244. Nate McLouth

245. B.J. Ryan

246. A.J. Pierzynski

247. Rick Ankiel

248. Barry Zito

249. Mike Napoli

250. Ronny Paulino

251. Wily Mo Pena

252. Milton Bradley

253. Felipe Lopez

254. Wandy Rodriguez

255. Jonathan Broxton



EIGHTEENTH ROUND:

256. Frank Thomas

257. Scott Baker

258. Matt Garza

259. Dave Bush

260. Greg Maddux

261. Jason Bergmann

262. Paul Lo Duca

263. Billy Butler

264. Brian Wilson

265. Jeremy Guthrie

266. Orlando Hernandez

267. Andy Sonnanstine

268. Luke Scott

269. Geoff Jenkins

270. Chuck James



NINETEENTH ROUND:

271. Shaun Marcum

272. Scott Olsen

273. Tadahito Iguchi

274. Ian Kennedy

275. Erick Aybar

276. Matt Diaz

277. Chris Snyder

278. Jon Garland

279. Mark Buerhle

280. Aubrey Huff

281. Jason Bartlett

282. Carlos Ruiz

283. Mark Teahen

284. Cameron Maybin

285. Ubaldo Jimenez



ROUND 20:

286. Yadier Molina

287. David Ross

288. Conor Jackson

289. Lyle Overbay

290. Rafael Betancourt

291. Randy Wolf

292. Homer Bailey

293. Kurt Suzuki

294. Brian Bannister

295. Casey Kotchman

296. Ryan Doumit

297. Mike Jacobs

298. Nick Johnson

299. Hiroki Kuroda

300. Chris Duncan



ROUND 21:

301. Andrew Miller

302. Colby Rasmus

303. Ervin Santana

304. Jon Lester

305. Xavier Nady

306. Jason Giambi

307. Yuniesky Betancourt

308. Kevin Slowey

309. Felix Pie

310. Akinori Iwamura

311. Daric Barton

312. Chris Capuano

313. Franklin Gutierrez

314. Kevin Correia

315. Randy Winn



ROUND 22:

316. Nate Robertson

317. Heath Bell

318. Casey Blake

319. David DeJesus

320. Mark Reynolds

321. Brendan Harris

322. Lastings Milledge

323. Travis Buck

324. Ryan Church

325. Kyle Kendrick

326. Dave Roberts

327. Adam Jones

328. Kenny Rogers

329. Jay Bruce

330. Bobby Crosby



ROUND 23:

331. John Buck

332. Andy LaRoche

333. Eddie Guardado

334. Micah Owings

335. Tim Wakefield

336. Noah Lowry

337. Edwin Jackson

338. Chris Carpenter

339. Kevin Millwood

340. Joey Gathright

341. Carlos Villanueva

342. Johnny Estrada

343. Jason Schmidt

344. Doug Davis

345. Shawn Hill





Thoughts???



[ February 11, 2008, 09:00 AM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

The guy that did that YOU TUBE video floated some bogus info. Always trust Shawn Childs, except at the casino when betting on the ponies.



To early to tell the winners and losers but it was interesting to see how just a "lil" noise about Albert Pujols has him dropping to the #7 spot.



Surprised to see Johan last until the middle of the second round. However, with a solid group such as this it DOES make alot of sense. Taking a Pitcher that early, even an arm of Johans standing puts you in a rough position to achieve the Offense needed.





Are we placing to much value on these SS's this season? Hmmmmm

great looking 1st four rounds. my biggest Q. is why has PAPI fallen as far as he has. he's been one of the most dependable hitters in baseball for the last 4 years. guaranteed approximately .300+, 40+, 125+, 110+, minimal SB, and an OPS over 1.000. you can use CT%, BB%, batting EYE and he excels, plus he's only 32. is braun such a better pick because of SB's

Originally posted by cleaver beavers:

great looking 1st four rounds. my biggest Q. is why has PAPI fallen as far as he has. he's been one of the most dependable hitters in baseball for the last 4 years. guaranteed approximately .300+, 40+, 125+, 110+, minimal SB, and an OPS over 1.000. you can use CT%, BB%, batting EYE and he excels, plus he's only 32. is braun such a better pick because of SB's Stolen bases plus not tying up the UT slot so early in the draft.

Damn...is it just me, or does the top of the draft (first 3 rounds) just seem to be heavy on talent?



Damn near all those players are studs.



Juicy!



~Lance

If I get some time, I'll come up with a post-draft video detailing my picks, why I made them, and some good and bad picks of others.



Anyone interested in seeing something like that.

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

If I get some time, I'll come up with a post-draft video detailing my picks, why I made them, and some good and bad picks of others.



Anyone interested in seeing something like that. It it's serious, yes

Originally posted by Captain Hook:

quote:Originally posted by cleaver beavers:

great looking 1st four rounds. my biggest Q. is why has PAPI fallen as far as he has. he's been one of the most dependable hitters in baseball for the last 4 years. guaranteed approximately .300+, 40+, 125+, 110+, minimal SB, and an OPS over 1.000. you can use CT%, BB%, batting EYE and he excels, plus he's only 32. is braun such a better pick because of SB's Stolen bases plus not tying up the UT slot so early in the draft. [/QUOTE]yeah, it's tough tying up that Ut slot with those stats. kinda like taking a SP in the first couple rounds isn't it?

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

If I get some time, I'll come up with a post-draft video detailing my picks, why I made them, and some good and bad picks of others.



Anyone interested in seeing something like that. I would be interested Gordon, make it so.

GG would be interested in another youtube video.



Personally Fielder to 14 was real sweet for my buddy Ken.



Round 2 held true to form with the exception of Ichiro.



Round 3 Markakis,Tulo and Byrnes getting some early love in the third. Lee falling down to the bottom of the third was surprising along with Manny falling into the fourth.



Round 4 most owners thinking to get Kinsler around 4.10 wasn't happening in this draft and what surpised me the most was Beckett and Webb sliding into the fourth.If either one is there for me around 4.7 I'm taking them.



I think this was a real good draft by some good owners who fimly believe in drafting offense first. I think in the main you will get some drafting of pitchers early... both SP's and Rp's. I think that Beckett and Webb are gone either at the end of three or just right after the turn at four...minimum of two relievers get chosen in the fourth(Nathan,Papelbon) and you might see the name of Hunter Pence taken in that round also.



Great stuff guys !!! Good luck !!!



[ January 25, 2008, 03:27 PM: Message edited by: Baggler ]

People are picking Alex Rios and Magglio Ordonez way too early I think... and how do you take Vernon Wells and his inconsistency when Hafner, Beckett, Webb, and Sabathia are still on the board?



Good value on Soriano at the end of the 1st and Ichiro at the beginning of the 3rd I think.

OK, why did I take Braun at 11 over Ortiz? He plays 3B, after 10 games in he will be 3B/OF; I am pretty certain he can replicate 2007; for me, what is not to like. What is the huge difference between him and David Wright (#4)? About 13 steals? I'll take Braun at 11/12 all day; The only way I don't take him is if Utley drops to 11 (which 9 out of 10 he doesn't)

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

Thoughts??? Quite a few players were selected in the top 4 rounds on name alone.



The lack of a 3rd/4th round closer run seems to be the norm in a lot of the early drafts so far. Will the trend continue into the main?

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

If I get some time, I'll come up with a post-draft video detailing my picks, why I made them, and some good and bad picks of others.



Anyone interested in seeing something like that. As long as you provide us warm weather inhabitants some shots of that white stuff .

Originally posted by Lunatic:

What is the huge difference between him(Braun) and David Wright? A few things.....

Wright has performed well for more than one season in the bigs. Braun hasn't even played a full one yet.



Wright is playing the same position he played last season. Braun will inevitably have some problems adjusting to the OF, a'la his replacement at 3B. Stats are bound to suffer due to this adjustment.



Wright doesn't have a high probability for a sophomore slump. Braun will need to make adjustments to how the pitchers adjusted to him in the offseason. Can he do it? You might be paying a lot to see if he can.



Braun's obviously going to put up decent numbers, but I wouldn't compare him to Wright just yet.

Okay, I added rounds 5 and 6 tonight because you guys were so good today. Enjoy and have a great weekend.

I love that the closers are going later then last year, only one closer taken in the top 60.

Guys that are going to high for me

Phillps

Martin

Martinez

Byrnes

Furcal

McCann

Hart

Wells Wells went pick 119 in the Childs draft.

Picks i like that slide a little

Santana

Beltran

Abreu

Figgins

Gullien

Hafner

M Young

Greg, as I can imagine posting the results of the mag draft takes some time, if you send them to me, I'll go ahead and post them for you.

Originally posted by mother:

Greg, as I can imagine posting the results of the mag draft takes some time, if you send them to me, I'll go ahead and post them for you. We'll get some more up tomorrow. Just dragging it out a bit.

Okay, I've added four more rounds to the first post, showing you the first 10 rounds of this draft. Let's see some thoughts about these picks or I'll hold back the remaining 13 rounds!!

Greg, most of the chatter is over at the post GG started in Fantasy/MLB talk. However, I'll throw out some here:



Troy Glaus gets traded to a team with a worse offense and a much more difficult HR park, and yet he jumps 80+ spots since the first mag draft? Is the grass in STL that soft?

Can someone tell me where I went wrong (if i did)in the first 10 rounds? Mother, you're up first...



[ January 29, 2008, 10:37 AM: Message edited by: Gordon Gekko ]

Originally posted by mother:

Greg, most of the chatter is over at the post GG started in Fantasy/MLB talk. However, I'll throw out some here:



Troy Glaus gets traded to a team with a worse offense and a much more difficult HR park, and yet he jumps 80+ spots since the first mag draft? Is the grass in STL that soft? Agreed Troy Glaus was a terrible pick, all indicators point to a drop in overall projections since the trade.

Below is the rest of my team, any comments are appreciated.



C Ronny Paulino PIT R17 P10 Comment

C Josh Bard SD R28 P6 Comment

1B Ryan Howard PHI R1 P10 Comment

1B Aubrey Huff BAL R19 P10 Comment

1B Dmitri Young WAS R25 P10 Comment

2B Placido Polanco DET R11 P10 Comment

SS Jhonny Peralta CLE R12 P6 Comment

SS Brendan Harris MIN R22 P6 Comment

3B Troy Glaus STL R10 P6 Comment

3B Akinori Iwamura TB R21 P10 Comment

OF Torii Hunter ANA R4 P6 Comment

OF Jeff Francoeur ATL R7 P10 Comment

OF Willy Taveras COL R8 P6 Comment

OF Kosuke Fukudome CHC R13 P10 Comment

OF Garret Anderson ANA R15 P10 Comment

OF Gary Matthews Jr. ANA R16 P6 Comment

OF Joey Gathright KC R23 P10 Comment

OF Carlos Quentin CHW R26 P6 Comment

DH David Ortiz BOS R2 P6 Comment

SP Erik Bedard BAL R3 P10 Comment

SP Carlos Zambrano CHC R6 P6 Comment

SP Tim Lincecum SF R9 P10 Comment

SP Jason Bergmann WAS R18 P6 Comment

SP Randy Wolf SD R20 P6 Comment

SP Jake Westbrook CLE R24 P6 Comment

SP Jeff Suppan MIL R27 P10 Comment

SP Adam Miller CLE R29 P10 Comment

SP Garrett Olson BAL R30 P6 Comment

RP J.J. Putz SEA R5 P10 Comment

RP Todd Jones DET R14 P6 Comment

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

Can someone tell me where I went wrong (if i did)in the first 10 rounds? Mother, you're up first... 1. Markakis

2. Kendrick

I like em both, but not where you took them. There's no way Kendrick returns 6th round value, but if you want him, take him.



Same with Markakis, no way he performs the way he should getting selected that high.



3. Soto, he will be the BIGGEST disappointment on your team due to where you took him. Do you really think he even hits close to 300??



Other than these, I like your first 10 and other than Soto, I would be more than happy to have them on my team....actually a few are my target players.



I like your offense, but think your pitching staff is going to break your heart. To many risks with little upside IMO. I know a lot of people see upside, but I don't. If there's one thing I know, it's pitching. And you know you can manicure a pitching staff.

Originally posted by GOD Loves You:

1. Markakis

2. Kendrick

I like em both, but not where you took them. There's no way Kendrick returns 6th round value, but if you want him, take him.



Same with Markakis, no way he performs the way he should getting selected that high.



3. Soto, he will be the BIGGEST disappointment on your team due to where you took him. Do you really think he even hits close to 300??



Other than these, I like your first 10 and other than Soto, I would be more than happy to have them on my team....actually a few are my target players.



I like your offense, but think your pitching staff is going to break your heart. To many risks with little upside IMO. I know a lot of people see upside, but I don't. If there's one thing I know, it's pitching. And you know you can manicure a pitching staff. 1. Hate to break it to you...markakis will go mid third round or earlier in EVERY draft. If you like him, you have to take him exactly where I did.



2. Soto didn't just dominate in his short ML audition. He steamrolled triple a pitching the WHOLE year. Lot more legit in my mind. I'll take a .290 avg and 18+ homeruns from him.



3. You may think you know pitching, (and no disrespect intended) but I KNOW pitching. Saunders, volquez, and the SD starter (prior or germano) are ALL good plays where I got them.