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For our second issue of Fantasy Sports Magazine, we also ran a 12-team industry league with 12 industry writers, including Tom and myself. Here are the results of the early rounds:



Round 1:

1 Alex Rodriguez (3B NYY), ESPN (Nate Ravitz)

2 Hanley Ramirez (SS FLA), Fantasy Baseball Empire.com (Jeff Boggis)

3 Jose B. Reyes (SS NYM), CBSSports.com (Eric Mack)

4 David Wright (3B NYM), RotoTimes (Ryan Boyer)

5 Albert Pujols (1B STL), FantasyBaseballExpress (Mike Kuchera)

6 Jimmy Rollins (SS PHI), Krause2 (Tom Kessenich)

7 Chase Utley (2B PHI), BaseballHQ (Rob Gordon)

8 Miguel Cabrera (3B DET), FantasyGuru (Bill LeConey)

9 Matt Holliday (LF COL), FoxSports (Roger Rotter)

10 Prince Fielder (1B MIL), Big Dawg Baseball (Chris McDonnell)

11 Alfonso Soriano (LF CHC), Krause (Greg Ambrosius)

12 Ryan Howard (1B PHI), RotoWire (Dalton Del Don)



ROUND 2:

13. B.J. Upton

14. Johan Santana

15. Ryan Braun

16. Jake Peavy

17. Grady Sizemore

18. Carl Crawford

19. Carlos Beltran

20. Mark Teixeira

21. David Ortiz

22. Vladimir Guerrero

23. Carlos Lee

24. Ichiro Suzuki



ROUND 3:

25. Brandon Phillips

26. Lance Berkman

27. Manny Ramirez

28. Magglio Ordonez

29. Aramis Ramirez

30. Curtis Granderson

31. Victor Martinez

32. Alex Rios

33. Russell Martin

34. Nick Markakis

35. Justin Morneau

36. Erik Bedard



ROUND 4:

37. Joe Mauer

38. Derek Jeter

39. Derrek Lee

40. Brandon Webb

41. Torri Hunter

42. Bobby Abreu

43. Carlos Pena

44. Hunter Pence

45. Brian Roberts

46. Adam Dunn

47. Chone Figgins

48. C.C. Sabathia



ROUND 5:

49. Dan Haren

50. Travis Hafner

51. Jonathan Papelbon

52. Josh Beckett

53. John Lackey

54. Cole Hamels

55. Chipper Jones

56. Justin Verlander

57. Garrett Atkins

58. Troy Tulowitzki

59. Eric Byrnes

60. Carlos Guillen



ROUND 6:

61. Brian McCann

62. Ian Kinsler

63. Robinson Cano

64. Adrian Gonzalez

65. Francisco Rodriguez

66. Michael Young

67. Rickie Weeks

68. J.J. Putz

69. John Smoltz

70. Roy Halladay

71. Joe Nathan

72. Jason Bay



ROUND 7:

73. Paul Konerko

74. Scott Kazmir

75. Carlos Zambrano

76. Roy Oswalt

77. Aaron Harang

78. Corey Hart

79. Javier Vazquez

80. Brett Myers

81. Rafael Furcal

82. Daisuke Matsuzaka

83. Miguel Tejada

84. Felix Hernandez



ROUND 8:

85. Matt Cain

86. Ryan Zimmerman

87. Chris Young, SP

88. Vernon Wells

89. Nick Swisher

90. James Shields

91. Fausto Carmona

92. Shane Victorino

93. Hideki Matsui

94. Francisco Liriano

95. Chris Young, OF

96. Takashi Saito



ROUND 9:

97. Gary Sheffield

98. Jeff Francoeur

99. Mariano Rivera

100. Jorge Posada

101. Delmon Young

102. Adrian Beltre

103. Josh Hamilton

104. Kelly Johnson

105. Bobby Jenks

106. Kelvin Escobar

107. Billy Wagner

108. Tim Lincecum



ROUND 10:

109. Yovani Gallardo

110. Ben Sheets

111. Jose Valverde

112. Matt Kemp

113. Brad Penny

114. Ian Snell

115. Francisco Cordero

116. Brad Hawpe

117. Alex Gordon

118. Jered Weaver

119. Rafael Soriano

120. Tim Hudson



ROUND 11:

121. Kenji Johjima

122. Rich Hill

123. Andruw Jones

124. Howie Kendrick

125. Chad Billingsley

126. A.J. Burnett

127. Moises Alou

128. Orlando Cabrera

129. Kosuke Fukudome

130. Pat Burrell

131. Jim Thome

132. Johnny Damon



ROUND 12:

133. Juan Pierre

134. John Maine

135. Dan Uggla

136. Ted Lilly

137. Chien-Ming Wang

138. Derek Lowe

139. Mike Lowell

140. Jeremy Hermida

141. Manny Corpas

142. Khalil Greene

143. Jermaine Dye

144. Edgar Renteria



ROUND 13:

145. Aaron Rowand

146. Carlos Delgado

147. Evan Longoria

148. Todd Helton

149. Brad Lidge

150. Ken Griffey

151. Bronson Arroyo

152. Ryan Garko

153. Jeff Kent

154. Michael Bourn

155. Philip Hughes

156. James Loney



ROUND 14:

157. Pedro Martinez

158. Chad Cordero

159. Joba Chamberlain

160. Trevor Hoffman

161. Dontrelle Willis

162. Jeremy Bonderman

163. Dustin McGowan

164. Oliver Perez

165. Adam Wainwright

166. Jacoby Ellsbury

167. Huston Street

168. Jason Isringhausen



ROUND 15:

169. Curt Schilling

170. Aaron Hill

171. Rocco Baldelli

172. Raul Ibanez

173. Felipe Lopez

174. Matt Capps

175. Placido Polanco

176. Joe Borowski

177. Todd Jones

178. Joey Votto

179. Josh Willingham

180. Edwin Encarnacion



ROUND 16:

181. Michael Cuddyer

182. Andy Pettitte

183. Joe Blanton

184. Kaz Matsui

185. Jarrod Saltalamacchia

186. Joakim Soria

187. Bengie Molina

188. Nate McLouth

189. Jeff Francis

190. Hank Blalock

191. Tom Glavine

192. Julio Lugo



ROUND 17:

193. Chris Duncan

194. Willy Taveras

195. Rich Harden

196. J.J. Hardy

197. Geovany Soto

198. Dustin Pedroia

199. Scott Rolen

200. Kevin Youkilis

201. Jason Varitek

202. Kevin Slowey

203. Eric Gagne

204. Stephen Drew



ROUND 18:

205. J.D. Drew

206. Ivan Rodriguez

207. Gary Matthews Jr.

208. Mark Buerhle

209. Jon Garland

210. Conor Jackson

211. Justin Upton

212. Asdrubal Cabrera

213. Kevin Gregg

214. Carlos Marmol

215. Ubaldo Jimenez

216. Ramon Hernandez



ROUND 19:

217. Tom Gorzelanny

218. Jonathan Broxton

219. B.J. Ryan

220. Corey Patterson

221. Brian Wilson

222. Greg Maddux

223. Coco Crisp

224. Yunel Escobar

225. Troy Glaus

226. Jose Guillen

227. Bill Hall

228. Billy Butler



ROUND 20:

229. Lastings Milledge

230. Adam LaRoche

231. Scott Baker

232. Melky Cabrera

233. Josh Fields

234. Frank Thomas

235. Cameron Maybin

236. Ryan Doumit

237. Troy Percival

238. Carlos Ruiz

239. A.J. Pierzynski

240. Tony Pena



ROUND 21:

241. Mike Cameron

242. C.J. Wilson

243. Richie Sexson

244. Rick Ankiel

245. Jeremy Accardo

246. Kerry Wood

247. Clay Buchholz

248. Chris Snyder

249. Austin Kearns

250. Ronny Paulino

251. Mark Teahen

252. Randy Johnson



ROUND 22:

253. Barry Zito

254. Shaun Marcum

255. Miguel Montero

256. Gil Meche

257. Jon Lester

258. J.R. Towles

259. Homer Bailey

260. Jack Greinke

261. Yorvit Torrealba

262. Matt Antonelli

263. Freddy Sanchez

264. Kevin Kouzmanoff



ROUND 23:

265. Boof Bonser

266. Mike Napoli

267. Dioner Navarro

268. Matt Garza

269. Jhonny Peralta

270. Kurt Suzuki

271. Jamie Walker

272. Luke Scott

273. Rafael Betancourt

274. Nate Robertson

275. Paul Lo Duca

276. Orlando Hernandez



Thoughts?



[ February 13, 2008, 08:38 AM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

Santana going in the 2nd



Nice grab for you Greg

Not so good drafting by several others

BJ Upton going well before Brandon Phillips.



Dan Haren at pick #49.



Crawford at #18.



All interesting.



Liriano at #94. As each of these type of drafts pass, Lirano moves farther and farther up the board. There probably won't be a more scrutinized player during spring training.

Brandon Phillips at #25? Some of the earlier buzz had him moving into the back end of the 1st.

What is the big deal with Johan not going in the top 12? So, all the owners in the first round made a mistake?

Brad Hawpe 116 , thats pretty far down for him.

Originally posted by Captain Hook:

Santana going in the 2nd



Nice grab for you Greg

Not so good drafting by several others I will admit that taking Santana in the first or early second round of a 12-team draft is much easier than taking Santana in the NFBC. I never felt hamstrung by taking Santana at this point as starting pitchers went off the board heavily in the third and fourth rounds, allowing me to grab good offensive players there. In fact, I had to jump back into the starters after awhile or my Santana value wouldn't have any value at all.



Now with the Mets, I like Santana a LOT at #14, but I still almost took Braun there. I don't have him in a single league yet!!



Honestly, I thought this was a very good draft. There are always some wild picks or guys who go higher or lower than expected. But I think this will be a very tough league and I look forward to competing for a title.

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

BJ Upton going well before Brandon Phillips.



Dan Haren at pick #49.



Crawford at #18.



All interesting.



Liriano at #94. As each of these type of drafts pass, Lirano moves farther and farther up the board. There probably won't be a more scrutinized player during spring training. I took Crawford at #11 in the first KP draft and I'll likely target him tomorrow in the Sportsline.com AL Auction League. I like him and am surprised at how far he's fallen recently. I had choices between Santana, Braun and Crawford in the second round, which feels kind of nice.



Liriano at #94 is high, but I think we have him at around 130. Remember, he had elbow surgery in November of 2006, so he basically will be out 18 months when the season starts. I think he's going to bounce back nicely, but right now it's all speculation. March will be very telling.

There is some speculation that the Twins will let Liriano start the season in Rochester.

I just added the results for Rounds 11-16 on the first page of this thread and will finish up the draft the next few days. Enjoy the results.

Here was my team from the 11th draft spot:

1. Alfonso Soriano

2. Johan Santana

3. Justin Morneau

4. Derek Jeter

5. Eric Byrnes

6. Ian Kinsler

7. Miguel Tejada

8. Ryan Zimmerman

9. Billy Wagner

10. Ben Sheets

11. Jim Thome

12. John Maine

13. Philip Hughes

14. Chad Cordero

15. Josh Willingham

16. Andy Pettitte

17. Eric Gagne

18. Ivan Rodriguez

19. Bill Hall

20. Adam LaRoche

21. Mark Teahen

22. Shaun Marcum

23. Paul Lo Duca

Here's Tom's team from the 6th draft spot:

1. Jimmy Rollins

2. Carlos Beltran

3. Curtis Granderson

4. Carlos Pena

5. Cole Hamels

6. Rickie Weeks

7. Corey Hart

8. Fausto Carmona

9. Adrian Beltre

10. Francisco Cordero

11. A.J. Burnett

12. Mike Lowell

13. Ken Griffey Jr.

14. Dustin McGowan

15. Matt Capps

16. Bengie Molina

17. Dustin Pedroia

18. Justin Upton

19. Greg Maddux

20. Cameron Maybin

21. Kerry Wood

22. Homer Bailey

23. Kurt Suzuki

The first post on Page 1 of this thread now contains all 23 rounds of this industry league draft. Enjoy.