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We had a great group of 15 NFBC veterans in the draft room last night and I think everyone had fun. These guys even got serious and put up their own money to reward the winner, so they are playing for keeps. Since this draft will be featured in our second issue of Fantasy Sports Magazine, we'll tease the early rounds here and let everyone comment on the picks. Enjoy.



R1 P1 Kelly Uganski Ramirez, Hanley SS FLA 16s

R1 P2 Dan Kenyon Wright, David 3B NYM 7s

R1 P3 Gary Cutler Reyes, Jose SS NYM 7s

R1 P4 Mark Srebro Rodriguez, Alex 3B NYY 4s

R1 P5 Jason Duponte Pujols, Albert 1B STL 6s

R1 P6 Richard Van Fleet Sizemore, Grady OF CLE 9s

R1 P7 Glenn Schroter Braun, Ryan OF MIL 49s

R1 P8 Perry Van Hook Teixeira, Mark 1B NYY 11s

R1 P9 Greg Morgan Cabrera, Miguel 1B DET 13s

R1 P10 Mike Konemann Rollins, Jimmy SS PHI 4s

R1 P11 Stanley Kaye Hamilton, Josh OF TEX 48s

R1 P12 Edward Nolan Howard, Ryan 1B PHI 24s

R1 P13 Jeff Tudor Kinsler, Ian 2B TEX 1m 9s

R1 P14 Kent Stermon Longoria, Evan 3B TB 7s

R1 P15 John Zaleski Pedroia, Dustin 2B BOS 51s



R2 P1 John Zaleski Fielder, Prince 1B MIL 1m 18s

R2 P2 Kent Stermon Upton, B.J. OF TB 6s

R2 P3 Jeff Tudor Lee, Carlos OF HOU 53s

R2 P4 Edward Nolan Soriano, Alfonso OF CHC 40s

R2 P5 Stanley Kaye Holliday, Matt OF OAK 40s

R2 P6 Mike Konemann Utley, Chase 2B PHI 4s

R2 P7 Greg Morgan Beltran, Carlos OF NYM 26s

R2 P8 Perry Van Hook Phillips, Brandon 2B CIN 6s

R2 P9 Glenn Schroter Berkman, Lance 1B HOU 51s

R2 P10 Richard Van Fleet Lincecum, Tim SP SF 2s

R2 P11 Jason Duponte Crawford, Carl OF TB 6s

R2 P12 Mark Srebro Morneau, Justin 1B MIN 47s

R2 P13 Gary Cutler Santana, Johan SP NYM 14s

R2 P14 Dan Kenyon Ramirez, Manny OF LA 43s

R2 P15 Kelly Uganski Kemp, Matt OF LA 5s



R3 P1 Kelly Uganski McCann, Brian C ATL 4s

R3 P2 Dan Kenyon Roberts, Brian 2B BAL 41s

R3 P3 Gary Cutler Ramirez, Alexei 2B CHW 4s

R3 P4 Mark Srebro Ellsbury, Jacoby OF BOS 24s

R3 P5 Jason Duponte Rios, Alex OF TOR 45s

R3 P6 Richard Van Fleet Bay, Jason OF BOS 29s

R3 P7 Glenn Schroter Ramirez, Aramis 3B CHC 40s

R3 P8 Perry Van Hook Martin, Russell C LA 29s

R3 P9 Greg Morgan Suzuki, Ichiro OF SEA 12s

R3 P10 Mike Konemann Quentin, Carlos OF CHW 1m 23s

R3 P11 Stanley Kaye Sabathia, CC SP NYY 13s

R3 P12 Edward Nolan Victorino, Shane OF PHI 49s

R3 P13 Jeff Tudor Gonzalez, Adrian 1B SD 59s

R3 P14 Kent Stermon Guerrero, Vladimir OF ANA 5s

R3 P15 John Zaleski Mauer, Joe C MIN 41s



R4 P1 John Zaleski Webb, Brandon SP ARI 14s

R4 P2 Kent Stermon Markakis, Nick OF BAL 28s

R4 P3 Jeff Tudor Martinez, Victor C CLE 1m 15s

R4 P4 Edward Nolan Peavy, Jake SP SD 1m 22s

R4 P5 Stanley Kaye McLouth, Nate OF PIT 57s

R4 P6 Mike Konemann Soto, Geovany C CHC 3s

R4 P7 Greg Morgan Granderson, Curtis OF DET 7s

R4 P8 Perry Van Hook Haren, Dan SP ARI 14s

R4 P9 Glenn Schroter Hamels, Cole SP PHI 10s

R4 P10 Richard Van Fleet Davis, Chris 1B, 3B TEX 6s

R4 P11 Jason Duponte Furcal, Rafael SS LA 26s

R4 P12 Mark Srebro Ortiz, David DH BOS 53s

R4 P13 Gary Cutler Youkilis, Kevin 1B, 3B BOS 7s

R4 P14 Dan Kenyon Bruce, Jay OF CIN 51s

R4 P15 Kelly Uganski Halladay, Roy SP TOR 7s



R5 P1 Kelly Uganski Santana, Ervin SP ANA 6s

R5 P2 Dan Kenyon Votto, Joey 1B CIN 56s

R5 P3 Gary Cutler Papelbon, Jonathan RP BOS 47s

R5 P4 Mark Srebro Hart, Corey OF MIL 4s

R5 P5 Jason Duponte Pence, Hunter OF HOU 43s

R5 P6 Richard Van Fleet Soria, Joakim RP KC 3s

R5 P7 Glenn Schroter Uggla, Dan 2B FLA 55s

R5 P8 Perry Van Hook Werth, Jayson OF PHI 7s

R5 P9 Greg Morgan Lidge, Brad RP PHI 54s

R5 P10 Mike Konemann Huff, Aubrey 3B, 1B BAL 6s

R5 P11 Stanley Kaye Rodriguez, Francisco RP NYM 1m 4s

R5 P12 Edward Nolan Lee, Derrek 1B CHC 37s

R5 P13 Jeff Tudor Nathan, Joe RP MIN 50s

R5 P14 Kent Stermon Abreu, Bobby OF NYY 11s

R5 P15 John Zaleski Fuentes, Brian RP ANA 37s



R6 P1 John Zaleski Hunter, Torii OF ANA 21s

R6 P2 Kent Stermon Ordonez, Magglio OF DET 1m 10s

R6 P3 Jeff Tudor Young, Michael SS TEX 42s

R6 P4 Edward Nolan Doumit, Ryan C PIT 1m 6s

R6 P5 Stanley Kaye Drew, Stephen SS ARI 1m 6s

R6 P6 Mike Konemann Figgins, Chone 3B ANA 7s

R6 P7 Greg Morgan Rivera, Mariano RP NYY 9s

R6 P8 Perry Van Hook Atkins, Garrett 3B, 1B COL 22s

R6 P9 Glenn Schroter Jeter, Derek SS NYY 27s

R6 P10 Richard Van Fleet Billingsley, Chad SP LA 7s

R6 P11 Jason Duponte Beckett, Josh SP BOS 5s

R6 P12 Mark Srebro Oswalt, Roy SP HOU 27s

R6 P13 Gary Cutler Tulowitzki, Troy SS COL 2s

R6 P14 Dan Kenyon Jones, Chipper 3B ATL 57s

R6 P15 Kelly Uganski Hardy, J.J. SS MIL 16s



R7 P1 Kelly Uganski Liriano, Francisco SP MIN 1m 5s

R7 P2 Dan Kenyon Shields, James SP TB 48s

R7 P3 Gary Cutler Lackey, John SP ANA 1m 10s

R7 P4 Mark Srebro Peralta, Jhonny SS CLE 6s

R7 P5 Jason Duponte Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL 38s

R7 P6 Richard Van Fleet Ludwick, Ryan OF STL 31s

R7 P7 Glenn Schroter Cano, Robinson 2B NYY 29s

R7 P8 Perry Van Hook Pena, Carlos 1B TB 7s

R7 P9 Greg Morgan Dunn, Adam OF ARI 13s

R7 P10 Mike Konemann Delgado, Carlos 1B NYM 46s

R7 P11 Stanley Kaye Ibanez, Raul OF PHI 1m 1s

R7 P12 Edward Nolan Damon, Johnny OF NYY 52s

R7 P13 Jeff Tudor Broxton, Jonathan RP LA 16s

R7 P14 Kent Stermon Wells, Vernon OF TOR 28s

R7 P15 John Zaleski Greinke, Zack SP KC 24s



R8 P1 John Zaleski Ethier, Andre OF LA 37s

R8 P2 Kent Stermon Hernandez, Felix SP SEA 13s

R8 P3 Jeff Tudor Kazmir, Scott SP TB 49s

R8 P4 Edward Nolan Valverde, Jose RP HOU 39s

R8 P5 Stanley Kaye Marmol, Carlos RP CHC 32s

R8 P6 Mike Konemann Jenks, Bobby RP CHW 54s

R8 P7 Greg Morgan Burnett, A.J. SP NYY 12s

R8 P8 Perry Van Hook Nolasco, Ricky SP FLA 12s

R8 P9 Glenn Schroter Ryan, B.J. RP TOR 23s

R8 P10 Richard Van Fleet Andrus, Elvis SS TEX 3s

R8 P11 Jason Duponte Dye, Jermaine OF CHW 13s

R8 P12 Mark Srebro Chamberlain, Joba RP NYY 24s

R8 P13 Gary Cutler Lee, Cliff SP CLE 27s

R8 P14 Dan Kenyon Young, Chris OF ARI 44s

R8 P15 Kelly Uganski Milledge, Lastings OF WAS 20s



R9 P1 Kelly Uganski Wood, Kerry RP CLE 34s

R9 P2 Dan Kenyon Cordero, Francisco RP CIN 46s

R9 P3 Gary Cutler Zimmerman, Ryan 3B WAS 9s

R9 P4 Mark Srebro Price, David RP TB 18s

R9 P5 Jason Duponte Vazquez, Javier SP ATL 7s

R9 P6 Richard Van Fleet Loney, James 1B LA 4s

R9 P7 Glenn Schroter Lester, Jon SP BOS 29s

R9 P8 Perry Van Hook Capps, Matt RP PIT 9s

R9 P9 Greg Morgan Matsuzaka, Daisuke SP BOS 7s

R9 P10 Mike Konemann Gonzalez, Mike RP ATL 33s

R9 P11 Stanley Kaye Volquez, Edinson SP CIN 7s

R9 P12 Edward Nolan Hawpe, Brad OF COL 48s

R9 P13 Jeff Tudor Baker, Scott SP MIN 43s

R9 P14 Kent Stermon Cain, Matt SP SF 7s

R9 P15 John Zaleski Nady, Xavier OF NYY 46s



R10 P1 John Zaleski Weeks, Rickie 2B MIL 37s

R10 P2 Kent Stermon Wieters, Matt C BAL 51s

R10 P3 Jeff Tudor Kershaw, Clayton SP LA 1m 5s

R10 P4 Edward Nolan Napoli, Mike C ANA 56s

R10 P5 Stanley Kaye Cantu, Jorge 3B, 1B FLA 1m 9s

R10 P6 Mike Konemann Qualls, Chad RP ARI 1m 4s

R10 P7 Greg Morgan Taveras, Willy OF CIN 12s

R10 P8 Perry Van Hook Harden, Rich SP CHC 51s

R10 P9 Glenn Schroter Iannetta, Chris C COL 22s

R10 P10 Richard Van Fleet Wilson, Brian RP SF 3s

R10 P11 Jason Duponte Gordon, Alex 3B KC 7s

R10 P12 Mark Srebro Beltre, Adrian 3B SEA 1m 10s

R10 P13 Gary Cutler Cruz, Nelson OF TEX 13s

R10 P14 Dan Kenyon Bell, Heath RP SD 44s

R10 P15 Kelly Uganski Molina, Bengie C SF 52s



[ February 02, 2009, 11:02 AM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

Chet - was it your plan to just take the best 6 hitters in the first 6 rounds. I see that you have 5 OF in first 6 picks. How did that play out later in the draft?

maybe I value Ordonez a little higher than others in that lineup, but I think he was a steal at 6.2. with Granderson, Polanco hitting over 300 and getting on base for him and Cabrera to knock them in. He should definitely exceed 300 avg and over 100 rbi, if not 120 in that lineup

Originally posted by Bobby J:

Chet - was it your plan to just take the best 6 hitters in the first 6 rounds. I see that you have 5 OF in first 6 picks. How did that play out later in the draft? Bobby I wanted to accomplish 3 things 1) be competetive with guys I have a lot of respect for 2) Test a theory I had on scarcity 3) Put something out there that will be different than anything I would do in the main event while still trying to give it the effort and integrity Greg deserves for the mag. You have done these before and know that at least one person drafting near you usually comes up and lets you know he knows what you did in the magazine.



Hope things are well for my new facebook friend.

Okay, my first draft of the year is over. I participated in the magazine draft last night, and I expected a very tough draft for three reasons. 1) I've spent less prep time than last year. 2) All-star competitors 3) January draft. After the draft was over, I realized that my knowledge of the game is even more impressive than I originally thought. It's tough to describe, but picture it as Neo realizing that he's "The One" in the Matrix series. Free your mind. Unfortunately for all of you, I have a little of Agent Smith mixed in my blood. I see an NFBC competition this year that is ruled by me, and there is no stopping it. This is my world (for lack of a better word). And yes, it is inevitable.

Who put the LSD in your cornflakes Mark?

Originally posted by Captain Hook:

Who put the LSD in your cornflakes Mark? u should be thankful u are drafting in vegas

i wonder if arod will slip to #4 in any main event drafts?

He will.

And if the winner has him, a year later someone will post that the winner played in a dumbass league and that the winner had it handed to him.

I love human nature. :rolleyes:

I just want to say that this was my first official "commissioner" role of the year and I thought everyone was extremely well behaved.

Markakis in the 4th round was also a nice suprise.

Corey Hart in the 5th another.

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko II:

Okay, my first draft of the year is over. I participated in the magazine draft last night, and I expected a very tough draft for three reasons. 1) I've spent less prep time than last year. 2) All-star competitors 3) January draft. After the draft was over, I realized that my knowledge of the game is even more impressive than I originally thought. It's tough to describe, but picture it as Neo realizing that he's "The One" in the Matrix series. Free your mind. Unfortunately for all of you, I have a little of Agent Smith mixed in my blood. I see an NFBC competition this year that is ruled by me, and there is no stopping it. This is my world (for lack of a better word). And yes, it is inevitable. No way, Gekko. I believe it's my year. I'm surprised Ortiz fell to the end of the 4th. Were you? Uggla and Bruce seemed to go off the board early.

Originally posted by rkulaski:

No way, Gekko. I believe it's my year. I'm surprised Ortiz fell to the end of the 4th. Were you? Uggla and Bruce seemed to go off the board early. i like the spirit. more people need to be confident in their skillz!



ortiz falling to the 4th is a joke. the guy has put up beast master stats 4 out of the past 5 years.



i'm not a big uggla fan, but bruce is a different story. could top 30 hr's this year with good speed. bruce is gonna go early this year. i don't think he goes as early as he did last night, but 5th round won't be a surprise.

Let's offer guesses for R7 P1...



I'll go with Ludwick.

Originally posted by TheKing:

Let's offer guesses for R7 P1...



I'll go with Ludwick. Ludwick went 7.6.



Hint: You have the first letter correct.

Im surprised Werth went in 5th. Not making an argument that he doesnt have potential to make this pick werthwhile but is this where he is going to be going?

Originally posted by Schwks:

Im surprised Werth went in 5th. Not making an argument that he doesnt have potential to make this pick werthwhile but is this where he is going to be going? Schwks - it is earlier than he has gone in any other drafts and I can't totally defend the reach other than to say that IMO he was the best OF left on the board and certainly the most likely to be 20+ and 20+ - I actually gambled that "higher ranked" (at least in the current masses opinion) players would slide another round - and they did, so in that respect it worked out. I had planned on going hitters through the first five rounds before taking my first pitcher, but with the particular draft forces at work and the opportunity to get Haren at 4.08 I wandered and then got back on track in the the next three rounds with Werth, Atkins, and Pena.



[ February 01, 2009, 11:25 AM: Message edited by: Captain Hook ]

Nice to see the thought processes. He is certainly on the rise along with some other guys du jour. No doubt he will have opportunity to increase #s through abs.

Originally posted by Head 2 Head:

quote:Originally posted by TheKing:

Let's offer guesses for R7 P1...



I'll go with Ludwick. Ludwick went 7.6.



Hint: You have the first letter correct. [/QUOTE]I'll go with Liriano. ... even tho Kelly has 2 SPs already.

I took Liriano.... Tried to take advantage of a good ERA and Whip. It will cost me in other area's later in the draft.



Pick 5 needed to be different. They just went before me. Then 7.1 would be perfect for Liriano or Santana.



The Gekko boy cut me down on a few picks later that killed me.

Also changing my screen name from BudFox, to my team name which is LONG GONE.



My home league started in 1983 or 1984.My brother asked me to join in 1985.I was only 12 years old at the time.With the Tigers being my favorite team decided to name it LONG GONE after Ernie Harwell's home run call.



The league requires a managers name also. I wanted an old time name. like the crazy name's from a long time ago. You know, Lefty, Dizzy, Scotter, Catfish, Oil Can. They all seem like great names.



So I decided the team name will be Long Gone managed by Short Cummings.My addiction to this game has never changed since.

Originally posted by LONG GONE:

Also changing my screen name from BudFox, to my team name which is LONG GONE.



My home league started in 1983 or 1984.My brother asked me to join in 1985.I was only 12 years old at the time.With the Tigers being my favorite team decided to name it LONG GONE after Ernie Harwell's home run call.



The league requires a managers name also. I wanted an old time name. like the crazy name's from a long time ago. You know, Lefty, Dizzy, Scotter, Catfish, Oil Can. They all seem like great names.



So I decided the team name will be Long Gone managed by Short Cummings.My addiction to this game has never changed since. Great stuff Kelly. I suppose you put a Whopping on that home league every year

I've added the next four rounds of this draft to the first post on this thread. Here are Rounds 7-10 from the NFBC Magazine 2 Draft:



R7 P1 Kelly Uganski Liriano, Francisco SP MIN 1m 5s

R7 P2 Dan Kenyon Shields, James SP TB 48s

R7 P3 Gary Cutler Lackey, John SP ANA 1m 10s

R7 P4 Mark Srebro Peralta, Jhonny SS CLE 6s

R7 P5 Jason Duponte Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL 38s

R7 P6 Richard Van Fleet Ludwick, Ryan OF STL 31s

R7 P7 Glenn Schroter Cano, Robinson 2B NYY 29s

R7 P8 Perry Van Hook Pena, Carlos 1B TB 7s

R7 P9 Greg Morgan Dunn, Adam OF ARI 13s

R7 P10 Mike Konemann Delgado, Carlos 1B NYM 46s

R7 P11 Stanley Kaye Ibanez, Raul OF PHI 1m 1s

R7 P12 Edward Nolan Damon, Johnny OF NYY 52s

R7 P13 Jeff Tudor Broxton, Jonathan RP LA 16s

R7 P14 Kent Stermon Wells, Vernon OF TOR 28s

R7 P15 John Zaleski Greinke, Zack SP KC 24s



R8 P1 John Zaleski Ethier, Andre OF LA 37s

R8 P2 Kent Stermon Hernandez, Felix SP SEA 13s

R8 P3 Jeff Tudor Kazmir, Scott SP TB 49s

R8 P4 Edward Nolan Valverde, Jose RP HOU 39s

R8 P5 Stanley Kaye Marmol, Carlos RP CHC 32s

R8 P6 Mike Konemann Jenks, Bobby RP CHW 54s

R8 P7 Greg Morgan Burnett, A.J. SP NYY 12s

R8 P8 Perry Van Hook Nolasco, Ricky SP FLA 12s

R8 P9 Glenn Schroter Ryan, B.J. RP TOR 23s

R8 P10 Richard Van Fleet Andrus, Elvis SS TEX 3s

R8 P11 Jason Duponte Dye, Jermaine OF CHW 13s

R8 P12 Mark Srebro Chamberlain, Joba RP NYY 24s

R8 P13 Gary Cutler Lee, Cliff SP CLE 27s

R8 P14 Dan Kenyon Young, Chris OF ARI 44s

R8 P15 Kelly Uganski Milledge, Lastings OF WAS 20s



R9 P1 Kelly Uganski Wood, Kerry RP CLE 34s

R9 P2 Dan Kenyon Cordero, Francisco RP CIN 46s

R9 P3 Gary Cutler Zimmerman, Ryan 3B WAS 9s

R9 P4 Mark Srebro Price, David RP TB 18s

R9 P5 Jason Duponte Vazquez, Javier SP ATL 7s

R9 P6 Richard Van Fleet Loney, James 1B LA 4s

R9 P7 Glenn Schroter Lester, Jon SP BOS 29s

R9 P8 Perry Van Hook Capps, Matt RP PIT 9s

R9 P9 Greg Morgan Matsuzaka, Daisuke SP BOS 7s

R9 P10 Mike Konemann Gonzalez, Mike RP ATL 33s

R9 P11 Stanley Kaye Volquez, Edinson SP CIN 7s

R9 P12 Edward Nolan Hawpe, Brad OF COL 48s

R9 P13 Jeff Tudor Baker, Scott SP MIN 43s

R9 P14 Kent Stermon Cain, Matt SP SF 7s

R9 P15 John Zaleski Nady, Xavier OF NYY 46s



R10 P1 John Zaleski Weeks, Rickie 2B MIL 37s

R10 P2 Kent Stermon Wieters, Matt C BAL 51s

R10 P3 Jeff Tudor Kershaw, Clayton SP LA 1m 5s

R10 P4 Edward Nolan Napoli, Mike C ANA 56s

R10 P5 Stanley Kaye Cantu, Jorge 3B, 1B FLA 1m 9s

R10 P6 Mike Konemann Qualls, Chad RP ARI 1m 4s

R10 P7 Greg Morgan Taveras, Willy OF CIN 12s

R10 P8 Perry Van Hook Harden, Rich SP CHC 51s

R10 P9 Glenn Schroter Iannetta, Chris C COL 22s

R10 P10 Richard Van Fleet Wilson, Brian RP SF 3s

R10 P11 Jason Duponte Gordon, Alex 3B KC 7s

R10 P12 Mark Srebro Beltre, Adrian 3B SEA 1m 10s

R10 P13 Gary Cutler Cruz, Nelson OF TEX 13s

R10 P14 Dan Kenyon Bell, Heath RP SD 44s

R10 P15 Kelly Uganski Molina, Bengie C SF 52s