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We hosted a 15-team draft for the Fanball Baseball Annual yesterday. Here's a look at the first 10 rounds:



R1 P1 Tom Kessenich Pujols, Albert 1B STL 2m 31s

R1 P2 Ryan Boyer Ramirez, Hanley SS FLA 9s

R1 P3 Ted Carlson Rodriguez, Alex 3B NYY Predrafted

R1 P4 Rick Wilton Braun, Ryan OF MIL 6s

R1 P5 Will Tyrer Utley, Chase 2B PHI 9s

R1 P6 Jeff Kent Teixeira, Mark 1B NYY 1m 7s

R1 P7 Perry Van Hook Cabrera, Miguel 1B DET 30s

R1 P8 Ryan Houston Kemp, Matt OF LA 28s

R1 P9 Cory Elfrink Howard, Ryan 1B PHI 35s

R1 P10 Seth Trachtman Ellsbury, Jacoby OF BOS 29s

R1 P11 Mike Sheets Crawford, Carl OF TB 51s

R1 P12 Charlie Wiegert Gonzalez, Adrian 1B SD 57s

R1 P13 Jeff Tudor Fielder, Prince 1B MIL 6s

R1 P14 Ray Flowers Kinsler, Ian 2B TEX 7s

R1 P15 Kyle Elfrink Longoria, Evan 3B TB 8s



R2 P1 Kyle Elfrink Rollins, Jimmy SS PHI 14s

R2 P2 Ray Flowers Wright, David 3B NYM 6s

R2 P3 Jeff Tudor Mauer, Joe C MIN 25s

R2 P4 Charlie Wiegert Lincecum, Tim SP SF 9s

R2 P5 Mike Sheets Holliday, Matt OF STL 21s

R2 P6 Seth Trachtman Upton, Justin OF ARI 42s

R2 P7 Cory Elfrink Martinez, Victor C, 1B BOS 1m 1s

R2 P8 Ryan Houston Tulowitzki, Troy SS COL 7s

R2 P9 Perry Van Hook Halladay, Roy SP TOR 1m 1s

R2 P10 Jeff Kent Reyes, Jose SS NYM 14s

R2 P11 Will Tyrer Reynolds, Mark 3B, 1B ARI 43s

R2 P12 Rick Wilton Hernandez, Felix SP SEA 4s

R2 P13 Ted Carlson Pedroia, Dustin 2B BOS 26s

R2 P14 Ryan Boyer Sizemore, Grady OF CLE 7s

R2 P15 Tom Kessenich Bay, Jason OF BOS 4s



R3 P1 Tom Kessenich Roberts, Brian 2B BAL 5s

R3 P2 Ryan Boyer Suzuki, Ichiro OF SEA 25s

R3 P3 Ted Carlson Votto, Joey 1B CIN 43s

R3 P4 Rick Wilton Morneau, Justin 1B MIN 5s

R3 P5 Will Tyrer Sabathia, CC SP NYY 41s

R3 P6 Jeff Kent Phillips, Brandon 2B CIN 4s

R3 P7 Perry Van Hook Werth, Jayson OF PHI 24s

R3 P8 Ryan Houston Upton, B.J. OF TB 9s

R3 P9 Cory Elfrink Greinke, Zack SP KC 25s

R3 P10 Seth Trachtman Sandoval, Pablo 3B, 1B SF 51s

R3 P11 Mike Sheets Zobrist, Ben 2B, OF TB 21s

R3 P12 Charlie Wiegert Granderson, Curtis OF DET 8s

R3 P13 Jeff Tudor Santana, Johan SP NYM 5s

R3 P14 Ray Flowers Jeter, Derek SS NYY 10s

R3 P15 Kyle Elfrink Markakis, Nick OF BAL 15s



R4 P1 Kyle Elfrink Haren, Dan SP ARI 19s

R4 P2 Ray Flowers Youkilis, Kevin 1B, 3B BOS 43s

R4 P3 Jeff Tudor Beltran, Carlos OF NYM 5s

R4 P4 Charlie Wiegert Choo, Shin-Soo OF CLE 19s

R4 P5 Mike Sheets Morales, Kendry 1B ANA 6s

R4 P6 Seth Trachtman Berkman, Lance 1B HOU 5s

R4 P7 Cory Elfrink Cano, Robinson 2B NYY 56s

R4 P8 Ryan Houston McCann, Brian C ATL 45s

R4 P9 Perry Van Hook Zimmerman, Ryan 3B WAS 15s

R4 P10 Jeff Kent Lee, Carlos OF HOU 5s

R4 P11 Will Tyrer Hill, Aaron 2B TOR 59s

R4 P12 Rick Wilton Verlander, Justin SP DET 30s

R4 P13 Ted Carlson Vazquez, Javier SP ATL 11s

R4 P14 Ryan Boyer Lee, Cliff SP PHI 45s

R4 P15 Tom Kessenich Ramirez, Aramis 3B CHC 13s



R5 P1 Tom Kessenich Lester, Jon SP BOS 12s

R5 P2 Ryan Boyer Dunn, Adam OF, 1B WAS 28s

R5 P3 Ted Carlson Victorino, Shane OF PHI 44s

R5 P4 Rick Wilton Uggla, Dan 2B FLA 12s

R5 P5 Will Tyrer Lind, Adam OF TOR 20s

R5 P6 Jeff Kent Wainwright, Adam SP STL 1m 2s

R5 P7 Perry Van Hook Figgins, Chone 3B ANA 25s

R5 P8 Ryan Houston Ramirez, Manny OF LA 4s

R5 P9 Cory Elfrink Bourn, Michael OF HOU 35s

R5 P10 Seth Trachtman Johnson, Josh SP FLA 8s

R5 P11 Mike Sheets Abreu, Bobby OF ANA 18s

R5 P12 Charlie Wiegert Rios, Alex OF CHW 50s

R5 P13 Jeff Tudor Rivera, Mariano RP NYY 35s

R5 P14 Ray Flowers McLouth, Nate OF ATL 4s

R5 P15 Kyle Elfrink Butler, Billy 1B KC 8s



R6 P1 Kyle Elfrink Broxton, Jonathan RP LA 9s

R6 P2 Ray Flowers Ethier, Andre OF LA 12s

R6 P3 Jeff Tudor Soriano, Alfonso OF CHC 25s

R6 P4 Charlie Wiegert Papelbon, Jonathan RP BOS 29s

R6 P5 Mike Sheets Beckett, Josh SP BOS 13s

R6 P6 Seth Trachtman Lee, Derrek 1B CHC 1m 3s

R6 P7 Cory Elfrink Young, Michael 3B TEX 23s

R6 P8 Ryan Houston Nathan, Joe RP MIN 28s

R6 P9 Perry Van Hook Jones, Adam OF BAL 10s

R6 P10 Jeff Kent Beckham, Gordon 3B CHW 5s

R6 P11 Will Tyrer Carpenter, Chris SP STL 1m 13s

R6 P12 Rick Wilton Pence, Hunter OF HOU 8s

R6 P13 Ted Carlson Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL 28s

R6 P14 Ryan Boyer Cruz, Nelson OF TEX 10s

R6 P15 Tom Kessenich Hanson, Tommy SP ATL 10s



R7 P1 Tom Kessenich Ibanez, Raul OF PHI 18s

R7 P2 Ryan Boyer Kershaw, Clayton SP LA 4s

R7 P3 Ted Carlson Hamilton, Josh OF TEX 10s

R7 P4 Rick Wilton Soria, Joakim RP KC 7s

R7 P5 Will Tyrer Rodriguez, Francisco RP NYM 8s

R7 P6 Jeff Kent Posada, Jorge C NYY 59s

R7 P7 Perry Van Hook Peavy, Jake SP CHW 13s

R7 P8 Ryan Houston Pena, Carlos 1B TB 37s

R7 P9 Cory Elfrink Span, Denard OF MIN 44s

R7 P10 Seth Trachtman Gonzalez, Carlos OF COL 6s

R7 P11 Mike Sheets McCutchen, Andrew OF PIT 18s

R7 P12 Charlie Wiegert Cabrera, Asdrubal SS, 2B CLE 12s

R7 P13 Jeff Tudor Hunter, Torii OF ANA 4s

R7 P14 Ray Flowers Wieters, Matt C BAL 7s

R7 P15 Kyle Elfrink Cain, Matt SP SF 23s



R8 P1 Kyle Elfrink Damon, Johnny OF NYY 30s

R8 P2 Ray Flowers Hamels, Cole SP PHI 11s

R8 P3 Jeff Tudor Hawpe, Brad OF COL 47s

R8 P4 Charlie Wiegert Wilson, Brian RP SF 19s

R8 P5 Mike Sheets Garza, Matt SP TB 23s

R8 P6 Seth Trachtman Ramirez, Alexei SS CHW 30s

R8 P7 Cory Elfrink Marmol, Carlos RP CHC 2s

R8 P8 Ryan Houston Nolasco, Ricky SP FLA 1m 9s

R8 P9 Perry Van Hook Bartlett, Jason SS TB 7s

R8 P10 Jeff Kent Bell, Heath RP SD 4s

R8 P11 Will Tyrer Morgan, Nyjer OF WAS 26s

R8 P12 Rick Wilton Drew, Stephen SS ARI 4s

R8 P13 Ted Carlson Valverde, Jose RP HOU 27s

R8 P14 Ryan Boyer Fuentes, Brian RP ANA 4s

R8 P15 Tom Kessenich Martin, Russell C LA 10s



R9 P1 Tom Kessenich Bailey, Andrew RP OAK 13s

R9 P2 Ryan Boyer Stewart, Ian 3B, 2B COL 18s

R9 P3 Ted Carlson Quentin, Carlos OF CHW 13s

R9 P4 Rick Wilton Kendrick, Howie 2B ANA 20s

R9 P5 Will Tyrer Kubel, Jason OF MIN 1m 18s

R9 P6 Jeff Kent Lackey, John SP ANA 5s

R9 P7 Perry Van Hook Cordero, Francisco RP CIN 9s

R9 P8 Ryan Houston Billingsley, Chad SP LA 1m 16s

R9 P9 Cory Elfrink Jimenez, Ubaldo SP COL 3s

R9 P10 Seth Trachtman Rodriguez, Wandy SP HOU 27s

R9 P11 Mike Sheets Hoffman, Trevor RP MIL 7s

R9 P12 Charlie Wiegert Feliz, Neftali SP TEX 15s

R9 P13 Jeff Tudor Street, Huston RP COL 3s

R9 P14 Ray Flowers Burnett, A.J. SP NYY 8s

R9 P15 Kyle Elfrink Suzuki, Kurt C OAK 6s



R10 P1 Kyle Elfrink Escobar, Yunel SS ATL 22s

R10 P2 Ray Flowers Shields, James SP TB 9s

R10 P3 Jeff Tudor Soto, Geovany C CHC 26s

R10 P4 Charlie Wiegert Molina, Bengie C SF 15s

R10 P5 Mike Sheets Tejada, Miguel SS HOU 44s

R10 P6 Seth Trachtman Wagner, Billy RP NYM 4s

R10 P7 Cory Elfrink Weaver, Jered SP ANA 33s

R10 P8 Ryan Houston Furcal, Rafael SS LA 18s

R10 P9 Perry Van Hook Montero, Miguel C ARI 11s

R10 P10 Jeff Kent Bruce, Jay OF CIN 3s

R10 P11 Will Tyrer Doumit, Ryan C PIT 12s

R10 P12 Rick Wilton Lopez, Jose 2B SEA 8s

R10 P13 Ted Carlson Jurrjens, Jair SP ATL 38s

R10 P14 Ryan Boyer Webb, Brandon SP ARI 4s

R10 P15 Tom Kessenich Andrus, Elvis



[ December 11, 2009, 09:50 AM: Message edited by: Tom Kessenich ]

Can I petition for an exception and to allow Charlie Wiegert to still be able to play in the nfbc?

Here's my team in this draft. Thank God this is a mock. I'd be dead money if it was a live league.



C-Russ Martin

C-Gregg Zaun

1B-Albert Pujols

2B-Brian Roberts

SS-Elvis Andrus

3B-Aramis Ramirez

CI-Adam LaRoche

MI-Casey McGehee

OF-Jason Bay

OF-Raul Ibanez

OF-Vernon Wells

OF-Magglio Ordonez

OF-Jeff Francoeur

DH-Elijah Dukes



P-Jon Lester

P-Tommy Hanson

P-Ryan Dempster

P-Andy Pettitte

P-Bronson Arroyo

P-Dave Bush

P-Andrew Bailey

P-Bobby Jenks

P-Drew Storen

Somebody please tell Tom you love his team.....





...or alternatively more of you could say at least he will finish ahead of Charlie.



Hard from just ten players but what spot do you think did best?

Tom- I love your team....

Originally posted by Bull Pen Pugs:

Tom- I love your team.... It's too early in the day to start drinking. It's OK, this team sucks. It happens. I just had a very bad draft. Like I said, I'm glad this isn't a live league. I'd be dead money if it was.

There likely won't be other drafters that post, but I will put my team up against Tom's.......or Charlie's



From the 7 hole



C - Miguel Montero

C - Yadier Molina

1B - Miguel Cabrera

3B - Ryan Zimmerman

CI - Chone Figgins

2B - Clint Barmes

SS - Jason Bartlett

MI - Marco Scutaro

OF - Jayson Werth

OF - Adam Jones

OF - Garrett Jones

OF - Travis Snider

OF - Luke Scott

UT - Chris Young



P - Roy Halladay

P - Jake Peavy

P - Ervin Santana

P - Ted Lilly

P - J.A. Happ

P - Mat Latos

P - Ian Kennedy

P - Matt Lindstrom

P - Francisco Cordero

Originally posted by Captain Hook:

There likely won't be other drafters that post, but I will put my team up against Tom's.......or Charlie's



From the 7 hole



C - Miguel Montero

C - Yadier Molina

1B - Miguel Cabrera

3B - Ryan Zimmerman

CI - Chone Figgins

2B - Clint Barmes

SS - Jason Bartlett

MI - Marco Scutaro

OF - Jayson Werth

OF - Adam Jones

OF - Garrett Jones

OF - Travis Snider

OF - Luke Scott

UT - Chris Young



P - Roy Halladay

P - Jake Peavy

P - Ervin Santana

P - Ted Lilly

P - J.A. Happ

P - Mat Latos

P - Ian Kennedy

P - Matt Lindstrom

P - Francisco Cordero Were you looking at Charlie's cheat sheets ouch captain. There must be some really, really good teams in that league. Although I seriously like Tom's. I have the exact same starting infield in a slow draft.

Originally posted by Tom Kessenich:

quote:Originally posted by Bull Pen Pugs:

Tom- I love your team.... It's too early in the day to start drinking. It's OK, this team sucks. It happens. I just had a very bad draft. Like I said, I'm glad this isn't a live league. I'd be dead money if it was. [/QUOTE]hmmm maybe I am too positive but I see opportunities on your team - like if Russ Martin returns to 2 years ago...