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We hosted a 13-team NL-only draft yesterday for our Just Cheat Sheets issue. Let me be the first to say that it was BRUTAL. The talent dried up quickly and it became a scramble around Round 6 or so just to start getting adequate starters at each position. Here's a look at those first six rounds:



R1 P1 Ray Flowers Pujols, Albert 1B STL 35m 46s

R1 P2 Seth Trachtman Ramirez, Hanley SS FLA 5s

R1 P3 Dan Heyder Utley, Chase 2B PHI AutoSelect

R1 P4 Nick Cichielo Braun, Ryan OF MIL 8s

R1 P5 Jason Duponte Kemp, Matt OF LA 8s

R1 P6 Paul Sporer Tulowitzki, Troy SS COL 35s

R1 P7 Ryan Boyer Howard, Ryan 1B PHI 19s

R1 P8 Charlie Wiegert Lincecum, Tim SP SF 15s

R1 P9 Cory Elfrink Holliday, Matt OF STL 50s

R1 P10 Mike Sheets Fielder, Prince 1B MIL 7s

R1 P11 Tom Kessenich Upton, Justin OF ARI 7s

R1 P12 Ted Carlson Wright, David 3B NYM 26s

R1 P13 Kyle Elfrink Rollins, Jimmy SS PHI 23s

R2 P1 Kyle Elfrink Lee, Carlos OF HOU 36s

R2 P2 Ted Carlson Gonzalez, Adrian 1B SD 12s

R2 P3 Tom Kessenich Reynolds, Mark 3B, 1B ARI 13s

R2 P4 Mike Sheets Reyes, Jose SS NYM 13s

R2 P5 Cory Elfrink Halladay, Roy SP PHI 42s

R2 P6 Charlie Wiegert Placeholder, OF OF FA 2m 4s

R2 P7 Ryan Boyer Phillips, Brandon 2B CIN 27s

R2 P8 Paul Sporer Votto, Joey 1B CIN 35s

R2 P9 Jason Duponte Sandoval, Pablo 3B, 1B SF 10s

R2 P10 Nick Cichielo Santana, Johan SP NYM 56s

R2 P11 Dan Heyder McCann, Brian C ATL 4s

R2 P12 Seth Trachtman Berkman, Lance 1B HOU 6s

R2 P13 Ray Flowers Zimmerman, Ryan 3B WAS 23s

R3 P1 Ray Flowers Ramirez, Aramis 3B CHC 4s

R3 P2 Seth Trachtman Bourn, Michael OF HOU 9s

R3 P3 Dan Heyder Werth, Jayson OF PHI 3s

R3 P4 Nick Cichielo Haren, Dan SP ARI 41s

R3 P5 Jason Duponte Victorino, Shane OF PHI 50s

R3 P6 Paul Sporer Beltran, Carlos OF NYM 28s

R3 P7 Ryan Boyer Johnson, Josh SP FLA 48s

R3 P8 Charlie Wiegert Lee, Derrek 1B CHC 18s

R3 P9 Cory Elfrink Dunn, Adam OF, 1B WAS 23s

R3 P10 Mike Sheets Ramirez, Manny OF LA 14s

R3 P11 Tom Kessenich Ethier, Andre OF LA 3s

R3 P12 Ted Carlson Uggla, Dan 2B FLA 12s

R3 P13 Kyle Elfrink Wainwright, Adam SP STL 15s

R4 P1 Kyle Elfrink McCutchen, Andrew OF PIT 53s

R4 P2 Ted Carlson Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL 28s

R4 P3 Tom Kessenich Hanson, Tommy SP ATL 4s

R4 P4 Mike Sheets McLouth, Nate OF ATL 14s

R4 P5 Cory Elfrink Broxton, Jonathan RP LA 55s

R4 P6 Charlie Wiegert Ibanez, Raul OF PHI 9s

R4 P7 Ryan Boyer Pence, Hunter OF HOU 57s

R4 P8 Paul Sporer Stewart, Ian 3B, 2B COL 50s

R4 P9 Jason Duponte Hamels, Cole SP PHI 5s

R4 P10 Nick Cichielo Carpenter, Chris SP STL 36s

R4 P11 Dan Heyder Cain, Matt SP SF 16s

R4 P12 Seth Trachtman Gonzalez, Carlos OF COL 4s

R4 P13 Ray Flowers Soriano, Alfonso OF CHC 48s

R5 P1 Ray Flowers Bell, Heath RP SD 21s

R5 P2 Seth Trachtman Loney, James 1B LA 3s

R5 P3 Dan Heyder Drew, Stephen SS ARI 16s

R5 P4 Nick Cichielo Hawpe, Brad OF COL 36s

R5 P5 Jason Duponte Bruce, Jay OF CIN 21s

R5 P6 Paul Sporer Escobar, Yunel SS ATL 24s

R5 P7 Ryan Boyer Morgan, Nyjer OF WAS 10s

R5 P8 Charlie Wiegert Cantu, Jorge 1B, 3B FLA 17s

R5 P9 Cory Elfrink Coghlan, Chris OF FLA 33s

R5 P10 Mike Sheets Kershaw, Clayton SP LA 13s

R5 P11 Tom Kessenich Nolasco, Ricky SP FLA 4s

R5 P12 Ted Carlson Ludwick, Ryan OF STL 31s

R5 P13 Kyle Elfrink Marmol, Carlos RP CHC 10s

R6 P1 Kyle Elfrink Jones, Chipper 3B ATL 41s

R6 P2 Ted Carlson Jimenez, Ubaldo SP COL 3s

R6 P3 Tom Kessenich Tejada, Miguel SS HOU 8s

R6 P4 Mike Sheets Hart, Corey OF MIL 49s

R6 P5 Cory Elfrink Helton, Todd 1B COL 54s

R6 P6 Charlie Wiegert Theriot, Ryan SS CHC 10s

R6 P7 Ryan Boyer Rodriguez, Wandy SP HOU 27s

R6 P8 Paul Sporer Street, Huston RP COL 42s

R6 P9 Jason Duponte Billingsley, Chad SP LA 4s

R6 P10 Nick Cichielo Montero, Miguel C ARI 6s

R6 P11 Dan Heyder LaRoche, Adam 1B ATL 29s

R6 P12 Seth Trachtman Wilson, Brian RP SF 5s

R6 P13 Ray Flowers Fowler, Dexter OF COL 36s

Here's my team. It stinks. I'm aware of that:



C-Geovany Soto

C-Jesus Flores

1B-Mark Reynolds

2B-Casey McGehee

SS-Miguel Tejada

3B-Chase Headley

CI-Andy LaRoche

MI-Felipe Lopez

OF-Justin Upton

OF-Andre Ethier

OF-Elijah Dukes

OF-Randy Winn

OF-Willie Harris

DH-Freddie Freeman



P-Tommy Hanson

P-Ricky Nolasco

P-Hiroki Kuroda

P-Dave Bush

P-John Smoltz

P-Sean West

P-Francisco Cordero

P-Takashi Saito

P-Evan Meek

Originally posted by Tom Kessenich:

Here's my team. It stinks. I'm aware of that:



C-Geovany Soto

C-Jesus Flores

1B-Mark Reynolds

2B-Casey McGehee

SS-Miguel Tejada

3B-Chase Headley

CI-Andy LaRoche

MI-Felipe Lopez

OF-Justin Upton

OF-Andre Ethier

OF-Elijah Dukes

OF-Randy Winn

OF-Willie Harris

DH-Freddie Freeman



P-Tommy Hanson

P-Ricky Nolasco

P-Hiroki Kuroda

P-Dave Bush

P-John Smoltz

P-Sean West

P-Francisco Cordero

P-Takashi Saito

P-Evan Meek For an NL Only squad I would say it far from stinks. You have an infield that all have starting positions and will get AB's. You have 2 very good OF's and then the rest stink, but could see AB's. Your top 3 starters have upside and you got one closer and Meek may end up closing in Pittsburgh while Saito willpost decent numbers and possibly a few saves. Just my opinion, but not horrible, oh but don't expect to compete in average and sb's. LOL