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We had a 12-team mixed league draft for our next issue today and it was a lot of fun. Below is my team followed by the first 10 rounds. What do you guys think?



C-Russell Martin

C-Buster Posey

1B-Albert Pujols

2B-Placido Polanco

SS-Alexei Ramirez

3B-Mark Reynolds

MI-Casey McGehee

CI-Casey Blake

OF-Jason Bay

OF-B.J. Upton

OF-Andrew McCutchen

OF-Michael Cuddyer

OF-Vernon Wells

DH-Magglio Ordonez



P-CC Sabathia

P-Yovani Gallardo

P-Ricky Nolasco

P-Jered Weaver

P-Andy Pettitte

P-Hiroki Kuroda

P-Francisco Cordero

P-Trevor Hoffman

P-Drew Storen



R1 P1 Tom Kessenich Pujols, Albert 1B STL 14s

R1 P2 Seth Trachtman Ramirez, Hanley SS FLA 11s

R1 P3 Mike Sheets Rodriguez, Alex 3B NYY 10s

R1 P4 Kyle Elfrink Braun, Ryan OF MIL 17s

R1 P5 Ray Flowers Kemp, Matt OF LA 13s

R1 P6 Geoff Stein Utley, Chase 2B PHI 9s

R1 P7 Ryan Houston Teixeira, Mark 1B NYY 14s

R1 P8 Charlie Wiegert Crawford, Carl OF TB 19s

R1 P9 David Rogers Fielder, Prince 1B MIL 46s

R1 P10 Ted Carlson Howard, Ryan 1B PHI 28s

R1 P11 Cory Elfrink Longoria, Evan 3B TB 39s

R1 P12 Ryan Boyer Cabrera, Miguel 1B DET 7s



R2 P1 Ryan Boyer Wright, David 3B NYM 13s

R2 P2 Cory Elfrink Ellsbury, Jacoby OF BOS 44s

R2 P3 Ted Carlson Mauer, Joe C MIN 40s

R2 P4 David Rogers Kinsler, Ian 2B TEX 43s

R2 P5 Charlie Wiegert Lincecum, Tim SP SF 6s

R2 P6 Ryan Houston Gonzalez, Adrian 1B SD 43s

R2 P7 Geoff Stein Tulowitzki, Troy SS COL 8s

R2 P8 Ray Flowers Rollins, Jimmy SS PHI 3s

R2 P9 Kyle Elfrink Holliday, Matt OF STL 35s

R2 P10 Mike Sheets Reyes, Jose SS NYM 10s

R2 P11 Seth Trachtman Pedroia, Dustin 2B BOS 13s

R2 P12 Tom Kessenich Bay, Jason OF NYM 6s



R3 P1 Tom Kessenich Reynolds, Mark 3B, 1B ARI 30s

R3 P2 Seth Trachtman Youkilis, Kevin 1B, 3B BOS 28s

R3 P3 Mike Sheets Upton, Justin OF ARI 18s

R3 P4 Kyle Elfrink Sizemore, Grady OF CLE 19s

R3 P5 Ray Flowers Suzuki, Ichiro OF SEA 9s

R3 P6 Geoff Stein Sandoval, Pablo 3B, 1B SF 34s

R3 P7 Ryan Houston Zobrist, Ben 2B, SS, OF TB 44s

R3 P8 Charlie Wiegert Morales, Kendry 1B ANA 26s

R3 P9 David Rogers Werth, Jayson OF PHI 29s

R3 P10 Ted Carlson Roberts, Brian 2B BAL 10s

R3 P11 Cory Elfrink Cano, Robinson 2B NYY 47s

R3 P12 Ryan Boyer Phillips, Brandon 2B CIN 36s



R4 P1 Ryan Boyer Hernandez, Felix SP SEA 3s

R4 P2 Cory Elfrink Martinez, Victor C, 1B BOS 35s

R4 P3 Ted Carlson Markakis, Nick OF BAL 45s

R4 P4 David Rogers Greinke, Zack SP KC 45s

R4 P5 Charlie Wiegert McCann, Brian C ATL 14s

R4 P6 Ryan Houston Granderson, Curtis OF NYY 23s

R4 P7 Geoff Stein Votto, Joey 1B CIN 25s

R4 P8 Ray Flowers Jeter, Derek SS NYY 4s

R4 P9 Kyle Elfrink Halladay, Roy SP PHI 12s

R4 P10 Mike Sheets Morneau, Justin 1B MIN 36s

R4 P11 Seth Trachtman Haren, Dan SP ARI 33s

R4 P12 Tom Kessenich Upton, B.J. OF TB 4s



R5 P1 Tom Kessenich Sabathia, CC SP NYY 16s

R5 P2 Seth Trachtman Dunn, Adam OF, 1B WAS 16s

R5 P3 Mike Sheets Verlander, Justin SP DET 52s

R5 P4 Kyle Elfrink Zimmerman, Ryan 3B WAS 6s

R5 P5 Ray Flowers Ramirez, Aramis 3B CHC 4s

R5 P6 Geoff Stein Santana, Johan SP NYM 15s

R5 P7 Ryan Houston Choo, Shin-Soo OF CLE 23s

R5 P8 Charlie Wiegert Hill, Aaron 2B TOR 27s

R5 P9 David Rogers Lind, Adam OF TOR 16s

R5 P10 Ted Carlson Victorino, Shane OF PHI 44s

R5 P11 Cory Elfrink Lee, Derrek 1B CHC 47s

R5 P12 Ryan Boyer Berkman, Lance 1B HOU 42s



R6 P1 Ryan Boyer Lee, Carlos OF HOU 49s

R6 P2 Cory Elfrink Lee, Cliff SP SEA 40s

R6 P3 Ted Carlson Lester, Jon SP BOS 22s

R6 P4 David Rogers Wainwright, Adam SP STL 28s

R6 P5 Charlie Wiegert Figgins, Chone 3B SEA 11s

R6 P6 Ryan Houston Bourn, Michael OF HOU 1m 55s

R6 P7 Geoff Stein Cruz, Nelson OF TEX 12s

R6 P8 Ray Flowers Uggla, Dan 2B FLA 21s

R6 P9 Kyle Elfrink Cabrera, Asdrubal SS, 2B CLE 9s

R6 P10 Mike Sheets Abreu, Bobby OF ANA 12s

R6 P11 Seth Trachtman Johnson, Josh SP FLA 17s

R6 P12 Tom Kessenich McCutchen, Andrew OF PIT 5s



R7 P1 Tom Kessenich Ramirez, Alexei SS CHW 6s

R7 P2 Seth Trachtman Butler, Billy 1B KC 28s

R7 P3 Mike Sheets Ramirez, Manny OF LA 51s

R7 P4 Kyle Elfrink Young, Michael 3B TEX 11s

R7 P5 Ray Flowers Wieters, Matt C BAL 10s

R7 P6 Geoff Stein Ethier, Andre OF LA 9s

R7 P7 Ryan Houston Beckham, Gordon 3B CHW 17s

R7 P8 Charlie Wiegert Hanson, Tommy SP ATL 11s

R7 P9 David Rogers Ibanez, Raul OF PHI 47s

R7 P10 Ted Carlson Pierre, Juan OF CHW 54s

R7 P11 Cory Elfrink Pena, Carlos 1B TB 29s

R7 P12 Ryan Boyer Rios, Alex OF CHW 32s



R8 P1 Ryan Boyer Broxton, Jonathan RP LA 8s

R8 P2 Cory Elfrink Vazquez, Javier SP NYY 39s

R8 P3 Ted Carlson Nathan, Joe RP MIN 27s

R8 P4 David Rogers Jones, Adam OF BAL 53s

R8 P5 Charlie Wiegert Papelbon, Jonathan RP BOS 21s

R8 P6 Ryan Houston Gonzalez, Carlos OF COL 9s

R8 P7 Geoff Stein Rivera, Mariano RP NYY 10s

R8 P8 Ray Flowers McLouth, Nate OF ATL 8s

R8 P9 Kyle Elfrink Pence, Hunter OF HOU 44s

R8 P10 Mike Sheets Hunter, Torii OF ANA 46s

R8 P11 Seth Trachtman Span, Denard OF MIN 26s

R8 P12 Tom Kessenich Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL 6s



R9 P1 Tom Kessenich Martin, Russell C LA 27s

R9 P2 Seth Trachtman Hawpe, Brad OF COL 45s

R9 P3 Mike Sheets Carpenter, Chris SP STL 33s

R9 P4 Kyle Elfrink Marmol, Carlos RP CHC 21s

R9 P5 Ray Flowers Soriano, Alfonso OF CHC 13s

R9 P6 Geoff Stein Hamilton, Josh OF TEX 9s

R9 P7 Ryan Houston Bailey, Andrew RP OAK 23s

R9 P8 Charlie Wiegert Quentin, Carlos OF CHW 10s

R9 P9 David Rogers Bartlett, Jason SS TB 54s

R9 P10 Ted Carlson Kershaw, Clayton SP LA 20s

R9 P11 Cory Elfrink Coghlan, Chris OF FLA 25s

R9 P12 Ryan Boyer Cain, Matt SP SF 44s



R10 P1 Ryan Boyer Bruce, Jay OF CIN 55s

R10 P2 Cory Elfrink Ludwick, Ryan OF STL 8s

R10 P3 Ted Carlson Cantu, Jorge 1B, 3B FLA 31s

R10 P4 David Rogers Beckett, Josh SP BOS 49s

R10 P5 Charlie Wiegert Jimenez, Ubaldo SP COL 35s

R10 P6 Ryan Houston Drew, Stephen SS ARI 19s

R10 P7 Geoff Stein Posada, Jorge C NYY 3s

R10 P8 Ray Flowers Hamels, Cole SP PHI 25s

R10 P9 Kyle Elfrink Shields, James SP TB 6s

R10 P10 Mike Sheets Soria, Joakim RP KC 50s

R10 P11 Seth Trachtman Valverde, Jose RP HOU 7s

R10 P12 Tom Kessenich Cordero, Francisco RP CIN 29s



[ January 20, 2010, 05:24 PM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

Granderson is going very high in some drafts. if that short left field porch is still there this year, will he go 30/20?



i'm not a fan of him, but in that lineup and that park, how can you not? might get him a tad "cheaper" in an auction.

I've seen him go even higher than this. I was surprised he fell to where he did. I thought I might have a shot at him. I was happy to get Upton but I do like Granderson's potential with the Yankees.

Here's how my team turned out....



C-Jorge Posada

C-Alex Avila

1B-Joey Votto

2B-Chase Utley

SS-Troy Tulowitzki

3B-Pablo Sandoval

CI-Chris Davis

MI-Howie Kendrick

OF-Nelson Cruz

OF-Andre Ethier

OF-Josh Hamilton

OF-Dexter Fowler

OF-Kyle Blanks

U-Everth Cabrera



P-Johan Santana

P-Jake Peavy

P-Jair Jurrjens

P-Brandon Webb

P-Carlos Zambrano

P-Rick Porcello

P-Ricky Romero

P-Mariano Rivera

P-Francisco Rodriguez



Thoughts:



I missed out on the mid-tier speed guys, and tried to address the category late by taking a shot on Fowler and Cabrera. Hoping that I could pull off 60-65 steals between them.



I would absolutely love my starters ... if it were 2005! Still, I think there's a good amount of upside there.