Which team would you choose?

[Less than Dave]

I drafted one of these teams in a 10-team $1,000 entry fee Fanball Draft and Play league... I'm curious as to which team(s) you think are the favorite(s) and which ones have no chance, and why. They are in order of their draft order.



1. Team 1



Round 1 : MI Hanley Ramirez

Round 2 : OF Carl Crawford

Round 3 : MI Derek Jeter

Round 4 : OF Jayson Werth

Round 5 : 2B Ben Zobrist

Round 6 : P Josh Johnson

Round 7 : P Josh Beckett

Round 8 : P Brett Anderson

Round 9 : P Stephen Strasburg

Round 10 : OF Jason Heyward

Round 11 : OF Jay Bruce

Round 12 : P Andrew Bailey

Round 13 : P A.J. Burnett

Round 14 : P Francisco Cordero

Round 15 : P Trevor Hoffman

Round 16 : C Kurt Suzuki

Round 17 : UT David Ortiz

Round 18 : P Wade Davis

Round 19 : 1B Garrett Jones

Round 20 : 3B Chipper Jones

Round 21 : P Aroldis Chapman

Round 22 : P Octavio Dotel

Round 23 : 1B Todd Helton

Round 24 : OF J.D. Drew

Round 25 : OF Scott Podsednik

Round 26 : P Barry Zito

Round 27 : 3B Scott Rolen

Round 28 : 1B Nick Johnson



2. Team 2



Round 1 : 1B Albert Pujols

Round 2 : P Tim Lincecum

Round 3 : P Zack Greinke

Round 4 : P Felix Hernandez

Round 5 : P Jon Lester

Round 6 : C Brian McCann

Round 7 : 1B Adam Dunn

Round 8 : P Mariano Rivera

Round 9 : OF Raul Ibanez

Round 10 : P Francisco Rodriguez

Round 11 : 2B Jose Lopez

Round 12 : 3B Chone Figgins

Round 13 : P Jose Valverde

Round 14 : P Jair Jurrjens

Round 15 : OF Denard Span

Round 16 : 1B Adam LaRoche

Round 17 : MI Jason Bartlett

Round 18 : P Scott Feldman

Round 19 : MI Ryan Theriot

Round 20 : OF Brad Hawpe

Round 21 : OF Chris Coghlan

Round 22 : OF Juan Rivera

Round 23 : OF Cody Ross

Round 24 : P Shaun Marcum

Round 25 : OF Ryan Raburn

Round 26 : P John Lannan

Round 27 : P Ricky Romero

Round 28 : OF Brett Gardner



3. Team 3



Round 1 : OF Ryan Braun

Round 2 : C Joe Mauer

Round 3 : 2B Ian Kinsler

Round 4 : P CC Sabathia

Round 5 : 1B Kendry Morales

Round 6 : OF Nick Markakis

Round 7 : OF B.J. Upton

Round 8 : P Cole Hamels

Round 9 : OF Hunter Pence

Round 10 : 3B Gordon Beckham

Round 11 : OF Carlos Quentin

Round 12 : P Heath Bell

Round 13 : P Scott Baker

Round 14 : P Rafael Soriano

Round 15 : OF Nate McLouth

Round 16 : P Matt Capps

Round 17 : MI Alexei Ramirez

Round 18 : 1B Chris Davis

Round 19 : P John Danks

Round 20 : P Randy Wolf

Round 21 : P Aaron Harang

Round 22 : MI Rafael Furcal

Round 23 : P Kerry Wood

Round 24 : P Colby Lewis

Round 25 : 1B James Loney

Round 26 : 2B Kelly Johnson

Round 27 : P Brad Penny

Round 28 : P Vicente Padilla



4. Team 4



Round 1 : 3B Alex Rodriguez

Round 2 : OF Matt Holliday

Round 3 : OF Grady Sizemore

Round 4 : 1B Kevin Youkilis

Round 5 : 2B Brandon Phillips

Round 6 : P Jake Peavy

Round 7 : P Jonathan Papelbon

Round 8 : OF Carlos Gonzalez

Round 9 : P Matt Garza

Round 10 : P Scott Kazmir

Round 11 : P Rich Harden

Round 12 : OF Julio Borbon

Round 13 : P Billy Wagner

Round 14 : OF Carlos Beltran

Round 15 : MI Stephen Drew

Round 16 : P Brad Lidge

Round 17 : P Ervin Santana

Round 18 : 3B Adrian Beltre

Round 19 : C Ryan Doumit

Round 20 : P Chris Young

Round 21 : MI Yunel Escobar

Round 22 : OF Milton Bradley

Round 23 : P Erik Bedard

Round 24 : OF Magglio Ordonez

Round 25 : OF Conor Jackson

Round 26 : P Marc Rzepczynski

Round 27 : P Madison Bumgarner

Round 28 : 2B Clint Barmes



5. Team 5



Round 1 : 1B Ryan Howard

Round 2 : MI Troy Tulowitzki

Round 3 : P Justin Verlander

Round 4 : 1B Mark Reynolds

Round 5 : P Javier Vazquez

Round 6 : 2B Aaron Hill

Round 7 : OF Jason Bay

Round 8 : P Clayton Kershaw

Round 9 : OF Michael Bourn

Round 10 : OF Nyjer Morgan

Round 11 : P Carlos Marmol

Round 12 : C Miguel Montero

Round 13 : P Brian Fuentes

Round 14 : OF Jason Kubel

Round 15 : 1B Michael Cuddyer

Round 16 : P Ryan Franklin

Round 17 : P Jonathan Sanchez

Round 18 : P Joe Nathan

Round 19 : 1B Paul Konerko

Round 20 : OF Dexter Fowler

Round 21 : P Joel Pineiro

Round 22 : P Jeff Niemann

Round 23 : 2B Casey McGehee

Round 24 : P Randy Wells

Round 25 : P Bronson Arroyo

Round 26 : P Carl Pavano

Round 27 : P Joe Saunders

Round 28 : OF Carlos Gomez



6. Team 6



Round 1 : 2B Chase Utley

Round 2 : P Roy Halladay

Round 3 : OF Justin Upton

Round 4 : 1B Pablo Sandoval

Round 5 : OF Adam Lind

Round 6 : OF Curtis Granderson

Round 7 : P Chris Carpenter

Round 8 : 3B Aramis Ramirez

Round 9 : MI Elvis Andrus

Round 10 : OF Bobby Abreu

Round 11 : P Joakim Soria

Round 12 : 2B Howie Kendrick

Round 13 : 1B Carlos Pena

Round 14 : P Huston Street

Round 15 : P Max Scherzer

Round 16 : UT Vladimir Guerrero

Round 17 : P Clay Buchholz

Round 18 : P J.A. Happ

Round 19 : OF Franklin Gutierrez

Round 20 : P Edwin Jackson

Round 21 : MI Alcides Escobar

Round 22 : OF Ryan Ludwick

Round 23 : P Brandon Lyon

Round 24 : P Rick Porcello

Round 25 : C Jorge Posada

Round 26 : OF Lastings Milledge

Round 27 : P Mat Latos

Round 28 : 3B Chase Headley



7. Team 7



Round 1 : 1B Prince Fielder

Round 2 : 3B David Wright

Round 3 : 1B Joey Votto

Round 4 : 1B Adrian Gonzalez

Round 5 : 2B Robinson Cano

Round 6 : P Johan Santana

Round 7 : OF Nelson Cruz

Round 8 : P Yovani Gallardo

Round 9 : OF Ichiro Suzuki

Round 10 : OF Adam Jones

Round 11 : P Chad Billingsley

Round 12 : P John Lackey

Round 13 : 2B Ian Stewart

Round 14 : C Matt Wieters

Round 15 : P David Aardsma

Round 16 : P David Price

Round 17 : P Francisco Liriano

Round 18 : P Bobby Jenks

Round 19 : P Carlos Zambrano

Round 20 : P Jon Rauch

Round 21 : MI Everth Cabrera

Round 22 : OF Alfonso Soriano

Round 23 : OF Drew Stubbs

Round 24 : OF Vernon Wells

Round 25 : OF Colby Rasmus

Round 26 : P Brandon Morrow

Round 27 : P Matt Lindstrom

Round 28 : OF Cameron Maybin



8. Team 8



Round 1 : OF Matt Kemp

Round 2 : OF Jacoby Ellsbury

Round 3 : 1B Derrek Lee

Round 4 : OF Juan Pierre

Round 5 : OF Shin-Soo Choo

Round 6 : P Cliff Lee

Round 7 : 2B Brian Roberts

Round 8 : P Ubaldo Jimenez

Round 9 : 2B Dan Uggla

Round 10 : P Jered Weaver

Round 11 : P Brian Wilson

Round 12 : 3B Michael Young

Round 13 : 2B Asdrubal Cabrera

Round 14 : P James Shields

Round 15 : P Mike Gonzalez

Round 16 : OF Nolan Reimold

Round 17 : P Leo Nunez

Round 18 : P Jorge De La Rosa

Round 19 : 1B Jorge Cantu

Round 20 : P Neftali Feliz

Round 21 : OF Johnny Damon

Round 22 : P Andy Pettitte

Round 23 : C Geovany Soto

Round 24 : 1B Nick Swisher

Round 25 : P Derek Lowe

Round 26 : 3B Mark DeRosa

Round 27 : P Kevin Correia

Round 28 : P Ryan Madson



9. Team 9



Round 1 : 1B Mark Teixeira

Round 2 : 3B Evan Longoria

Round 3 : 2B Dustin Pedroia

Round 4 : 1B Justin Morneau

Round 5 : 1B Victor Martinez

Round 6 : OF Andre Ethier

Round 7 : P Tommy Hanson

Round 8 : OF Andrew McCutchen

Round 9 : P Wandy Rodriguez

Round 10 : OF Shane Victorino

Round 11 : P Matt Cain

Round 12 : OF Torii Hunter

Round 13 : 1B Lance Berkman

Round 14 : P Ryan Dempster

Round 15 : P Gavin Floyd

Round 16 : P Brandon Webb

Round 17 : P Tim Hudson

Round 18 : P Ben Sheets

Round 19 : 2B Rickie Weeks

Round 20 : P Ted Lilly

Round 21 : P Johnny Cueto

Round 22 : MI Erick Aybar

Round 23 : P Daisuke Matsuzaka

Round 24 : P Joe Blanton

Round 25 : OF Delmon Young

Round 26 : P Homer Bailey

Round 27 : 2B Placido Polanco

Round 28 : P Justin Duchscherer



10. Team 10



Round 1 : 1B Miguel Cabrera

Round 2 : MI Jimmy Rollins

Round 3 : 3B Ryan Zimmerman

Round 4 : P Dan Haren

Round 5 : P Adam Wainwright

Round 6 : MI Jose Reyes

Round 7 : P Jonathan Broxton

Round 8 : 1B Billy Butler

Round 9 : OF Carlos Lee

Round 10 : P Ricky Nolasco

Round 11 : OF Manny Ramirez

Round 12 : OF Josh Hamilton

Round 13 : P Roy Oswalt

Round 14 : OF Alex Rios

Round 15 : P Chad Qualls

Round 16 : P Frank Francisco

Round 17 : P Kevin Slowey

Round 18 : OF Rajai Davis

Round 19 : 1B Martin Prado

Round 20 : P Hiroki Kuroda

Round 21 : OF Corey Hart

Round 22 : P Brian Matusz

Round 23 : P Mark Buehrle

Round 24 : P Phil Hughes

Round 25 : MI Miguel Tejada

Round 26 : OF Kyle Blanks

Round 27 : 2B Scott Sizemore

Round 28 : C Chris Iannetta

[jamesmaples]

Team 3

[Jim Christie]

who cares?

[WOODERSON]

"Less than Dave"

[billywaz]

I'm with Jim.



Drafting 10 team leagues and winning them is comparable to bowling against your kids and bragging that you won.



I know you weren't boasting, but there isn't any challenge to drafting a 10 team league (after you draft 15 of course! )

[Potter]

The next time I have an extra hour or two and my cpu happens to freeze up on this thread, and I'm in particular need of attention, I'll shoot you an answer. Stay tuned.

[Ando]

Redunkulous.

[DrDobs]

Absolutely Redunkulous...



Did he just say $1,000 entry 10-team? I could never understand the draft and trade all-star leagues... As far as I'm concerned you could roll a dice to determine who has the best team above... It's almost all luck now...



Jon

[rkulaski]

Originally posted by billywaz:

I'm with Jim.



Drafting 10 team leagues and winning them is comparable to bowling against your kids and bragging that you won.



I know you weren't boasting, but there isn't any challenge to drafting a 10 team league (after you draft 15 of course! ) 10-team league, with a $1000 entry fee, these guys are somewhat prepared. i'd be more fearful of dave getting beat in this type of league where it's harder to separate the men from the boys.

[Glenneration X]

I think it's always dangerous to downgrade the caliber of the competition because someone doesn't like the format of the contest.



I'm sure there are little tricks to the trade to winning in All-Star team type contests that those who've had success at this format utilize and could explain to us.



Let's not forget that those who specialize in AL only Auction type contests see our 15-team mixed league formats as an All-Star team type contest.



Glenn

[Jim Christie]

My response of who cares was not a slam against Dave or the 10 team format; $1000 is a pretty penny and I am sure putting up 1K they were serious except of course the guy who took all the pitchers to start.

[Potter]

It's dangerous? Could someone lose an eye? You guys responding to the fact he entered a 1000 lg is the obvious reason for this thread in the first place. Pretty sure that part of the intro would not have been necessary otherwise.

[Head 2 Head]

Originally posted by Jim Christie:

My response of who cares was not a slam against Dave or the 10 team format; $1000 is a pretty penny and I am sure putting up 1K they were serious except of course the guy who took all the pitchers to start. Having not done a ten team - maybe Pujols and Pitching can win. It looks like a one Catcher league so McCann gives that team a top 3 catcher. That Pitching staff could get 50 as they have enough quality SP to use three plus closers and still get enough wins and K's.

[Less than Dave]

Originally posted by billywaz:

I'm with Jim.



Drafting 10 team leagues and winning them is comparable to bowling against your kids and bragging that you won.



I know you weren't boasting, but there isn't any challenge to drafting a 10 team league (after you draft 15 of course! ) You do realize that I play in NFBC too, right? I'm not just some wannabe here... I play in the Main Event, Super, etc (those would be 15 team leagues).. I just enjoy several different formats and getting money from different sources helps.



The reason I stated the parameters of the league was just so you would have all the info to evaluate... you know, if you don't care, then move on.. I think it's silly and childish for you all to waste your time responding with such immature responses to my post. I was looking for honest feedback, if you have none to give then save your comments for someone who cares.

[Less than Dave]

Originally posted by Head 2 Head:

quote:Originally posted by Jim Christie:

My response of who cares was not a slam against Dave or the 10 team format; $1000 is a pretty penny and I am sure putting up 1K they were serious except of course the guy who took all the pitchers to start. Having not done a ten team - maybe Pujols and Pitching can win. It looks like a one Catcher league so McCann gives that team a top 3 catcher. That Pitching staff could get 50 as they have enough quality SP to use three plus closers and still get enough wins and K's. [/QUOTE]See actually I was thinking the opposite about catcher... I think in a 1-catcher league where you can get a Soto, Iannetta, Doumit, Suzuki, Napoli at the end of the draft, drafting one in the first 10 rounds seems absurd unless you're getting Mauer in like the 5th round...

[Less than Dave]

Originally posted by DrDobs:

Absolutely Redunkulous...



Did he just say $1,000 entry 10-team? I could never understand the draft and trade all-star leagues... As far as I'm concerned you could roll a dice to determine who has the best team above... It's almost all luck now...



Jon By the way, there's no trading...

[Less than Dave]

Originally posted by jamesmaples:

Team 3 Pitching looks a bit suspect to me

[Bama]

Just Skimming over Team 6 looks the best to me.

[Less than Dave]

Originally posted by Potter:

The next time I have an extra hour or two and my cpu happens to freeze up on this thread, and I'm in particular need of attention, I'll shoot you an answer. Stay tuned. You're clicking on every post on the message boards and responding to ones that you think are dumb - wow, you're real cool. I wanna be just like you when I get old and crotchety! Get a life.

[Less than Dave]

Originally posted by Bama:

Just Skimming over Team 6 looks the best to me. I agree, Team 6 looks very good.. he only has 2 real closers so that might be my saving grace against him haha... well, Lyon could end up staying the Astros closer but I kinda doubt it since his status for Opening Day is questionable



[ March 14, 2010, 01:00 PM: Message edited by: Less than Dave ]

[Less than Dave]

Originally posted by Potter:

It's dangerous? Could someone lose an eye? You guys responding to the fact he entered a 1000 lg is the obvious reason for this thread in the first place. Pretty sure that part of the intro would not have been necessary otherwise. How is THAT the obvious reason? I'm bragging that I entered a $1,000 league? lol.. this wouldn't exactly be the place to do that, now would it? I mean, I entered a $5,000 league through NFBC too (although I guess it isn't gonna fill now)... so what? The obvious reason for the post was to get feedback so I could see others' points of view who are pros in the fantasy baseball community (don't worry, Potter, that doesn't include you anyways) and gain some insight for my next draft...

[rkulaski]

I like teams 9 assuming reyes bounces back and team 10 the best. nice balance for both teams.

[Bama]

Team 10 looks good also. Ill say one of them win it.

[Less than Dave]

Originally posted by rkulaski:

I like teams 9 assuming reyes bounces back and team 10 the best. nice balance for both teams. Team 9 has no closers so I think they might not have much of a shot. Team 10 looks good... getting Reyes, Manny, and Hamilton that late could be huge... unless they all get injured then that team will have problems...



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[Less than Dave]

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