FBE Writers League

The Fantasy Baseball Express Writers league drafted last Monday and I appologize for the delays in getting my analysis up. It was a very interesting draft and I certainly don't agree with all of the picks but I'm going to focus more on my own team. Here are my results:

Round	Pick	Player	Position
1.	(12)	Carlos Lee	OF
2.	(15)	Travis Hafner	Util
3.	(38)	Roy Oswalt	SP
4.	(41)	Rafael Furcal	SS
5.	(64)	Gary Sheffield	1B,OF
6.	(67)	Scott Kazmir	SP
7.	(90)	Prince Fielder	1B
8.	(93)	Dontrelle Willis	SP
9.	(116)	Tom Gordon	RP
10.	(119)	Brad Lidge	RP
11.	(142)	Chipper Jones	3B
12.	(145)	Felipe López	SS
13.	(168)	Adam Wainwright	RP
14.	(171)	Nick Markakis	OF
15.	(194)	Anthony Reyes	SP
16.	(197)	Akinori Otsuka	RP
17.	(220)	Ryan Dempster	RP
18.	(223)	Conor Jackson	1B
19.	(246)	Adrián Béltre	3B
20.	(249)	Mike González	RP
21.	(272)	Coco Crisp	OF
22.	(275)	Matt Capps	RP
23.	(298)	Ronny Paulino	C
24.	(301)	Jake Westbrook	SP
25.	(324)	Mark DeRosa	2B,3B,OF

As you can see, I am probably a little bit too high on Carlos Lee this year. There may have been better talent available at that point but I am not really dissapointed with that pick.

The league settings were a little bit funky thus the large number of RP at the end. The roster positions were: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, 3 OF, UTIL, 5 SP, 5 RP, 6 BN. I usually prefer 5 OF, CI, MI, and 9 P. But I adjusted and came out with some guys who could be closers at the end of the year if the current closer struggles.

Here are my 3 favorite picks:

3. C. Jackson - Round 18. I really love this guy. I think he has a shot at 25 HR this year and to grab him for my bench this late in the draft was a steal.

2. F. Lopez - Round 12. It says he is only eligible at SS but a week into the season he will gain 2B eligibility because he is penciled in as the starting 2B for the Nationals. 40+ SB from a 2b is gold. I grabbed DeRosa in the last round to play 2B for a week before Lopez gains eligibility.

1. P. Fielder - Round 7. I have him ranked much higher than here and I truely expect him to hit atleast 35 HR. 40 HR is a certain possibility. I probably could have passed on him and tried to grab Adrian Gonzalez but I wasn't sure when he would go and didn't want to miss on both. I have often found myself selecting both of them, Prince at 1st and Adrian at UTIL or CI but because I had Hafner and there was no CI spot, I had to let Gonzalez fall much further than I would have liked.

Other Noteable picks:
C. Jones - 11th round
A. Beltre - 19th round
N. Markakis - 14th round

Questions? Comments? Email me! Stew0610@ameritech.net