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- Brad Stewart

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

Gut Feelings

Over at lennymelnickfantasybaseball.com, Lenny has been running a series on his gut feelings. After reading his, I decided I would give it a shot and after the season we will revisit what I said and see how my gut feelings did vs. how all the prediction systems like PECOTA did. Here is the NL and I will have the AL up a little bit later.

Cubs –
1. Kerry Wood Closes by end of year
2. Hill turns into a solid #2
3. Soriano does not repeat 40/40

Cardinals –
1. Reyes and Wainwright both succeed as starters
2. Rolen is finally healthy
3. Edmonds regress’s again

Astros –
1. Offense thrives but pitching beyond Oswalt tanks

Reds –
1. Arroyo and Phillips regress
2. The whole word knows who Encarnacion is after he’s done

Brewers –
1. Fielder smashes 40 HR
2. Sheets spends atleast 30 days on DL

Pirates –
1. LaRoche disappoints
2. Duke stays average
3. Sanchez bats another empty .325+ average

Mets –
1. Pedro returns in late July and leads Mets to wild card birth

Braves –
1. Miss playoffs again
2. New ownership resigns Jones.

Nationals –
1. Johnson returns in early June and is impressive
2. Zimmerman highlights horrible season

Marlins –
1. All pitchers regress except Olsen
2. Uggla Regresses
3. Hanley shines

Phillies –
1. Win NL East

Diamondbacks –
1. Johnson pitches for 3.50 ERA
2. Young players shine and the team competes

Padres –
1. Gonzalez hits 35 HR with .300 average

Dodgers –
1. Broxton is closer by end of year

Rockies –
1. Helton dealt at trade deadline

Giants –
1. Matt Cain outperforms Zito
2. Bonds breaks record and, after all the fuss, Selig is there.

Speaking of lennymelnickfantasybaseball.com, I have joined up with Lenny to provide my analysis to an even larger audience of fantasy maniacs. But I didn't stop there. I will be writing a weekly column on Head to Head leagues over at sportsblurb.com. The Column will start a couple weeks before the season starts and I will link to those articles on here.

AL Gut feelings should be up soon. Have a question or comment? Email Me: stew0610@ameritech.net