Draft Results

So every year at about this time, I get together (online that is) with some old college chums of mine for the right-of-passage that is the fantasy baseball draft. If you think rotisserie refers to a way to cook chicken, let me explain fantasy baseball. You have a group of owners (e.g. a bunch of college buddies) who draft a team of all-stars from major league baseball rosters and then compete against each other to see whose team does better by the end of the season. The way we decide the winner is based on a 5x5 points system (five pitching categories and five hitting categories). Each team is made up of 20 players (11 hitters and 9 pitchers) plus reserves or bench players. Hitters are awarded points based on batting average, runs, runs batted in (RBI), homeruns and steals. Pitching points fall into wins, earned run average (era), strikeouts, whip (walks and hits per inning pitched), and saves.

So all that to say, below in the team that I drafted today. If I think about it, I'll periodically post how I'm doing during the season. Also, I'll try to post my final season roster as because of injuries, trades and additions, it usually looks quite different. Enjoy! - Jeff

C - Brian McCann (ATL)
1B - Adam LaRoche (PIT)
2B - Ian Kinsler (TEX)
3B - Kevin Youkilis
SS - J.J. Hardy (MIL)
CI - Paul Konerko (CWS)
MI - Clint Barmes (COL)
OF - Hunter Pence (HOU)
OF - Jason Werth (PHI)
OF - Xavier Nady (NYY)
OF - Mike Cameron (MIL)
OF - David Murphy (TEX)
U - Luke Scott (BAL)
SP - C.C. Sabathia (NYY)
SP - Diasuke Matsuzaka (BOS)
SP - Scott Baker (MIN)
SP - Gil Meche (KC)
SP - Chris Volstad (FLA)
SP - Jessie Litsch (TOR)
SP - Randy Wolf (LAD)
CL - Bobby Jenks (CWS)
CL - Frank Francisco (TEX)
BN - Kelvim Escobar (SP; LAA)
BN - Travis Ishikawa (1B; SF)
BN - Josh Anderson (OF; ATL)