On the heals of the upcoming season, many fantasy baseball drafts are taking place across America. In those drafts many high caliber player have been taken as the first overall pick: Hanley Ramirez, Jose Reyes, David Wright, and even Miguel Cabrera.

Albert Pujols fits right in with the group already mentioned. My Blog League draft was no different. Pujols was off the board within the opening seconds, and two hours later I took Elvis Andrus with the 300th pick to finish off the draft.

It is a head-to-head league with 12 teams each having 25 players.

The league fills out like this: 12 teams, head-to-head scoring, 25-man roster, keeper.

Each week I'll be back with breakdowns of the matchups and other updates from the league.

 

disturbed1 (First Overall Pick)

First Round Pick

Albert Pujols

 

Lineup

C: A.J. Pierzynski, 1B: Albert Pujols, 2B: Mark DeRosa, 3B: Aubrey Huff, SS: Miguel Tejada, OF: Manny Ramirez, Ryan Ludwick, Magglio Ordonez, UTIL: Andre Either, BN: Alex Rodriguez, Melvin Mora, Shin-Soo Choo, Placido Polanco, Mike Cameron, Michael Bourn

 

Pitching

SP: Chad Billingsley, Rich Harden, RP: Jonathan Broxton, Bobby Jenks, P: Adam Wainwright, Ryan Dempster, Frank Francisco, Hong-Chih Kuo, BN: Joe Saunders, Kelvim Escobar

 

Upon first glance, this team looks to be solid in every offensive category except stolen bases, outside of Bourn who could prove deadly to the team's batting average.

The pitching side, anchored by Chad Billingsley, is solid, but injury concerns hold the staff back. Two solid closers will keep this team in contention every week.

 

Asbury's Outcast (Second Overall Pick)

First Round Pick

Hanley Ramirez

 

Lineup

C: Ryan Doumit, 1B: Derrek Lee, 2B: Brandon Phillips, 3B: Jorge Cantu, SS: Hanley Ramirez, OF: Nick Markakis, Chris Young, Milton Bradley, UTIL: Billy Butler, BN: Pat Burrell, Willy Taveras, Miguel Olivo, Jose Guillen

 

Pitching

SP: Ervin Santana, Jon Lester, RP: Joe Nathan, Joakim Soria, P: Derek Lowe, Tim Hudson, Matt Capps, Kyle Davies, BN: John Smoltz, Dave Bush, Jose Arredondo, Shaun Marcum

 

No one but Hanly and Nick Markakis really catches your eye on this team. However, under closer inspection, every player except Taveras hits at least 10 HRs and there are five good thieves when it comes to the bases.

When this team came out of the draft, they had six stud starters. Problem is, four of them are starting the year on the DL. Two stud closers and another emerging star on the worst team in baseball will lock down saves most weeks.

 

Bad News (Third Overall Pick)

First Round Pick

Jose Reyes

 

Lineup

C: Dioner Navarro, 1B: Justin Morneau, 2B: Jose Lopez, 3B: Garrett Atkins, SS:Jose Reyes, OF: Alfonso Soriano, Bobby Abreu, Vernon Wells, UTIL: David Ortiz, BN: Rick Ankiel, Delmon Young, J.D. Drew, Mike Jacobs

 

Pitching

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