Fantasy Baseball Blog: Season Draft Special

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SP: Dan Haren, Javier Vazquez, RP: Mariano Rivera, Jon Rauch, P: Ricky Nolasco, Matt Cain, Johnny Cueto, Manny Parra, Paul Maholm, Ian Snell, DL: Trevor Hoffman

Questions for the Manager

1. You've only got two RPs on your roster, and one of them is starting the year on the DL. How are you planning on handling that situation?   

"As far as relievers, by the time I was looking for a second closer, few had much upside. As a result I just went with the sure 25 plus saves I would get from Hoffman, regardless if he started on the DL. In the meantime, I put in a waiver claim for Jon Rauch and when Hoffman comes back, I'll probably drop Clement. 

"Also during the draft, instead of scrambling for saves, I decided I'd just cede the category, and instead tried to compensate by drafting starters with high strikeout rates. If I really decide I need saves, I'm sure sometime during the season there will be another player that I can pickup."

2. You have two 2B with 20-plus homer potential. Are you planning on using them as trade bait or using them together?

"As far as 2B, I doubt I'll trade Pedroia, but I'll probably put Stewart on the block sometime in the near future. If anything, I'm more open to trading one of my 3B."

Doohang (Sixth Overall Pick)

First Round Pick

Grady Sizemore

Lineup

C: Joe Mauer, 1B: Victor Martinez, 2B: Chone Figgins, 3B: Chris Davis, SS: Jimmy Rollins, OF: Grady Sizemore, Carlos Quentin, Vladimir Guerrero, UTIL: Curtis Granderson, BN: Carlos Guillen, Kazuo Matsui, Jim Thome, Elijah Dukes, Hank Blalock, Ramon Hernandez, Jed Lowrie

Pitching

SP: John Lackey, Carlos Zambrano, RP: Carlos Marmol, Fernando Rodney, P: Chris Young, Aaron Harang, Ben Sheets, Matt Garza, Phil Hughes

This team was the only team that autodrafted in the league, and you can tell from the roster that was put together. Outside of Rollins and the outfield, there are lots of questions at every position. 

The pitching also suffered from the autodraft. There are no closers, and Sheets and Hughes won't pitch much, if any this year. There's a lot of work to be done to drag this team from the league's basement.

WigglesPLayas (Seventh Overall Pick)

First Round Pick

Miguel Cabrera

Lineup

C: Kurt Suzuki, 1B: Carlos Pena, 2B: Mike Aviles, 3B: Miguel Cabrera, SS: Troy Tulowitzki, OF: Carl Crawford, Shane Victorino, Jay Bruce, UTIL: Adrian Gonzalez

Pitching

SP: Tim Lincecum, Brandon Webb, RP: Heath Bell, Chad Qualls, P: Roy OSwalt, Jered Weaver, Joel Hanrahan, Carlos Villanueva, BN: Kevin Slowey, Oliver Perez, Jonathan Sanchez, Wandy Rodriguez, Kenshin Kawakami, Sean Gallagher, Dallas Braden, Armando Galarraga, DL: Scott Baker

Questions for the Manager

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