Fantasy Baseball Blog: Season Draft Special

Archie Adams by Correspondent Written on April 05, 2009
JUPITER, FL - FEBRUARY 20:  Albert Pujols #5 of the St. Louis Cardinals poses during photo day at Roger Dean Stadium on February 20, 2009 in Jupiter, Florida.  (Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images) (Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images)
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"I am looking for improvements out of my pitchers, mainly because they are younger guys like Shields and Jurrjens. Both could need a little help in the ERA and whip categories and I'm also hoping for carmona to come back strong from his injury."

2. Holliday, Upton, Pence, and Jones are all top guys. Who out of that group do you expect to be your best return, and which do you think will underachieve? 
"Well I'm thinking Holliday will come out of that group with the best return because he holds every skill in the essence of hitting. Unlike a lot powerful hitters he's also able to steal bases which I looked for because in the past I would get beat in that category.
"The one that will come out the underachiever I think is Jones because he struggles to get RBI and might not get many chances with the orioles lineup struggling and batting in the five spot."

Murphdogs (10th Overall Pick)
First Round Pick
Mark Teixeira

Lineup
C: Kelly Shoppach, 1B: Mark Teixeira, 2B: Chase Utley, 3B: Alex Gordan, SS: Derek Jeter, OF: Jason Bay, Alex Rios, Xavier Nady, UTIL: Joey Votto, BN: Juan Pierre, Felipe Lopez, Coco Crisp

Pitching
SP: Cole Hamels, Scott Kazmir, RP: Francisco Rodriguez, Francisco Cordero, P: Zack Greinke, Troy Percival, Brandon Lyon, Billy Wagner, BN: Daisuke Matsuzaka, Erik Bedard, Chien-Ming Wang, Koji Uehara, Brett Anderson

Questions for the Manager
1. You drafted 1B/2B in the first two rounds, but waited until the later rounds to get your C/3B. Was this strategy or just the way the draft worked out?  

"I waited late to draft a catcher basically because I know the least about the position.
"Once the big name catchers were out I realized that there are 32 MLB catchers playing every day but only 12 teams drafting. I plan on picking one up.
"As for third base, I had a player lined up three or four times that was taken right before my pick so I couldn't pull a trigger on one until my hometown hope made me pick Alex Gordon."
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