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Lincecum was a no brainer to me after my other man-crush, Hanley Ramirez, was off the board.
My second pick in Chase Utley is credited to positional scarcity, many other talented players were left who I would have loved but I stuck with the talented 2B.
Carl Crawford is a main cog in the well oiled machine known as the Tampa Bay Rays. I was scoffed at last year for picking the Rays to take the Wild Card, who is laughing now? Crawford is a speedster and a threat at all times, a player like him is always welcome on the team.
With the fourth pick, Jacobey Ellsbury landed to me. Now I despise the Red Sox and would always avoid them, but with the tandem of Ellsbury and Crawford, I could build my team around a speedy Outfield and a powerful infield. So I swooped him up and apologized to Angel Fans everywhere.
Garrett Atkins is a great pick. Playing for the Rockies he gets a power boost, plus his multiple position eligibility made the decision an easy trigger to pull.
Rafael Furcal, this draft has made me swallow my pride more times than most. A solid talent around a stupid Dodgers team (again Angel Pride) made it hard for me not to make this choice but I almost passed. I looked at the other options and decided to take a chance on Furcal.
Figgins is not the pick I really wanted since I was looking for power out of my infield but to have two of my favorite players on my team was too good an opportunity so I grabbed him and restored my Angel love after taking both a Dodger and a Red Sox.
Javier Vasquez in round eight is a reach I understand, he was in my queue and I was a bit high still but I love him. His move to the NL is going to be great for him. I took him nearly 40 picks too early but I am still pleased with the pick.
Bobby Abreau was a safe pick to me. He put up 20 steals, almost a .300 average, plus has power to boot. He covers some of the power I lost with the Figgins pick and also still adds to my speedy outfield.
Joakim Soria is the best closer no one knows—he is lights out. With the other elite closers off the board and the way the league is set up in the pitching, Soria was a safe bet to take here.
I will say this, I do not like Edwin, I do not trust him on my team. I do not know where this disdain for him comes from, but he is a player I try to avoid, until I pick him. I would try and tell you why but I am not sure myself why I did.
Brian Fuentes is a great closer and I like him better than K-Rod. This pick gave me another top tier closer, plus three Angels and I am happy about that.
Miguel Tejada, however old he may be, is still a solid shortstop in this league and gives me two solid SS. He's also a nice trade chip and a solid IF position.
Josh Johnson is the ace of the best young staff in the majors. In a year or two he may challenge for a CY Young award. At this point in the draft I go for upside and he has arguably the most upside of any pitcher in the league.
Erik Bedard is a steal at this point. Last year he was looked at as a top-five pitcher and to grab talent like this so late in the draft is a no-brainer. If he returns to form or even partial form then he was worth this pick.
Felipe Lopez is my golden boy this years draft. Go and get him, now. He can hold the OF, and almost all IF spots and he leads off for the DBacks so he will get plenty of at-bats.
He has upside and speed, the only downside is the players around him strike out, a lot. Strikeouts can be contagious, which also limits his chances at scoring when guys aren't hitting the ball. I still love this kid and he fills the utility role on my team to perfection.
Coco Crisp, the best name ever I must admit, is looking to breakout after being pushed out in Boston. He can steal and adds to the outfield speed I wanted. A good steal late in the draft if you are looking for SB and runs.
Joel Hanrahan is the one closer no one actually knows closes. He has lights out stuff for the Nationals, but no one picks Nationals' pitchers it seems. Joel is a cheap way to get 20-plus saves.
AJ Pierzynski finally made this my most hated draft ever, now I have a Dodger, a Red Sox, and the devil himself in AJ.
Angels fans will always have a strong dislike for him since the playoff series where he somehow got the umpire to believe the catcher dropped the ball. Bull crap, but at that spot not many catchers were left. Again, I swallowed my pride and moved on. Thankfully I didn't completely take anti-Angels players and grabbed Jose Guillen.
Manny Parra is still young and will have struggles but I thought he has upside this late so I snagged him.
Chris Volstad is another pitcher on the talented and youthful Marlins club and can bring me some solid K's.
Kevin Gregg gives me another closer and if not he is a low ERA setup man, Thankfully he won the job in Chicago and should get plenty of saves.
Joey Devine was supposed to be the closer but an injury forced him to the DL. Hopefully when he comes back I will have five closers on my team and basically win that category along with ERA basically every week.
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