I just drafted my World Championship of Fantasy Baseball team in Vegas this morning. It's a 14-team mixed league with standard offense, but 10 pitchers, two of which have to be starters and two relievers. I picked sixth. Here are the results:
Pound | Player | Pos |
1. | Alex Rodriguez | 3B |
2. | Dustin Pedroia | 2B |
3. | Justin Upton | OF |
4. | Rickie Weeks | 2B |
5. | Jay Bruce | OF |
6. | Colby Rasmus | OF |
7. | Billy Butler | 1B |
8. | Mariano Rivera | RP |
9. | Geovany Soto | C |
10. | Matt Wieters | C |
11. | Ted Lilly | SP |
12. | Starlin Castro | SS |
13. | Trevor Cahill | SP |
14. | Torii Hunter | OF |
15. | Edinson Volquez | SP |
16. | Gavin Floyd | SP |
17. | Brandon League | RP |
18. | Edwin Jackson | SP |
19. | Jeff Niemann | SP |
20. | Ian Stewart | 3B |
21. | Seth Smith | OF |
22. | Derek Holland | SP |
23. | Homer Bailey | SP |
24. | Justin Masterson | SP |
25. | Randy Wells | SP |
26. | Cliff Pennington | SS |
27. | Lyle Overbay | 1B |
28. | Sean Burnett | RP |
29. | Sergio Romo | RP |
30. | Kosuke Fukudome | OF |
31. | Matt Joyce | OF |
32. | Andrew Cashner | RR |
A few notes: I didn't take a starting pitcher until the 11th round in Ted Lilly. My strategy was to build a strong offense, get one
top closer and fill in from there. For the most part it worked. The only regret I had was in the 31st round I took Joyce, a trendy sabermetric pick, rather than Chris Davis who has far more upside. Davis went early in the 32nd, and I grabbed Andrew Cashner who locked down the No. 5 job for the Cubs while qualifying as a relief pitcher for purposes of this league.
Here's the roster by position:
Pos | Player | Round |
C | Geovany Soto | 9 |
C | Matt Wieters | 10 |
1B | Billy Butler | 7 |
2B | Dustin Pedroia | 2 |
3B | Alex Rodriguez | 1 |
SS | Starlin Castro | 12 |
CI | Ian Stewart | 20 |
MI | Rickie Weeks | 4 |
OF | Justin Upton | 3 |
OF | Jay Bruce | 5 |
OF | Colby Rasmus | 6 |
OF | Torii Hunter | 14 |
OF | Seth Smith | 21 |
U | Lyle Overbay | 27 |
SP | Ted Lilly | 11 |
SP | Trevor Cahill | 13 |
RP | Mariano Rivera | 8 |
RP | Brandon League | 17 |
P | Edinson Volquez | 15 |
P | Gavin Floyd | 16 |
P | Edwin Jackson | 18 |
P | Jeff Niemann | 19 |
P | Derek Holland | 22 |
P | Justin Masterson | 24 |
B | Homer Bailey | 23 |
B | Randy Wells | 25 |
B | Cliff Pennington | 26 |
B | Sean Burnett | 28 |
B | Sergio Romo | 29 |
B | Kosuke Fukudome | 30 |
B | Matt Joyce | 31 |
B | Andrew Cashner | 32 |