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My Portfolio

Here are my squads so far this baseball season. (I have one left to go - an NFBC satellite league):

LeagueFSTAAL LABRHomeYF&FStaffAL Tout
Teams131215131812
TypeDraftAuctionDraftDraftAuctionAuction
QuirksNo tradeLimited Act/Res5x4/No whip or U1C/1250 IP capKeeper5th OF =U
Date16-Jan4-Mar16-Mar20-Mar21-Mar24-Mar
CPoseyWieters 22SotoArencibiaDoumit 4BMartin 11
CPierzynskiMartin 9RamosWieters 32AWieters 22
1BA. GonzalezMorneau 7PenaHosmerPujols 63AMorneau 7
2BEspinosaKinsler 30KinslerCanoCasilla 2AKinsler 33
3BLawrieArod 24WrightA-RodRolen 5AFiggins 9
SSD.GordonJeter 20H.RamirezS-RodS-Rod 5BDozier 1
CIEncarnacionFiggins 12MorelandMorneauSmoak 17ATeixeira 29
MIFurcalIzturis 3T.GreeneUtleyT.Greene 8APedroia 31
OFBraunGranderson 29B.J.UptonStantonBerkman 13BDe Aza 15
OFStantonA.Jackson 16HeywardA.GordonBourjos 7BC.Ross 7
OFHeywardL.Cain 13MaybinC.CrawfordReimold 2BGuyer 1
OFIchiroViciedo 13WerthMaybinBrantley 3BC.Wells 1
OFBourjosSnider 5L.CainAjackson 16A
URasmusGuyer 1A.JacksonI.Stewart 3ASmoak 14
UJ.SmoakDunn 15
PF.HernandezD.Holland 14F.HernandezF.HernandezC.Lee 10CPineda 14
PGarzaBuchholz 13Matt MooreLatosRomero 13D13Jimenez 12
PRiveraPorcello 7ZimmermannNathanPineda 11BBuchholz 11
PNathanOgando 6HollandLeagueNiemann 4BPeavy 8
PLeagueHughes 6HellicksonFranciscoStauffer 1CMatusz 7
PThorntonHumber 4MarcumThorntonJiJohnson 4BM.Harrison 6
PBuchholzB.Anderson 3LeakeChapmanMatusz 2AHumber 4
PHudsonPavano 2MatuszHellicksonThornton 7AHultzen 1
PNiemannT.Ross 1PorcelloK.WoodRivera 28AT. Ross 1
RPeavyJ.PaxtonLaHairPeavyHeltonY.Betancourt
RBuehrleB.DozierS-RodMatuszSamardzijaCunningham
RLaHairD. AxelrodSniderT. GreeneM.HarrisonLindstrom
RGuyerValbuenaFuentesFigginsW.Myers
RBrantleyC. PhelpsIwakumaC.Wells
RT. WoodLobatonG.HollandBlackmon
RT.Wood
MTyson Gillies
MBrett Jackson
MNolan Arenado
MAustin Romine
MJared Mitchell
MLeonys Martin
MJames Darnell
MNestor Molina
MJose Fernandez
MA.J. Pollock

As you can see, there is a ton of overlap. I prefer it that way, so I can root for certain guys and am not essentially rooting for and against the entire league. Also, if my more commonly-owned guys pan out, I can have a great season.

Most Commonly Owned:

Four Leagues

Brian Matusz

Three Leagues

Ian Kinsler
Felix Hernandez
Matt Wieters
Justin Smoak
Justin Morneau
Austin Jackson
Matt Thornton
Clay Buchholz
Chone Figgins
Jake Peavy
Brandon Guyer
Sean Rodriguez
Tyler Greene

Two Leagues

Russell Martin
Giancarlo Stanton
Alex Rodriguez
Jason Heyward
Peter Bourjos
Cameron Maybin
Lorenzo Cain
Joe Nathan
Brandon League
Michael Pineda
Jeremy Hellickson
Derek Holland
Travis Snider
Matt Harrison
Mariano Rivera
Phil Humber
Brian Dozier
Tyson Ross
Rick Porcello
Michael Brantley
Bryan LaHair
Casper Wells
Travis Wood

For what it's worth, I already dropped Matusz and Peavy from the YF&F league to pick up Henry Rodriguez and Brad Lidge in case Drew Storen's hurt, as that's a low inning's cap league, and closers are gold there. But these lists reflect my drafts.

There are pretty much two themes at work here: (1) Last year's bums; and (2) Younger upside players who could break out. If a player is both, e.g., Matusz or Smoak, he found his way onto a lot of teams.

Players I don't own who I really wanted to get:

Tim Lincecum
Yu Darvish
Stephen Strasburg
Clayton Kershaw
Brandon Belt
Domonic Brown
Glen Perkins