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Fantasy Baseball: Pandamonium League Team

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

Don’t really know why this league has this name and I have never met most of the guys in this league. I was asked by a co-worker to join a couple years ago and I’ve been having fun in this league ever since. This is my third and final fantasy baseball draft this year. Follow these links to see my Office League and Battle of The Blogs teams. Let me know what you think!

League Description:
Its a 4 player keeper league plus a minor leaguer. The league is made up of twelve teams and the match-ups are head-to-head.

My Team:
Starters:

C – Napoli, Mike  ANA
1B – Morales, Kendry 1B ANA
2B – Uggla, Dan 2B FLA
3B – Rodriguez, Alex 3B NYY - keeper
SS – Reyes, Jose SS NYM – keeper
OF – Cuddyer, Michael RF MIN
OF – Ethier, Andre RF LA
OF – Ibanez, Raul LF PHI
DH – McLouth, Nate CF ATL

Bench:
BN – Lopez, Jose 2B SEA
BN – Blake, Casey 3B LA
BN – DeRosa, Mark 3B SF
BN – Bourn, Michael CF HOU
BN – Hardy, J.J. SS MIN
BN – Tejada, Ruben SS NYM – minor leaguer

Pitchers:
SP- Arroyo, Bronson SP CIN
SP – Carpenter, Chris SP STL - keeper
SP – Hamels, Cole SP PHI – keeper
SP – Saunders, Joe SP ANA
SP – Vazquez, Javier SP NYY
SP – Duke, Zach SP PIT
SP – Garland, Jon SP SD
RP – Papelbon, Jonathan RP BOS
RP – Cordero, Francisco RP CIN
RP – Nunez, Leo RP FLA

Fantasy Baseball: Office League Team

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

I recently had the draft for the second of three fantasy baseball leagues I’m in this year (you can see my first team here). Below is a description of the league and my team roster (check out my starting pitching). Please let me know what you think of my squad.

League Description:
This is my office league. Its a 4 player keeper league and it’s made up of fourteen teams. It’s split into two divisions and the match-ups are head-to-head.

My Team:
Starters:

C – Miguel Olivo (Col – C)
1B – Michael Cuddyer (Min – 1B,OF)
2B – José López (Sea – 1B,2B)
3B – Mark DeRosa (SF – 1B,3B,OF)
SS – Miguel Tejada (Bal – SS)
OF – Carlos Lee (Hou – OF)
OF – Raúl Ibañez (Phi – OF)
OF – Adam Dunn (Wash – 1B, OF) - acquired via trade
Util – Dan Uggla (Fla – 2B)

Bench:
BN – Michael Bourn (Hou – OF)
BN – Casey Blake (LAD – 3B)
BN – Adam LaRoche (Ari – 1B)
BN – Austin Jackson (Det – OF)
BN – Ryan Ludwick (StL – OF)

Pitchers:
SP – Johan Santana (NYM – SP) - keeper
SP – Félix Hernández (Sea – SP) - keeper
SP – Josh Beckett (Bos – SP)
SP – CC Sabathia (NYY – SP) - keeper
RP – Brian Fuentes (LAA – RP) - keeper
RP – Billy Wagner (ATL – RP) - acquired via trade

Fantasy Baseball: Battle of the Blogs

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Gregg over at Double G Sports (a fellow Baseball Bloggers Alliance member)  has put together a fantasy baseball league consisting of a bunch of baseball bloggers. You can click here to read the preview. We recently held the draft. Below is a description of the league and my team roster. Please let me know what you think of my squad.

League Description:
This is the first year of this league. It is made up of 20 teams broken into four divisions of baseball bloggers that cover a wide range of teams. To read more on the league click here.

My Team:
Starters:
C – Victor Martinez, Bos C, 1B
1B – Carlos Pena, TB 1B
2B – Ian Stewart, Col 2B, 3B
3B – Alex Gordon, KC 3B
SS – J.J. Hardy, Min SS
LF – Carlos Lee, Hou LF
CF – Grady Sizemore, Cle CF
RF – Josh Willingham, Was LF, RF
UTIL – Travis Hafner, Cle DH

Bench:
Bench – Aubrey Huff, SF 1B, DH
Bench – Scott Rolen, Cin 3B
Bench – Troy Glaus, Atl 3B
Bench – Elijah Dukes, Was RF, CF — I was set to auto draft on this one.
Bench – Jake Fox, Oak 3B, LF

Pitchers:
SP – Tim Lincecum, SF SP
SP – Clayton Kershaw, LAD SP
SP – Jered Weaver, LAA SP
SP – Aaron Harang, Cin SP
SP – Erik Bedard, Sea SP
RP – Brian Fuentes, LAA RP
RP – Justin Masterson, Cle SP, RP
RP – Jensen Lewis, Cle RP
RP – Juan Cruz, KC RP
RP – Sammy Gervacio, Hou RP

Whereabouts: Talking Mets Baseball With Andrea

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Tonight I will be talking New York Mets Baseball as a guest on the Fantasy Baseball With Andrea blog talk radio show. Click Here to listen at 7pm.

Is This The Beginning of The End For The Mets?

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

If your having trouble viewing this video, try the Quicktime version

Fantasy Baseball Part II: Recap of My Draft

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

For those of you who have asked that I keep you posted on how I do in my fantasy baseball draft, here is a quick video summarizing my second fantasy baseball team.

If your having trouble viewing this video, try the Quicktime version

A couple things to note about this league:
-Keeper League
-My Keepers: Alex Rodriguez, Jose Reyes, Jake Peavy, Cole Hamels and a minor league keeper, Fernando Martinez
-Head To Head Match-ups
-Due to trades I did not have a 1st or 11th round pick but I had two 6th round picks.

Draft Picks by Round:
1. No Pick
2. Derrek Lee – 1b
3. Ryan Ludwick – OF
4. Brian Fuentes – RP
5. Chipper Jones – 3b
6. Mike Pelfrey – SP and Nate Mclouth – OF
7. Chad Qualis – RP
8. Jon Garland – SP
9. Andre Either – OF
10. Kelly Johnson – 2b
11. No Pick
12. Matt Lindstrom – RP
13. Kelly Shoppach – C
14. Brad Penny – SP
15. Milton Bradley – OH
16. Heath Bell – RP
17. Jose Guillen – OF
18. Casey Blake – 3b
19. Scott Olsen – SP
20. Cameron Mayben – OF
21. Zach Duke – SP

Fantasy Baseball Part I: Recap of My Draft

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

For those of you who have asked that I keep you posted on how I do in my fantasy baseball draft, here is a quick video summarizing my team. Please leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.

If your having trouble viewing this video, try the Quicktime version

A couple things to note about this league:
-Keeper League
-Head To Head Match-ups
-Due to trades I did not have a 1st round pick but I had two 2nd and 3rd round picks.

Draft Picks by Round:
1. No Pick
2. Johan Santana – SP and Prince Fielder – 1b
3. Aramis Ramirez – 3b and Felix Hernandez – SP
4. Matt Kemp – OF
5. Magglio Ordonez – OF
6. James Shields – SP
7. Ryan Ludwick – OF
8. Brian Fuentes – RP
9. Kerry Wood – RP
10. Milton Bradley – OF
11. Jhonny Peralta – SS
12. Orlando Hudson – 2b
13. Frank Francisco – RP
14. Hong-Chih Kuo – RP
15. Xavier Nady – OF
16. Melvin Mora – 3b
17. Placido Polanco – 3b
18. Kelly Shoppach – C
19. Aaron Cook – SP
20. No Pick