My Fantasy

My fantasy baseball league drafted last night. Since I’m sure you’ve all been dying to find out what my team looks like, I’m going to tell you now.

First, a little background. It’s a ten-team standard 5x5 league. As you can see, the line-ups are pretty deep. Wraparound draft. Additionally, we’re adding keepers this year for the first time. You get to keep up to two players. If you keep someone, you forfeit your pick in whatever round you originally drafted the player. I had the second pick in the draft this year. So, who’d I get?

Did I get any Red Sox?

C        AJ Pierzynski

1B      Adrian Gonzalez

2B      Dustin Pedroia

3B      Pedro Alvarez

SS      Xander Bogaerts

CI       Will Middlebrooks

MI      Jurickson Profar

OF      Mike Trout

OF      Josh Hamilton

OF      Shane Victorino

OF      Carl Crawford

Util      David Ortiz

Util      Denard Spain

Util      Jonathan Lucroy

Ben     Jackie Bradley, Jr

Ben     Brandon Crawford

SP      Adam Wainwright

SP      Anibal Sanchez

SP      Hisash Iwakuma

RP      Sergio Romo

RP      Jonathan Papelbon

P         Jon Lester

P         John Lackey

P         Jake Peavy

Ben     Neftali Feliz

Ben     Edward Mujica

Obviously, Mike Trout was my first round pick. He was followed by Wainwright, Pedroia, Ortiz, and Xander. Ortiz and Xander were probably taken higher than I should have. But, I couldn’t see anyone I liked better than Ortiz at the time. Xander was just because I wanted him as a keeper. I figured spending a fifth round pick on him into eternity wasn’t a terrible idea. With the wraparound, it would have been almost two full rounds before I got another pick. I didn’t dare wait. In my head, right now, I’m pegging Trout and Bogaerts as my keepers. Obviously, subject to change.

The rest of the team balanced out well, if I do say so myself. Three actual closers are more than I usually get. Frankly, I don’t always draft a closer. The starting staff has a nice combination of “wins” guys and “numbers” guys. My line-up has great positional flexibility. Lucroy, Xander, and Profar all are eligible at more than one position.

So, I’m pleased. Just like everyone right after a draft, I suppose. The fact that I have eleven current Red Sox is a nice bonus as well. That I got Bradley, Middlebrooks, Peavy, and Mujica in the last few rounds or so is even better. Let’s start the season!

How do you think I did?