Another year, another fantasy baseball rompin’ by me. In a 10-team league, I managed to snag the following excellent lineup, with position rankings:
C: Mauer, Joe - 2nd - Time to shine
1B: Pujols, Albert - 1st - Cash money millionaires
2B: Jose Vidro - ?? - Solid pickup, thanks.
3B: Chávez, Eric - 9th - Better make up for last year
SS: Reyes, Jose - 3rd - SB king. How appropriate.
OF: Abreu, Bobby - 4th - All-around fantasy pimp.
OF: Wells, Vernon - 20th - Solid stats, but so, so boring
OF: Tracy, Chad - 25th - Up & coming D’back stud
Util: Howard, Ryan - 35th - 22 HRs in 312 ABs. Look out!
Bench: Morneau, Justin - 17th - (who cares?)
Bench: Giles, Marcus - 5th or 6th - Trying to trade this punk
SP: Zambrano, Carlos - 8th - Big baby bull is a machine
SP: Buehrle, Mark - 15th - IPs and CGs all day, every day
SP: Beckett, Josh - 23rd - What’s left to say?
DL: SP: Lowry, Noah - 25th - Young and underrated. Like me.
SP: Capuano, Chris - 40th - 18 Ws and good K’s
RP: Street, Huston - 7th - Young gun rolled last year
RP: Fuentes, Brian - 17th - Still good, despite Colorado
DL: RP: Jones, Todd - 18th - 40 saves last year in Florida
RP: Valverde, José - 23rd - Solid ERA, K/BB ratio
RP: Burgos, Ambiorix - ? - Just got the KC closer job
RP: Papelbon, Jon - 1st so far - Don’t even go there.
RP: Villarreal, Oscar - ?! - Yeah, sure.
RP: Worrell, Tim - 2nd so far - Stacked with closers now.
Update: 5/18/06: My team is completely different now; I traded Pujols for Thome and Santana, then Thome for Mulder, put Howard at 1B, picked up Uggla, Tomko, Putz, Morneau is gone, and i’m currently .5 GB first.
Dopetastic. However, I think I gotcha one better. In my main league, check out the lineup of the defending champ, “Hebrew Hammers”
C - Mauer (if he’s healthy all year, watch out)
1B - Howard (lotsa hype, but will live up to it this year)
2B - Cantu (Ugly as sin, but the stats don’t lie)
SS - Lugo (speed and average; good thing they don’t take off points for errors)
3B - Beltre (ripe for a monster comeback)
CI - Blaylock (needed “the hammer”)
MI - CHONE MUTHAFUCKIN’ FIGGINS
OF - Freel (speedster galore, plus he knows how to have a good time)
OF - Manny (no comment needed)
OF - Damon (a traitor, sure, but TONS of run scoring potential, and he’s never on the DL)
OF - Alou (old, but still has it)
OF - Brady Clark (underrated as hell)
Util - Mike Sweeney (everyone forgets about him, but still puts up numbers)
Bench - Ibanez and Shelton (meh)
P- Peavy (NL Cy Young winner - calling it now)
P - C. Zambrano (baby bull - another possible Cy candidate)
P - Nathan (top-3 closer)
P - Patterson (unsung stud)
P - Wickman (gettin’ older, but still puts up numbers; will have tons of save opps if healthy)
P - Valverde (see above)
P - Ray (O’s closer - has been lights out in spring training)
P - Livan H. (innings eater - general eater overall)
P - Scott Shields (super-nasty all purpose reliever)
Bench - E. Santana, A. Benitez and D. Weathers (super rookie and two closers; not too shabby for bench warmers)
Comment by Flozie — March 30, 2006 @ 12:58 pm
Damn, dude, Chonious is money in the bank, and Peavy/Zambrano rule the NL. Eff Pedro.
Comment by chris — March 30, 2006 @ 1:06 pm
I think Flozie just jinxed the sh*t out of Damon. The Yankees newest center fielder is now in for a long season of rehabing a torn ACL! Hah Hah (a la Nelson!)
Comment by Dangle — March 30, 2006 @ 2:37 pm
Ruds…didn’t you almost die once playing wiffleball?
Comment by Earl Boykins is from another dimension. — March 30, 2006 @ 2:55 pm
Hiester, didn’t you almost die once when Mason and Christos went “Brokeback” on you a couple of years ago?
Comment by Flozie — March 30, 2006 @ 2:59 pm
Didn’t Mason and Skos run a train on a Johnny Damon blow-up doll once?
Comment by chris — March 30, 2006 @ 3:07 pm
Ruds, we broke the Guinness world record for biggest man-sandwich. Glory has it’s price. Besides, I’ve been able to sit comfortably for at least a month now.
How’s your eight-year old asian sister doing?
Comment by Earl Boykins is from another dimension. — March 30, 2006 @ 9:02 pm