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But he DOES have a second-baseman who will...

zing.

 

Other notable picks of this team: Ryan Zimmerman - 4th, Tom Glavine - 9th, Ivan Rodriguez - 13th (with Piazza still on the board), Mark DeRosa - 14th, Javier Vazquez - 15th, Casey Blake - 18th and Jeff Suppan - 21st. I don't think any of these picks are defendable.

BTW, I realize Yovani Gallardo is starting in the minors, but I've heard that he is practically guaranteed to be promoted around late-April, early-May. Lincecum looks very promising, but could be a closer if Brian Wilson doesn't get his act together.

 

Considering six guys in baseball had 200 Ks last year...he's far from alone.

 

Fixed

 

I've always used Rotoworld and bought their allegedly up-to-the-minute online draft guide. It still has Papelbon in the starting rotation. It's still useful, but I'm not as impressed this year as I have been in the past.

 

Not according to the relief pitchers cheat sheet. He's ranked fifth among mixed leaguers and fourth among AL closers.

 

True. I was going off of the "tiers" section, which is outdated.

 

Uggla was taken in the fourth round of our draft today. I just laughed.

 

Make sure you got that guy's money.

 

All I care about is we are less than one week from Opening Day.

 

Chris Iannetta, C, Rockies.
He can rake, and he's starting.
Oh, and he's from RI. I might be a little biased here.

 

Depends what kind of league you're in. In a 5x5 rotisserie with around 15 teams, Uggla in the fourth/fifth round is defensible -- unless you're predicting a dramatic dropoff. Add up his hits, HRs, runs, RBI and SBs -- only Utley had a greater total among 2Bs, and it's a long way to third place. Plus, hitting between Hanley and Cabrera, he probably won't fall off much. Probably.

Just saying.