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Fantasy baseball team!
I'm not sure it's appropriate to post this on Marinerds so instead I'm posting it here for the sake of the one or two of you who will be amused by it. We just had our live draft for the Phillies Blog All-Star fantasy baseball league, and here's who I came away with. I was seriously going for my All-Cute team, and I was picking 10th out of 14:
The 2006 Red Swinglines
1. 3B David Wright, NYM (Chase Utley was my #1 pick but unsurprisingly got taken at #6 overall, so I made sure to take David Wright first round. Nick would be proud of me)
2. OF Jason Bay, PIT (I had to choose between him and Ichiro)
3. C Joe Mauer, MIN (Victor Martinez went three slots before him, so I figured I better take him)
4. SP Felix Hernandez, SEA (surprisingly still available)
5. CL Joe Nathan, MIN (people started taking closers at this point... my all-cute Burrell, Sizemore, Pettitte, and Lidge were all gone, anyway)
6. SP Barry Zito, OAK (this is the only early choice I regret. I should have taken Noah Lowry. He's a west-coast lefty who's just as cute as zito)
7. 2B Tadahito Iguchi, CHW (Tom Goyne took Danny Haren and John Lackey at this point, so rather than go for more pitchers I decided to revisit the rest of the roster. I had to decide between Iguchi and the Orioles' Brian Roberts, and decided to go with Iguchi.)
8. SP Zach Duke, PIT (but, I didn't want to miss out on this one.)
9. OF Brian Giles, SDP (I needed outfielders, and he seems a good bet to repeat his OBP, though he slightly goes against my All-Cute standards)
10. OF Randy Winn, SFG (I like Randy Winn. Also, Jeff Francoeur got taken right after I took Giles... I shoulda just taken Frenchy in the first place)
11. SS Bobby Crosby, OAK (I needed an SS and all the good ones were gone. I figured I'd get laughed at if I took Marco Scutaro or David Eckstein. Crosby's cute too)
12. 1B Sean Casey, PIT (Again, Pirates bias, plus I think Casey is seriously cute, and Mark Teixeira was my first choice for first baseman... but he went #4 overall)
13. RP Ryan Madson, PHI (I said "wheeeee", chose Madson, and immeditely got a big virtual middle finger from Tom G, who is the leader of the "Madson for Rotation" campaign. I joked that I took Madson just to spite him -- though astute observers will note Madson was a big winner on my All-Cute list. He's so dreamy.)
14. 1B/OF Nick Swisher, OAK (Again, Tom G was like "Dammit! Swisher! Sniped!")
15. RP Scot Shields, ANA (I can't believe he was still available. I watched one guy take Joe Crede, who was on my list but he was so low on Yahoo rankings that I figured I'd get him next round. So I decided immediately that Shields was my man that round. One of the guys before me timed out so it took forever, but fortunately nobody else took Shields! Yay! He's like the hidden weapon of the AL West, I swear.)
16. OF Mark Kotsay, OAK (by this point I'm not sure what the hell I was going for, but I think Kotsay's pretty cute)
17. SP Aaron Heilman, NYM (Nick would be proud of me for this choice too)
18. C Brian Schneider, WSH (Can you believe that NOBODY took him by then? Jeez!)
19. SP Jamie Moyer, SEA (Again, I was just grabbing pitchers, heh)
20. OF Lew Ford, MIN (I debated between Lew Ford and Eric Byrnes at this point. I dunno.)
The 2006 Red Swinglines
1. 3B David Wright, NYM (Chase Utley was my #1 pick but unsurprisingly got taken at #6 overall, so I made sure to take David Wright first round. Nick would be proud of me)
2. OF Jason Bay, PIT (I had to choose between him and Ichiro)
3. C Joe Mauer, MIN (Victor Martinez went three slots before him, so I figured I better take him)
4. SP Felix Hernandez, SEA (surprisingly still available)
5. CL Joe Nathan, MIN (people started taking closers at this point... my all-cute Burrell, Sizemore, Pettitte, and Lidge were all gone, anyway)
6. SP Barry Zito, OAK (this is the only early choice I regret. I should have taken Noah Lowry. He's a west-coast lefty who's just as cute as zito)
7. 2B Tadahito Iguchi, CHW (Tom Goyne took Danny Haren and John Lackey at this point, so rather than go for more pitchers I decided to revisit the rest of the roster. I had to decide between Iguchi and the Orioles' Brian Roberts, and decided to go with Iguchi.)
8. SP Zach Duke, PIT (but, I didn't want to miss out on this one.)
9. OF Brian Giles, SDP (I needed outfielders, and he seems a good bet to repeat his OBP, though he slightly goes against my All-Cute standards)
10. OF Randy Winn, SFG (I like Randy Winn. Also, Jeff Francoeur got taken right after I took Giles... I shoulda just taken Frenchy in the first place)
11. SS Bobby Crosby, OAK (I needed an SS and all the good ones were gone. I figured I'd get laughed at if I took Marco Scutaro or David Eckstein. Crosby's cute too)
12. 1B Sean Casey, PIT (Again, Pirates bias, plus I think Casey is seriously cute, and Mark Teixeira was my first choice for first baseman... but he went #4 overall)
13. RP Ryan Madson, PHI (I said "wheeeee", chose Madson, and immeditely got a big virtual middle finger from Tom G, who is the leader of the "Madson for Rotation" campaign. I joked that I took Madson just to spite him -- though astute observers will note Madson was a big winner on my All-Cute list. He's so dreamy.)
14. 1B/OF Nick Swisher, OAK (Again, Tom G was like "Dammit! Swisher! Sniped!")
15. RP Scot Shields, ANA (I can't believe he was still available. I watched one guy take Joe Crede, who was on my list but he was so low on Yahoo rankings that I figured I'd get him next round. So I decided immediately that Shields was my man that round. One of the guys before me timed out so it took forever, but fortunately nobody else took Shields! Yay! He's like the hidden weapon of the AL West, I swear.)
16. OF Mark Kotsay, OAK (by this point I'm not sure what the hell I was going for, but I think Kotsay's pretty cute)
17. SP Aaron Heilman, NYM (Nick would be proud of me for this choice too)
18. C Brian Schneider, WSH (Can you believe that NOBODY took him by then? Jeez!)
19. SP Jamie Moyer, SEA (Again, I was just grabbing pitchers, heh)
20. OF Lew Ford, MIN (I debated between Lew Ford and Eric Byrnes at this point. I dunno.)
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Honestly, it seems likely that if Heilman had never voiced an opinion, he'd be in the bullpen already. During the offseason a number of clubs asked about him, apparently seeing him as the next Scot Shields. (The Mets had zero interest in trading him.) Personally, I think he should get the rotation spot. Either he'll succeed, or he'll figure out that two good pitches isn't enough for a starter and he'll learn to be content to be an awesome reliever.
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