
(12 team league...I had the snake pick at 12)
1. R. Johnson
2. C. Crawford
3. H. Blalock
4. A. Huff
5. J. Peavy
6. B. Wagner
7. V. Wells
8. C. Figgins
9. J. Kendall
10. M. Ordóñez
11. L. Walker
12. B. Ryan
13. G. Jenkins
14. T. Gordon
15. J. Rincón
16. S. Shields
17. K. Greene
18. G. Aquino
19. M. Lieberthal
20. V. Zambrano
21. S. Kazmir
This was in a very active private league on Yahoo (somehow I accidentally joined a private league when signing up for my first league...not really sure how that happened).
I languished at first but as I started to learn more and more here at the Cafe and just by having experience I took an overload strategy in SB's and SV's (aided by the Cafe helping me snag newly promoted closers). Gradually I traded for value over and over and over again, giving up closers to get upgrades to the rest of my team.
Here's my starting roster now along with who I originally drafted to play that position:
C J. Kendall (Oak - C) (drafted but have played AJ, Inge, Molina, etc)
1B A. Pujols (StL - 1B) (drafted Blalock basically)
2B J. Lugo (TB - 2B,SS) (drafted Figgins...late season departure)
3B A. Huff (TB - 1B,3B,OF) (same)
SS M. Tejada (Bal - SS) (drafted K. Greene

OF G. Sheffield (NYY - OF) (drafted C. Crawford)
OF H. Matsui (NYY - OF) (drafted V. Wells)
OF G. Sizemore (Cle - OF) (drafted M. Ordonez)
Util L. Berkman (Hou - 1B,OF) (drafted L. Walker)
SP R. Johnson (NYY - SP) (same)
SP J. Peavy (SD - SP) (same)
RP F. Rodney (Det - RP) (MASSIVE turnover here)
RP J. Valverde (Ari - RP) (MASSIVE turnover here)
BN F. Hernández (Sea - SP) (drafted S. Kazmir)
BN M. Prior (ChC - SP) (drafted V. Zambrano)
My team may win the league...it may not. It's a tight race with me up 88.0 to 84.0 over two different teams in a 12 team league. But given that draft...to be where I am at this point is nothing short of amazing. And I owe a lot of it to the Cafe in both getting me up to speed on how to play the game and then in keeping me informed.
