Although I’m typing this one up on a Monday morning, expect these little updates to happen on Sundays more often than not. It seemed a bit odd to start posting about the overwhelming powerhouses that are my fantasy baseball teams while play was still happening mid-Sunday.
But here we are, Monday morning and my two main teams (I forgot to draft my Yahoo team so it was auto-drafted – the unwanted stepchild) are sitting atop their respective leagues. What better time to show off than now?
To preface, I am currently playing in one friends league and one office league. Here are the specs:
Friends League:
- 5×5 rotisserie format
- 11 teams
- C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, MI, CI, OF, OF, OF, U, SP, SP, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, B, B, B, B, DL
- Weekly roster management
- Weekly waiver processing (oh man… more on this one later)
And here’s the squad:
C – Geovany Soto
1B – Mark Teixeira
2B – Brian Roberts
3B – David Wright
SS – Stephen Drew
MI – Aaron Hill
CI – Ryan Zimmerman
OF – Jeff Francoeur
OF – Alex Rios
OF – Alfonso Soriano
U – Michael Bourn
SP – Carlos Zambrano
SP – Ben Sheets
SP – Matt Cain
SP – Felix Hernandez
SP – Jeremy Bonderman
RP – Brad Lidge
RP – Jonathan Broxton
B – Dustin McGowan, SP
B – Micah Owings, SP
B – Heath Bell, RP
B – Mark Reynolds, 3B
DL – Rafael Soriano, RP
Pretty solid, no? The squad currently moved into 1st place with 78.50 points, ahead of 2nd place by 2.00 points. Just won Reynolds (the new Ryan Braun?) and Owings in our weekly waiver sweepstakes. Near the top in most categories. Failing in batting average and saves (thanks, injured closers)
Office League
- 5×5 rotisserie format
- 12 teams
- C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, OF, OF, OF, U, SP, SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, RP, RP, B, B, B, B, B, B, B
- Daily roster management
And here’s the squad:
C – Geovany Soto
1B – Mark Teixeira
2B – Aaron Hill
3B – Aramis Ramirez
SS – Hanley Ramirez
OF – Jeff Francoeur
OF – Adam Dunn
OF – Ichiro Suzuki
U – Rafael Furcal
SP – Tim Lincecum
SP – Ben Sheets
SP – Scott Kazmir
SP – Chris Young
RP – Joakim Soria
RP – Brad Lidge
RP – Eric Gagne
RP – Joba Chamberlain
B – Yovani Gallardo, SP
B – Daniel Cabrera, SP
B – Andy Sonnanstine, SP
B – Ervin Santana, SP
B – Cla Meredith, RP
B – Rick Ankiel, OF
B – Billy Butler, 1B
B – Justin Upton, OF
B – Carlos Gomez, OF
Lots going on in this league. Its a bit interesting having 4 starting RP’s. Luckily, Soria and the Kansas City Royals are off to a surprising start and Gagne is settling down. I drafted way too many hitters in this league and can’t get any of them in the lineup. Thinking of getting Gomez in there for some steals since Dunn ain’t hitting a lick to start the year. Regardless, I’m way atop the standings with 96.50 points (was over 100 previously all season) to the 2nd place team’s 79.50.
So far, so good in fantasy land. Just had to get this intro out of the way so I can bring you updates as the season goes on, since you all obviously care about my fantasy teams/knowledge.
Sorry guys – I just had to do this. Fantasy sports stories are the new poker stories.
