This wasn't like the other drafts I was in, this one got interesting after pick one, when the first place guy said "Pujols for the win" and plucked him. Then Soriano went, then Howard, then A-Rod.

Then, like a double tap through my Roto heart, Reyes and Crawford went next.

I responded the way anyone with a brain built for roto would, with a loud 'MOTHER****ER!!!'.

Then I pondered the only four guys I truly considered first round picks. Utley, Ortiz, Hafner and Santana. I like all these guys, but to me Chase isn't a team maker and I'm not sold on Hafner of Ortiz powering my team to a championship. So I picked the guy head and shoulders above the rest to me, and went with Santana.

Right after that, Utley, Ortiz, Hafner, Guerero, Cabrera and Berkman went off the board, much to my disgust. I thought I had an outside shot at one of those guys, so i had to settle for Holliday in the second round, clearly the best guy on the board at that point.

Then, Boom, the important guys started to disappear. Beltran, Jones, Ramirez, Tejada, Sizemore, Wright, Carpenter, Jete, Lee, Mauer, Suzuki and Morneau.

At this point I realized, these guys actually know what they are doing.

I wasn't going to get steals easy, they knew who the good players were and leftovers were not going to be had.

But nobody seemed to be drafting pitching.

So.... this draft resulted.

Pick	Player	Position
Rnd 1	J. Santana	SP
Rnd 2	M. Holliday	OF
Rnd 3	R. Oswalt	SP
Rnd 4	C. Zambrano	SP
Rnd 5	Dice-K	SP
Rnd 6	B.J. Ryan	RP
Rnd 7	J.J. Putz	RP
Rnd 8	C. Guillen	SS
Rnd 9	T. Saito	RP
Rnd 10	R. Sexson	1B
Rnd 11	T. Helton	1B
Rnd 12	E. Byrnes	OF
Rnd 13	K. Johjima	C
Rnd 14	R. Ibanez	OF
Rnd 15	E. Gagne	RP
Rnd 16	F. Sanchez	3B
Rnd 17	J. Barfield	2B
Rnd 18	D. Roberts	OF
Rnd 19	J. Gomes	OF
Rnd 20	M. Ensberg	3B

So I can definitely say I went the road less taken here. What do you guys think of this monstrosity?

And then I realized the awful truth, I was drafting with guys that actually knew what they were doing. The Horror!

Spugs

.... and the Slugs

C - McCann, 1B - Morneau, 2b - Matsui, SS - Jeter, 3b - A-Rod, OF - Holliday, Byrne, Hart, Util - Braun, Ortiz

SP - Bedard, Hamels, Guthrie, Shield, Carmona

RP - Valverde, Capps, Gregg, Okajima, Bell

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Now as Good as I feel about Guillen, I can't believe I saddled myself with Freddy Sanchez. Yeessh.

I really think the whole power pitching draft came about because I did a recap of my drafts thus far and slapped them all into a spreadsheet. The results showed me a couple of things....

For one thing, in Eight drafts, I managed to draft Carl Crawford six times. Ditto with Brian McCann. I also have Josh Barfield 7 times.

I'm a believer in speed kills, and I appreciate good players with positional scarcity, but this was looking a little ridiculous.

Now as for the league, it is head to head, but I really don't have a lot of concerns about that. I'm going to average 5-7 starts every week and my four closers are going to vulture me wins as well as saves, K's and maintain a good whip. So long as my hitters can sneak in a category or two, I'll be fine.

I guess there really isn't anything wrong with this draft except that it's going to require dilligence. I'll need to swap people in and out all the time, keep an eye on the waiver wire and work it like crazy.

I'll keep you guys posted on whether or not this team amounts to anything.

Spugs

Spugs

.... and the Slugs

C - McCann, 1B - Morneau, 2b - Matsui, SS - Jeter, 3b - A-Rod, OF - Holliday, Byrne, Hart, Util - Braun, Ortiz

SP - Bedard, Hamels, Guthrie, Shield, Carmona

RP - Valverde, Capps, Gregg, Okajima, Bell