This season is the first season in awhile that I won’t be doing fantasy baseball. I am bummed but time did not permit.

Since I cannot play I thought I’d come up with a list of whom I wanted to draft this year and whom I planned on avoiding.

Love

1. Ryan Braun – love that guy
2. Daric Barton – walks like crazy, bats 3rd, the sweet spot of the lineup
3. Yovani Gallardo – stud kid
4. Matt Cain – takes next step into top ten of NL
5. Tim Lincecum – not far behind Cain though might hit adjustment period this season, reminds me of David Cone
6. A.J. Burnett – so talented, so fragile but he learned a lot last season
7. Joey Hamilton – hits 30 HR’s, bats 3rd
8. Rich Harden – so talented, so fragile, I don’t know if he learned anything last season
9. Ben Sheets – used to love him more
10. Joe Mauer – still love him
11. Johnny Damon – don’t like Yankees but Girardi wants to give him 600 AB’s
12. Nick Swisher – bats 3rd
13. Miguel Cabrera – wow!
14. Billy Butler – bats 3rd
15. Mike Lamb – for deeper leagues
16. Hank Blalock – finally healthy
17. Jeremy Hermida – he’s really good, bats 3rd
18. Wily Mo Pena – new park, monster power
19. Ryan Zimmerman – new park, bats 3rd
20. Miguel Tejada – resurgence
21. Troy Glaus – he’s better than we think but
22. Mark Prior – still love him
23. Randy Johnson – still throws it
24. Dustin McGowan – better than Halladay
25. Corey Hart- steals, power, sunglasses at night
26. Nick Markakis – another Corey Hart, bats 3rd
27. Bobby Abreu – runs more under Girardi, bats 3rd
28. Randy Winn – does everything, just not great, bats 3rd
29. James Loney – he was more productive than Pujols in September 2007
30. Matt Kemp – he’s amazing, 30/30
31. Rick Ankiel – serious power, I’m sure he’s shooting up
32. Frank Thomas – 25 HR’s, 100 RBI’s at least
33. Ryan Howard – 50 HR’s, 150 RBI’s, the MVP

Avoid

1. Albert Pujols – hurt but he’s dropped so much that he’s almost at a point where he moves back to the Love list where he’s always been
2. Josh Beckett – overvalued
3. C.C. Sabathia – overvalued
4. Dan Haren – overvalued
5. B.J. Ryan – probably hiding something bad
6. Roy Halladay – best years are behind, hate to say it
7. most closers – job security and reliability is low
8. Daisuke Matsuzaka – I used to believe
9. Francisco Liriano – wait one more year
10. Evan Longoria – already sent down, why are people drafting him?

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