I decided that this would be a good year for me to venture into the world of fantasy baseball. That quickly subsided when I saw just how much effort it takes to not only draft what will hopefully become a successful team, but manage it throughout a 24 week season. Luckily for people like me, there is what I like to refer to as a “lazy option.”

I thought it would be best if my first time was as simple as possible, so I opted to let the system do most of the work for me. Don’t get me wrong, I spent an inordinate amount of time pre-ranking just about every player in the Majors to give myself the best chance at having a semi-good team, but that’s about as far as my involvement went. I guess in the end, my chances of winning the $10,000 are pretty slim, but considering I started this whole thing basically on a whim, I don’t really care.

Well, today was my auto-draft and when I checked my email earlier and saw my roster, I figured there were people in my league that cared even less. I mean, how else do you explain Prince Fielder and Matt Holliday winding up on the Brewgirl’s Bombers (corny, I know) when I was in the 8th slot? I was also pretty happy to see that I got both the Brewers and Twins pitching staffs, not to mention a slew of Hotties, past and present, in Garrett Jones, Casey Blake and ,yes, even JJ Hardy.

Quite honestly, I think I might be able to hold my own in this thing if I just let it play out. I have my team set to send out the top ranked players for each game automatically, though if I see things are starting to look rough, I might actually have to step in. Although, I’m not even really sure how to go about things like trades and waivers. I may just have to let the thing play itself. 

So anyway, I’d like to introduce you all to the Bombers and I’m open to any criticism or advice you may have. Already I’m a little concerned not having a backup catcher so that might have to be something to address.

 

1. Prince Fielder – 1B, MIL

2. Matt Holliday – OF, STL

3. Ryan Zimmerman – 3B, WSH

4. Jason Bartlett – SS, TB

5. Carlos Lee – OF, HOU

6. Miguel Tejada – SS, BAL

7. Michael Cuddyer – 1B, MIN

8. Kurt Suzuki – C, OAK

9. Alberto Callaspo – 2B, KC

10. Milwaukee Brewers – P, MIL

11. Casey Blake – 3B, LAD

12. JJ Hardy – SS, MIN

13. Garrett Jones – OF, PIT

14. Minnesota Twins – P, MIN

15. Carlos Delgado – 1B, –

16. JD Drew – OF, BOS