This year, I was invited to be a part of a fantasy baseball league. As much as I’ve teased people before about being in fantasy leagues, I was really intrigued. I decided to join to just see what it’s all about. There’s only seven of us in the league, so the draft was rather painless.
I, of course, picked a lot of guys from the Atlanta Braves — Martin Prado, Matt Diaz, Omar Infante, Jason Heyward, Tim Hudson, Kris Medlen, Billy Wagner and Takashi Saito. This is probably a huge mistake to choose so many guys from the same team. However, I’m sticking with them for a while. I’ve also got some guys who aren’t hot hitters at the beginning of the season, but I’m pretty optimistic about what they can accomplish after the all-star break (i.e. Mark Teixeira).
We’re about 1/4 of the way through the season, so I’m still trying to figure out if my moves have been good. I just added Austin Kearns to my roster. I had to give up Jarrod Saltalamacchia, my back-up catcher, because he was on the 15-day DL and has been DTD since then. That’s the scariest thing — you may have really strong players, but you never know when they can get hurt (why I didn’t draft Chipper). The J-Hey kid has been out a few times with various minor injuries, which can totally screw your points up.
Otherwise, it’s been a fun experience. I’m the only girl in the league, so the boys probably figured none of them would have to be last. But this morning, I’m in fourth place! This is the highest I’ve been in the standings since we started, and I’m really proud of myself. I’m actually enjoying it, and I think I like it because I get the chance to (over)analyze the statistics. It’s such a nerdy way to enjoy sports, but I’ll take it.
Fantasy baseball aside — LET’S GO BRAVES!
Tags: baseball, Braves, espn, fantasy baseball, mlb
