2013 Early Draft Rules

For this year's early baseball draft, we will once again have 16 managers selecting teams.  I am pleased to say that ALL 16 managers from the last two years returned this year.

The draft is designed to be deep and difficult.  Each manager will select 25 players - the equivalent of a Major League active roster.  Once teams have been selected, all rosters will be locked for the duration of the season.  He who has the best draft wins the league.

Positions to be selected are as follows.
          C
          1B
          2B
          3B
          SS
          MI
          CI
          OF (5)
          UT (2)
          P  (11)

Categories are the traditional 5X5.
          Home Runs
          Runs
          RBI
          Stolen Bases
          Batting Average
          Wins
          Saves
          Strikeouts
          ERA
          WHIP

The order of the draft was selected at random and is as follows.

1) Ivar Anderson

2) Michael Huston

3) Lloyd Souza

4) Chris Fisher

5) Matt Adair

6) Ron Stockton

7) Kevin Justmann

8) Rich Justmann

9) Rob Evans

10) Joel Henard

11) Marc Taylor

12) Johnny Peppers

13) Steve Smith

14) Olin Forman

15) Scott Gilroy

16) Steve Lyon

A player needs to start 10 games at a position in order to qualify.  Feel free to check Sportsline.com if you have any doubts.  Sportsline lists the number of games started by position for each of the players under the "Fielding Stats" heading.

The draft will be conducted via E-Mail.  Picks are posted here as they are made.

NFL Playoff Picks

Game	Rich	Kevin
CIN @ HOU	HOU	HOU
MIN @ GB	GB	GB
IND @ BAL	BAL	BAL
SEA @ WAS	SEA	WAS
BAL @ DEN	DEN	DEN
GB @ SF	GB	GB
SEA @ ATL	ATL	SEA
HOU @ NE	NE	NE
SF @ ATL	SF	SF
BAL @ NE	NE	NE
BAL @ SF	BAL	BAL
Standings	Rich	Kevin
Current Week	8-3	6-5
YTD Record	176-88	175-89

Abe Lincoln Quote

"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away men’s initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”

NFL PLAYOFF PICKS

Game	Rich	Kevin
CIN @ HOU	HOU	HOU
MIN @ GB	GB	GB
IND @ BAL	BAL	BAL
SEA @ WAS	SEA	WAS
Standings	Rich	Kevin
Current Week	4-0	3-1
YTD Record	172-85	172-85

ESPN Early 2013 Football Rankings

The matchless Mr. Berry has published his Early 2013 Fantasy Football Rankings. Quite a few changes from the prior year but that's football......

Fantasy Football Consistency Ratings

Good article by Tristan Cockcroft at ESPN regarding the consistency ratings of NFL players in 2012.  Consistency equals championships.

Happy New Year!

Thanks to everyone for reading my blog in 2012.  May you have a Happy & Prosperous Year of our Lord 2013.