Fantasy Rosters

Like many fans, I play fantasy baseball. This is, if I remember correctly, my 4th season playing. I've played in three separate leagues (three separate circles of friends) in head-to-head, points, and rotisserie scoring variations. I have yet to attempt an auction or salary cap league, but I'm sure that will come with time. Anyway, I'm playing in two leagues this year. One is on Yahoo!, which is awesome 'cause it's free. The other is on The Sporting News, which is awesome because they have really in depth expert advice. Anyway, here are my rosters:

Yahoo League:
C- Joe Mauer
1b- Carlos "Delgordo" Delgado
2b- Ray Durham
3b- Scott Rolen
SS- Jose "Professor" Reyes (today I teach you how say clap)
OF- Carl Crawford
OF- Jermaine Dye
OF- Torii Hunter
Util- Rickie Weeks
Util- Richie Sexson
Util- Nick Swisher
BN- Tadahito Iguchi
BN- Willy Taveras
BN- Paul "DoLuca" LoDuca
BN- Paul Bako

SP- Chris Carpenter
SP- C.C. "where's my run support" Sabathia
SP- John "Slackjaw" Lackey
RP- Billy "the geezer" Wagner
RP- Jason Isringhausen
RP- Joel Zumaya
P- Dan Haren
P- Bronson Arroyo
P- Kelvim Escobar
BN- Jonathan Broxton
BN- A.J. "DL" Burnett

Notes: I'm pretty speed heavy here. I was late to the draft, and Jose Reyes and Carl Crawford got auto-drafted for me. Nobody needs both those guys. If I had been around, I would have drafted someone with some power in the second round, but that's what trades are for.

T.S.N. League:

C- Mike "Pizza" Piazza

1b- David "Viva El Papi" Ortiz

2b- Tadahito Iguchi

3b- Miguel Cabrera

SS- Carlos Guillen

OF- Ichiro Suzuki

OF- Jermaine Dye

OF- Juan Pierre

Util- Corey Patterson

Util- Moises Alou

Bn- Jason Varitek

Bn- Mark DeRosa

SP- Chris Carpenter

SP- John "Yokel" Lackey

SP- Ervin "no, the other Santana" Santana

RP- Bobby Jenks

RP- Bob Wickman

P- Jake Westbrook

P- Scot Shields

Bn- Kenny "Mudgate" Rogers

Bn- Dan "Lidge, who?" Wheeler

Bn- Anthony "best socks" Reyes

Notes: Jim informs me I'm speed heavy here too, but if one of my bench guys is more productive than Patterson, I'm right in the thick of it. Jim also informs me, I'm projected to have a .300 team average. Between the lines is the fact that I'm betting on several contingencies- a) that Brad Lidge's post traumatic stress disorder will linger and the 'stros will turn to wheeler; b) that the Fat-Closers-Named-Bob-Club can put down the chili and net me a couple saves; c) that Ervin Santana will finally blow up; d) that John Lackey won't blow up in the negative sense; e) that this is the season Anthony Reyes becomes an ace; f) that Jermaine Dye can repeat last year; g) that Mike Piazza will stage his comeback. It seems like a lot, but most of these things are, in my opinion, quite likely to come out my way (especially b, c, d, and g.)