"So before burying the Indians with more than 95 percent of their season to play, allow us to present a few facts: Over the past 25 full seasons, 45 teams in Major League Baseball have begun their seasons 1-6 or worse. Of those 45, eight have finished the year with a better-than-average record. And of those eight, only one – the 2007 Philadelphia Phillies – made the postseason. In which they were promptly swept."

I always find these things amusing. But on the other hand its not like they are making the stuff up.........

Ask Detroit last year how much they laughed off their bad start.

AL Only and Mixed league finished. NL only today.

Anyway I figured its about time for another thread for fantasy for those with late drafts and altering lineups - pickups, etc.

I personally like this draft because they are current (not 4 months ago before to meet print deadlines) and most of the folks I respect. All auction of course but you can translate roughly for drafting.

Quick highlights
AL only league

1) Matt Berry of ESPN (one of the folks I DON"T respect) paid 27 bucks for our great Rameriz, inching the unsure AROD by $2 and $2 less than ROY Longoria. Of course some of this is position scarcity but I've noticed Alexei rising in ADP in general (many times over Q who went for $25). The point is many are really starting to feel Alexei may have a monster year in regards to counting stats. And with the way he bats with baseloaded I tend to agree (lol.) Seriously the love was flowing for him among several experts. Take that JRE!!!!

2) Tex went for $37

3)Wieters went for $9. Folks don't crazy over this guy, especially if you go year to year (no keepers) and especially in a mixed league.

4)CC $30 - AJBurnett $20 (screw the evil empire.)

5)Larry's favorite Justin went for $30 and his other Maggs went for $24 (cheap was the comment)

6)Holliday ONLY $28. That Oakland park really sucks.

7)Sam Walker (A closet White Sox fan I think) spent $6 bucks on babe magnet BA. Walker won last year largely on the strength of young bucks named Floyd and Danks. Who are those guys???? I still recommend his book Fantasyland (dirt cheap now) plenty of laugh out loud moments for an idiot spending a fortune to win a free league.

8) Big Papi down to $21

9) Danks high Sox starting pitcher for $13.

10) Fields and Crede $9 a piece

11) Carmona $4 ouch.

12) Sweeney $12

Complete Spreadsheet for AL only
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pO0IbKkxiVgsL6J5gGr_2eA

Anyway hopefully a few folks can add who they really like or don't like this year. If not I'll continue to add posts and ramble on to myself!

Standard addition, subtraction and then prediction

Wow what a difference a year makes......
Important off season for the Tribe as they attempt to "fill" certain holes. No doubt that talent still exist for the mistake by the lake but I think the point remains that the Central is very much a winnable division and even if trimming payroll is part of the plan, KW has to feel pretty decent.

Man I just wish we had gotten more for Swisher or not given up on him yet.

In case anyone missed this on hard ball times yesterday. Their slant on the prediction performance (I say their because the other systems will also cherry pick a few filtered measurements in their favor). Just something to keep in mind as we await projections for next year.