The Fantasy Baseball Search Expert League

Last night we had the Fantasy Baseball Search Expert League draft on Mock Draft Central. A great time was had by all. This league has a few not exactly unique but uncommon challenges. It a mixed 5x5 Head-to-Head league. It uses On-base Percentage rather than Batting Average. The rules also state that every team has to accumulate 40 innings a week unless at least eight of the nine pitching spots are filled by starters. These rules aren't a huge handicap but they forced me to approach things a little differently than I might otherwise.

My biggest weakness in Fantasy Baseball is probably Head-to-Head Leagues. I have been in a few but have only one Head-to-Head Championship on my record. I've attributed this to balanced lineups that don't dominate any particular categories. Thus in this draft I decided to go for high OBP power hitters, and high strikeout starters and essentially dump steals and saves. I didn't do exactly as planned but I'm okay with the results.

The Results:

Player	Team	Acquired
1B	Mark Teixeira	NYY	R1 P10
1B	Lance Berkman	HOU	R2 P3
1B	Kevin Youkilis	BOS	R4 P3
1B	Jason Giambi	OAK	R20 P3
2B	Brian Roberts	BAL	R3 P10
2B	Jose Lopez	SEA	R11 P10
2B	Mark DeRosa	CLE	R15 P10
3B	Edwin Encarnacion	CIN	R12 P3
SS	Derek Jeter	NYY	R5 P10
C	Jorge Posada	NYY	R16 P3
C	John Baker	FLA	R26 P3
OF	Magglio Ordonez	DET	R6 P3
OF	Johnny Damon	NYY	R7 P10
OF	Andre Ethier	LA	R10 P3
OF	Brett Gardner	NYY	R22 P3
OF	Juan Pierre	LA	R27 P10
DH	Kendry Morales	ANA	R24 P3
SP	Felix Hernandez	SEA	R8 P3
SP	Jon Lester	BOS	R9 P10
SP	Josh Johnson	FLA	R13 P10
SP	Clayton Kershaw	LA	R17 P10
SP	Justin Duchscherer	OAK	R18 P3
SP	Chris Carpenter	STL	R19 P10
SP	David Huff	CLE	R23 P10
SP	Anibal Sanchez	FLA	R25 P10
RP	Joey Devine	OAK	R14 P3
RP	Kevin Gregg	CHC	R21 P10

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