Bond's Giant Head 2006

Programming note: for those tuning in for my world famous Toss Up between Lost and Veronica Mars, it has been postponed because Veronica Mars was once again preempted by a Cavs game. Check back later this week (most likely Sunday) for that.

It’s the beginning of April so that means only one thing, baseball season has begun and more importantly so has fantasy baseball. I recently participated in two separate drafts, one for all of baseball and an NL Only league here is the former stands up with Jobu’s Revenge in The California Penal League:

C - Jorge Posada - Yankees
1B - Lance Berkman - Astros
2B - Jorge Cantú - Devil Rays
3B - Morgan Ensberg - Astros
SS - Michael Young - Rangers
OF - Vlad Guerrero - Angels
OF - Cliff Floyd - Mets
OF - Randy Winn - Giants
Util - Prince Fielder - Brewers

Bench
Willie Taveras - Astros (OF)
Ryan Freel - Reds (2B,3B,OF)
Shea Hillenbrand - Blue Jays (1B,3B)
Plácido Polanco - Tigers (2B,3B)

Starting Pitchers
Andy Pettitte - Astros
John Garland - White Sox
Jeremy Bonderman - Tigers
Dontrelle Willis - Marlins

Relief Pitchers
Billy Wagner - Mets
Hudson Street - A’s
Fernando Rodney - Tigers
Clay Hensley - Padres


As for Bond’s Giant Head in The Killer B’s League, here’s their lineup which I already have to fool around with due to injury:

C - Paul Lo Duca - Mets
1B - Lance Berkman - Astros
2B - Ray Durham - Giants
3B - Bill Hall - Brewers
SS - Rich Aurilia - Reds
OF - Juan Pierre - Cubs
OF - Randy Winn - Giants
OF - Dave Roberts Padres
Util - Sean Casey - Pirates

Bench
Ricky Weeks - Brewers (2B)
Chris Duffy - Pirates (OF)
Mike Matheny - Giants (C)
Chris Burke - Astros (2B,OF)

Starting Pitching
Chris Carpenter - Cardinals
Dave Williams - Reds
Victor Zambrano - Mets
Glendon Rusch - Cubs
Randy Wolf - Phillies (DL)
Ben Sheets - Brewers - (DL)

Relief Pitchers
Jason Isringhausen - Cardinals
Chris Reitsma - Braves
Clay Hensley - Padres
Chad Qualls - Astros


Now Jobu’s Revenge looks pretty strong but might need another arm to take the championship, but Bond’s Giant Head will need some work. When you start off the season with three pitchers on the DL which is never a good thing. The bench is really weak, but that is to be expected in an NL only league, but I will have to do some shuffling because bench players are much more valuable if they can play multiple positions.

Now my official post season predictions:

AL East - Yankees
AL Central - White Sox
AL West - A’s
AL Wild Card - Angels

NL East - Mets
NL Central - Cardinals
NL West - Padres
NL Wild Card - Astros^*

AL Championship: Yankees over White Sox
NL Championship: Astros over Cardinals
World Series: Astros over Yankees in 6

^*Since baseballs will be seeing plenty of them in the future, I figure I’d get them use them. My asterisk is predicated on Roger Clemens coming back by June. If he ends up retiring, then put the Braves in the wild card and Cards beating the Yankees for the title.