Sill Here

I forgot how unbelievably easier law school is when you haven't been assigned a legal methods memo yet. I start my semester settling into a structured-but-not-too-unpleasant routine of sleeping, eating, and reading. Things go smoothly, and I actually got several classes ahead in all my subjects. Then I had to begin my memo research. Now I'm not ahead in any of my subjects. While that would be par for the course last semester, now it feels like I'm dreadfully behind. Anyway, that's the reason for going on an odd post-per-day run, then disappearing for a week. The busy-ness of law school can creep up from behind and DDT you* before you even realize that play time is over.

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Today I had my first fantasy baseball draft of the year. I picked 11th in a traditional 12-team, 5x5 roto league. Let's see how it went.

1. David Ortiz (1B-Bos)
2. Vladimir Guerrero (OF-LAA)
I felt exceptionally lucky to grab these two sluggers with the 11th and 14th overall picks, considering they ranked 7th and 9th on my draft board.
3. Roy Oswalt (SP-Hou)
4. Roy Halladay (SP-Tor)
And now I have two aces under my belt. Getting four proven fantasy stars like Ortiz, Guerrero, Oswalt and Halladay is a great way to start a draft.
5. J.J. Putz (RP-Sea)
6. Carlos Guillen (SS-Det)
Wish you could draft Derek Jeter in the 6th round? You can. His name is Carlos Guillen.
7. Alex Gordon (3B-KC)
Probably my first big misstep in the draft. I panicked after a surprisingly long run on thid basemen. Gordon will be a great player some day, but definitely isn't worth a 7th round pick this year. Then again he could go .300/20/20 right outta the gate.
8. Matt Cain (SP-SF)
9. Takashi Saito (RP-LAD)
78.1 innings, 107 k's, 3 home runs allowed. Yes, please!
10. Magglio Ordonez (OF-Det)
11. Mark Teahen (3B,OF-KC)
Insurance for Gordon, but now I have two Royals. Gulp.
12. Josh Barfield (2B-Cle)
13. Dave Bush (SP-Mil)
Wake Forest! Drafting Cain and Bush gives me four of the top 15 starting pitchers off my draft board. I probably ranked Bush way too high, but he's a Deacon!
14. Michael Cuddyer (1B,OF-Min)
15. Ryan Freel (2B,3B,OF-Cin)
Resident stolen base guy. Plus, love that position flexibility.
16. Joe Borowski (RP-Cle)
17. Scott Olsen (SP-Fla)
18. Jason Varitek (C-Bos)
I "punted" on catchers, waiting until the 18th round to take one. If Varitek can hit 15/.280 I'll be perfectly satisfied, and I don't think that's asking for too much.
16. Jhonny Peralta (SS-Cle)
17. Bob Howry (RP-ChC)
Will probably be the Cubs' closer if (when) Dempster stumbles. And even if not, he still has excellent value as a set-up man.
18. Gerald Laird (C-Tex)

Overall, I'm pretty happy, especially with my first six picks. My biggest strength will be in pitching, which is kind of odd considering my first two picks were elite hitters. My biggest weakness is definitely relying on two of Gordon, Teahen and Freel to be worthy of starting. One has to start at third, and another will have to be at utility, since Peralta and Laird are purely there to be back-ups in case of injury.

*Let's ignore the fact that that the DDT is a move from the front, not behind, k?