After Tequila timed out, and an overnight draft stoppage, I had 12 hours to ponder this pick. I scared myself away from Reimold the last pick with an 0-21 showing in Spring Training thus far. But he got a hit yesterday, and is now 1-23! He's young with a lot of upside, but carries a bit of an injury history. I'm looking for 75 Rs and RBIs, and good percentages. Plenty good for my #3 OFer.

13.03 Edwin Jackson, SP, AZ
Jackson finally started to show the numbers last year to live up to his potential. I set up a two man queue of Jackson and Zambrano. Hopefully, I won't regret picking Jackson. With Zambrano, I was too concerned about his injury history. Of course, both guys have difficulties with consistency. Jackson is just now 26, so maybe he's got it all figured out now and can put a solid year together.

13.04 David Ortiz, 1B, BOS
After a much publicized first half of sucking, Ortiz ended up with decent numbers. Certainly, the fantasy monster that Ortiz was in the past no longer exists. That aside, the CI pool was getting relatively thin with guys who I like. I should have probably drafted an OF, or even Matt Capps, but I didn’t like that there were lots of teams below who needed to fill a CI slot or two. Once I decided on filling CI, it was between Ortiz and Chase Headley, who I have drafted two years in a row. I figured it might be too early for Headley and I like rooting for Big Papi anyway.

I decided to take a catcher with this pick, but as soon as I clicked I realized it was a mistake. My hitting ratios were so poor that I should have tried to improve them. I had wanted Soto, but he was taken, and although I liked Posada better, I did not want to take a 38 year old catcher; therefore I picked Molina.

I like the Kuroda pick, Beltran could be an incredible pick, but the heartbreaker was Conor Jackson. I strongly considered moving him up my queue when I saw where he is expected to bat, but I ended up going the lazy route and picking Callaspo. Fingers crossed here for Callaspo to have a hot April to cement a lineup spot!

Not that he's an awful pick, just not the guy I wanted. I think he should score 75 runs, knock in 80, steal 20 bases and compile and OPS around .775

14.01 Conor Jackson, 1B, ARI
Sizemore went off the board, G Jones gones, a slew of C's just went. I still only had Swisher at either of the CI spots so figured I would keep working on that. There were still no 3B worth taking here. Jackson was really the only 1B worth taking here, in my opinion. He is fully recovered from an odd bout with Valley Fever last season. He has shown us that he can consistently achieve a .370 OBP. He has a little pop in his bat, and playing in Arizona, and considering that he is still only 27, there is room for growth there. Incredibly enough, he may be the DB's leadoff man this season, and A.J. Hinch says "He will run." OK? I guess he was 10 for 12 in 2008 so I guess 15sb or more could happen. I got a huge discount on Jackson due to his illness last season. This is a huge discount and I think this is a great pick. I was tempted by Vlad, but no can do.

Time to consider pitching again soon? Sheets was a nice pick I really wanted to take a shot at.

I always try to add a couple of multi-positional players on every team. I just happen to need a CI and an OF. Headley fills both needs. It should give be a tad more flexibility as we get even deeper into the player pool. It's never a great idea to select a hitter that claims Petco as their home ballpark. He'll need to improve his BB% to give OBP a boost. But he'll be playing every day, batting fifth, so that'll work for me.

Maybe tatis is a better contender for 1b, but as for now i preferred to choose Murphy

I'm not that excited about this pick. Buehrle is a workhorse, that should provide me 200+ innings, with a 3.75 ERA and 1.30 WHIP. If I were at home and able to do some legitimate research, as opposed to being at work and looking at names on a list, I would have noticed that his K/9 is disappointing, and I am not expecting more than 125 Ks from him.

I noticed Glaus still on the board after reading a Rotowire update about him swinging the bat decently. Glaus is very injury prone, but maybe some time at 1b, a less taxing defensive position, will help. He will slide in at my DH spot, but also can back up all 3 of my corner spots, so that eligibility is very handy. When he plays, he should provide a .800+ OPS with some RBI numbers to go with it.

I'm banking on a return to the levels of 2007 for 2010 and figure on 20+ SB's, 85 runs and RBI's and improved ratios.

OK I just looked it up. He had a 3.39 era and 1.16 whip in 25 starts in 2008. I was right, he was a badass. Hope he bounces back from TJ surgery ok. This might turn out to be a better pick than I thought.

I'm sure the Yanks will be careful with his innings, much as they did with Joba, but I'm thinking 13-14 wins at this point.

I was in a rush too. I should have taken Rauch or Lindstrom to at least pretend like I was going for closers. :( I also liked Mike Adams a LOT.

Offense is starting to look passable, time to finish off the pitching project very soon. My top mid-relief picks (...Matt Thornton) are starting to fly off the board.

This pick was a bit of a rush, and I had a hard time finding anyone that fit my needs. Happ had a solid rookie season in 2009. He features a high-80s fastball and keeps hitters off balance with good deception and use of his offspeed pitches. If Happ can improve his control while also pushing his strikeout rate up towards the ratios he posted in the minors he could be in for another good season.

Carmona's spring training seems good, he had a good match against the cubs recently so i picked him up. I hope at least one between sheets or carmona will pay off for me.

I only have K-Rod as a RP, and I'm falling behind in Saves, ERA, and WHIP. Time for a reliever. I pondered between Downs and Guerrier. Guerrier had a better 2009, but I think that Downs will get me more saves overall, despite the upheaval in the Twins bullpen. He's had a great Spring, not allowing a run yet, while his closer competition has ERAs of 5.5+ and 8+. Maybe I'll luck out with a closer. If not, I have a solid MR.

At worst, Matt should be primary the setup man for Rauch, who by no means is a sure thing. Last year Guerrier had a minuscule ERA of 2.36 and an even better WHIP of .969, both numbers that I'm not expecting this year. Anything remotely close would be great. Throw in some saves, even better.

This was my last chance to get Ianetta, so maybe I should have done that instead. Time will tell. I also wanted Chris Young (SD), but he didn't make it back to me either.

Last year he lowered his ratios, while his K rate declined also. The Reds seemed to think he tired after pitching in winter ball and prevented him to do so last winter. He finished strong last year, winding up with 11 wins. I'm hoping for improvement in all categories, 7+ K's/9 innings and 12-14 wins

I'm banking on him hitting his way into more playing time as the season progresses. He somehow qualifies as an outfielder as well. Bonus!

My reasoning for choosing Castillo was similar to that for my 17th round pick. There were still 7 roster spots that were open for 2B/MI, and while Castillo will also hurt my SLG ratio, he was among the best remaining. It was a tossup between Castillo and a SP or MR and I went with Castillo.

Not a sexy pick, but I need a backup for Pujols, and Teahen is one of the last players with 1B eligibility that has a full-time job. He'll post better numbers than last year, just because the WhiteSox are better than the Royals. His three-position eligibility will come in handy at some point this season.

19.01 dave bush P MIL
well it seemed a good idea to me to draft bush, now i'm not so sure anymore. He had a terrible season last year, however in some games he was pretty consistent and he played well. That said he had a terrbile era and few k's... As for now he's the fourth starter, the spring training is not so bad, i'll just wait and see...

It wasn't that long ago that Magglio was a superstar. Just three years ago he was 2nd in MVP voting. It looks like he'll be batting third in a potent Detroit offense, and he's not washed up yet, so he'll still give me good numbers. Even better considering that he is the 290th pick in this draft.

If the Rockies would ever just let him be the clear #1. Torrealba is gone, Olivo is in, and word now is there will be some sort of a share of playing time. Chris has a 3 year average OPS of .796 so potential is there. Here's to hoping for 400+ AB's, not sure it will happen. Other than lack of PT, I can't see Chris hurting me.

20.01 Skip Schumaker, 2B, STL
Round 20, still no second baseman. That explains why I drafted 4 2B with my last 6 picks. Really, I don't think there is much of a dropoff from guys that were taken in rd 10 or so. Is there really that much difference between Polanco and Schumaker? Anyway, Schu will probably leadoff and get an obp around .360, so that could lead to a lot of runs scored. Not a lot of power but he's a pretty solid hitter (hits .300 every year) and slug around .400. He'll help me in R's and won't hurt me anywhere.

Bottom line I think he's a great pick in round 20

At least 4-5 times that I considered getting a 4th starter, but there were always so many good names left. Not so much this time, but Chapman stood out for me. Huge question mark but big upside.

My first bench player. Hopefully he will never have to play for me. His only job right now is to be the backup for Jimmy Rollins. He could be a source of speed if necessary, but his ratios will only hurt me.

21.01 Carlos Guillen OF DET
carlos guillen should start at DH for the tigers, batting fifth behind cabrera. Well he's old but if he stays healthy he could score some R's and Rbi's for me.

I didn't really want to take another SP here, but he's sitting atop my draft sheet begging to be picked. He'll be the number #3 starter for the Reds. 14-11 record, 4.15 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, and 140Ks is what I am writing down. I'm not expecting more or less. He's been putting these same numbers up for the past five seasons. No reason to think that will change.

As with 20.12, I still needed to improve my pitching ratios. Sherill had a very good 2009 season and probably would close if Broxton were injured.

High walks, high strikeouts, and lots of groundballs, Rzepczynski could be the Jays new ace by the end of the season. He beat the Red Sox, should've beat the Rays 3 times, survived the Yanks once, and was decent in all other starts except for the one in New York. He'll be a good #5 in my rotation.

Ryan pitches in a " pitcher friendly " park and benefits from a strong defense behind him. Similar ratios, a dozen wins and 100+ K's makes him a great value at this point.

Hernandez is the starting catcher for the Reds. He was limited to 81 games because of injury. When he has been injury free, Hernandez has shown above average power for a catcher.

For round 22 that's about all I expect.

Bruney is more of an "anti-Capps" pick anyway. Plus, even if Capps were to get yanked it's possible the Nats would bring up Drew Storen who is the team's closer of the future. BUT, most likely, that wouldn't happen until June 1st anyway for arbitration clock starting issues....so bottom line, may Bruney can steal a few saves.

22.11 Carlos Gomez, OF, MIL
I'm not sure why I drafted Gomez. I guess I thought I might need another source of cheap steals, which is exactly what he is. He's 11 for 11 so far in spring training, but his OBP leaves a lot to be desired.

I had Gonzalez on my team in 2009 hoping that he would find his control and be a real sleeper. He did not, so I am giving him a 2nd chance to break out for the Zephyrs in 2010.

At the end of round 20 (35 picks ago), I made a 15-man queue, and Aceves was #1 on the list. I didn't take him 30 picks ago, so I'll take him here. He's a long reliever for the Yankees that was fairly valuable last season, as he was able to vulture his way to a 10-1 record, with good K/9 numbers. He's having a solid Spring, so no reason to expect anything less this year. Hopefully.

23.01 Ian Kennedy SP ARI
kennedy is the third pitcher in the rotation for the d-backs, he had a good era and some k's in last spring training. i'm curious to see him in action at home, maybe it's dangerous and i should only play him when d-backs play away matches...let'see

A former first-round pick and top prospect, Wood has been nothing but disappointing. In 224 major league ABs, he has a .222 OBP, 74 Ks, and only 7 BBs. But he has the starting job for the Angels, and is only 25 years old, so I still have hope (I think that's only still true for me and Wood's Mom).

Francoeur is another 1st round draft pick who never lived up to his potential. He played well after being traded to the NYMs and the hope is that this change will enable him to produce again in 2010. The only problem is that the Mets have a history of making very poor trades. Think Jim Fregosi.