April 2010

Welcome to Fantasy Island.

My fantasy team this year started out pretty decent. And then came the let-downs.

I’m in a Yahoo!Sports league with a few buddies. As it so happens, my choices got a little bit jumbled in the heat of the draft. In fact, my bullpen probably has the weirdest form ever.

Starting out with Chien-Ming Wang (WAS), Cliff Lee (SEA), and Bronson Arroyo (CIN) all having some trouble, it looked like I grabbed up some problem players. That’s not even mentioning that Cliff Lee, who has a 5-game suspension for throwing a ball at Arizona’s Chris Snyder after their collision in March, is hanging out in my bullpen with Carlos Zambrano (CHC), who is notorious for this meltdown last spring.

Needless to say, with Wang on at least the 60-day DL and how fantastic he did last year, I dropped him like third period French. Instead, I picked up Kevin Slowey (MIN) after his performance against St. Louis this weekend. I’m keeping Lee around for ***** and giggles – rumor has it he’ll be back by the end of April.

On the bright side, right now it looks like my main reliever, the legendary Mariano Rivera will be getting some action tonight.

My fielders look pretty decent. Not only did I pick up Brian Roberts (BAL) who served me well last season, I’ve got Brian McCann (ATL) behind the plate and his rookie teammate Jason Heyward on the bench. After he plays a few and gets a feel for the majors, I’ll probably move him into Alfonso Soriano’s (CHC) spot.

Ineberated out. 

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