Anyone Can Play Guitar....or Blog

first, i want to thank the academy, pookie, ray ray, my parents, tim tebow, al gore for the internet, and my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, for making this blog possible. moving right ahead to team lollygaggers picks: teixeira, wright, a-gonz (great value), aaron hill, v-mart, choo. he obviously has a solid start with a strong foundation at the corners and a little position scarcity sprinkled in too. side note: i'm a position scarcity junkie so extra points for having a top flight catcher and middle infielder

josh johnson

i know we're focusing on 8-12 but this was a really solid pick in the 7th. most of the room was still applauding the picks of hanson and hamels earlier in the round, but johnson was the better of them last year and likely this year as well. johnson finished ahead of lester on our player rater last year, but was selected 30 picks after him in this draft. 5 gold stars for this pick or wrecks on white

chad billingsley

first, i'm not a general fan of bills. he's consistently had issues with walks and control, as evidenced by a career walk rate of 4bb/9, elevated pitch counts, and posted an era on the wrong side of 5 in the second half last season. as a pitcher who relies on stuff, eras that high over a prolonged period lead me to believe his elbow may have been hurting. my personal preference would have been to see wandy go here instead of bills. 3 meatball subs or checkmarks

yunel escobar

at this point, shortstops are starting to be pretty thin. no one wants to face the decision between yuniesky betancourt and jack wilson. escobar was slated to go almost exactly here, and it was a nice need-fill pick. 4 lenny's italian subs or smiley face stickers

scott baker

if you are a family member of team lollygaggers, i encourage you to look away and scroll down to the next pick. there's no other way to say it. i hated this pick. he is a control artist with stuff that is too "short" to ever push his k/9 north of 7. at times, he can buoy your whip but with brett anderson, lackey, garza, and jurrjens still on board, this pick sucked. 1 flaming bag of shit or a kick in the nuts

brian fuentes

fuentes is a solid pick if only for the fact that team lollygaggers made sure to not get left out in the cold on closers before its too late. 3 smiley face stickers or meatball subs

alex rios

fortunately, there is no penalty in our league for a player having one of the worst contracts in baseball. fiscal concerns aside, rios is a bounce-back candidate. the potential is still there for 20-20 and if he's going to find it any park, its in comiskey (i refuse to call it us cellular). after going on a bit of a pitcher binge, team lollygaggers found itself with only 1 outfielder. my personal rankings had mclouth for power/speed, quentin & ludwick for power, or speed merchants morgan, bourn, & davis (who was later drafted by lollygaggers) ahead of the directionless rios but the pick is certainly justifiable. 2 turkey and cheese sandwiches or a participation certificate

overall, i like lollygaggers draft. his middle rounds ran into a bit of a speed bump, though, with a personal run on limited upside starting pitching.