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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Home Run Derby

A coworker hooked me up with a rather interesting fantasy sports contest. Some guy has been running a home run derby league for going on 25 years now. The concept is rather simple. Major League players are divided into groups based on last year's home run totals. Pick a number of players from each group. Who ever picks the players with the most total home runs wins. Its $11 per entry and last year the top prize as almost $10,000.

Last year I did ok. I blame my non-winning on Joe Crede getting injured early in the season instead of playing like it was his contract year.

Here's my team, assuming I remember to fill out the form and send it in tomorrow. My picks are in bold. I'm breaking my normal fantasy rule of avoiding Chicago players, but I think they underperformed last year.

I was going to fill out a few sheets, but the core team would end up being the same, so I think I'll just stick with the one this year.


Group A – Pick 1
Prince Fielder - 50
Ryan Howard - 47
Carlos Pena - 46
Alex Rodriguez - 54

Group B - Pick 3
Carlos Beltran - 33
Lance Berkman - 34
Ryan Braun - 34
Miguel Cabrera - 34
Adam Dunn - 40
Matt Holiday - 36
Carlos Lee - 32
David Ortiz - 35
Albert Pujols - 32
Alfonso Soriano - 33
Mark Teixeira - 30
Jim Thome - 35
Chris Young - 32


Group C - Pick 3
Pat Burrell - 30
Josh Fields - 23
Adrian Gonzalez - 30
Ken Griffey - 30
Brad Hawpe - 29
Chipper Jones - 29
Paul Konerko - 31
Justin Morneau - 31
Brandon Phillips - 30
Hanley Ramirez - 29
Jimmy Rollins - 30
Dan Uggla - 31
David Wright - 30


Group D – Pick 3
Adrian Beltre - 26
Barry Bonds - 28
Jack Cust - 26
Jermain Dye - 28
Khalil Green - 27
Vladimir Guerrero - 27
JJ Hardy - 26
Torri Hunter - 28
Andruw Jones - 26
Magglio Ordonez - 28
Aramis Ramirez - 26
Aaron Rowand - 27
Frank Thomas - 26
BJ Upton - 24


Group – Pick 4
Garrett Atkins - 25
Carlos Delgado - 24
Curit Granderson - 23
Jose Guillen - 23
Travis Hafner - 24
Corey Hart - 24
Derrek Lee - 22
Nick Markakis - 23
Victor Marinez - 25
Hideki Matsui - 25
Alex Rios - 24
Gary Sheffield - 25
Grady Sizemore - 24
Nick Swisher - 22
Troy Tulowitzki - 24
Chase Utley - 22
Ty Wiggington - 22
Ryan Zimmerman - 24

[***Edit**]
OK, I lied I filled out two more sheets although I think the first is the best.
Sheet 2
Prince Fielder
Adam Dunn
Albert Pujols
Alfonso Soriano
Brad Hawpe
Justin Morneau
David Wright
Andruw Jones
Magglio Ordonez
Aramis Ramirez
Garrett Atkins
Derrek Lee
Nick Swisher
Troy Tulowitzki

Sheet 3
Ryan Howard
Miguel Cabrera
Carlos Lee
Albert Pujols
Pat Burrell
Brandon Phillips
Dan Uggla
JJ Hardy
Torii Hunter
Magglio Ordonez
Garrett Atkins
Derek Lee
Grady Sizemore
Troy Tulowitzki


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