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It's not fair, I passed up keeping Felix Hernandez for him. If this came out before the draft I could have utilized the Stephen Joseph Liriano precedent and dropped him but its too late now. Oh well, hopefully its not as serious as anticipated and he's back midseason or something.

GOD DAMNIT. I made him a keeper in our fantasy league. Of course, I don't mean to make light of his injury and hope he gets well, but damn that's a blow.

We'll make it. Worst comes to worst, if we're like a week out and we still have picks to make, I'll mandate a time for all of us to be on the board and do it rapid fire as is we were in a yahoo draft.

Sorry, treble, et. al., I had a busy day of classes today and haven't been online. But, Verne Gagne also sent me his pick and I am back in time to post it: Jeff Francis, Pitcher, Colorado Rockies

Chad Tracy, 3rd Baseman, Arizona Diamondbacks

Ok, once again sorry about that, I'll be sure to double check my notes in the future. Also glad we didn't have a "Oh man, I wanted to draft John Patterson, but no....that's ok, I'll just draft someone else instead, I mean its not fair though you know..." situation.

The Keeper rule, for review. Pay attention to rule F:

Actually, so does he. Round 9 order is now up. Actually, no I don't. I picked two players from rd. 10 per the previous owner, that should be my 10th and 11th rders, not my 9th and 10th. You're absolutely right. Chalk it up to an error on the spreadsheet made up by thepinjockey that I was relying on (although its my own fault for not double checking with my own notes.) Ok, well for all intents and purposes, the last 2 picks are unofficial and back on the table, luckily we didn't go any farther. So, make your pick, Roy and then we'll continue, and in the future I will be sure to double check with my notes.

Great pick. At least it better be or the Nats are seriously fucked this year. Like worse than they thought.

All I know is last season they didn't broadcast every Spring Training game and on the schedule not all games had the MLB.TV logo, only a few. This year, it appears every game has the logo. SO, if they don't update it by tomorrow when games start, we can assume they're broadcasting every game!

Actually, so does he. Round 9 order is now up.

I thought Youkilis was a Jew. And he's 1B/3B/OF. He will not be playing 1B for the Fightin' A-Rods. He is. Greek is a national origin, Jew is a religion. There were Jews all over European countries (including Russia) until some nasty stuff happened.

Doesn't mean he'll be up on the big league team though. See the red "NA" next to his name? That means he's not actually up yet and would be effectively just holding a roster spot. Like I said, I did this with Delmon Young most of last year. Yes I know. I'm well aware what Not Active means. Yahoo doesn't add every single minor league player too its player pool. When people are talking about drafting a guy that isn't even in the player pool yet, they are talking about claiming the rights to be the first team to add him once he is available to add. A good example is BJ Upton's brother. Or are guys that aren't even in the Yahoo player pool yet completely off limits to draft? If a guy is in the player pool and listed as NA they aren't claiming the rights. They are essentially adding a player that may or may not be on the opening day roster. There is a difference. I haven't even thought of such issues. Let's put it this way, the top whatever minor leaguers that everyone would want to draft, Yahoo has in the system. So its pretty much a moot point, I can't imagine why someone would want to draft a minor leaguer that's not even on the top prospect radar. Just in case and for precedent's sake, I'll say you can't draft anyone not in the Yahoo system because then it becomes a situation where you're actually drafting someone else to hold a roster spot and then laying claim to another player when he's called up, who knows when that is. Like I said, I doubt we'll be faced with this situation but that's my take on it.

Yes.

Doesn't mean he'll be up on the big league team though. See the red "NA" next to his name? That means he's not actually up yet and would be effectively just holding a roster spot. Like I said, I did this with Delmon Young most of last year.

I did it with Delmon Young last year. He was up the last month and that was it. I obviously kept him and hope that picking him last year pays off this year.

Woops, forgot that Queen Leelee PMed me her picks since she was going to be away (always a good idea folks!) Sorry to keep everyone waiting longer than they had to. She picks: Kevin Youkilis, 1st Baseman, Boston Red Sox

Edgar Renteria, Shortstop, Atlanta Braves

Good series. The '94 Expos are truly a tragic victim of the strike. Championship caliber and filled with stars, its too bad for the fans, they were never the same, gutted and then moved.

Round 8 is now up.

I had him the last couple years I think. He was always disappointing. Good luck, though.

Anyone still doubting that this is a realistic playoff simulator?

And it appears that somehow every Spring Training game will be broadcast on MLB.TV making this a month earlier purchase in March.

The O's continue to eat to their own before the season starts: