Week 1

Hey everyone's undefeated! Oops. I guess our fantasy season didn't start until today because our draft was in the middle of week 1. My apologies. But the league did have some action. (Yes. You gotsta get up to get down.)

Doug changed his team name to "Manny Being Mommy". Appropriate, after all he did waste a 12th round pick on the fertility drug user. I can't decide if it's going to be a big deal or not. His replacement is Luke Scott and he also has Raul Ibanez. If he had better back ups, I wouldn't have an issue with it. On the other hand, the other OFs taken after him in the draft include Pagan, Tabata, Lind, Markakis, Adam Jones, etc. Not exactly world beaters.

Another interesting move involved Manny Being Mommy. He used the 7th waiver priority to claim Johan Santana. He's potentially out for the season, or more likely just the first half. Innnnnteresting. Also, potentially a good pickup in Zach Britton. Nevermind he has the same last name as my dream wife Connie Britton. He does pitch in the AL East, but oh can he induce the 4-6-3.

I'm calling out my own number. Two and a half times. Yeah, winning. I clearly had the best pickup of the week, snagging the new Angels closer Jordan Walden. He's nasty and he's a closer of a decent team. If Alex Gordon lives up to the post-hype, he could be a stud FA pickup. I also dropped and re-acquired Alexi Ogando. In two starts, he has an ERA of 0.00. Pretty good. (The Ogando pick up merits the half solid pickup.) Hopefully these pickups will offset the Evan Longoria oblique injury. It hurts considering his career BA in April is .328. Ouch.

The other interesting pickup is Chris Narveson (made by Matt's Bi-Winning). Jury's still out. He's a finesse pitcher, but he'll get his fair share of the Pirates and Astros.

Sean Burnett was added by Justin's Juicers. He's currently Washington's closer. He has talent (former 1st round pick by the Pirates in 2000), but righties do hit him decently (.258 career OppBA), and Drew Storen was the Nats' first round pick a couple years ago. Storen should reclaim the job sooner or later.

By the way, there's a closer still out there on the FA market. Hint: He's not good, but he's on a good team. Who will pick him up? It might be me...by the time I finish writing this blog.

In Giants news, how about those Friday and Saturday games? That's what I've been waiting for as a fan. Unbelievable banner raising and ring ceremonies. I honestly can't name THE one person I'm the most happy for. Mike Murphy? Bruce Bochy? Lincecum? Willie McCovey? Kruk and Kuip? Eli Whiteside? Kuip had the best line of the weekend. Something along the lines of: "Just want to make one thing clear. Tuxedos. Rings. But Mike (Krukow) and I are not here to renew our wedding vows."

Don't forget to set your lineups. In July, it's understandable. No excuses in April. Good luck to everyone.