FOX Fantasy Baseball: Experts draft
Review the expert picks for a 12-person, 21-round fantasy baseball draft.
Roster size: 21 players (16 starters comprising of 9 hitters and 7 pitchers, and 5 bench slots)
Positions: Catcher (1), First Base (1), Second Base (1), Shortstop (1), Third Base (1), Outfield (3), Utility (1), Starting Pitchers (3), Relief Pitchers (2), Pitchers: Starters or Relievers (2)
Scoring system: 5x5 categories (Hitting: Average, Home Runs, RBI, Stolen Bases and Runs; Pitching: Wins, Saves, Strikeouts, WHIP and ERA)
Round 1
1. Albert Pujols, 1B, STL (Derek VanRiper, RotoWire)
2. Troy Tulowitzki, SS, COL (Mark Schruender, Yardbarker's Fantasy Baseball Hot Stove)
3. Hanley Ramirez, SS, FLA (Eno Sarris, Yardbarker's FanGraphs)
4. Evan Longoria, 3B, TB (Geoffry Brown, FOX Sports)
5. Carlos Gonzalez, OF, COL (John Halpin, FOX Sports)
6. Miguel Cabrera, 1B, DET (Bryan Curley, Yardbarker's Baseball Professor)
7. Robinson Cano, 2B, NYY (Marc Normandin, Yardbarker's Baseball Prospectus)
8. Ryan Howard, 1B, PHI (Ryan Fowler, WhatIfSports)
9. Adrian Gonzalez, 1B, BOS (Joel Beall, WhatIfSports)
10. Alex Rodriguez, 3B, NYY (Mike Harmon, FOX Sports)
11. Ryan Braun, OF, MIL (Tom Zentmeyer, WhatIfSports)
12. Joey Votto, 1B, CIN (Roger Rotter, Fox Sports)
Round 2
13. Carl Crawford, OF, BOS (Roger Rotter)
14. Roy Halladay, SP, PHI (Tom Zentmeyer)
15. Josh Hamilton, OF, TEX (Mike Harmon)
16. Joe Mauer, C, MIN (Joel Beall)
17. Felix Hernandez, SP, SEA (Ryan Fowler)
18. David Wright, 3B, NYM (Marc Normandin)
19. Chase Utley, 2B, PHI (Bryan Curley)
20. Matt Holliday, OF, STL (John Halpin)
21. Matt Kemp, OF, LAD (Geoffry Brown)
22. Mark Teixeira, 1B, NYY (Eno Sarris)
23. Prince Fielder, 1B, MIL (Mark Schruender)
24. Ryan Zimmerman, 3B, WAS (Derek VanRiper)
Round 3
25. Jose Reyes, SS, NYM (Derek VanRiper)
26. Kevin Youkilis, 1B, BOS (Mark Schruender)
27. Adrian Beltre, 3B, TEX (Eno Sarris)
28. Tim Lincecum, SP, SF (Geoffry Brown)
29. Dustin Pedroia, 2B, BOS (John Halpin)
30. Justin Upton, OF, ARI (Bryan Curley)
31. Nelson Cruz, OF, TEX (Marc Normandin)
32. Dan Uggla, 2B, ATL (Ryan Fowler)
33. Andre Ethier, OF, LAD (Joel Beall)
34. Cliff Lee, SP, PHI (Mike Harmon)
35. Ichiro Suzuki, OF, SEA (Tom Zentmeyer)
36. Jose Bautista, 3B/OF, TOR (Roger Rotter)
Round 4
37. Jimmy Rollins, SS, PHI (Roger Rotter)
38. Brandon Phillips, 2B, CIN (Tom Zentmeyer)
39. Buster Posey, C/1B, SF (Mike Harmon)
40. Ubaldo Jimenez, SP, COL (Joel Beall)
41. Chris Johnson, 3B, HOU (Ryan Fowler)
42. Jon Lester, SP, BOS (Marc Normandin)
43. Adam Wainwright, SP, STL (Bryan Curley)
44. Justin Morneau, 1B, MIN (John Halpin)
45. Zack Greinke, SP, MIL (Geoffry Brown)
46. Shin-Soo Choo, OF, CLE (Eno Sarris)
47. Ian Kinsler, 2B, TEX (Mark Schruender)
48. Brian McCann, C, ATL (Derek VanRiper)
Round 5
49. Jason Heyward, OF, ATL (Derek VanRiper)
50. Kendrys Morales, 1B, LAA (Mark Schruender)
51. Justin Verlander, SP, DET (Eno Sarris)
52. Rickie Weeks, 2B, MIL (Geoffry Brown)
53. CC Sabathia, SP, NYY (John Halpin)
54. Victor Martinez, C, DET (Bryan Curley)
55. Dan Haren, SP, LAA (Marc Normandin)
56. Austin Jackson, OF, DET (Ryan Fowler)
57. David Price, SP, TB (Joel Beall)
58. Clayton Kershaw, SP, LAD (Mike Harmon)
59. Derek Jeter, SS, NYY (Tom Zentmeyer)
60. Paul Konerko, 1B, CHW (Roger Rotter)
Round 6
61. Jered Weaver, SP, LAA (Roger Rotter)
62. Yovani Gallardo, SP, MIL (Tom Zentmeyer)
63. Adam Dunn, 1B, CHW (Mike Harmon)
64. Elvis Andrus, SS, TEX (Joel Beall)
65. Corey Hart, OF, MIL (Ryan Fowler)
66. Cole Hamels, SP, PHI (Marc Normandin)
67. Andrew McCutchen, OF, PIT (Bryan Curley)
68. Alexis Rios, OF, CHW (John Halpin)
69. Carlos Marmol, RP, CHC (Geoffry Brown)
70. Francisco Liriano, SP, MIN (Eno Sarris)
71. Tommy Hanson, SP, ATL (Mark Schruender)
72. Josh Johnson, SP, FLA (Derek VanRiper)
Round 7
73. Jay Bruce, OF, CIN (Derek VanRiper)
74. Matt Cain, SP, SF (Mark Schruender)
75. Jayson Werth, OF, WAS (Eno Sarris)
76. Curtis Granderson, OF, NYY (Geoffry Brown)
77. Alexei Ramirez, SS, CHW (John Halpin)
78. Chris Carpenter, SP, STL (Bryan Curley)
79. Jacoby Ellsbury, OF, BOS (Marc Normandin)
80. Dan Hudson, SP, ARI (Ryan Fowler)
81. Martin Prado, 2B/3B, ATL (Joel Beall)
82. Mariano Rivera, RP, NYY (Mike Harmon)
83. B.J. Upton, OF, TB (Tom Zentmeyer)
84. Roy Oswalt, SP, PHI (Roger Rotter)
Round 8
85. Hunter Pence, OF, HOU (Roger Rotter)
86. Chad Billingsley, SP, LAD (Tom Zentmeyer)
87. Stephen Drew, SS, ARI (Mike Harmon)
88. Pedro Alvarez, 3B, PIT (Joel Beall)
89. Mike Aviles, 2B, KC (Ryan Fowler)
90. Billy Butler, 1B, KC (Marc Normandin)
91. Mat Latos, SP, SD (Bryan Curley)
92. Carlos Santana, C, CLE (John Halpin)
93. Brian Wilson, RP, SF (Geoffry Brown)
94. Geovany Soto, C, CHC (Eno Sarris)
95. Michael Stanton, OF, FLA (Mark Schruender)
96. Max Scherzer, SP, DET (Derek VanRiper)
Round 9
97. Joakim Soria, RP, KC (Derek VanRiper)
98. Wandy Rodriguez, SP, HOU (Mark Schruender)
99. Heath Bell, RP, SD (Eno Sarris)
100. Jorge De La Rosa, SP, COL (Geoffry Brown)
101. Brandon Morrow, SP, TOR (John Halpin)
102. Michael Young, 3B, TEX (Bryan Curley)
103. Ryan Dempster, SP, CHC (Marc Normandin)
104. Tim Hudson, SP, ATL (Ryan Fowler)
105. Delmon Young, OF, MIN (Joel Beall)
106. Vernon Wells, OF, LAA (Mike Harmon)
107. Grady Sizemore, OF, CLE (Tom Zentmeyer)
108. Trevor Cahill, SP, OAK (Roger Rotter)
Round 10
109. Clay Buchholz, SP, BOS (Roger Rotter)
110. Colby Rasmus, OF, STL (Tom Zentmeyer)
111. Ben Zobrist, 2B/OF, TB (Mike Harmon)
112. Jaime Garcia, SP, STL (Joel Beall)
113. Brett Gardner, OF, NYY (Ryan Fowler)
114. Jonathan Papelbon, RP, BOS (Marc Normandin)
115. Brett Anderson, SP, OAK (Bryan Curley)
116. Ricky Romero, SP, TOR (John Halpin)
117. Kelly Johnson, 2B, ARI (Geoffry Brown)
118. Colby Lewis, SP, TEX (Eno Sarris)
119. Neftali Feliz, RP, TEX (Mark Schruender)
120. Chone Figgins, 2B, SEA (Derek VanRiper)
Round 11
121. Shaun Marcum, SP, MIL (Derek VanRiper)
122. Michael Bourn, OF, HOU (Mark Schruender)
123. Shane Victorino, OF, PHI (Eno Sarris)
124. Rafael Furcal, SS, LAD (Geoffry Brown)
125. Philip Hughes, SP, NYY (John Halpin)
126. Ian Desmond, SS, WAS (Bryan Curley)
127. Gavin Floyd, SP, CHW (Marc Normandin)
128. Ryan Franklin, RP, STL (Ryan Fowler)
129. Jeremy Hellickson, SP, TB (Joel Beall)
130. Carlos Quentin, OF, CHW (Mike Harmon)
131. Matt Garza, SP, CHC (Tom Zentmeyer)
132. Francisco Cordero, RP, CIN (Roger Rotter)
Round 12
133. Johan Santana, SP, NYM (Roger Rotter)
134. John Lackey, SP, BOS (Tom Zentmeyer)
135. Jonathan Sanchez, SP, SF (Mike Harmon)
136. Rafael Soriano, RP, NYY (Joel Beall)
137. C.J. Wilson, SP, TEX (Ryan Fowler)
138. Starlin Castro, SS, CHC (Marc Normandin)
139. Josh Beckett, SP, BOS (Bryan Curley)
140. John Danks, SP, CHW (John Halpin)
141. Matt Wieters, C, BAL (Geoffry Brown)
142. Aramis Ramirez, 3B, CHC (Eno Sarris)
143. Chris Young, OF, ARI (Mark Schruender)
144. Nick Markakis, OF, BAL (Derek VanRiper)
Round 13
145. Torii Hunter, OF, LAA (Derek VanRiper)
146. Ricky Nolasco, SP, FLA (Mark Schruender)
147. Francisco Rodriguez, RP, NYM (Eno Sarris)
148. Andrew Bailey, RP, OAK (Geoffry Brown)
149. Jonathan Broxton, RP, LAD (John Halpin)
150. Pablo Sandoval, 3B, SF (Bryan Curley)
151. Michael Napoli, C/1B, TEX (Marc Normandin)
152. Jorge Posada, C, NYY (Ryan Fowler)
153. Carlos Pena, 1B, CHC (Joel Beall)
154. Brad Lidge, RP, PHI (Mike Harmon)
155. Adam Jones, OF, BAL (Tom Zentmeyer)
156. Russell Martin, C, NYY (Roger Rotter)
Round 14
157. Jason Bay, OF, NYM (Roger Rotter)
158. Huston Street, RP, COL (Tom Zentmeyer)
159. Edwin Jackson, SP, CHW (Mike Harmon)
160. Matt Thornton, RP, CHW (Joel Beall)
161. Joe Nathan, RP, MIN (Ryan Fowler)
162. Nick Swisher, OF, NYY (Marc Normandin)
163. Drew Stubbs, OF, CIN (Bryan Curley)
164. John Axford, RP, MIL (John Halpin)
165. Alfonso Soriano, OF, CHC (Geoffry Brown)
166. Hiroki Kuroda, SP, LAD (Eno Sarris)
167. Ted Lilly, SP, LAD (Mark Schruender)
168. J.J. Putz, RP, ARI (Derek VanRiper)
Round 15
169. Gio Gonzalez, SP, OAK (Derek VanRiper)
170. Jhoulys Chacin, SP, COL (Mark Schruender)
171. Brian Roberts, 2B, BAL (Eno Sarris)
172. Mark Reynolds, 3B, BAL (Geoffry Brown)
173. Casey McGehee, 3B, MIL (John Halpin)
174. Angel Pagan, OF, NYM (Bryan Curley)
175. Coco Crisp, OF, OAK (Marc Normandin)
176. Jose Valverde, RP, DET (Ryan Fowler)
177. Desmond Jennings, OF, TB (Joel Beall)
178. Vladimir Guerrero, DH, BAL (Mike Harmon)
179. Adam Lind, DH, TOR (Tom Zentmeyer)
180. Leo Nunez, RP, FLA (Roger Rotter)
Round 16
181. David Aardsma, RP, SEA (Roger Rotter)
182. Juan Pierre, OF, CHW (Tom Zentmeyer)
183. Evan Meek, RP, PIT (Mike Harmon)
184. Madison Bumgarner, SP, SF (Joel Beall)
185. Placido Polanco, 3B, PHI (Ryan Fowler)
186. Hong-Chih Kuo, RP, LAD (Marc Normandin)
187. Drew Storen, RP, WAS (Bryan Curley)
188. James Shields, SP, TB (John Halpin)
189. Aroldis Chapman, RP, CIN (Geoffry Brown)
190. Jordan Zimmermann, SP, WAS (Eno Sarris)
191. Joel Hanrahan, RP, PIT (Mark Schruender)
192. Chris Perez, RP, CLE (Derek VanRiper)
Round 17
193. Ian Kennedy, SP, ARI (Derek VanRiper)
194. Clay Hensley, RP, FLA (Mark Schruender)
195. Craig Kimbrel, RP, ATL (Eno Sarris)
196. Brandon Belt, 1B, SF (Geoffry Brown)
197. Kevin Gregg, RP, BAL (John Halpin)
198. Brandon Lyon, RP, HOU (Bryan Curley)
199. David Ortiz, DH, BOS (Marc Normandin)
200. Carlos Lee, 1B/OF, HOU (Ryan Fowler)
201. Brian Fuentes, RP, OAK (Joel Beall)
202. Luke Scott, DH, BAL (Mike Harmon)
203. Howie Kendrick, 2B, LAA (Tom Zentmeyer)
204. Lance Berkman, 1B, STL (Roger Rotter)
Round 18
205. Seth Smith, OF, COL (Roger Rotter)
206. Clayton Richard, SP, SD (Tom Zentmeyer)
207. Gordon Beckham, 2B, CHW (Mike Harmon)
208. Johnny Cueto, SP, CIN (Joel Beall)
209. Carlos Ruiz, C, PHI (Ryan Fowler)
210. Aubrey Huff, OF, SF (Marc Normandin)
211. Chris Sale, RP, CHW (Bryan Curley)
212. Aaron Hill, 2B, TOR (John Halpin)
213. Javier Vazquez, SP, FLA (Geoffry Brown)
214. Brett Myers, SP, HOU (Eno Sarris)
215. Brian Matusz, SP, BAL (Mark Schruender)
216. Anibal Sanchez, SP, FLA (Derek VanRiper)
Round 19
217. Carlos Beltran, OF, NYM (Derek VanRiper)
218. Bobby Abreu, OF, LAA (Mark Schruender)
219. Domonic Brown, OF, PHI (Eno Sarris)
220. Brandon Webb, SP, TEX (Geoffry Brown)
221. Dexter Fowler, OF, COL (John Halpin)
222. Derrek Lee, 1B, BAL (Bryan Curley)
223. Derek Holland, SP, TEX (Marc Normandin)
224. Ryan Ludwick, OF, SD (Ryan Fowler)
225. Matt Joyce, OF, TB (Joel Beall)
226. Jason Kubel, OF, MIN (Mike Harmon)
227. Scott Baker, SP, MIN (Tom Zentmeyer)
228. Ryan Theriot, 2B/SS, STL (Roger Rotter)
Round 20
229. Dan Bard, RP, BOS (Roger Rotter)
230. Ian Stewart, 3B, COL (Tom Zentmeyer)
231. Ervin Santana, SP, LAA (Mike Harmon)
232. Magglio Ordonez, OF, DET (Joel Beall)
233. Ty Wigginton, 1B/2B/3B, COL (Ryan Fowler)
234. Asdrubal Cabrera, SS, CLE (Marc Normandin)
235. Wade Davis, SP, TB (Bryan Curley)
236. Kurt Suzuki, C, OAK (John Halpin)
237. Ike Davis, 1B, NYM (Geoffry Brown)
238. Scott Downs, RP, LAA (Eno Sarris)
239. Miguel Montero, C, ARI (Mark Schruender)
240. Travis Snider, OF, TOR (Derek VanRiper)
Round 21
241. James McDonald, SP, PIT (Derek VanRiper)
242. Scott Rolen, 3B, CIN (Mark Schruender)
243. Sean Rodriguez, 2B/OF, TB (Eno Sarris)
244. Carlos Zambrano, SP, CHC (Geoffry Brown)
245. Jhonny Peralta, SS/3B, DET (John Halpin)
246. Fernando Rodney, RP, LAA (Bryan Curley)
247. Koji Uehara, RP, BAL (Marc Normandin)
248. Cliff Pennington, SS, OAK (Ryan Fowler)
249. Omar Infante, 2B/3B/OF, FLA (Joel Beall)
250. Gaby Sanchez, 1B, FLA (Mike Harmon)
251. Jair Jurrjens, SP, ATL (Tom Zentmeyer)
252. Mike Adams, RP, SD (Roger Rotter)