Fantasy Baseball Draft Day!

Saturday was Draft Day for my fantasy baseball team, "Inside The Parker."

It's an online event for me, while other owners in the league gathered at Nick Edson's house for the draft day fun. We started at 10 a.m. (Vegas time) and it was over in about two hours. I'm pretty pleased with my squad, which is loaded with sluggers and RBI guys, but very light on speed. Here's the roster:

C - Yadier Molina, a solid choice at a position that has only a handful of stars and plenty of .230 hitters.
1B - Edwin Encarnacion, a threat to hit 40 home runs for Cleveland.
2B - Jose Ramirez, a versatile Cleveland star who should hit 25 home runs, score 80, drive in 90 and hit .310 or so.
3B - Nolan Arenado, my first choice, the #3 pick overall. Could lead the majors in home runs with 45 to 50.
SS - Didi Gregorius, Yankee with surprising power for a shortstop. Should score tons of runs for the Bronx Bombers.
OF - Aaron Judge, another threat to lead the majors in HRs. This guy could easily hit 50-plus for the Yankees.
OF - Adam Jones, a solid player on the Orioles, should clout 25 homers this year. 
OF - Trey Mancini, a quiet star for Baltimore. Another 25 HR guy who should hit .280 or better.
Utility - Trevor Story, a solid backup at shortstop with some power.
Utility - Miguel Sano, Twins slugger with awesome power. Another 30 HRs would not surprise.
Bench - Albert Pujols, aging slugger should get lots of RBI chances batting behind Mike Trout.
           - Nomar Mazara, Texas slugger is solid outfield support.
           - Gregory Polanco, more outfield backup. 20-plus HR expected here.
           - Ian Kinsler, could score lots of runs for the Angels with Trout and Pujols batting behind him.
           - Greg Bird, may ditch him soon.

Starting Pitchers - Justin Verlander, Dallas Keuchel, Rich Hill, Alex Wood and Sonny Gray.
Relief Pitchers - Kenley Jansen, Alex Colome and Jeurys Familia.

After the draft, I ran some errands, including a stop at the Middle East market for dinner fixings. Then Helen and I watched Michigan basketball and some PBS mysteries before ending our day. And so our adventure continues...