Introducing The Tribe Daily Fantasy Baseball Team

It's just one more thing to annoy with.

I was invited to participate in a league with other sports writers/bloggers.

This is that league.

This is my team.

I've done the mock auctions a few times in preparation, but I've never done actual auction draft for a league. This was my first one.

I over-estimated (or I guess under-estimated, whatever dude) my money numbers. I ended up with like a lot of extra cash to throw around, and it made me sad that I didn't push a little harder for a Jose Lopez or even Hanley Ramirez from the start, who I might have been able to had for one more dollar (40) at a price lower than I've seen him go for in other auctions.

Grady was the first guy nominated and his price got too high for me to bother. My overall strategy was to get a few high priced guys, fill in it with a bunch of 20 range dollar players and then get bargains like Choo at the end.

I'm not sure if the league is publicly viewable, but here is my team, with price and ridiculous, but hopefully rational explanations.

C - Joe Mauer - 9
C - Victor Martinez - 6
Two catcher league, I thought what I got for Mauer was cheap and well I'm big on Vic this year. I wanted two solid catchers and I think I got two of the best.

1B - Miguel Cabrera - 34
He was my big purchase... More homers than donuts this year big guy.

2B - Alexei Ramirez - 15
3B - Jorge Cantu - 3
SS - Stephen Drew - 9
I think Stephen Drew is the man... Jorge Cantu is a bargain and as much as I hate The Twig, he'll put up big numbers.

2B/SS - Yunel Escobar - 1
1B/3B - Conor Jackson - 6
I like C-Jack a lot lately and Escobar was my pick after I screwed up getting Lopez.

OF - Carl Crawford - 18
OF - Corey Hart - 14
OF - Shane Victorino - 10
OF - Lastings Milledge - 6
OF - Shin-Soo Choo - 3
Crawford I think is awesome, Hart and Victorino do a little bit of everything, Milledge I think is ready to unleash and we all need Choo.

UTIL - Travis Hafner - 1
I know, you are like, what the hell is wrong with you? Well he was one buck and why the hell not? I can drop him.

P - Brandon Webb - 26
P - Josh Beckett - 20
P - Ricky Nolasco - 13
Top three starters. Didn't plan on going for a high-priced starter like Webb, but I thought he was cheaper than he should be. Beckett could be the man and I really like Nolasco.

P - Chien-Ming Wang - 6
P - Fausto Carmona - 4
P - Jair Jurrjens - 2
P - Chris Carpenter - 1
I don't know why I picked Wang, I guess because I think he could be good and healthy all year. Fausto could be a huge upside pick, same with Jurrjens and I'm taking another low-risk on Carpenter.

P - Brian Wilson - 5
P - Chad Qualls - 3
P - Mike Gonzalez - 3
I hear you don't pay for saves... I didn't.. I got a cheapy like Wilson who can rack them up and then put some cash into a few guys who could hold onto their jobs if they don't suck too bad.

Every week I'll name an MVP... You can keep track on the side bar. So Go-Fight-Team-Win.. Rah Rah!

Dummies...