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My Yahoo F&F Team - Reach For Drew Stubbs Edition

You've already seen Chris Liss' team, here's my squad - drafting out of the first spot. Here are the full results.

1.(1)Albert Pujols(StL - 1B)
2.(28)Dustin Pedroia(Bos - 2B)
3.(29)Andrew McCutchen(Pit - OF)
4.(56)Justin Verlander(Det - P)
5.(57)Drew Stubbs(Cin - OF)
6.(84)Dan Haren(LAA - P)
7.(85)Heath Bell(SD - P)
8.(112)Casey McGehee(Mil - 3B)
9.(113)Geovany Soto(ChC - C)
10.(140)Jason Bay(NYM - OF)
11.(141)Joel Hanrahan(Pit - P)
12.(168)Howie Kendrick(LAA - 1B,2B)
13.(169)Adam Jones(Bal - OF)
14.(196)Ricky Romero(Tor - P)
15.(197)Alcides Escobar(KC - SS)
16.(224)Derrek Lee(Bal - 1B)
17.(225)Matt LaPorta(Cle - 1B,OF)
18.(252)Bud Norris(Hou - P)
19.(253)Alexi Ogando(Tex - P)
20.(280)Jhonny Peralta(Det - 3B,SS)
21.(281)Brandon Belt(SF - 1B)
22.(308)Sean Burnett(Was - P)
23.(309)James McDonald(Pit - P)
24.(336)Jonathon Niese(NYM - P)
25.(337)Anibal Sánchez(Fla - P)

Here's my take on the Stubbs pick. You've seen my rankings and projections for Stubbs, so while I'm following that projection, I might have considered waiting later if I hadn't been on the end of the draft. There's a lot better chance he makes it back to me in 10-14 picks than a full 26. I seriously contemplated taking two top starters there (paired with Verlander), but instead rolled the dice with my speed + power option.

If there's a regret, it's passing on Zack Greinke at 6.14 and going with Haren instead - I just couldn't pull the trigger because of the latest injury news. But with an innings-cap league, that shouldn't matter as much, and I regretted passing on him almost as soon as Andy Behrens took him at 7.3.

Once I got blocked from Jose Reyes in the second round, I resigned myself to waiting late on shortstops, so I was pretty happy to get Alcides Escobar late and back him up with Jhonny Peralta even later - especially with such a thin bench, Peralta's dual-eligibility helps.

In the past I've waited too long pitching, particularly closers, so I made sure that didn't happen this year with Bell and then again with Hanrahan. Had I passed on a closer in that second closer spot, things would have gotten awfully gnarly pretty quick.

Scott already mentioned that my team rates well in the draft tool standings function - of course, it should, as they're my projections and I used the draft tool extensively during the draft. Nonetheless, I'm happier with my team this year than I have been in recent years. It's a tough league and I'll have to do a better job of the day-to-day management to really do well.