1) Brandon Phillips - a 30-30 guy up the middle.

2) B.J Upton - another near 30-30 guy up the middle

3) Brian McCann - catchers are a scarce group

4) Carlos Guillen - fills out my middle infield (Tulowitzki, Jeter, and Furcal were all gone before my pick in the 3rd round).

5) Dan Haren

6) Scott Kazmir - I had no intention of taking a second starter, but Kazmir fell due to his projected early season DL start.  I am banking on just one or two missed starts.

7) Bobby Jenks - left the draft last year with zero closers

8) Todd Helton - helps my batting average

9) Kenji Johjima - gives me two sold catchers

10) Griffey - my outfield ended up a combination of really young and really old guys.

11) Edwin Encarnacion - best available 3B at the time

12)  Lastings Milledge - I have been a fan for about five years.  Could not have his potential break-out season be on someone else's roster.

13)  Kevin Gregg - Meltzer has TWO closers!

14) Michael Cuddyer - solid numbers

15) Cameron Maybin - Another young outfielder.  He can spend a month in the minors and it will be alright by me.

16) Joe Blanton - good WHIP guy

17) Dontrelle Willis - to get some strikeouts.  The Blanton pick one round earlier allowed me to accept the WHIP risk.

18) Brad Wilkerson - I need one Gator on my team for good luck.  Qualifies at 1B and OF.

19) Jorge Cantu - Might have been able to wait a round or two, but too much upside to risk.  Sets up my ability to us Wilkerson in OF and sit Maybin.

20) Garrett Anderson - old with projectable numbers

21) Eugenio Velez - 60 steals if he earns playing time..  Worth the risk at 21.

22) Scott Olsen

23) Nick Johnson - IF depth

24) Andrew Miller - piling on Marlins

25) Jason Bergmann

26) Reggie Willits - just in case something happens to Guerrero, Hunter, Matthews, or Anderson

27) Noah Lowry - was at the draft with my son Noah

28) Chris Volstad - was surprised that he was a write-in.  Will be pitching in the bigs by June

29) Jason Nix - still has a shot for the Rockies 2B job

30) Jason Motte - the ultimate write-in.  Possible Cards closer later in the season when Isringhausen gets hurt.  Converted from catcher last season because he could not hit and was lights-out as a pitcher.  Was my son's coach for several sessions at Tommy Huttom Baseball Academy over the past couple of years.