With news out of spring training being relatively slow, I thought I’d indulge myself a bit and present you with some of my Scoresheet teams this year. Two of my leagues have finished drafting.

AL-AIL

This is a 10-team AL-only perpetual league. I won it all back in 1998 and have been climbing my way back up ever since. This is one of the most competitive leagues I play in, and playoff spots frequently aren’t decided until the final week or two of the season. In an effort to infuse some youth into a veteran team, I swapped Phil Nevin (we’re allowed two "crossovers") for Gabe Gross and a draft pick that became David Ortiz. Moving Nevin also allowed me to protect Kip Wells as a second crossover. So, with all that said, let’s meet the 2002 verison of the recently renamed Colon Unit (hey, it could’ve been worse; I almost called it "Hatteberg and LeCroy").

Starting Pitcher
 1. Randy Johnson
 2. Bartolo Colon
 3. Mark Mulder
 4. Kevin Appier
 5. Aaron Sele
 6. Kip Wells
 7. Ted Lilly
 8. Gil Meche
 9. Matt Riley
10. Dewon Brazelton

Relief Pitcher
1. Paul Shuey
2. Steve Karsay
3. Danys Baez
4. Jim Mecir
5. Todd VanPoppel
6. Jay Powell

Catcher
1. Matt LeCroy
2. Scott Hatteberg
3. Doug Mirabelli

First Base
1. Paul Konerko
2. David Ortiz

Second Base
1. Russ Johnson (3B)
2. Luis Rivas

Third Base
1. Troy Glaus

Shortstop
1. Jose Valentin (3B, OF)
2. Royce Clayton

Outfield
1. Darin Erstad
2. Mike Cameron
3. Tim Salmon
4. Mark Quinn
5. Shane Spencer
6. Dee Brown
7. Gabe Gross
8. Josh Hamilton

In reality, Lilly will be used out of the bullpen and Baez as the sixth or seventh starter. My lineup will look something like this:

1. Erstad/Cameron
2. Salmon
3. Glaus
4. Konerko
5. Ortiz
6. Valentin/Quinn
7. Cameron/LeCroy
8. Hatteberg/Clayton
9. Johnson

Well, that ended up taking up a lot of space, so I’ll save the other leagues for another day…