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| Writers Name | Win | Lose | GB |
| Anthony Catanzaro | 9 | 3 | |
| Boris From DownUnder | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Greg Marta | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Eric Gehman | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| Richard Carter | 2 | 10 | 7 |
Joey has dropped out of the competition. We'd like to wish him nothing but the best of luck.
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| If you are unfamiliar with the RULES for the is contest, you can get caught up to speed HERE. * Spring Training scores do not count for the regular season. This is to get everyone ready for a long season of writing. None of the articles have been or will be modified for the staff of FantasyPros911.com. Spring Training Week One Question:Why Hanley Ramirez is Fantasy Baseball’s number one pick?Greg Marta, the home team, will take the pro side to this debate Whether you're in an auction or snake fantasy baseball draft Hanley Ramirez is the biggest no-brainer #1 draft pick in a long time. In fact, Mock Draft Central has his ADP at 1.23, more than a full round higher than #2 Albert Pujlos - that's consensus. Let's compare Hanley to the rest of the top 5 fantasy baseball draft picks of 2009: Jose Reyes - despite SB category killer lowest HR and RBI totals of the top 5 David Wright - Hanley-ish minus 15 SBs and middle infield qualification Albert Pujlos - sick BA can't make up for lack of speed, only top 5 player projected under 10 SBs Alex Rodriguez - busted hip 300 BA, 100+ RBI, 100+ R, 30+ HR, 30+ SB, unlike all of the other top 5 (and anyone else in baseball), Hanley will top all of these totals. Expect even better numbers as Hanley drops from leadoff to the 3 hole. No doubt that will cost him roughly 20 runs but he'll exchange them for 30-40 RBIs. Hanley also has the added security of having just turned 25, so he's still on his way up. Last year's stolen base total of 35 marked the lowest of his career. However, this looks like a safe floor and with all of Hanley's other stat goodness is more than enough to cement him as the #1 overall fantasy baseball player in 2009. Don't forget, he still has the 50 stolen base upside that he showed in his first 2 seasons. There are only about half a dozen other blue chip middle infielders worthy of top 20 consideration. A 300 hitting 30/30 guy batting in the heart of the order is probably worthy of #1 overall draft consideration regardless of position - the fact that Hanley Ramirez is a shortstop locks it up. 3 and 1/2 Reasons to Bank Hanley Ramirez as the #1 Fantasy Baseball Pick for the 2009 Season: 1. According to Graphical Player, Hanley had the highest WOW factor of any player in baseball in 2008 with 25 - Weight on Winners means that no other player gave you a better edge in winning your league than Han-Ram 2. Batting Eye has improved for 3 straight years to .75 - higher BA and OBP are possible in 2009 3. HR/Fly Ball Rate has improved for 3 straight years to 19% - growth trend suggests career best HRs in 2009 Bonus Fact - Gained 24 pounds of muscle in the offseason according to the Miami Herald - more everything! Before you vote read Robert Finkelstein's con side  Loading Poll...Trackback(0)
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  written by Greg, March 22, 2009
Thanks for the comment, it came through on my blog I just had to approve it, if you even want to get your own blog started I'd be happy to give you some tips
written by Frank N. Stein, March 19, 2009
Greg,
You now have 4 fans. I checked out your blog. It truly is a great site. I tried to leave a comment but unfortunately was unable to do so. Robert
written by Greg, March 19, 2009
All right Robert, you've gotten off to a nice lead (with an impossible topic so I'll have to give you some major credit), however I will now call on the almighty power of blogging with a new post to my blog Bloop Single
http://bloopsingle.blogspot.co...tasy.html I have like 3 fans so you're totally dead now 
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I'll take you up on your offer.
Thanks.
Robert