Vince making moves - what trade deadline?

Cut Jay Bruce (should have picked Votto!) with his 10 HR.
Add Jose Bautista (MLB leader, going with momentum) and his 33 dongs.

and now for the crazy move...

Fantasy College Blitz CFO (Chief Fantasy Officer) Drew Smith suggested Baltimore Luke Scott for this HR Contest exercise, I declined. The former Oklahoma State Cowboy has 19 dingers in just 81 games, so projecting that out to the current games played makes him look like 25.

So..

Cut Ryan Braun (+16)
Add Luke Scott (-19)

At The Break

Figured we needed a midyear break update. Clearly neither one of us is following much baseball this year as the 1st and 3rd placed HR hitters YTD are not on our rosters. Despite this my team has a solid 156 to 131 lead. Hopefully no one gets hurt because I probably would never know it.

In other news.........while I grew up a Knicks fan my connections to Cleveland through being a lifetime Browns fan and going to college near there secretly had me hoping LeBron would stay in Cleveland over NY. Instead he is "taking his talents to south beach," as announced on the The Decision. Well, my decision is to cheer for anyone including Kobe to beat Miami now. It's like his ego grew 10 fold over a 2-3 week time period. His first time back to Cleveland to play could be like nothing we have witnessed in U.S. pro sports.

Standings May 23

Greg possess a killer bottom of his lineup - his last three picks, have 31 HR already, half of Vince's tally!

Greg 72, Vince 60

MLB Top HR

Greg has two of the Top 5 in Justin Morneau (right) and Mark Reynolds, both art of the back of his lineup. His top pick Prince Fielder managed only 6 skyshots, failing to reach the Top 50. It was reported on the Onion that he gave in to curiosity and ate a handful of dirt last week.

Vince's lineup looks consistent (seven in Top 50) but Chris Davis and Jay Bruce seem to be anchors to the windward.

GREG

Fielder 6
Howard 8
Carlos Pena 7
Teixera 7
Adrian Gonzalez 9
Carlos Quentin 4
Mark Reynolds 11
Justin Morneau 11
Jason Heyward 9

VINCE

Pujols 8
ARod 6
Dunn 9
Braun 7
Longoria 9
Josh Hamilton 8
Chris Davis 0 (CUT 5/23) ADD Konerko -14
Jay Bruce 4
Nelson Cruz 9

Chris Davis (TEX) optioned to minors

so I will use one of my transactions to replace my 7th round pick. I think the obvious move is to grab MLB leader Paul Konerko (14), so I will do that despite the nagging suspicion that Joey Votto (10) might be stronger from here on out.

2010 Rosters

The Draft was held today, and as defending Champ Greg chose to let Vince go first, then Greg and Vince alternated picking two players at a time.

2008-9 Champ Greg

Prince Fielder
Ryan Howard
Carlos Pena
Mark Teixera
Adrian Gonzalez
Mark Reynolds
Justin Morneau
Aaron Heyward

2007 Champ Vince

Albert Pujols
Alex Rodriguez
Adam Dunn
Ryan Braun
Evan Longoria
Josh Hamilton
Chris Davis
Jay Bruce
Nelson Cruz