Baltimore Orioles Fantasy Draft (MLB 12)

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After spending much time with my Braves i decided I'll try something new to me and do a fantasy draft. I chose the O's for the kick *** uni's and I love Camden Yards. So let the draft begin.

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The O's faced a tough choice in the First Round with the 8th pick but decided to build their team around SS Troy Tulowitzki.

The O's following picks brought many young arms to Baltimore along with a couple of key young position players.
SP Yu Darvish
C Buster Posey
LF Yoenis Cespedes
SP Brandon Beachy
RP Jonny Venters
3B Brett Lawrie

The O's also were able to land the knuckle baller RA Dickey in the middle rounds. In the end the O's are a well balanced offensive and deffensive team with a lot of young superstars. The O's look to be the powerhouse team in the AL East.

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Opening Day Lineup will be

1. 2B S. Schumaker
2. SS T. Tulowitzki
3. C B. Posey
4. DH J. Thome
5. 3B B. Lawrie
6. 1B T. Helton
7. LF Y. Cespedes
8. RF J. Heyward
9. CF J. Jay

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Baltimore O's Depth Chart -

• Catcher
• Buster Posey
• David Ross

• First Base
• Todd Helton
• Jim Thome

• Second Base
• Skip Schumaker
• Eric Young Jr.

• Third Base
• Brett Lawrie
• Omar Vizquel

• Shortstop
• Troy Tulowitzki
• Omar Vizquel

• Left Field
• Yoenis Cespedes
• Raul Ibanez

• Center Field
• Jon Jay
• Eric Young Jr.

• Right Field
• Jason Heyward
• Raul Ibanez

• Starting Pitcher
• Yu Darvish
• Brandon Beachy
• RA Dickey
• Cory Luebke
• JA Happ

• Relief Pitcher
• Francisco Rodriguez(Setup)
• Jonny Venters(Setup)
• Tom Wilhelsmen
• Scott Elbert
• Takashi Saito
• Sergio Escalona

• Closer
• Mariano Rivera

• Designated Hitter
• Jim Thome
• Raul Ibanez

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The O's sent Yu Darvish to the mound on opening day to face off against one of the best pitcher's in the league in recent years Zack Greinke.

Darvish earned himself a mound visit in the first inning as he allowed 3 of the first 4 batters to reach but a following 2 key ground outs Darvish escaped only giving up one run. Darvish and O's pen only allowed 3 hits after the first inning. Darvish began the 8th inning with a walk which ended his day as Venters came in to kill any idea of a rally and Rivera came in to close it out in the 9th in non save situation.

The O's were carried on offense by their young guns (Heyward, Lawrie, Cespedes) who combined for 6 hits, 3 runs, and 5 RBIs.

The O's Player of the game: Yu Darvish

Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles
Apr 6, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (0-0)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1
Baltimore (0-0)	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	11	0
W: Darvish (1-0) L: Greinke(0-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			MIN	BAL

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Crawford LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Ryan SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500
Beltre 3B	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.333
Hafner 1B	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	.500
Smith CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Bruce RF	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	.250
Sizemore DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Hundley C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ellis 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
BATTING: 2B: Ryan RBI: Bruce GIDP: Smith
BASERUNNING: SB: Crawford, Ryan
FIELDING: E: Ellis

Baltimore Orioles
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Schumaker 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Tulowitzki SS	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.000
Posey C	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Thome DH	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	.666
Lawrie 3B	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	.500
Helton 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Cespedes LF	3	2	2	2	1	o	1	.666
Heyward RF	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.500
Jay CF	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
BATTING: 2B: Lawrie, Heyward 3B: Cespedes HR: Cespedes RBI: Lawrie 2, Cespedes 2, Heyward GIDP: Poesy, Lawrie
BASERUNNING: SB: Jay

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Greinke	5.2	8	5	5	2	4	1	7.94
Rzepczynski	1-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Buchholz	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Baltimore Orioles
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Darvish	7.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	1.28
Venters	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.00
Rivera	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

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So I have to ask is there guys out there interested in following the O's season this year? If not I understand I was just wondering if people wanted me to continue posting?