I had a hard time deciding between Evan Longoria or Ryan Braun at No. 4, but I ultimately sided with the shallower position and the guy who is two years younger and hit more home runs last season in 50 fewer at-bats. Remember, before nagging injuries really sapped Longoria's production in the middle of last year, he ended May with 13 homers, 55 RBI and a slash line of .327/.396/.623.

I'm the only sucker willing to grab a hurt Lance Berkman, but I desperately needed a 1B, and at that point, even if he opens the year on the DL, I couldn't pass him up. I mean, he's one season removed from a .312-29-114-106-18 campaign and just turned 34 years old, so I'm not ready to put him in the morgue quite yet.

Not sure taking Brian McCann in a 1-C league there was the right call. I was THIS close to taking Nelson Cruz instead, but I feel like OF can be addressed late. Love Ian Stewart's power at a MI spot.

We'll see if my middle relievers strategy works in this format, but I do like the ability to use Chris Young only during his starts at Petco Park since it's a daily league. I was left scrambling for a third starter, and in doing so, kind of stumbled upon Gavin Floyd. Since he was so lucky two years ago, winning 17 games with a sub-4.00 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP despite a 145:70 K:BB ratio over 206.1 innings, I'd mostly written him off. Well, the former No. 4 overall pick improved his ability like crazy last season, which was masked a bit by an increased ERA. Throwing harder than ever, Floyd recorded a 71:18 K:BB ratio (with a 3.49 ERA and 1.11 WHIP) after the All-Star break last year. I'm happy no one else seemed to really want him.