I have the 4th pick in a 10-team, 8×8 (yikes!) mixed league tomorrow. Pujols will certainly go first. I’m guessing Santana will go 2nd. Keller (a Yankee fan) picks 3rd. Will he take ARod? If the much-maligned Yankee is there at 4, I have to grab him (although the hot corner is extremely deep). But I’m also considering Jose Reyes (if he’s there). Dude completely fills up a stat sheet at a scarce position. Then again, it’d be awfully hard to pass up Soriano, who’s going as high as #2 in some drafts. But I’m not sure I could live with myself if I took a Cub with my first pick.
My hope is that Santana somehow slips to me at #4. But even if he doesn’t, this is the kind of quandry I can handle. I’ll let you know how I did.
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UPDATE: Draft results are posted in the comment if you’re interested. I think I did pretty well. Keller, if you’re reading this, you’re going down, man.
already & not yet 
For the sake of full disclosure, here’s my team. The guy with the first pick was a no-show, so I had the 3rd pick (I took ARod. Couldn’t bring myself to take Soriano.) I think I did well. I targeted high average power guys who won’t kill me with strikeouts. I love my pitching staff, too. (You have to have 8 starters active with only one RP). Thoughts?C – Barrett1B – Delgado1B – Garciaparra2B – H. Kendrick2B – IguchiSS – JeterSS – S. Drew3B – ARod3B – BlalockOF – M. RamirezOF – A. JonesOF – MatsuiOF – IbanezOF – HawpeOF – BurrellDH – Kouzmanoff (I had to draft a guy with DH eligibility. By the time I figured that out, all the good ones were gone.)SP – B. WebbSP – LackeySP – KazmirSP – F. HernandezSP – HamelsSP – J. VazquezSP – Millwood (I once swore him off forever. For some reason, I reneged.)SP – Randy JohnsonRP – B. WagnerRes. – K. IgawaRes. – G. Matthews Jr.Res. – M. DeRosaRes. – Fr. Cordero (undrafted!!)Res. – R. Shealy