FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume III, Issue VIII

Welcome to our 73rd edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available on the front page of FantasyDrafthelp.com.

In this week's double-edition, completely devoted to fantasy baseball coverage that is a preview of our forthcoming FANTASY BASEBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2010:

^ FDH UQB rankings
^ Experts’ draft board
^ FDH Top 50 prospects
^ FDH Top 15 prospects for 2010
^ Players with the biggest variance of opinion

FDH UQB Rankings

NOTE: The UQB is the “Ultimate Quantitative Baseline,” our measure of how players performed in 2009 on a per at-bat or per innings-pitched basis, with 750 as a perfect score. Here is how we calculate the formula.


Catcher
UQB
1
Joe Mauer
750
2
Jorge Posada
579
3
Miguel Olivo
410
4
Victor Martinez
401
5
Chris Ianetta
397
6
Mike Napoli
396
7
Brian McCann
374
8
Jesus Flores
343
9
John Baker
306
10
Miguel Montero
304
11
Bengie Molina
278
12
Ryan Doumit
253
13
Kurt Suzuki
251
14
Rod Barajas
237
15
A.J. Pierzynski
227
First Base
UQB
1
Albert Pujols
750
2
Prince Fielder
617
3
Carlos Pena
503
4
Ryan Howard
486
5
Carlos Delgado
479
6
Kevin Youkilis
383
7
Mark Reynolds
376
8
Derrek Lee
346
9
Adrian Gonzalez
300
10
Mark Teixeira
293
11
Joey Votto
285
12
Adam Dunn
280
13T
Miguel Cabrera
264
13T
Russell Branyan
264
15
Justin Morneau
257
16
Kendry Morales
251
17
Pablo Sandoval
241
18
Paul Konerko
238
19
Lance Berkman
217
20
Nick Swisher
211
Second Basemen
UQB
1
Rickie Weeks
444
2
Chase Utley
421
3
Ben Zobrist
414
4
Ian Kinsler
354
5
Ian Stewart
303
6
Casey McGehee
297
7
Maicer Izturis
287
8
Aaron Hill
280
9
Robinson Cano
278
10
Placido Polanco
274
11
Dan Uggla
259
12
Gordon Beckham
241
13
Brandon Phillips
237
14
Howie Kendrick
221
15
Brian Roberts
210
Shortstop
UQB
1T
Hanley Ramirez
750
1T
Troy Tulowitzki
750
3
Maicer Izturis
526
4
Jason Bartlett
382
5
Derek Jeter
339
6
Yunel Escobar
294
7
Marco Scutaro
259
8
Miguel Tejada
249
9
Alexei Ramirez
236
10
Jose Reyes
235
11
Asdrubal Cabrera
231
12
Cliff Pennington
219
13
Jimmy Rollins
214
14
Erick Aybar
208
15
Stephen Drew
184
Third Basemen
UQB
1
Alex Rodriguez
750
2
Mark Reynolds
706
3
Kevin Youkilis
667
4
Aramis Ramirez
555
5
Evan Longoria
501
6
Ryan Zimmerman
431
7
Jake Fox
385
8
Casey McGehee
368
9
Ian Stewart
366
10
Pablo Sandoval
312
11
Casey Blake
287
12
David Wright
264
13
Michael Young
250
14
Gordon Beckham
241
15T
Alex Gordon
235
15T
Chipper Jones
235
17
Scott Rolen
223
18
Mike Lowell
222
19
Miguel Tejada
207
20
Juan Uribe
206
Outfield
UQB
1
Jason Bay
750
2
Julio Borbon
641
3
Raul Ibanez
620
4
Adam Dunn
588
5
Jonny Gomes
560
6
Nelson Cruz
507
7
Adam Lind
503
8
Jason Kubel
495
9
Torii Hunter
474
10
Jayson Werth
459
11
Ben Zobrist
456
12
Ryan Braun
449
13
Ryan Raburn
435
14
Garrett Jones
414
15
Ryan Ludwick
411
16
Manny Ramirez
390
17
Matt Holliday
389
18
Kyle Blanks
381
19
Jake Fox
365
20
Bobby Abreu
363
21
Johnny Damon
345
22T
Andre Ethier
341
22T
Carl Crawford
341
24
Luke Scott
334
25
J.D. Drew
333
26T
Jay Bruce
325
26T
Nick Swisher
325
28
Seth Smith
324
29
Matt Kemp
303
30
Justin Upton
297
31
Carlos Gonzalez
294
32T
Michael Cuddyer
291
32T
Rajai Davis
291
34
Carlos Beltran
288
35
Carlos Quentin
283
Designated Hitter
UQB
1
Jim Thome
367
2
Hideki Matsui
315
3
David Ortiz
225
4
Travis Hafner
198
5
Vladimir Guerrero
182
Starting Pitchers
UQB
1T
Tim Lincecum
750
1T
Chris Carpenter
750
1T
Neftali Feliz
750
4
Zack Greinke
701
5
Jake Peavy
669
6
Javier Vazquez
656
7
Dan Haren
558
8
Justin Verlander
550
9
Felix Hernandez
543
10
Rich Harden
528
11
Tommy Hanson
522
12
Adam Wainwright
489
13
Erik Bedard
487
14
Jorge De La Rosa
477
15
Jon Lester
465
16
Ted Lilly
446
17
CC Sabathia
435
18
Roy Halladay
427
19
Yovani Gallardo
407
20
Clayton Kershaw
389
21
Josh Beckett
386
22
Scott Feldman
378
23
Johan Santana
373
24
Josh Johnson
366
25
Jair Jurrjens
357
26
Matt Cain
342
27
Wandy Rodriguez
340
28
J.A. Happ
324
29
Randy Wolf
321
30
Hiroki Kuroda
304
31
Jonathan Sanchez
298
32
Scott Baker
295
33T
Jered Weaver
293
33T
Ubaldo Jimenez
293
35
Ricky Nolasco
291
36
Max Scherzer
281
37
David Price
276
38
Cliff Lee
272
39
Randy Wells
266
40
Clay Buchholz
258
Relief Pitchers
UQB
1
Joe Nathan
646
2
Jonathan Broxton
572
3
Mariano Rivera
572
4
Andrew Bailey
453
5
Trevor Hoffman
439
6
Huston Street
405
7
Rafael Soriano
345
8
Heath Bell
344
9
Brian Fuentes
329
10
Jonathan Papelbon
318
11
Joakim Soria
314
12
David Aardsma
280
13
Brian Wilson
272
14
Francisco Cordero
252
15
Jose Valverde
232
16
Frank Francisco
221
17
George Sherrill
219
18
Francisco Rodriguez
213
19
Billy Wagner
206
20
Ryan Franklin
195

Experts’ Draft Board

NOTE: The experts’ draft board is a compilation of the rankings of our leading peers in the industry.


Catcher
1
Joe Mauer
2
Brian McCann
3
Victor Martinez
4
Miguel Montero
5
Jorge Posada
6
Geovany Soto
7T
Russell Martin
7T
Kurt Suzuki
9T
Matt Wieters
9T
Ryan Doumit
11
Mike Napoli
12
Bengie Molina
13
A.J. Pierzynski
14
Yadier Molina
15
Chris Ianetta
First Base
1
Albert Pujols
2
Miguel Cabrera
3
Prince Fielder
4
Mark Teixeira
5
Ryan Howard
6
Kevin Youkilis
7
Adrian Gonzalez
8T
Joey Votto
8T
Justin Morneau
10
Mark Reynolds
11
Pablo Sandoval
12
Victor Martinez
13
Kendry Morales
14T
Derrek Lee
14T
Lance Berkman
15
Adam Dunn
16T
Carlos Pena
16T
Billy Butler
18
Garrett Jones
19
James Loney
20
Michael Cuddyer
Second Basemen
1
Chase Utley
2
Ian Kinsler
3
Dustin Pedroia
4
Robinson Cano
5T
Brandon Phillips
5T
Brian Roberts
7
Aaron Hill
8
Ben Zobrist
9T
Jose Lopez
9T
Asdrubal Cabrera
9T
Dan Uggla
12
Howie Kendrick
13T
Rickie Weeks
13T
Ian Stewart
15
Casey McGehee
Shortstop
1
Hanley Ramirez
2
Troy Tulowitzki
3
Jose Reyes
4
Jimmy Rollins
5
Derek Jeter
6
Alexei Ramirez
7
Jason Bartlett
8
Asdrubal Cabrera
9
Yunel Escobar
10
Stephen Drew
11
Rafael Furcal
12
Miguel Tejada
13
Jhonny Peralta
14
Elvis Andrus
15
Orlando Cabrera
16
Marco Scutaro
17
Erick Aybar
18
Ryan Theriot
19T
JJ Hardy
Third Basemen
1
Alex Rodriguez
2
David Wright
3
Evan Longoria
4
Kevin Youkilis
5
Ryan Zimmerman
6
Mark Reynolds
7
Aramis Ramirez
8
Pablo Sandoval
9
Chone Figgins
10
Michael Young
11
Gordon Beckham
12
Chipper Jones
13
Jorge Cantu
14
Jhonny Peralta
15
Casey McGehee
16
Alex Gordon
17T
Ian Stewart
17T
Casey Blake
19
Adrian Beltre
20
Mark DeRosa
Outfield
1
Ryan Braun
2
Matt Kemp
3
Carl Crawford
4
Matt Holliday
5
Jacoby Ellsbury
6
Justin Upton
7
Jason Bay
8T
Grady Sizemore
8T
Ichiro Suzuki
10
Carlos Beltran
11
Nick Markakis
12
Andre Ethier
13
Jayson Werth
14
Bobby Abreu
15
Manny Ramirez
16T
Adam Lind
16T
Carlos Lee
18
Shin-Soo Choo
19T
Josh Hamilton
19T
Shane Victorino
21
B.J. Upton
22
Curtis Granderson
23T
Ben Zobrist
23T
Nelson Cruz
25
Hunter Pence
26
Torii Hunter
27
Adam Dunn
28
Adam Jones
29
Raul Ibanez
30
Denard Span
31
Alex Rios
32T
Carlos Quentin
32T
Andrew McCutchen
34T
Alfonso Soriano
34T
Garrett Jones
34T
Nate McLouth
34T
Michael Bourn
Designated Hitter
1
Vladimir Guerrero
2
Hideki Matsui
3
Pat Burrell
4
David Ortiz
5
Travis Hafner
Starting Pitchers
1
Tim Lincecum
2
Zack Greinke
3
Roy Halladay
4
Felix Hernandez
5T
Dan Haren
5T
CC Sabathia
7
Johan Santana
8
Adam Wainwright
9T
Justin Verlander
9T
Jon Lester
11
Chris Carpenter
12
Cliff Lee
13
Javier Vazquez
14T
Jake Peavy
14T
Josh Johnson
16
Josh Beckett
17
Matt Cain
18
Cole Hamels
19
Clayton Kershaw
20
Yovani Gallardo
21
Wandy Rodriguez
22
Jair Jurrjens
23
John Lackey
24
Ubaldo Jimenez
25
Brandon Webb
26
Tommy Hanson
27
Chad Billingsley
28
Jered Weaver
29
Ted Lilly
30
Matt Garza
31
Scott Baker
32
Ricky Nolasco
33
Max Scherzer
34
James Shields
35
John Danks
36
Roy Oswalt
37
Ryan Dempster
38
A.J. Burnett
39
Gavin Floyd
40T
Rich Harden
40T
Clay Buchholz
Relief Pitchers
1
Joe Nathan
2T
Jonathan Broxton
2T
Mariano Rivera
4
Jonathan Papelbon
5
Joakim Soria
6
Andrew Bailey
7
Heath Bell
8
Carlos Marmol
9
Francisco Rodriguez
10
Jose Valverde
11
Brian Wilson
12
Francisco Cordero
13T
Huston Street
13T
David Aardsma
15
Trevor Hoffman
16T
Brian Fuentes
16T
Ryan Franklin
18
Frank Francisco
19
JP Howell
20

FDH Top 50 Prospects


1
Stephen Strasburg, SP, Washington
2
Jason Heyward, OF, Atlanta
3
Buster Posey, C, San Francisco
4
Carlos Santana, C, Cleveland
5
Brian Matusz, SP, Baltimore
6
Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Pittsburgh
7
Neftali Feliz, SP, Texas
8
Jesus Montero, C, New York Yankees
9
Madison Bumgarner, SP, San Francisco
10
Mike Stanton, OF, Florida
11
Michael Taylor, OF, Oakland
12
Justin Smoak, 1B, Texas
13
Kyle Drabek, SP, Toronto
14
Desmond Jennings, OF, Tampa Bay
15
Martin Perez, SP, Texas
16
Dustin Ackley, OF, Seattle
17
Domonic Brown, OF, Philadelphia
18
Chris Carter, 1B, Oakland
19
Jeremy Hellickson, SP, Tampa Bay
20
Starlin Castro, SS, Chicago Cubs
21
Wade Davis, SP, Tampa Bay
22
Aroldis Chapman, SP, Cincinnati
23
Casey Kelly, SP, Boston
24
Christian Friedrich, SP, Colorado
25
Jhoulys Chacin, SP, Colorado
26
Freddie Freeman, 1B, Atlanta
27
Logan Morrison, 1B, Florida
28
Brett Wallace, 3B, Toronto
29
Lonnie Chisenhall, 3B, Cleveland
30
Aaron Hicks, OF, Minnesota
31
Ryan Westmoreland, OF, Boston
32
Jarrod Parker, SP, Arizona
33
Hector Rondon, SP, Cleveland
34
Derek Norris, C, Washington
35
Matt Moore, SP, Tampa Bay
36
Jaff Decker, OF, San Diego
37
Mike Montgomery, SP, Kansas City
38
Tyler Matzek, SP, Colorado
39
Jenrry Mejia, SP, New York Mets
40
Brett Lawrie, 2B, Milwaukee
41
Jason Castro, C, Houston
42
Scott Sizemore, 2B, Detroit
43
Jordan Lyles, SP, Houston
44
Drew Storen, RP, Washington
45
Mike Moustakas, 3B, Kansas City
46
Eric Hosmer, 1B, Kansas City
47
Julio Teheran, SP, Atlanta
48
Josh Vitters, 3B, Chicago Cubs
49
Jake Arrieta, SP, Baltimore
50
Fernando Martinez, OF, New York Mets

FDH Top 15 Prospects for 2010


1
Neftali Feliz, SP, Texas
2
Brian Matusz, SP, Baltimore
3
Brett Wallace, 3B, Toronto
4
Wade Davis, SP, Tampa Bay
5
Buster Posey, C, San Francisco
6
Chris Carter, 1B, Oakland
7
Jake Arrieta, SP, Baltimore
8
Stephen Strasburg, SP, Washington
9
Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Pittsburgh
10
Madison Bumgarner, SP, San Francisco
11
Mike Stanton, OF, Florida
12
Justin Smoak, 1B, Texas
13
Jhoulys Chacin, SP, Colorado
14
Carlos Santana, C, Cleveland
15
Michael Taylor, OF, Oakland

Players with the Biggest Variance of Opinion

NOTE: In terms of the experts’ draft board, these are the players with the widest variety in their rankings and as such, they may be the most unpredictable ones to forecast the market value for in your draft or auction.

C: Matt Wieters
1B: Lance Berkman, Garrett Jones, Derek Lee, Victor Martinez, Mark Reynolds
2B: Casey McGehee
SS: Elvis Andrus, Jason Bartlett
3B: Mark Reynolds, Ian Stewart
OF: Nelson Cruz, Curtis Granderson, Josh Hamilton, Raul Ibanez, Adam Jones, Alex Rios, BJ Upton, Jayson Werth, Ben Zobrist
SP: Tommy Hanson, Ted Lilly, Brandon Webb
RP: David Aardsma, Matt Capps, Francisco Cordero, Ryan Franklin, Brian Fuentes, JP Howell, Francisco Rodriguez, Rafael Soriano, Jose Valverde

Huge double-edition of FDH Fantasy Newsletter this weekend

This weekend, FDH brings you a huge double-edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter. Many of the core features of our forthcoming FANTASY BASEBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2010 guide will be on display in the form of a sneak preview, including:

^ The experts' draft board -- an average of the ratings of top peers in our industry
^ Variance of opinion -- the players with the widest range of opinion on the experts' draft board
^ The FDH Top 50 Minor League Prospects
^ The FDH Top 15 Minor League Prospects for 2010
^ Our vaunted UQB numbers: ratings at each position according to our proprietary stat, the Ultimate Quantitative Baseline for 2009

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume II, Issue XLXVIII

Welcome to our 72nd edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available on the front page of FantasyDrafthelp.com.

In this week's edition:

^ FDH 2010 preliminary baseball rankings

FDH 2010 Preliminary Baseball Rankings

The only comprehensive draft guide you will need for the 2010 fantasy baseball season, FANTASY BASEBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2010, will be available for free download from FDH in the very early days of March. In the meantime, here is the preliminary FDH draft board, with a Top 60 overall and honorable mention rankings by position.

1 H Ramirez SS
2 Pujols 1B
3 Utley 2B
4 Braun OF
5 Lincecum SP
6 A Rodriguez 3B
7 Tulowitzki SS
8 Kemp OF
9 Fielder 1B
10 Cano 2B
11 Mauer C
12 Grienke SP

13 J Upton OF
14 F Hernandez SP
15 Howard 1B
16 Reynolds 3B
17 Beltran OF
18 Longoria 3B
19 Carpenter SP
20 Rollins SS
21 Kinsler 2B
22 Texeira 1B
23 Sabathia SP
24 Wright 3B

25 V Martinez C/1B
26 A Gonzalez 1B
27 M Cabrera 1B
28 Sandoval 3B
29 Crawford OF
30 Haren SP
31 Wainwright SP
32 McCann C
33 A Hill 2B
34 Reyes SS
35 Jeter SS
36 Papelbon RP

37 Morneau 1B
38 Zimmerman 3B
39 J Lopez 2B
40 B Phillips 2B
41 Youkilis 1B/3B
42 D Lee 1B
43 Posada C
44 Broxton RP
45 Nathan RP
46 Wieters C
47 Ar Ramirez 3B
48 Rivera RP

49 Holliday OF
50 Markakis OF
51 Soria RP
52 F Rodriguez RP
53 Verlander SP
54 Webb SP
55 Halliday SP
56 Napoli C
57 Kershaw SP
58 Ca Lee OF
59 Pence OF
60 Sizemore OF

HONORABLE MENTION

SP
Cl Lee
Beckett
Hamels
J Santana
J Vazquez
Oswalt
Lester
J Johnson
T Hanson
Cain

W Rodriguez
Lackey
Scherzer
C Zambrano
E Jackson
Gallardo
Price
Jurrjens
Happ
Buchholz

RP
Street
Franklin
Hoffman
Jenks
Valverde
Bailey
H Bell
B Wilson
Aardsma
Francisco

C
Montero
Olivo
Soto
R Martin
B Molina
K Suzuki
Pierzynski
Doumit
J Baker
Ianetta

1B
Votto
Butler
K Morales
Dunn
Adam LaRoche
Konerko
C Pena
Berkman
Branyan
Loney

2B
Pedroia
DeRosa
Zobrist
Roberts
Uggla
Kendrick
Barmes
Prado
Polanco
Hudson

SS
Al Ramirez
S Drew
Tejada
Furcal
Bartlett
Uribe
Escobar
Andrus
Peralta
E Aybar

3B
Beckham
McGehee
I Stewart
M Young
Kouzmanoff
C Jones
Peralta
Lowell
Blake
Crede

OF
Werth
C Gonzalez
Granderson
Soriano
Bay
Lind
Ethier
BJ Upton
McCutchen
Abreu

Hawpe
Adam Jones
N Cruz
G Jones
Hamilton
M Ramirez
T Hunter
Cuddyer
Ibanez
Quentin

DH
Kubel
Thome
Matsui
Hafner
Ortiz

NOTE: Ichiro does not make the cut on this list, indicating that again this year we differ with the conventional wisdom in the fantasy baseball industry. Inasmuch as we greatly value balance across different categories, the hit that you take in home runs and RBIs is not worth the advantage you pick up in batting average, stolen bases and runs when it comes to investing a high draft pick or auction price in him.

2010 FDH Fantasy Olympic hockey game

UPDATE: Here is the FDH draft that was conducted with the outlines listed below:

ROUND 1
1 FDH Managing Partner Rick Morris: Malkin
2 FDH Senior Producer Steve Cirvello: Ovechkin
3 Russ Cohen of Sportsology and Card Corner Club: H Sedin
4 SportsTalkNetwork.com Hockey Analyst Kyle O'Rourke: Brodeur
5 FDH Senior Editor Jason Jones: Crosby

ROUND 2
1 Jason: Nash
2 Kyle: Backstrom (C)
3 Russ: Lundqvist
4 Steve: Kane
5 Rick: Semin

ROUND 3
1 Rick: Kovalchuk
2 Steve: Datsyuk
3 Russ: D Sedin
4 Kyle: Iginla
5 Jason: Zetterberg

ROUND 4
1 Jason: R Miller
2 Kyle: Heatley
3 Russ: Parise
4 Steve: Nabokov
5 Rick: Vokoun

ROUND 5
1 Rick: Perry
2 Steve: Gonchar
3 Russ: Forsberg
4 Kyle: Staal
5 Jason: Lidstrom

ROUND 6
1 Jason: Thornton
2 Kyle: Keith
3 Russ: Boyle
4 Steve: Gaborik
5 Rick: Kaberle

ROUND 7
1 Rick: Kiprusoff
2 Steve: Elias
3 Russ: Bryzgalov
4 Kyle: Ryan
5 Jason: Alfredsson

ROUND 8
1 Jason: Niedermayer
2 Kyle: Luongo
3 Russ: Palffy
4 Steve: Kesler
5 Rick: Toews

ROUND 9
1 Rick: Afinogenov
2 Steve: Pronger
3 Russ: Hossa
4 Kyle: Eriksson
5 Jason: Thomas

ROUND 10
1 Jason: D Brown
2 Kyle: Doughty
3 Russ: Seabrook
4 Steve: Halak
5 Rick: Rafalski


At FantasyDrafthelp.com, there is little that we love more than the Olympic hockey tournament – and as with anything else, this event certainly opens itself up to fantasy competition!

To format the league, we recommend that you hold your auction or serpentine-style draft with five owners, selecting 10 players (two defensemen, two goalies, two left wings, two centers, two right wings). Scoring is as follows: five points per win, two points per goal, one point per assist.

Here is our draft board, position by position:

TOP 20 OVERALL
1 Evgeni Malkin
2 Alex Ovechkin
3 Martin Brodeur
4 Henrik Sedin
5 Rick Nash
6 Nicklas Backstrom
7 Sidney Crosby
8 Alexander Semin
9 Ilya Kovalchuk
10 Henrik Lundqvist
11 Patrick Kane
12 Sidney Crosby
13 Pavel Datsyuk
14 Evgeni Nabokov
15 Ryan Miller
16 Daniel Sedin
17 Henrik Zetterberg
18 Dany Heatley
19 Corey Perry
20 Nicklas Lidstrom

LEFT WING
TOP TIER
1 Alex Ovechkin
2 Alexander Semin
3 Ilya Kovalchuk
4 Daniel Sedin
5 Henrik Zetterberg
6 Dany Heatley

SECOND TIER
7 Patrick Elias
8 Loui Eriksson
9 Zach Parise

THIRD TIER
10 Dustin Brown
11 Ryan Malone
12 Milan Michalek

CENTER
TOP TIER
1 Evgeni Malkin
2 Henrik Sedin
3 Nicklas Backstrom
4 Sidney Crosby
5 Pavel Datsyuk

SECOND TIER
6 Eric Staal
7 Joe Thornton
8 Jonathan Toews
9 Ryan Getzlaf
10 Ryan Kesler
11 Patrick Marleau
12 Mike Richards
13 Phil Kessel
14 Martin Havlat

THIRD TIER
15 Tomas Plekanec
16 Joe Pavelski
17 Vinny Prospal
18 Mikku Koivu

RIGHT WING
TOP TIER
1 Rick Nash
2 Patrick Kane
3 Corey Perry
4 Jarome Iginla
5 Marian Gaborik

SECOND TIER
5 Maxim Afinogenov
6 Bobby Ryan
7 Jaromir Jagr
8 Daniel Alfredsson
9 Marian Hossa
10 Jamie Langenbrunner

DEFENSEMEN
TOP TIER
1 Sergei Gonchar
2 Nicklas Lidstrom
3 Duncan Keith
4 Tomas Kaberle
5 Scott Niedermayer
6 Chris Pronger
7 Brian Rafalski

SECOND TIER
8 Dan Boyle
9 Drew Doughty
10 Tobias Engstrom
11 Mared Zidlicky
12 Joni Pitkanen
13 Zdeno Chara
14 Shea Weber

GOALIES
TOP TIER
1 Martin Brodeur
2 Henrik Lundqvist
3 Evgeni Nabokov
4 Ryan Miller

SECOND TIER
5 Tomas Vokoun
6 Mikka Kiprusoff
7 Jaroslav Halak
8 Roberto Luongo
9 Ilya Bryzgalov
10 Tim Thomas

2010 FDH Fantasy Olympic medal count game

UPDATE: Here is the mock draft that FDH conducted based on the below system:

ROUND 1
1 FDH Lounge Dignitary Mike Vili: Canada Indoor
2 FDH Senior Producer Steve Cirvello: Germany Outdoor
3 FDH Senior Editor Jason Jones: South Korea Indoor
4 FDH Entertainment Editor Samantha Jones: USA Indoor
5 FDH Managing Partner Rick Morris: Austria Outdoor

ROUND 2
1 Rick: Netherlands Indoor
2 Samm: USA Outdoor
3 Jason: Canada Outdoor
4 Steve: China Indoor
5 Mike: Russia Indoor

ROUND 3
1 Mike: Norway Outdoor
2 Steve: Russia Outdoor
3 Jason: Sweden Outdoor
4 Samm: Germany Indoor
5 Rick: Czech Outdoor

ROUND 4
1 Rick: Sweden Indoor
2 Samm: Italy Indoor
3 Jason: Switzerland Indoor
4 Steve: Finland Indoor
5 Mike: France Outdoor

ROUND 5
1 Mike: Switzerland Outdoor
2 Steve: Finland Outdoor
3 Jason: China Outdoor
4 Samm: Croatia Outdoor
5 Rick: Estonia Outdoor


At FantasyDrafthelp.com, we pride ourselves on devising clever and creative ways to enjoy sports with your friends in a competitive manner – even highly non-traditional fantasy sports. Along those lines, we are pleased to bring you, for the second time, our presentation of the fantasy Winter Olympic draft board and suggested league guidelines.

The structure of the game emerges from the fact that there are twice as many medals awarded for outdoor competition as there are for the indoor events. As such, we have divided every country into “indoor” and “outdoor” units. We recommend that owners utilize a five-round standard serpentine draft, with each one selecting two indoor squads, two outdoor ones and one additional “flex” unit of their choice.

To even out the scoring because of the aforementioned reality of twice as many outdoor medals being awarded, points are awarded on the following basis:

^ Indoor gold medal: 12 points
^ Indoor silver medal: 8 points
^ Indoor bronze medal: 4 points
^ Outdoor gold medal: 6 points
^ Outdoor silver medal: 4 points
^ Outdoor bronze medal: 2 points

Here is our draft board for the indoor and outdoor squads.

INDOOR

1 Canada – 124 points in 2006, 1st overall (one gold and one bronze in curling, one bronze in figure skating, one gold in hockey, three silvers and one bronze in short-track speed skating, two golds, four silvers and two bronzes in speed skating)

2 United States – 108 points in 2006, 2nd overall (one bronze in curling, two silvers in figure skating, one bronze in hockey, one gold and two bronzes in short-track speed skating, three golds, three silvers and one bronze in speed skating)

3 South Korea – 104 points in 2006, 3rd overall (six golds, three silvers and one bronze in short-track speed skating, one bronze in speed skating)

4 Netherlands – 68 points in 2006, 4th overall (three golds, two silvers and four bronzes in speed skating)

5 China – 56 points in 2006, tied for 5th overall (one silver and one bronze in figure skating, one gold, one silver and three bronzes in short-track speed skating, one silver and one bronze in speed skating)

6 Russia – 56 points in 2006, tied for 5th overall (three golds and one bronze in figure skating, one gold, one silver and one bronze in speed skating)

7 Sweden – 32 points in 2006, tied for 7th overall (one gold in curling, one gold and one silver in hockey)

8 Italy – 32 points in 2006, tied for 7th overall (one bronze in short-track speed skating, two golds and one bronze in speed skating)

9 Germany – 24 points in 2006, 9th overall (one gold, one silver and one bronze in speed skating)

10 Switzerland – 16 points in 2006, tied for 10th overall (one silver in curling, one silver in figure skating)

11 Finland – 16 points in 2006, tied for 10th overall (one silver in curling, one silver in hockey)

12 Japan – 12 points in 2006, 12th overall (one gold in figure skating)

OTHER COUNTRIES WITH INDOOR MEDALS IN 2006
Bulgaria – 8 points, 13th overall (one silver in short-track speed skating)
Czech Republic – 4 points, tied for 14th overall (one bronze in hockey)
Ukraine – 4 points, tied for 14th overall (one bronze in figure skating)

OUTDOOR

1 Germany – 114 points in 2006, 1st overall (five golds, four silvers and two bronzes in biathalon, three golds in bobsled, three silvers and one bronze in cross-country skiing, one gold, two silvers and one bronze in luge, one gold, one silver and one bronze in Nordic combined, one silver in snowboarding)

2 Austria – 96 points in 2006, 2nd overall (four golds, five silvers and five bronzes in Alpine skiing, one bronze in cross-country skiing, one gold in luge, two golds and one silver in Nordic combined, two golds and one silver in ski jumping, one bronze in snowboarding)

3 Norway – 62 points in 2006, 3rd overall (one gold in Alpine skiing, three silvers and three bronzes in biathalon, three silvers and one bronze in cross-country skiing, one silver in freestyle skiing, one silver and one bronze in Nordic combined, one gold and three bronzes in ski jumping, one bronze in snowboarding)

4 United States – 50 points in 2006, 5th overall (two golds in Alpine skiing, one silver in bobsled, one bronze in freestyle skiing, three golds, three silvers and one bronze in snowboarding)

5 Russia – 56 points in 2006, 4th overall (two golds, one silver and two bronzes in biathalon, one silver in bobsled, two golds, two silvers and three bronzes in cross-country skiing, one bronze in freestyle skiing, one silver in luge)

6 Switzerland – 48 points in 2006, 6th overall (one silver and two bronzes in Alpine skiing, two bronzes in bobsled, one gold in freestyle skiing, one gold and one bronze in skeleton, three golds and one silver in snowboarding)

7 Sweden – 44 points in 2006, 7th overall (one gold and three bronzes in Alpine skiing, one gold and one silver in biathalon, three golds and two bronzes in cross-country skiing)

8 Canada – 34 points in 2006, tied for 8th overall (one silver in bobsled, one gold and one silver in cross-country skiing, one gold in freestyle skiing, one gold, one silver and one bronze in skeleton, one bronze in snowboarding)

9 France – 34 points in 2006, tied for 8th overall (one gold and one silver in Alpine skiing, two golds and two bronzes in biathalon, one silver in cross-country skiing, one bronze in freestyle skiing, one bronze in snowboarding)

10 Finland – 22 points in 2006, 11th overall (one silver in Alpine skiing, one bronze in cross-country skiing, one silver in freestyle skiing, one bronze in Nordic combined, two silvers in ski jumping, one bronze in snowboarding)

11 Italy – 26 points in 2006, 10th overall (one bronze in bobsled, two golds and two bronzes in cross-country skiing, one gold and one bronze in luge)

12 Estonia – 18 points in 2006, 12th overall (three golds in cross-country skiing)

13 Czech Republic – 14 points in 2006, tied for 13th overall (one gold and two silvers in cross-country skiing)

14 Croatia – 14 points in 2006, tied for 13th overall (one gold and two silvers in Alpine skiing)

15 China – 10 points in 2006, 15th overall (one gold and one silver in freestyle skiing)

16 Australia – 8 points in 2006, 16th overall (one gold and one silver in freestyle skiing)

17 Poland – 6 points in 2006, 17th overall (one silver in biathalon, one bronze in cross-country skiing)

OTHER COUNTRIES WITH OUTDOOR MEDALS IN 2006
Belarus – 4 points in 2006, tied for 18th overall (one silver in freestyle skiing)
Great Britain – 4 points in 2006, tied for 18th overall (one silver in skeleton)
Slovakia – 4 points in 2006, tied for 18th overall (one silver in snowboarding)
Latvia – 2 points in 2006, tied for 21st overall (one bronze in luge)
Ukraine – 2 points in 2006, tied for 21st overall (one bronze in biathalon)

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume II, Issue XLXVII

Welcome to our 71st edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available on the front page of FantasyDrafthelp.com.

In this week's edition:

^ Super Bowl fantasy draft board
^ Super Bowl prop bets

Super Bowl Fantasy Draft Board

Utilizing the usual FDH fantasy football scoring system (4 points per passing TD, 1 point per 25 yards passing, 1 point per passing 2-point PAT, 6 points per receiving or rushing TD, 1 point per 10 yards rushing or receiving, 2 points per rushing or receiving 2-point PAT, 2 points per “big play touchdown” of 50 or more yards, 1 point per kicking PAT, 3 points per FG, with a 1-point bonus at 45 yards, a 2-point bonus at 50 yards and a 3-point bonus at 55 yards, 6 points per defensive or special teams TD, 1 point per interception, sack or fumble recovered and 2 points per safety), here is the FDH draft board for a three-round serpentine Super Bowl draft.

1 Peyton Manning
2 Drew Brees
3 Reggie Wayne
4 Dallas Clark
5 Marques Colston
6 Matt Stover
7 Reggie Bush
8 Pierre Garcon
9 Joseph Addai
10 Garrett Hartley
11 Jeremy Shockey
12 Austin Collie
13 Donald Brown
14 Pierre Thomas
15 Darren Sharper


Super Bowl Prop Bets

Here are some Super Bowl prop bets you can arrange with your friends, designed by FDH Senior Producer Steve Cirvello (forecasts made by FDH Managing Partner Rick Morris).

Rain any time during SB game: Y/N YES
National Anthem O/U 1:42 seconds long OVER
Singer Carrie Underwood wears boots: Y/N NO
Times Archie Manning shown on CBS during the game: 2.5 OVER
Times Eli Manning shown on CBS during the game: 2.5 UNDER
Times Kim Kardashian shown on CBS during the game: 2.5 OVER
Times Bourbon Street shown on CBS during the game: 2.5 OVER
Kim Kardashian wears black top: Y/N NO
Kim Kardashian wears Saints jersey: Y/N YES
Pete Townsend windmills during halftime performance: 5.5 OVER
No. of times phone number for Haitian Relief shown on CBS: 3.5 OVER
No. of times any promo for Survivor season premiere shown on CBS: 5.5 OVER
No. of times any promo for NCAA Selection Sunday show shown on CBS: 2.5 OVER
Defensive player pours Gatorade on Winning Coach: Y/N YES
Reggie with more total yardage: WAYNE
Pierre with more total yardage: GARCON