by Stephen E. W. Savage
MLB Prayerlist 2013 begins with my current 40 Keepers, which is also the max roster size for 2013, in Baseball Stars League.
Baseball Stars is a private Head-to-Head 12-team league on ESPN. 2013 will be my 3rd year in this league. It does not count toward the Uber Rankings on ESPN. I finished 7th in 2012, microscopic percentage points out of the 6-team playoffs "for the money", after making the playoffs and finishing 3rd in 2011. 2012 was a much-improved league year and the competition was intense and it was my intent during the year to help strengthen other teams because I like to play against the best! Baseball Stars league is the best fantasy baseball league i have ever played in.
In 2013, however, I will consider my efforts to strengthen the league in 2012 a success and will focus on winning it all.
The current 40 players I have identified as Keepers, may or may not end up being my final 40 come February and the official beginning of Baseball Stars 2013. As with MLB team owners we can make offseason waiver acquisitions and trades with other owners in the league.
Some of the players I choose are minor league prospects or still have their rookie status: Tyler Austin, Avisail Garcia, Mike Olt, Travis d'Arnaud, Bryce Brentz, Wilmer Flores.
HITTER: Edwin Encarnacion
Edwin's Minor League Career: http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=encarn001edw
Edwin's MLB career so far: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/encared01.shtml
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Mike Napoli
Edwin Encarnacion
Marco Scutaro
Martin Prado
Derek Jeter
Daniel Murphy
Alex Rodriguez
Alex Gordon
Alex Rios
Allen Craig
Nick Swisher
Coco Crisp
David Ortiz
David Murphy
Tyler Austin
Josh Donaldson
Avisail Garcia
Matt Carpenter
Matt Dominguez
Mike Olt
Andy Dirks
Michael Saunders
Travis d'Arnaud
Bryce Brentz
Russell Martin
Wilmer Flores
PITCHERS
Jonathan PapelbonGrant Balfour
Sean Doolittle
Sergio Santos
Addison Reed
Koji Uehara
R. A. Dickey
Jon Lester
Roy Halladay
Lance Lynn
A. J. Burnett
James Shields
David Phelps
Andrew Cashner