In lieu of all the excitement of the Pro Bowl, I participated in the Fantasy Baseball 365 Expert Mock Draft, hosted by the gracious Mock Draft Centralers.

This was my fifth mock so far. Cheap plugs for my others in the RotoWire and USA Today magazines, which are already or will be on newsstands soon.

Returning to current events: We chose our spots for this one. I snagged the sixth slot because I have mostly been picking from the turns and haven't yet gotten a feel for being in the middle of the pack.

And quite frankly, it ain't comfortable.

The draft: 5x5 roto mixed, just 23 starting spots: 2 C, 1B-SS, CI, MI, 5 OF, UT, 9 P

How it turned out

My results:

Pos	Rd	Name	Tm	Notes
C	7	Miguel Montero	ARI	Changed things up w/a top-10 C
C	21	Chris Iannetta	LAA	Worse digs, better slate, PT ... who knows
1B	1	Adrian Gonzalez	BOS	Concerns over shoulder are overrated. .300-30-100
2B	5	Brandon Phillips	CIN	Hitting leadoff jolted him last year. He'll move back toward 20-20 and .300.
3B	4	Brett Lawrie	TOR	A few rounds before A-Rod, but 20-20 can't be ignored.
SS	3	Starlin Castro	CHC	Yup, I did it again.
CI	10	Ike Davis	NYM	Another FSTA repeat
MI	12	Jason Kipnis	CLE	Second verse, same as the FSTA
OF	2	Mike Stanton	MIA	One of the few OF I'd grab in Round 2
OF	6	Shane Victorino	PHI	Does it all, remains undervalued
OF	11	Andre Ethier	LAD	Comeback. City.
OF	16	Brandon Belt	SF	FSTA rehash Part IV
OF	17	Dexter Fowler	COL	Few noticing how it's all coming together.
UT	19	Adam Dunn	CWS	I was happy to be "that guy."
P	8	C.J. Wilson	LAA	Stability, better park
P	9	Gio Gonzalez	WSH	Passed up Yu Darvish for him. I'm that confident.
P	13	Max Scherzer	DET	FSTA retread. Bargain ace.
P	14	Carlos Marmol	CHC	Industry again causes valuable CL slides.
P	15	Andrew Bailey	BOS	Ditto
P	18	John Danks	CWS	FSTA Part 6. Better than Leonard Part 6.
P	20	Bud Norris	HOU	180 K's in Round 20 ... thanks.
P	22	Tim Stauffer	SD	Luck escaped him in 2011. PETCO will keep helping him.
P	23	Trevor Cahill	ARI	I'm warming to him, especially as a SP7.

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Since the Boston University alum joined KFFL in 2006, his work has been featured by USA Today/Sports Weekly and Yahoo! Sports, among numerous publications.

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