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In what follows I will discuss the 12 teams that were entered into the Sirius XM Living the Fantasy 2011 draft. I will highlight each teams best selection, and their worst, and then give a brief statement on something that stood out about the squad. At the end of my the comments there will be a link to a PDF file that will have the entire draft broken down by team.

CZARSBest Pick: C.J. Wilson (217th overall) Worst Pick: Brian Roberts (120th overall) Comment: Punted catchers taking Ryan Hanigan and Alex Avila with last two picks.

KYLE ELFRINKBest Pick: Tim Stauffer (287th) Worst Pick: Michael Cuddyer (122nd) Comment: He must have spent a lot of time studying at BBGuys – McCutchen, Rios, Chris Young, Hill, Stephen Drew, Headley, Danks, Stauffer.

LIVING SOUTHERN COMFORTBest Pick: Jonathan Niese (286th) Worst Pick: Jorge Posada (123rd) Comment: Took a lot of chances late on Texas players – Ogando, Holland and Smoak (old Rangers' farmhand and part-time 1B last year).

ROCKSTARSBest Pick: Mike Morse (285th) Worst Pick: Clay Buchholz (124th) Comment: Took two injured closers (Brian Wilson, Andrew Bailey), but got three nice power arms late (Venters, Madson, Gregerson).

BEANS & CONRBREADBest Pick: Erik Bedard (308th) Worst Pick: Erik Bedard (308th) Comment: Sorry, couldn't resist.

PRODUCER DREWBest Pick: Placido Polanco (283rd) Worst Pick: Carlos Santana (67th) Comment: Took two pitchers in first three picks (Halladay, King Felix) but then, oddly, took a risk at first with Morneau in 5th round.

RAY FLOWERSBest Pick: Scott Baker (258th) Worst Pick: Adam LaRoche (162nd) Comment: Went reliever crazy late with four of last five picks netting Meek, Capps, Uehara and Romo.

B. DOUG IS A MANBest Pick: Jordan Zimmerman (209th) Worst Pick: Miguel Montero (104th) Comment: Can't figure out why anyone would take three catchers in first nine rounds, and don't blame the autopick.

BIG STICKSBest Pick: Madison Bumgarner (208th) Worst Pick: Mariano Rivera (88th) Comment: Marmol and Rivera in the first eight rounds caused issues in the outfield.

LUMBERJACKSBest Pick: Carl Pavano (322nd) Worst Pick:Michael Young (63rd) Comment: Took chances on a bunch of guys looking for bounce backs – Lind, Figgins, Ordonez and Berkman.

KAY ADAMSBest Pick: Cameron Maybin (323nd) Worst Pick: Kendrys Morales (86th) Comment: Took a chance late on talented but injury prone guys – Hardy, Chipper and Peavy.

VANCE McCULLOUGHBest Pick: Aaron Harang (325th) Worst Pick: Corey Hart (85th) Comment: Went with Wright, Arod in first two rounds waiting until 10th round to take a first baseman (Aubrey Huff).

For those of you interested in the results of the draft, click on the link to LivingtheFantasyLg-Rosters for every pick made in the 12-team draft.